Originally Posted by
a77impala
Is it possible to retract my first post on this thread? After reading all the posts I realize that depending where I am riding I like to go fast too! My problem being I always start from home so I have some slow riding before I get out of town, then my speed goes up and depending how I feel
averages 15 to 18 MPH.
This morning I paid attention to my speed and whenever possible it was above 15 and near 20, but when I got home my average was 12.7. My
apology if I offended anyone, that was not intended.
Gladly accepted!
To add one other thing I did when working to get faster. I had what I called my 80/20 rule: stay above 80rpm and 20mph whenever possible. But that was before I realized speed wasn't a great training goal. I got a heart rate monitor, and started focusing on cadence and HR. 80rpm also quickly became a pretty slow cadence. But the rule served its purpose for a couple of months.