| Ride Stats |
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Distance:
32.43 miles
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Category: training: general -
solo
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Altitude Gain:
0 ft
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Time: 02:34:33
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Avg Speed:
12.59 mph
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Max Speed:
0.00 mph
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Terrain: Road: Flat
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Bike: Giant OCR 3 Road
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| Weather Conditions: A bit warm, must have been close to 80 again. WINDY!!! Blue sky, some whit clouds. |
Ride Description: Solo Saturday while Karen is in the states at Space Camp. Started off nearly getting hit by a car whose driver turned left in front of me as I was moving through a green light. Quick reflexes, good brakes kept me out of harm's way. I had already decided to make this a bike path day because I wanted miles. I had planned on going to the zoo, or at least to the arches, but about 2 miles after I passed the tunnel of trees there were tons of bikers. And before long I found out why. Yes, there was a huge bike gathering, complete with media and people making announcements. I have become too Chinese...even though I have no idea what events are going on, I generally find them, even though I don't want to.
I turned around and headed back, into a pretty good headwind. That didn't stop me from "racing" a few blokes, though. One stayed behind me for quite awhile, but he finally had to admit defeat. Even though I was on the bike path, I gave myself a good workout. My scale said 2.5 pounds less than when I left this morning, and I even drank plenty of water. Too bad it goes back on so quickly. |
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Solo Saturday while Karen is in the states at Space Camp. Started off nearly getting hit by a car whose driver turned left in front of me as I was moving through a green light. Quick reflexes, good brakes kept me out of harm's way. I had already decided to make this a bike path day because I wanted miles. I had planned on going to the zoo, or at least to the arches, but about 2 miles after I passed the tunnel of trees there were tons of bikers. And before long I found out why. Yes, there was a huge bike gathering, complete with media and people making announcements. I have become too Chinese...even though I have no idea what events are going on, I generally find them, even though I don't want to.
I turned around and headed back, into a pretty good headwind. That didn't stop me from "racing" a few blokes, though. One stayed behind me for quite awhile, but he finally had to admit defeat. Even though I was on the bike path, I gave myself a good workout. My scale said 2.5 pounds less than when I left this morning, and I even drank plenty of water. Too bad it goes back on so quickly.
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