We had a group of eight for the club ride today. We ended up doing the 32 mile loop from last week, which is probably pretty good preparation for the early season races, since it's got so many little hills. The route starts at The Rookery in Munson, climbs 300 feet up Cedar Road hill, then heads east out Butternut Road to Hale Road, then cuts into Burton. We stopped for coffee on Burton Square, then continued south along Rapids Road down into the river valley. Then we cut west on Stafford Road and Franks, and eventually head back on Rockhaven Road.
In the weeks leading up to the club ride last weekend, I pretty much ran myself into the ground with lifting and doing several high intensity rides, so my legs were sore and tired even before we got started. This week, though, I took a rest week, and cut the volume and intensity way down, so I felt pretty fresh.
I felt much better during the ride than last week. I didn't knock myself out on the longer inclines, so I had to chase a little bit to catch up to the group a couple of times once on Rapids Road and on Music Street. The Rapids Road effort was like a TT, since the guys at the front were pouring it on.
By the end of the ride, my legs were pretty toasted, but they weren't totally shredded like last week, so I should be able to get in a workout tomorrow and pile on the intensity again for the next couple of weeks leading into the season.
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Looking to ride tomorrow? Sounds like fun to me. I actually feel much better than I expected.
I was too slow to get it together this morning to ride. It looks like it's going to rain any minute now. I might end up heading to the "Y" this afternoon.
Just back in from checking out the dirt and gravel roads around Rock Creek. Some work to do regarding routing but it looks like this is the area for this years ride. LOTS of gravel on the roads we tried. We didn't get wet until the very end and it wasn't heavy at all. 10 minutes later, we would have been soaked. Timing is everything!
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