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April 02, 2006
CYCLING IN THE RAIN
That pretty much sums up this weeks training. I don't know about the rest of you, but I am just about sick and tired of "the wet stuff". I was able to get in a gym workout (swim, bike, run brick) on Wednesday, and a 5-mile run early on Friday. I was able to sneak in between the raindrops on Saturday afternoon with a 30-mile ride up around Bidwell Park and around California Park. This was a good ride, and I was able to play with my new bike computer a little bit. My average speed (including stop lights, and stop signs, etc) was just under 16 miles per hour, over a two hour ride. I thought that was pretty good, until I read a post on Beginnertriatlete.com about someone who has just averaged 20 miles per hour on a one hour ride. I guess I still have some training work to do....
I was going to add Humboldt Road into the mix, but I did not trust the weather, and did not look forward to a late afternoon (lots of traffic) trip down Highway 32 (especially with the 25 mph wind we were having). Highway 32 is not too bad early in the morning on weekends, when most of the drivers are sober, and the traffic volume is a lot lighter. Later in the afternoon, or on weekdays the trip can be absolutely terrifying once you get above 25 or 30 miles a hour, and have to deal with Garbage trucks, and lots of traffic trying to blow you off the roadway.
Hopefully next weekend I will be able to get a “real� bike ride in, and maybe even tackle Honeyrun. The Wildflower is just 28 days away, and I currently am nowhere near the condition I will need to be to finish the ride.
Posted by Dennis at April 2, 2006 12:01 PM