Like a TT

Season Miles: 1,811

Loomis, 26 miles
Ave. Sp. 16.8
Ave. Cad. 84
Sun, 76, wind 5-10

We were out of town this weekend and within 15 minutes of getting home Sunday afternoon I was on my Roubaix for a quick ride, wanting to burn off some of those calories I packed on 'weekend eating'.

I simply approached it like a 26-mile TT. The problem is that you can not get a decent average speed on a ride like this unless you warm up and start strong. I did neither.

In a hurry, I skipped any type of warm up and the first three miles or so were slow because I wasn't sure what I wanted to accomplish with this ride.

Once I set my mind to it I rode hard tempo for much of the distance. I had some head wind on the way back which slowed me as well.

Still, glad I got out there and squeezed a quickie in.