The alarm went off at 5:00. It was light enough outside to hop right on my bike but I just couldn’t get myself moving very fast. I got dressed, mixed up a bottle of Perpetium, grabbed the Trek and slowly headed out the door, 45 minutes after the alarm went off.
North Bend way is still under construction so I decided to go West and do Ernies Grove, around the top of the mill pond, climb up Snoqulamie Parkway and do the climb up to Snoqulamie Point park. I guessed it would be about 30 miles.
Seems like I can consistently do about 2 miles per hour faster on the flats on the Trek than I can on the Fuso. Not sure if it’s choice of gears - 10 vs 6 - which give me smaller steps or the 8 lbs of weight the Fuso has on the Trek. It is nice to cruise along at a higher speed, at least as far as my ego is concerned.
Pretty uneventful ride as I remember it (now a week later). Watching the elevation counter on the Edge 305 reminded me how flat the valley roads really are - not surprising for roads in a river valley really - I think I could do at least 20 miles with < 200 ft of elevation if I wanted to. Good thing the roads go up either side of the valley so I can climb some hills.
It was “nice” that the last kick up to Snoqulamie Point Park now goes up about another 20-30 ft to the new parking lot at the park - it was such a bummer to have that part of the climb stop after only 220 ft. On the other hand, the view at the top - now that it’s really the top - is really nice and that’s a good reward for going that last quarter of a mile or so.
I was kind of hoping that cutting it to only 30 miles I’d be back in time to snuggle a bit before Kim headed off for ez8s but I was greated by Veronica when I first came in the door and she wanted me to help her play a game on the computer. Kim came down 5 minutes later so no dice.
Workout:
- Type: Cycle
- Date: 05/10/2008
- Time: 05:45:00
- Total Time: 2:13:32.00
- Distance: 32.8 miles
- Average Speed: 14.74 mph
- Max Speed: 35 mph
- Average Cadence: 85
- Max Cadence: 103
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