Back From The Chill, Strong Pedaling Atascocita – Walden – Huffman
After 4 days of Zwifting I moved to outdoors for today’s bike ride. The temperature was in the mid-40’s when I got up and the forecast said mid-70’s in the afternoon. I waited to start the ride until 11:53 AM for the temperature to get to 68 to avoid wearing leg warmers. There was plenty of sun, the wind was light at 6 mph from the east. I donned shorts, a long sleeve thermal jersey, and a short sleeve jersey. The initial 3 miles was chilly but as my body warmed up and I rode in the sun it didn’t feel as chilly. By the end of the ride at 2:29 PM I was comfortable. Normally on Friday bike rides I go north but today I went south and east on the Atascocita – Walden – Huffman route riding my Canyon Endurace CF 7 bike. I thought my legs might be tired from Zwifting but they powered me along the route getting my overall average speed up to 14.5 mph. That felt good. Today was the 18th time biking the route in 2023. There will be more before the year ends. I rode 36.01 miles and my goal for November is 360 road miles, 10% of the way there. The Bolt V2 computer had the new start screen for the first time. A little learning time and I like it. Less button pushing to check sensors before the ride. I include my favorite graph, cadence breakdown.