Ryan, Paul, and I met up with Brent, Rick, Todd, and Brian for a big 60 mile ride. We met at the Boise Depot at 8am. It was fairly cold this morning for a ride, 39 degrees and a strong wind blowing south and east. This was going to add wind chill, and since we were riding the Boise IM course, we'd be riding straight into this wind for a good portion of the ride.
We started off from the depot and onto the Federal Way bike lane. After a quick restroom stop a couple of miles in, we continue up to Gowen road and turned west. This was our first taste of the wind, but at this point it wasn't too bad. We continued on Gowen then turned south on Pleasant Valley. We wound our way through the route which included some big climbs, but we all rode pretty comfortably, drafting on occasion when the wind was at its worst. The most agonizing stretches were west along Ten Mile Creek Rd, and then again when we made our return trip north on Pleasant Valley. These two sections were really slow going.
I felt pretty good for nearly all of the ride in terms of leg strength, but the wind certainly made parts of it more challenging. By the time we reached Federal Way again, we knew the worst was over and we could see the barn!
The ride took 3 hours, 48 minutes and we covered 60 miles with an average pace of 15.8mph. Seems a little slow, but fighting that wind was a huge factor. It was great though to have such a good turnout and we all had a good time with smack talk throughtout the ride.
My legs felt used, but not dead afterward, although I was definitely glad I wasn't immediately following it up by running 13 miles! I got a sense of just how challenging that is going to be on race day.
We started off from the depot and onto the Federal Way bike lane. After a quick restroom stop a couple of miles in, we continue up to Gowen road and turned west. This was our first taste of the wind, but at this point it wasn't too bad. We continued on Gowen then turned south on Pleasant Valley. We wound our way through the route which included some big climbs, but we all rode pretty comfortably, drafting on occasion when the wind was at its worst. The most agonizing stretches were west along Ten Mile Creek Rd, and then again when we made our return trip north on Pleasant Valley. These two sections were really slow going.
I felt pretty good for nearly all of the ride in terms of leg strength, but the wind certainly made parts of it more challenging. By the time we reached Federal Way again, we knew the worst was over and we could see the barn!
The ride took 3 hours, 48 minutes and we covered 60 miles with an average pace of 15.8mph. Seems a little slow, but fighting that wind was a huge factor. It was great though to have such a good turnout and we all had a good time with smack talk throughtout the ride.
My legs felt used, but not dead afterward, although I was definitely glad I wasn't immediately following it up by running 13 miles! I got a sense of just how challenging that is going to be on race day.
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