# Saturday, February 13, 2010
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Saturday 13 February 2010 – ride
posted by: Martin Criminale
Hours Sleeping: 6
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Time of Day: 9:00 AM
Distance: 54 miles
Time (total): 3:30
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Breakfast: 7:00 AM - smoothie
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Workout Food: large bottle w/2 scoops Sustained Energy and 2 scoops Endurox R4

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Comments: Damn…! My smoothie must have been extra large or something because I could still feel it sloshing around in my stomach for the first hour of my ride. I had no idea how my legs would feel after yesterday so I figured if I felt good I'd toss in some efforts and if not I would just follow wheels.

All the way down to Renton I was not feeling it. Corrie M got a flat on Rainier and so we had to hang out for a bit. Leaving Coulon Park Brad K got one too. At this point a few of us decided to keep rolling slow and maybe the fast guys who had all stopped to help Brad would catch up to us.

McDonald's hill was very mellow. It was all about churning your lowest gear. but I started to feel better! A couple of guys started to push it after cresting the main climb and I just knew that waiting would be torture so we talked and decided to just carry on.

As we rolled down May Valley it was just five of us. Greg K wanted to ride endurance pace and no one else had an agenda so I pushed it a couple of time just a little and no one complained. Just before the last descent down to Issaquah-Hobart I went to the front and went hard. I managed to hold it all the way to the bottom of the hill. According to Gabe T it was four minutes at 400 watts… it did not feel like I was going thta hard but with no dashboard it's always hard for me to tell.

We turned right towards Tiger but then checked our watches and decided to about face and do Cougar instead. I got in one more good effort passing the parapenting parking lot and held it all the way to the top of the rise and did not feel blown. Nice.

We skirted Squak on our way to Cougar and then it was up the zoo hill for my first time in at least six months. No one was feeling like going hard so I was on my own pretty quick. There was no agenda other than a solid effort and not dying at the top and I managed to get that. Nice. I stayed in the saddle for all the steep sections and only lost focus for a bit in the second half of the climb when the road straightens out – you need to be pretty motivated to push it on the shirt dips… I was not that motivated.

At the saddle no one was in sight so I carried on to the summit and then rode back down to meet everyone. From here it was pretty much just about getting home.

I felt better than I thought I would but that's because the ride was on my terms. There wasn't anyone else there pushing the pace when I was gassed so of course I felt okay. But that is good to have sometimes. :)
Equipment: Bianchi Volpe, 38/50, 12-25
Clothing: shoe covers, bib shorts, knee warmers, Craft short sleeve wind front under shirt, Craft long sleeve undershirt, short sleeve jersey, arm warmers, polypropylene gloves, cap
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Saturday, February 13, 2010 4:39:13 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  |  Related posts:
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