Road Bike 2:29:10 [3] 47.9 mi (19.3 mph)
Steve: Do you get tired of the same routes?
Me: Yeah, sometimes.
Steve: Wanna do a new route that's about the same as the Sanford Lake loop?
Me: Sure. Sounds good.
Fast forward 90 minutes... we're still 20 miles away from the cars. What's another 7 miles? Practically exactly the same. Ha!
Warm-up 30:35, AHR 134
Tempo 1:01:10, AHR 149
Cool Down, return to car 57:25, AHR 133
Well, riding with Steve today really helped me keep the pace/effort up. Good move for this ride. Warm-up was definitely faster and higher effort than I would normally do on my own (as was the cool down) For the tempo section, when I was in back, I rode off to the side a bit to not get TOO much draft benefit. Max in this section was about 161, typical when pulling was about 153-155, tried to not draft so much to get below 146 or so. Steve thought we were going faster than tempo pace, but I was trying to target a higher HR based on my zones test. Seemed to not be able to hold the pace when I got up to 160 or so.