Saturday, February 16, 2008
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Saturday 16 February 2008 - ride
posted by: Martin
Hrs. Sleeping: 5
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Time of Day: 8:00 am
Distance: 84 miles
Time (total): 5:35
Time (moving): 5:01
Time (stopped): 34 min
Speed (moving): 16.7 mph
Speed (overall): 15 mph
Total Ascent: 5080 feet
Weather: mid 40s to start, wet roads, upper 40s (50 maybe) and dry roads at the finish, very little wind
Workout Type: ride

Breakfast: cereal
Lunch: 24 oz (?) Jamba Juice
Dinner: salad, nachos, beer, chocolate covered peanut butter filled pretzels
Workout Food: half a sleeve of Fig Newtons (8 maybe?), 5 scoops Perpetuem in one big bottle, 3 scoops HEED in another

Course: University Village, Leschi, across Mercer Island, Newport, Issaquah, up Sunset, Issaquah-Fall City Rd, Fall City, up to the falls, Weyerhaeuser loop, down the falls, up Issaquah-Fall City Rd, Black Nugget, bike trail along I-90, across Mercer Island, Leschi, up Lake WA Blvd, Arboretum, up Interlaken, 19th, home
Results:  
Comments: Yes, a solid five hour ride if ever there was one. And I love this route! The roads were kind of muddy the further east we went but we all stayed dry and it was not too cold. In fact, I took my gloves off for the last 15 miles or so.

I started out strong and this time we rotated out to Issaquah. When we hit Issaquah-Fall City Greg K and I found ourselves off the front a bit and so I encouraged him to try and stay away. We hit out at at about 90 percent. At one point I saw Tony B try to bridge and he made it more than half way across but then faded back. Our lead kept growing and when we got to Hwy 202 it felt good. Although Greg nearly lost me as we crested that last hill on this road - ouch.

Climbing the falls Greg went to the front and set a reasonable temp and with about 300 m to go I tried to go. Near the top Brad K flew by me (on his carbon fiber race bike!) and Tony and Greg were not that far behind. We stopped at the top for water.

The Weyerhaeuser loop is one of my favorite bits of road. Super scenic, super isolated and one damn good hill. I pulled all the way up the gradual climb and into the steep section and then Tony and Brad shot past me again. This time it was early enough that I was able to reel Tony back in and we crested together behind Brad.

Then I got tired. And Brian S and Dustin V got stronger. What's with that? Dustin was complaining of a cold all day long and when we climbed back up Issaquah-Fall City he simply gave it a twist of the wrist and pulled away. But Brian was not far behind him! That guy always gets dropped around half way and then gets this enormous second wind and kills it all the way home.

And that's how it went. Dustin and Brian were off the front, Greg was getting in as much work as possible and I was just barely able to hold Greg's wheel.

The last two miles were super slow. And when I say super I mean 12-14 mph on the flats.
Equipment: Bianchi Volpe, 38/50, 12-25
road ride
Saturday, February 16, 2008 9:49:53 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [1]  |  Related posts:
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