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Old 06-01-12, 02:14 PM
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bikenh
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Well to put it simply this challenge got to be a little too easy. Doing a 100 mile ride each week was getting a bit boring so I decided to spice it up a bit for the month of May. As you can see by my previous post at the end of April ever since April 16th I've did nothing but double metric centuries. Well for all but the first week in May I decided to spice it up some more.

May 2nd: 177.46 miles http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1128845 I did this ride and then rode on into the library afterwards. 10:36 on bike and 11:48 total time 9752 feet of climbing
May 7th: 211.15 miles http://ridewithgps.com/trips/638897 11:37 on bike and 13:23 total time 9937 feet of climbing
May 13th: 203.00 miles http://ridewithgps.com/trips/643219 11:35 on bike and 12:55 total time 12890 feet of climbing
May 21st: 227.58 miles http://ridewithgps.com/trips/660450 13:21 on bike and 15:02 total time 11287 feet of climbing
May 27th: 224.38 miles http://ridewithgps.com/trips/672919 12:35 on bike and 14:16 total time 10463 feet of climbing

Starting with the May 21st ride I actually started riding with a cyclecomputer for the first time in eons. I have previously just been using the mileage that showed when I put the route into Topo USA v1.0. It was always on the low side which didn't bother me any quite frankly. The mileage listed between what I show...what the cyclecomputer was showing at the end of the ride, and what ridewithgps shows is simply because of some extra miscellaneous stops that are rather difficult to put into ridewithgps when you are manually drawing the route on the map.

Actually I do have over 100 miles already so far today. I was going to do another 210(by ridewithgps) today but I decided to bail on the idea when the body, at the beginning of the ride said don't do this...I listened. Between the average speed being quite low at the first stop and the left knee pain being ever so slightly present I decided to be a smart and not do another high mileage day until next week. Hold it did I just say 110 ride isn't high mileage. I've lost it...I need to be committed. LOL
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