there are times when i make decisions that i later regret. this afternoon i made one of those choices. i thought it couldn't be that bad to go out for a 60+ mile ride and get my mileage up to 100 for the day. it was only 83 degrees. how bad could it be? pretty bad it turns out.
i didn't have any problems riding the first 19 miles. i was at 18.3mph by the time i'd ridden to the top of mock hill. six miles later, at the top of nine mile hill, i was up to 18.8mph. just after i rounded the corner to head south, my average jumped up an other tic to 18.9mph.
i rode hard for the next few miles and got my average up to 19.3mph by the time the road curved west. less than two miles later i was at 19.4mph. then the hills came.
as i pedaled up and down over the rollers on highway 44 for the second time today, i began to leak tenths of miles per hour. i was getting hot and beginning to wonder about my sanity.
i made it to argonia road in 1'30" and unwisely decided to keep going as i had planned. i was going to go to anthony and then up to harper and back to argonia, completing a large loop.
a few miles down the road, at 90th, i thought better of continuing and made a quick u-turn to head back home. i slowed even more as i rode into the wind. the predicted sse breeze was once more out of the nne, so i didn't get any reprieve the whole way in. my once glorious average dropped back to 18.4mph by the time i rolled into my driveway, exhausted.
it's time to rest now. in a couple of hours, i'll take an easier ride with my brother-in-law and get my total for the day up over 100. that's assuming i live that long. man, i am tired! (49.20 miles @ 18.4mph)
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