Conditioning Ride - 22 miles

Route

Newport to Huron River Dr. to Zeeb to Joy to Webster Church to North Territorial to Whitmore Lake. Back via the bike path along the Huron River & train tracks, then Main to Summit to Hiscock to Miller & home.

Stats

* 22 miles

* 1 h 24 m

* 15.6 avg mph

Interesting Happenings

I really enjoyed this ride. It really made up for yesterday's ill-fated ride.

Impressions of Ride

This was a very strong ride. My muscles must be getting well-tuned for just this route since I've been taking it so frequently. I kept an eye on my average miles per hour, and even though I ended the ride at 15.6, at one point I had climbed to 16.1 (and higher once I flew down that last hill on Whitmore Lake).

I was taking on hills in higher gears than I have in the past. I was riding a lot faster. I passed a guy on the Zeeb Rd. hill (though I figured that he'd probably ridden more miles than me by then, since he had come from the opposite direction on Huron River Dr).

I also just plain enjoyed the ride. The weather was great, the light made everything lovely, and I was in a happy mood.