The Workout: Ride for about an hour, see what kind of shape I'm in.
Yesterday I was invited to go on a 54 mile ride this coming Saturday. Naturally, I agreed! The problem was that I didn't know what kind of shape I'm in. Having only been on the bike twice prior to this ride I figured 54 miles could turn out to be a nightmare.
So, I planned to ride out to one of my favorite hills and back. There's a hill just south of 175th St on Antioch that is pretty short but is really steep. Once I get into more intense bike training I'll be doing a lot of repeats on it. The wind seemed to be going against me no matter the direction I was riding. It was a pretty intense effort for much of the ride.
It ended up going well though. I was hoping to achieve a 20 mph average, but just under 19mph isn't too bad. Looking forward to the ride on Saturday.
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