Ride four of four this week called for a mix-up of the
normal grind. Rather than do the Shady
Lane thing, I decided to set some PRs on a new route. I rode down Sir Francis Drake Boulevard from
the Hub to Bon Aire. It was early enough
that the car traffic was minimal. I
cooled it from SFD to Eliseo, timed the light (no, I didn’t run it) and
hammered on the Eliseo flats. I wanted
to do my reverse Ferry commute up Col de Bon Aire versus down. Unlike the commute
home from the Ferry, the CdBA is a bit more gradual heading west where it is
straight up for 25 seconds heading east.
I made it up pretty strong and continued in high gears all the way to
the docks. I am happy to report that on
my first try of this route, I am in 9th place on the overall. If I shave 11 seconds off my 4.05 time, I
will be in 4th place (this is doable), but the top three times are
3.23, 3.24 and 3.31. That will require a
bit more preparation and a tail wind.
I bonked again on the Meadowsweets climb. That bastard is deceptively long and gradual. The grade averages only 2.5% over 1.1 miles,
but the entire elevation of 150 feet comes over 0.3 miles, right in the middle
of the route. After my effort up
Meadowsweets, I didn’t have it in me to keep up the work on Horse Hill. Damn you, StravaMo, I will get you one of
these days.
The rest of the route was back to normal along the bike
trail and beyond. Of course, there was a
strong headwind the entire route today.
I don’t really understand the correlation, but it was 90+ degrees on the
ride home yesterday which always equates to fog and wind the morning
after. Any meteorologists care to chime
in?
I had fun this morning taking a slightly different path to
work – even though it added almost two miles extra. Two miles is nothing compared to the MoMiles
Friday routes, but it keeps me fired up.
More to come.
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