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Rode a 22:35, 27.2 mph, tying my best of the year. Started late due to a major storm that brought the temperatures down to the upper 60’s with some heavy humidity. Only had about 15 minutes to warmup so I went out with a high cadence. Was averaging about 375 watts through the first 4 […]

Arrived at our place on Wednesday afternoon having done my 9am strength class and about 45 minutes of recovery miles on the bike. Rode another 90 minutes through Great Smoky Mountain National Park that evening. On Thursday hiked to Brushy Mountain via Trillium Gap and then did some of the Cades Cove Loop that afternoon.

Riding in Cades Cove today came down a hill and saw a guy waving at me. I blew by him and then discovered the bear at the bottom of the hill. I was about 15′ away at this point. A couple of Park volunteers told me to get off my bike and walk back up

the last of the tt’s for another week. Held 353 watts for 22:54, 94 cadence.

Certainly didn’t have my A game but I rode a decent 20k. Very windy so I took advantage of that on the way out. Kind of a cross win from behind so the disc wheel really didn’t help. Had decent speed (27.4) but lower power (325). The way back was much slower but I upped

Took first place. One more year and I can move up to the 55+ http://www.usacycling.org/results/index.php?permit=2015-1992&bypass=1

Did two races this morning. In the Southwest Ohio Time Trial Championship I rode our usual Tuesday course, held 357 watts, and too first place. About an hour later I went back out to ride the less than four mile prologue tt of an omnium. Held 367 for 8-9 minutes. Unsure of how I did

Looks like I rode around 23:00 holding low 340’s on the power. We had to use an about and back course instead of the loop we usually use due to security concerns on the base. Also had lots of wind, some helpful, some not. For the second night of tt efforts, rode well.

Interesting ride. Averaged 349 watts, about 9 higher than last week but with the cool air (60’s) and wind (15-25 mph), my time was a minute slower than last week. I didn’t go out hard and really didn’t go at this one with much determination knowing I have the Blue Streak tomorrow and a few

have on the schedule to ride eCleves on Tuesday, Blue Streak on Wednesday, the Southwest Ohio Senior Tt on Saturday followed by the Omnium prologue (at Cleves again) and then the Findlay Flyer TT in Gilboa, OH on Sunday afternoon. Should be doable with some rest between.