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Distance:
44.77 miles
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Altitude Gain:
1,978 ft
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Avg Speed:
15.21 mph
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Route:
Swartwood Hill
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Avg Grade: 0 %
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Max Grade: 0 %
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Max HR: 146 bpm
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Avg HR: 131 bpm
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Terrain: Road: Hills
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Bike: Look Blade RS 795 Iconic Ltd Road
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Club: Schuyler County Cycling Club |
| Weather Conditions: Sunny 79 F SW wind @ 8 mph |
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Had to take another day off due to heavy legs. Still feeling it today but decided to do a medium length ride with a couple of climbs even if I had to make an easy day out of it. Sun was out and it was a near perfect temperature for my taste, so a touring day would be okay. Headed out to Van Etten and an ascent of the twisting Swartwood climb. Avoided Old Odessa today as didn't want to blow the legs on a time trial to the top. Opted for New Odessa hill with a mile an a half six to seven percent steady highway grade. Really don't care for it much as its a generic climb with its only real asset being a great view of the valley below. Started out okay but then had my left quad tightened up. Relaxed climbing gave me plenty of opportunity to enjoy the view. Crested the climb and had another four miles of slight upgrade before reaching the rolling flats. Leg finally relaxed after reaching the early highpoint and was able to start pushing the pace. Ride was kind of fun after that as I am now able to stand and power over the half dozen rollers to Van Etten. Mile seventeen found me turning up Swartwood. First mile was flat with a nice tailwind Climbing starts with a slight uphill grade that steadily increases with the elevation change with the steepest section near the crest. Lower section had evidence of high water with wood debris scattered about. The first half of the climb wasn't too bad but once the grade gets over five percent my legs stopped putting out any watts and it was granny gear over the last mile. Mile twenty was end of the climbing with twenty five miles of downgrade to look forward to. Average at the top wasn't very good but figured I had enough down hill and tailwind that would give me a fair shot at beating fifteen. Wind
was manageable through Erin and Breezeport and picked up a strong tailwind in Horseheads. Miles went by pleasantly as I just cranked along and really enjoyed the day. Thought I might have trouble with distance as it was my longest ride since my collapse in March but finished in good shape. Really poor climbing but felt good on the downhills and rollers.
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