Winter ride during the January "thaw" allows for much needed base building.
After a long week on the road, Sunday brings the opportunity to take the Lemond out on the road. Wanting to get in a longer effort, I chose about the flattest route I could in our neighborhood. The ride breaks down to 6 nearly equal 25-minute, 7-mile legs. The first is down CR-47 to the start of the Cassyunna Lake encircling roads. The second leg is to continue south and circle the lake counter-clockwise, coming back to the one-lap mark and reversing for a clockwwise circle is leg 3. Repeats are legs 4 and 5, and then finally, the return up CR-47 to home is leg 6.
Four times around the lake for a total of 2:42 of saddle time at a "blistering" 15.3 MPH with my heavy cyclocross bike and tires works for base building and fun in the sun. No wind, but 36 degrees works too - a total of 42 miles. Anytime I can get more miles in than degrees F, I win!
This morning it was back to the Trek Y-Foil on the trainer for an hour of intervals before work. S'all good.
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