30 miles at 15.9 average speed with Gina. Very nice day but a bit breezy but hey, we'll take it. Gina said she felt really good seeing the temps were not hot, average temp 78. Ran into Alyce at the start who did a 62 miler. She was showing Gina and I the carbon wheels she bought from a friend for $500. Umm OK, wow! There is a story behind those wheels and uhhh, well, I won't get into that one, but it's a shame.
Gina and I turned around at Lincoln then heading back, ran into Stacy and her hubby Greg. Rando riders. We ended up stopping and chatting for a bit, and some riding together. Told us a bit about their randos and their involvement with local cycling organizations and some big rides. Wow, I did not know that! Impressive. Stacy usually snaps a few pics on each ride so when I'm around her, I'm really happy that she snaps a couple of me/us as I'm not usually in the RIDE pics. So it's cool to see oneself in action ha ha ha!
They were doing a long just about 70 miles on the bike. I see they don't stop much at all on their rides. As Stacy says, the clock is always ticking on a rando ride.
I did look at her ride time and elapsed time, not much time off the bike, like 40 minutes tops. Then I looked at Alyce's ride, she only took like 10 minutes off on her 62 mile ride. Wow, that is cool!
I remember doing my centuries in 5:45 and only taking an hour off at most. Sometimes less wanting to get home. One year I did 23 centuries, back in 2005. 5:45 was pretty standard for the 100 miles with anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour off the bike. That's the way I like to roll.
So times like Stacy's and Alyce's are nice. Go ride, ride and get the ride done vs staying in a hotel midway through the ride ha ha ha!
Today, Gina and I cruised to the coast. It was breezy but not real bad like yesterday. So we got to the coast with plenty of energy being only a 30 mile ride. So that tailwind on the way back was so nice, as Gina put it!
Pre ride ritual, fill the water bottles at the train station. And tinkle! :-P
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