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I got out a little late this evening. I went to check out this route for local animal shelter benefit ride that is coming up in May. They have a 100k, 50k and 10 mile route to choose from. I know the area but it has been a while (over 20 years at least) since I had actually gone to some of the far points on the route. My dentist told me he likes to ride out there but I didn't pay much attention. I should have, the riding out there is brilliant. I will be spending more time out there for sure. It doesn't look like things have change out there since I was there a long time ago, very little traffic and very smooth road surface for country roads. It also has thick forest with big trees lining most of the area, so the wind and sun will be much easier to deal with.
I sort of wanted to see how I did with my time on the 50k route to start with. I rode out to the route and reset my Garmin when I got there, I also stopped it and reset it when I finished. I though I knew the start and finish points but even though I have the exact same distance to the tenth of a mile, Strava will still not give me credit for the segment even though when I went to make a segment it wanted to use the name of the segment that is already there. I should have just let the Garmin stay on the whole time rather than resetting it.
I would have came in second on the 50k ride (at least of the Strava riders) with even the very slow casual ride I did today, stopping to take pictures and just riding slow and enjoying how peaceful it was. First place last year was over a half hour ahead of my time, he might be hard to beat. I doubt if I passed or was overtaken by more than 20 cars on the entire charity ride route.
There was only one five mile or so section of what I consider buzzy road surface on it, it was great. I wanted to do the 100k route today but I was delayed on my start time (I rode nearly an hour in the dark) and I had not eaten what I thought might be enough to try it today anyway. It is a little remote and I didn't want to carry food with me or have to stop at one of the few small stores on the route for food. It was a fun day discovering a new playground. http://app.strava.com/activities/48677624
I sort of wanted to see how I did with my time on the 50k route to start with. I rode out to the route and reset my Garmin when I got there, I also stopped it and reset it when I finished. I though I knew the start and finish points but even though I have the exact same distance to the tenth of a mile, Strava will still not give me credit for the segment even though when I went to make a segment it wanted to use the name of the segment that is already there. I should have just let the Garmin stay on the whole time rather than resetting it.
I would have came in second on the 50k ride (at least of the Strava riders) with even the very slow casual ride I did today, stopping to take pictures and just riding slow and enjoying how peaceful it was. First place last year was over a half hour ahead of my time, he might be hard to beat. I doubt if I passed or was overtaken by more than 20 cars on the entire charity ride route.
There was only one five mile or so section of what I consider buzzy road surface on it, it was great. I wanted to do the 100k route today but I was delayed on my start time (I rode nearly an hour in the dark) and I had not eaten what I thought might be enough to try it today anyway. It is a little remote and I didn't want to carry food with me or have to stop at one of the few small stores on the route for food. It was a fun day discovering a new playground. http://app.strava.com/activities/48677624
I am glad it is warming up some there now. Hopefully the rain goes away soon.
