Thanks. Yes, the sunshine state shines in the winter :) On Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 5:28:35 PM UTC-5, islaysteve wrote: > > Nice ride. You know you're making most of us in the rest of the country > envious. Can't complain too much here, though, just a bit rainy in > Maryland. Reminds me of the training schedule I followed for my first > centuries. Good luck, Steve > > > On Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 2:37:55 PM UTC-5, Daniel Betancourt wrote: >> >> I'm on my second week of training for a century ride and today I was >> supposed to go 35 miles (see training chart below). I normally go around >> 10-20 miles per ride and haven't biked past 25 miles since September so I >> was looking forward to both going longer distances and seeing how the bike >> rode and how I felt afterward. >> >> WEEK DATE RANGE SUN >> RECOVERY MON >> REST TUE >> INTERVAL WED >> REST THU >> INTERVAL FRI >> REST SAT >> ENDURANCE >> 1 Jan 1-7 10 Off 10 Off 10 Off 28 >> 2 Jan 8-14 10 Off 10 Off 10 Off 35 >> 3 Jan 15-21 10 Off 15 Off 15 Off 42 >> 4 Jan 22-28 10 Off 15 Off 15 Off 49 >> 5 Jan 29-Feb 4 10 Off 20 Off 20 Off 56 >> 6 Feb 5-11 10 Off 20 Off 20 Off 63 >> 7 Feb 12-18 10 Off 25 Off 25 Off 70 >> 8 Feb 19-25 10 Off 10 Off 10 Off 100 >> >> >> I first rode through downtown Oviedo which like Key West is known for >> their roaming chickens and had to take a pic. >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GpxRlxMEORo/WHp7I55-8GI/AAAAAAAAA_A/TJqbcs3ZX4g7Lh2-UFdiIfmjd9nDn-_6gCLcB/s1600/IMG_20170114_084204.jpg> >> >> >> >> There is a short offroad section which mud and rocks that I hate riding >> over with my road bike (see pic below). The Sam handled it with no issues. >> That is a big plus for me. >> >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tJ62sTdzvrI/WHp7k7okwRI/AAAAAAAAA_E/MP63-1K-d_wcwxe9kW1HGN1dLd9_xR5yQCLcB/s1600/IMG_20170114_091705.jpg> >> >> >> >> >> >> I averaged 13.2 mph over the ride and was generally pleased with the >> performance and lack of my back and wrists getting sore when riding my road >> bike. >> >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DC9d5QfF7JE/WHp8C5ivS3I/AAAAAAAAA_M/Ae1gkjXxwjM9FkpfvhHCwGOJFc4zRicWACLcB/s1600/IMG_20170114_094936.jpg> >> >> >> >> >> My legs are sore from the ride but that is to be expected. I'm still >> getting used to the saddle and haven't ridden that distance in some time so >> I'm a bit saddle sore. Another explanation is that the saddle still isn't >> broke in yet. One nice thing I was able to do was to change my riding >> stance to sitting straighter up which altered the pressure on the saddle >> more on my pubic bones and less on my groin. I don't have that option on my >> road bike. >> >> >> So far I'm loving this new bike! I'm having a Nitto R14 rear rack >> installed on the bike today and looking forward to going out on a group >> social ride around downtown Winter Park tomorrow with the wife. That should >> be a lot of fun. >> >> >> Dan >> >> >> >> >>
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