Cycle - 4.1 hours - 05/17/2008
May 17, 2008 in Cycle, Uncategorized
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by Adrian Fitch
Ten of us out for the DPNC Saturday ride.
Ken started leading us on the classic Edenbridge loop but had to pull out early when his back starting giving him trouble.
Mark took over the pace setting and the nine of us pushed on with me having the dubious honour of being slowest up the hills.
No photo from me today as it started raining shortly after we left the cafe and kept on until just before I got home.
I had my first puncture on a club ride but dealt with it quickly thanks to Mavic Open Pro rims and Continental GP tyres fitting together so perfectly and of course, my new best friend, my CO2 cartridge.
Last thing I wanted was to hold everybody up any more than I had to in the rain.
This was my last training ride before this weekend’s Gran Fondo Cymru sportive in the Snowdonia National Park.
Check out this preview from Cyclosport.org.
I feel thoroughly unprepared for the massive amount of climbing that awaits me (4,100 metres or 13,450 feet) but at least the forecast is good so it will be a nice day out, even if I don’t make the silver cut off.
My plan is to start the ride slowly, warm up properly, maintain a steady pace at 75-80% of max heart rate and to not go too much above 85% on the hills.
My goal is to complete the 200 km (125 mile) course in under eight hours but in other sportives I’ve lost a lot of time at feed stations.
Five minutes can easily fly by chatting to the other riders while having a quick rest and after two or three stops I suddenly find myself ten or 15 minutes behind schedule.
This time I’m going to try stopping only long enough to fill my bottles, have a quick stretch, grab some food and then get going again, eating when I’m back on the road.
Workout:
- Type: Cycle
- Date: 05/17/2008
- Time: 08:30:00
- Total Time: 4:04:09.00
- Average Heart rate: 127
- Calories: 4566
- Distance: 98.02 km
- Average Speed: 24.09 kmph
- Max Speed: 55.3 kmph
- Ascent: 1,294 m
- Average Cadence: 72
1 comment
May 23, 2008 at 8:11 am
Brad Hefta-Gaub
Looks like a beautiful ride! Good luck this weekend!