Road Bike (Rail Trail) 1:56:53 [3] 32.2 mi (16.5 mph)
Rail Trail out and back. At mile 13, I decided to start kicking it up... more at 14 almost to TT speed and then pretty much full TT at 15 until I hit the turn-around point. Too bad I had a major headwind as that was a super open area. Oh well, good to get some effort in. However, when I turned around and lightened the effort, I realized my lower right calf was hurting a bit, so I decided I was done with the hard efforts and just kept a good steady pace for the ride back. With the tail wind, I was still able to increase my average pace by about .6 mph. No impromptu races with men in cargo shorts today. Oh, and I did note some discomfort on the back of the heel when biking over bumpy things (wooden bridges, rough road) like the vibration bothered it. It wasn't necessarily in the achilles itself.