Overnight the temperature dropped a few degrees (74 to 83 for the ride) so I switched to a long sleeve jersey for today’s ride. This worked for two reasons: keep warm and no need for sunscreen on my arms. With the light north 8 mph wind and mostly cloudy sky it felt cool so I did not really mind the long sleeve jersey. With a northerly route  I rode into the wind until the turnaround 13 or so miles in. Once I made the turnaround I bumped up my speed and gearing to recover the time lost. By 15 miles I recovered all but 27 seconds of what I needed to average 15 mph. When I got to 20 miles I regained the lost time with 1:20 to the good. For the full ride of 31.08 miles my average speed ended up at 15.5 mph with the max speed at 23.0 mph.

The main screen of my Garmin Edge does not show my average speed or indicate whether I above or below my average like some of the other computers. I remember the old Avocet computers had this feature and it seemed to keep me at a higher pace. My average cadence went up slightly to 82.2 RPM. Here is the breakdown of the miles spend at different speed zones. Today I biked 4:52 minutes at 20.8 mph or more in contrast to other days when this is only measured in seconds. Riding through Valley Ranch and further I made a concentrated effort to keep my speed at 20 mph or more.

Mileages:

• this week 94.02
• May 259.68
• year to date 2195.35

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Link to RideWithGPS.com data and map.