The spring weather is finally here, and Jordan and I made the most of it this week.
Joined the LSC crew Saturday morning for a west side ride. Nearly 20 guys at the start. Only 7 of us did the 4.5hr full monty. Thanks to Red Lantern and Painman for inviting us along.
We did our first traditional Sunday morning Flanders ride out to Belle Plaine. 15 or so guys on that ride too. Did some pacelining, which Jordan loved. About 70 miles into the ride, 8 of us were pacelining including Zim, Doig, Woell, Gorski, Pletcher, MacGibbon, Jordan, and me. Eventually, the pace hotted up enough where guys stopped pulling through. First MacGibbon, then Pletcher, then Gorski, then me. Jordan kept the hammer down with the 3 Cat 1 horses. He learned the hard way that fewer people in the rotation means less rest, and eventually dropped back, but not before impressing the crap out of me. We got back to our car with 92 miles, and decided it was too nice to stop, so we kept going till we got 107. With all the pacelining, we ticked off 100miles in under 5 hours.
Joined the LSC crew Saturday morning for a west side ride. Nearly 20 guys at the start. Only 7 of us did the 4.5hr full monty. Thanks to Red Lantern and Painman for inviting us along.
We did our first traditional Sunday morning Flanders ride out to Belle Plaine. 15 or so guys on that ride too. Did some pacelining, which Jordan loved. About 70 miles into the ride, 8 of us were pacelining including Zim, Doig, Woell, Gorski, Pletcher, MacGibbon, Jordan, and me. Eventually, the pace hotted up enough where guys stopped pulling through. First MacGibbon, then Pletcher, then Gorski, then me. Jordan kept the hammer down with the 3 Cat 1 horses. He learned the hard way that fewer people in the rotation means less rest, and eventually dropped back, but not before impressing the crap out of me. We got back to our car with 92 miles, and decided it was too nice to stop, so we kept going till we got 107. With all the pacelining, we ticked off 100miles in under 5 hours.
Saturday Route: 87 Miles, 4.5 hours
Final Stop Saturday in Watertown, MN
Sunday Route: 107 miles, 5.25hours
Refuelling Sunday in Belle Plaine, MN
1 comment:
Thats an awful lot of miles/hours.
I'm sticking with around 7-10 hours a week. But with lots of tempo/ and VO2 max work.
Later on when it gets nice and warm, I'll do some longer rides. But I dont believe in the long miles anymore. See you at some road race hopefully.
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