Day 78 Ride (10/8/2006)

Rode from Chapman Ave in Orange to Huntington Beach on the river trail again. As per mentor's direction, I kept it under 15mph on the outbound ride, and pushed it only on the return. Also dealt with a nasty headwind on the outbound ride. I should -really- try to ride in the morning and avoid all the wind. On the return, I paced a guy for a couple miles (to the first bridge****il he left the trail. Rode at 16mph or under until two tandem couples passed me, and I paced them for a while at 18mph. They left the trail, and my legs fell apart. Then they passed me again! This time, I hooked on to the draft instead of just pacing, all the way back to Chapman Ave. Awesome to make it to the beach again, but I realized at my car as I was packing up that my front tire was deflated for the whole ride (I have a Geax Tatto frestyle tire and it's hard to tell sometimes). Damn! Fatigued at the end, but not in the muscular distress that I was in last Wednesday. Stopped at the beach and sent a few text messages of the "guess where I am" variety. 13:19 Exe Time: 1:42.27 Mean HR: 139 Max HR: 171 HR Zone: 138-151 In Zone: 39:05 Above Zone: 17:33 Below Zone: 45:49 Kcal: 1043 Distance: 24.5 miles Mean Speed 14.3 mph Max Speed: 26.5 mph Mean Cad: 89 Max Cad: 114 Ride Time: 1:42.24 Outbound Time: 57:22 Mean HR: 134 Max HR: 158 Mean Speed: 12.8 mph Mean Cad: 89 Return Time: 45:04 Mean HR: 145 Max HR: 171 Mean Speed: 16.2 mph Mean Cad: 89