June 7th Ride

The temps were in the low 90s and the wind was around 10 mph from the West, although it settled down about half way through the ride. I forgot to mention in my last post that I'm over a thousand miles for the year.

I had a little extra adventure today:
I had a car full of teenage boys come up behind me while heading West on 46, I saw an arm coming out with my rear view mirror and thought they were waving at me. So I raised my hand to wave back at them. Instead of waving, they tossed a large gulp sized and apparently full soda cup at me that hit the back of my hand and splattered soda all over me. Thank goodness I always wear sunglasses, since they were doused pretty heavy.
I've never had anyone hit me with anything before, although I have had a kid grab my arm a few years ago from a car window.

I also met another recumbent rider during todays ride:
Brian recently bought his first recumbent, a used Rans Rocket from his boss. His boss bought a new Rans and has qualified for the PBP this year, so he'll be heading to Paris. Qualifying for the ride is not easy. Here is a Wiki link detailing the PBP ride:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris%E2%80%93Brest%E2%80%93Paris


Below are the ride stats:

June 5th Ride June Bug Jamboree Century

For my first Century ride this year I completed the June Bug Jamboree in Shelbyville Indiana. I felt great throughout most of the ride. I purposefully took it easy to make sure I had no issues finishing. I had a 19.2 Average MPH at the 90 mile mark, which was actually increasing from a 19.0 at the 68 mile mark. At the 90 mile mark I hit a hill at the same time the headwind started picking up since a storm was brewing.

I also rode an accumulation of 60 miles from Friday and Saturday making it a total weekend milage of over 160 miles.

The final stats are below:

June 1st Ride and weekly distance goal hit for first week in June

I Did the first 50 miles at 20MPH the next three were town miles for an average of 16MPH. All in all this was a great ride. with some wind from the West. The cadence sensor is acting up, probably need to readjust the distance between the sensor and magnet or perhaps the battery is dying, its over a year old.

The biggest deterrent I have from doing better is foot pain. I get some severe sharp pain in my left foot, sometimes on my right one. My foot will also go numb which I don't mind as much.

Below are the stats that were captured from the Garmin 705 GPS:

May 30th ride Memorial day and speed goal met

Nice late morning ride, although very hot with slight wind from the South. Heart rate average is a little low since the sensor was acting up a bit.

The Musashi is the pocket rocket! I Met the 50 miles speed goal at 20MPH+. I wasn't expecting to meet this goal till later in June. New Speed goal set to 60 miles under 3 hours.

Below are the stats:

May 28th Ride and new goals set

This was one of those unusual days where I just didn't feel like riding at all. The weather was nice enough, although overcast all day. I finally pulled it together around 5:00 in the evening and rode a bit. The 7 mph winds from the South didn't help any. Once the ride was complete though I was happy I did go. Especially since I kept a good average speed when I wasn't even motivated to ride.

Looking at the ten day weather forecasts, it looks like the daily storms are finally taking a break. I only see two days of predicted storms out of 10. With that in mind I'll start setting my weekly goals starting next week: I have a weekly goal set for 100 miles for each week in June.

Since I hit my speed goal of 40 miles round trip at greater then 20 mph: I have a new speed goal: 50 mile round trip at 20 mph.

May 24th Ride and goal met.

After work the temps were great and the storms had passed us by. There were only slight winds coming from the South. Perfect evening for a ride. I met my desired goal of riding a 40 mile round trip in under 2 hours, I had a whole 38 seconds to spare! Not bad for a 48 year old that's a little overweight. I don't think I have ever ridden 40 miles non-stop in under 2 hours. This also makes over 700 miles for the year so far.  Below are the stats:

May 22nd ride

Took a Sunday morning ride. Weather was nice and very sunny, this is the first ride that I was really concerned about getting sunburned so I put on plenty of sunscreen and went for a shorter ride.
Here are the stats: