Brewery to Chatsworth - Solo

Route and Ride Data Links:                                           
Garmin - Ride Data
Stava    - Ride Data

Overall Ride Metrics:                                                       

Distance: 97.3 miles

Avg. Moving Speed: 17.6  mph

Moving Time: 5:29:44

Total Time:  5:43:45

Ride Total TSS: 268.5 (0.7 IF)

Group or Solo:                                                                  

Solo

Goal:                                                                                 

Long Steady Distance (LSD) - Endurance Day

Ride Description:                                                            

Reflecting back on the ride and what to describe for this blog entry and I am almost too excited to write anything at all. My ride data posted may not reveal why I would be excited. It happens to be one of those times when you finish and you just felt great the entire day. I could have pushed a touch harder and I loafed at times like in the warm up lap there is some wasted time. I stopped for three nature breaks and even stopped to take some picture of the new bottle cage so I can do a blog review later. In all of that I finished close to 100 miles in 5 hours and 30 minutes. I believe I could have done a sub 5 hour century today and though I did not I just have this feeling inside that the legs were ready.

My intention was not to go for a personal best. Today I was just out doing a long endurance training ride and hitting the lap button at each 60 minute mark. Looking at the splits and other data I believe I kept a fairly steady effort start to finish.

I felt great today and right now I am really feeling good about how the training is going.

Lap 1: Time 13 minutes, Distance  03.25 miles, Avg Speed 14.7 mph, IF 0.69
Lap 2: Time 60 minutes, Distance 18.78 miles, Avg Speed 18.8 mph, IF 0.74
Lap 3: Time 60 minutes, Distance 17.49 miles, Avg Speed 17.5 mph, IF 0.72
Lap 4: Time 60 minutes, Distance 17.01 miles, Avg Speed 17.0 mph, IF 0.67
Lap 5: Time 60 minutes, Distance 17.95 miles, Avg Speed 17.9 mph, IF 0.66
Lap 6: Time 60 minutes, Distance 17.56 miles, Avg Speed 17.5 mph, IF 0.72
Lap 7: Time 18 minutes, Distance 05.26 miles, Avg Speed 17.0 mph, IF 0.51

Weather:                                                                          
 Awesome day, Sunny, cool start at 55 (F) end 79 (F), slight wind at times

Nutrition Intake During and after the Course:             

24 oz from Bottle #1 water, BCAA, Glutamine, maltodextrin
24 oz from Bottle #2 water, BCAA, Glutamine, maltodextrin
Hammer gel @ mile 20
Cliff Bar @ mile 30
Hammer gel @ mile 54
Post Ride | 30 gram protein drink
Home | Subway 12" oven roasted chicken sandwich

Bike:                                                                                  

Felt B10, Garmin 800, Quarq, Flo 60's/Michelin Pro 4's @ 95 psi

Overall Power Data:                                                        
Entire workout (136 watts):
Duration: 5:34:39 (5:43:51)
Work: 2714 kJ
TSS: 269.8 (intensity factor 0.7)
Norm Power: 154
VI: 1.13
Distance: 97.296 mi
                   Min    Max      Avg
Power:         0       526       136 watts
Cadence:     8      107         77 rpm
Speed:         0        36         17.5 mph
Pace         1:40    0:00       3:26 min/mi
Altitude:    645     926       765 ft
Crank Torque: 0    1503     151 lb-in
Temperature: 50    87.8    67.9 Fahrenheit
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