For the last few rides I noticed the screen on my Garmin 510 had collected some pine pollen. As I was getting ready to leave on the ride I took a towel and wiped off the screen. What I didn’t notice was I change the profile setting to one I don’t use. So off I go happy and dumb. At the 5 mile point I noticed the Garmin lap chime did not go off so I checked it and found the problem I caused. Getting the Garmin to the right profile took forever and I was frustrated. On top of that the data was now going to be treated as two separate rides. This wrong profile for some reason does not record the cadence. This messed up the data bad. Fortunately Sports Tracks has the function to join rides which I did. I should’ve turned the Garmin off before wiping the screen off. Maybe next time I will remember this.

Now to the ride. Wind was the order of the day. It was from the SSE at 20 mph with 30 mph gusts when I rolled out at 12:45. The temperature (78 at the start, 80 at the end) was warm enough for a short sleeve jersey and shorts. This is the first time this year I think. The overcast sky made me wonder if I would get home dry but no rain fell.

I rode 32.41 miles but I am not sure at what average speed. Whatever I did to the Garmin several times the speed came up at 95.8 mph. I did feel like I was going quite that fast. April miles increased to 65.85, 105.16 miles for the week and 1326 miles year to date.

Not too far from my house I saw these azaleas. The bright color are at many houses. I also stopped for a “selfie” to show my new Stradalli jersey.

Links to Garmin Connect and RideWithGPS maps and metrics.

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