Road Bike 2:08:09 [3] 38.0 mi (17.8 mph)
ahr:136
Was trying to make it to Slaughterfest, but got caught up at work and then hit every red light between work and the tridge. Ended up arriving 5 minutes late, took a few more minutes to get my bike out, helmet on, etc. Thought they were doing the Sanford Lake route, so I decided to do it backward and time trial it out until I met the group going the opposite way. I never saw them. Either they went the same direction as I did or they changed their plan and did a different route. I met some tri guys on my way out on the rail trail. I was doing over 20 mph, and they blew by me like I was standing still. Managed to talk to one guy who told me they do an hour of biking and an hour of running as a brick every Tuesday and Thursday. He seemed nice and invited me to join them. He said I could ride with him the whole ride, but I wanted to try to get with the Slaughterfesters, so I peeled off a mile later.
Tried to keep the effort level high, but did a few focused efforts on the North/South segments - Was running the HR around 158-160 for a good portion of the rail trail and Northbound segment. I tried to really go hard for the southbound Stark Rd. part of the TCC time trial course (5 miles) The wind was a bit brutal going east by myself. Good ride even though I was alone for most of it.