- 19.1 avg
- 37.4 max
- 136 AHR
- 167 MHR
- 22.74 miles
- 1:11:28
At this time of the season, I always start to feel tired and sluggish, as if my muscles are not going to push any more. It always surprises me, then, when I have a ride like today. I felt tired and sluggish as usual, but at the end of the ride my stats showed that it was one of the fastest times ever on that particular training route. This good time was without any sense that I had pushed especially hard or had really worked the hills or concentrated on speed. During the early spring, I can ride this same course at a hard, training intensity pace and still finish it six or seven minutes slower. The one truly bad part of the ride is that my cracked rib is hurting more and more. It’s going to be a stubborn, slow healer, I can tell.
