5 Hours

Well, went for a Ragbrai like ride today, riding for 5:01:05 hours of bike time, 76.37 miles. Was pretty worn out by the end but not too bad, and we'll see how my 10 mile run goes tomorrow morning. I got going from the Lake about 7am, heading out to the Katy Trail and then SW. It was looking like rain was rolling in, so I decided to head back to the lake and just ride around there. After a loop there I headed back out towards the Katy trail and things were looking better so I figurd I'd just ride SW to see how it went. I got sprinked on a bit, but nothing major, and a bit of the trail was wet from rain, but again, nothing too bad. Rode out to about mile marker 68 (past Augusta, so farther than I had previously been), then headed back. I stopped for a few minutes on the way out at HWY 40 and had GuO2 and a Clif Bar (about 2 hours into the ride), then on the way back I stopped at Defiance and had a banana and a Clif Bar (about 3:40 into the ride). Happy with the ride, I am planning on a 6 hour ride next weekend, but we'll see if weather cooperates and how I'm doing time wise as well. Avg Speed was 15.2, max speed for a mile was 20.7, AHR was 144.