I don’t get it. For the last month and a half I have basically been a slack-ass with my bike riding, and yet the last two rides have been faster than any earlier in the year. For me this is highly illogical, given that I feel I have noticed visible growth in my gut area. I suppose there are a number of factors at play here including: I’m well rested; I’m actually trying to ride faster; my recent rides have been on my faster summer bike; I may have had more pent up energy lately waiting to be released; and I’m sure there are some things that haven’t even crossed my mind. Today’s ride to Sidney and back on the Saanich Peninsula almost didn’t happen, but as usual I’m glad it did.
I know we cyclists seem slow to drivers, but that’s not how it feels when you’re actually on a bike. Thanks to some favourable winds on my return trip today, I had some particularly savoury fast segments — oh wait, it was my post ride red curry was savoury. 40 to 50km/h and the occasional spurts to around 60km/h feel pretty cool on a bike.
For those interested in road bike racing, this weekend has some interesting events going on Belgium and France/Corsica. Nice win by Fabian Cancellara at E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke in Belgium today. I have discovered that cyclingfans.com is a decent starting point for finding live video race coverage and wrap up video. I get the added benefit of listening to Dutch, French, and Italian commentators.
GPS Data: 73.8km – 2h21m – 31.4km/h – GPS Route
A 74km road bike ride to Sidney and back from Victoria, BC. Click on the map to see detailed GPS information on the Garmin website.
Not too shabby YouTube vid of some guy on a group ride in the Toronto area. This is one of the better video representations, that I have come across, of what it's like to road ride in a group.
