Today's bike ride
Sep. 5th, 2006 01:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elhoffIt was a hard ride today. I was tired from a poor night's sleep when I started. Forced myself to do the long 24 mile loop anyway. I needed the miles and time on the road to focus my mind a bit after what happened on Sunday afternoon. I think it worked, at least some.
Stats:
Distance: 23.86 Miles
Ave Speed: 14.1 MPH
Max Speed: 23.4 MPH
Time: 1 Hour, 41 Minutes
2 two minute rest stops
One brief stop to cough up a bug I inhaled
My legs are pretty sore and the stairs are a bit tough to navigate, but overall I feel pretty good. Need to do this once a week, interspersed with the 13 mile loop a couple times a week.
That makes 46 miles on the new bike. I still really like it. It rides amazingly smooth on these country roads. I think I do need a couple adjustments though: Hands still go numb on and off starting fairly early in the ride. Bottoms of my feet got persistently numb for the last half of the ride. I think I need seat position adjustment and maybe a shorter stem. No pain in elbows or knees today though. Need to move my computer to the handle bars, can't read it where it is on the stem. Caught a rock under my rear brake pad and put a hell of a gouge in my rear rim. Frustrating.
Stats:
Distance: 23.86 Miles
Ave Speed: 14.1 MPH
Max Speed: 23.4 MPH
Time: 1 Hour, 41 Minutes
2 two minute rest stops
One brief stop to cough up a bug I inhaled
My legs are pretty sore and the stairs are a bit tough to navigate, but overall I feel pretty good. Need to do this once a week, interspersed with the 13 mile loop a couple times a week.
That makes 46 miles on the new bike. I still really like it. It rides amazingly smooth on these country roads. I think I do need a couple adjustments though: Hands still go numb on and off starting fairly early in the ride. Bottoms of my feet got persistently numb for the last half of the ride. I think I need seat position adjustment and maybe a shorter stem. No pain in elbows or knees today though. Need to move my computer to the handle bars, can't read it where it is on the stem. Caught a rock under my rear brake pad and put a hell of a gouge in my rear rim. Frustrating.
