Sunday, July 1, 2007

Looooooong Bike Ride

Well, got going out the door right around 6:30am, getting rolling around 6:40am. The plan was to bike from the house to the lake, then out to the Katy Trail, then WAY out on the Katy Trail, then head back and meet Judy around 1pm in Defiance and go to lunch either in town there, or on the way to Costco. Was nice out, first stop was in Matson about 25 miles out, at about the 1h35m point. Second stop was in Marthasville, about 2h37m into the ride, 41.8 miles. At about 60 miles into the ride, I turned around to start heading back - a bit too far for meeting Judy at 1pm because I was starting to slow down and there was a bit of a wind heading back. I stopped in Treloar for my third break and called Judy to let her know I'd be 10-15 minutes late, then got going again. Shortly after the 5 hour point, around 78 miles into the ride, I had a spoke break on my back wheel, causing the wheel to wobble significantly. I released the rear brake so it wouldn't rub, and it seemed like things weren't too bad, and I was more or less in the middle of nowhere, so I decided to keep going. The wind was picking up, and the wheel was rubbing a bit on the frame, so I was slowing down even more - and I was getting really tired. I was going to be about 10 minutes late from the late time I had told Judy, so instead I stopped in Matson rather than Defiance, and called Judy and had her come the 2 miles to pick me up. I really was tired enough I didn't feel like going on - heh. 95.56 miles in 6:16:07, avg speed of 15.2mph (was about 15.8mph when I turned around, so last third was quite a bit slower), best mile was near the start at 17.5mph. AHR for the ride was 146. The Garmin says I burned 5138 calories, which I ate at Culvers for lunch afterwards (two double cheeseburgers, heh - so a good start on refuling anyway). I'm beat. Bike will be going to the shop Monday, so no riding for me. Image of my ride here.

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