Originally Posted by
Sandy Barringer
Reply:
Yup, cycling always demands more, and I got more yesterday. I rode the Blue Water Ramble for the first time. That was only a 41.1 mile ride, but I was astonished by my results. It was raining the whole time and that should affect you, but it didn't. I had rain gear. The temperature was perfect. I've been doing core work and upper body strength training and the results showed yesterday. I had given up on being a rider who could crank 15 miles per hour mile after mile, but with the training, I was cranking 13, 14, and 15 miles per hour for the last 20 miles. Even on mild hills, I never dropped below 12 mph. To me, that was an astonishing and unexpected development!
Very impressive Sandy! Keep up the good work!...i've also given up on the 15+ mph average...i only go half the distance you went on most of my rides...last ride, 14.0 mph average for 20.3 miles on my Trek FX 7.4...i'm semi-happy with that...
PS - Ya gotta wonder about all those 60 - 80 year olds on here that claim to be averaging 18 to 21 mph on long rides...what kind of "illegal to the NFL" supplements are they on?...and how accurate are those bicycle computers that they're using? (mine is "spot on" with my car's odometer...)