Old school

When I first started riding the main route I took was south to Loomis and back, a simple urban 26 miles.

I don't ride it that much these days because 26 miles seems short to me.

But today, with some dark clouds looming I wanted to keep it short...thus a return to the old route.


But about 1/4 of the way in I decided to try to ride it harder than usual, you know, treat it like a TT. This is the same distance as the TT that Cadel Evans used to win the Tour de France.


Problem is that if you want to ride this fast you need to do that from the start. Plus, it would help if I could get out of the saddle, which I still can not. My right foot is still hurting. In fact the front half of that foot was numb with pain for much of the ride.


This is a tough route to ride for average speed. There are a lot of intersections meaning a lot of stop lights and signs.


In the old days it went like this:
-Normal average speed on this route would be in the 16's.
-Average higher speed/bigger effort would be 17's.
-Fastest was an 18 ave. speed all out on this course.

Today my average speed was 15.3. Yikes. I was actually trying in the big ring for the first portion of the ride too! 


Hot and muggy, 92 degrees, hazy sun/clouds mix
Wind 8-12 mph
Loomis, 26 miles


I hope this condition with my foot goes away before the snow hits! It's too bad because the rest of me feels pretty good these days out there.

Season Miles: 1,397