After the Friday 100 I did about 50 on Saturday before hitting the National Cherry Festival Parade and then the beach for the rest of the afternoon. Sunday was another 103 mile ride with a reverse course from Friday. I used route 616 to get to the dunes, rode Pierce Stocking Road again, then on […]
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Headed out of Traverse City this morning at 8:30 and took M22 to Northport, about 28 miles away. From there it was south through Leeland (11 miles) and then into Glen Arbor (maybe 18 miles), the most beautiful place in America according to Good Morning America, to the Sleeping Bear Dunes where I took the
Arrived in Traverse City this afternoon and rode the 40 mile round trip up and down the Old Mission Peninsula. Had a flat at 12 minutes in but then hit the tempo for 36 minutes at 300, took off 4 minutes and then did 12 minutes at 301. While at an overlook some guy came
Wasn’t feeling particularly motivated so I warmed up a little lighter than normal. Went off at a lower cadence pushing a little bigger gear and posted a 22:17 or 27.6 mph. Ready for a week of long rides in northern Michigan. Hope to do 3-4 century plus rides and the days between do some 50-70
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The course in Alliance was a rectangle with the first leg headed west slightly uphill and into the wind (10-15 mph steady), then we turned north with the wind at our side as we had a downhill and some rollers, then a right turn heading east with the wind behind us, a right turn heading
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I took first place and had the fastest time of the day overall. time was just 6:45 or so, 27.8 mph. We started right into the wind for more than half the course as the start and stop on the out and back were staggered. The narrow road made the turn a challenge; really had
I held 347, 354, 352, 350, 338 and 341 on these; higher than called (steady state zone is 319-330) for but I was feeling great; HR ws right around 162 +/- on most; also just took 1-2 minutes between each…ready for Tuesday and Wednesday time trials in Alliance, OH.
Did the last of the 7x3s’ on Friday afternoon. Power not quite as high with this being the fourth day of time trials and intervals but did ok on these with power above 400 on he first and holding in the 370’s on the last two. Definitely tired after this stretch of days. Saturday was