BBC-67 - Rain Day

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Ride Summary
Distance: 66.9 miles
Avg. Moving Speed: 16.6
Moving Time: 3:54:08
Total Time: 4:01:05
Ride Total TSS: 231 (0.75 IF)

Group: Keith, Mike, Craig and me
Goal: Group ride type of pace

The Ride: 
It is great to see how many others are addicted to cycling and you know it is true when four of us guys start the ride this morning in the rain and were content to do the full metric route not knowing if it would rain the duration or not. We had a few times where the sun looked as if it wanted to come out, but I almost wanted it to keep raining because the humidity was so high that sweating was more extreme without that cooling rain.

About mile 37 Craig turned off to do a route that would circle around to his home while the three of us continued on with the marked route. Once again I could feel the fatigue in my hips and hamstrings as a result of a good training week so I started to struggle in the latter miles. I lost sight of Mike and Keith on a few occasions, but they slowed down and let me catch up. Besides a couple of fast nature breaks we never really stopped at a store or other place. It was pretty much continuous pedaling from start to finish and that made for a pretty good training day.

I'm sure the rain and road grime made a mess of my bike, but for now I think I will take a nap and leave the cleaning for a little later.

Nutrition Intake During and after the Course:
24 oz from Bottle #1 water, BCAA's, Glutamine, maltodextrin
24 oz from Bottle #2  water, BCAA's, Glutamine, maltodextrin
Hammer gel @ mile 25
Cliff Bar @ mile 37
Finish | 40 gram whey protein drink
Home | chicken salad sandwich

The Weather: Very cloudy skies, very humid and light rain at the start @ 72 degrees, on the return @ 80degrees, steady rain for the first 30 miles and then a few random showers following.

Bike: LOOK 585,  Garmin 800, Powertap SL+

Overall Powertap Data:
 Entire workout (124 watts):
    Duration:      4:01:10
    Work:          1791 kJ
    TSS:           231.2 (intensity factor 0.759)
    Norm Power:    159
    VI:            1.29
    Distance:      66.848 mi
        Min    Max    Avg
    Power:           0    635    124     watts
    Cadence:         7    212    83     rpm
    Speed:           0    34.2    16.6     mph
    Pace             1:45    0:00    3:36     min/mi
    Altitude:        502    1102    786     ft
    Crank Torque:    0    1327    133     lb-in
    Temperature:     69.8    82.4    73.4     Fahrenheit