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05-03-2004, 04:59 AM

Saturday May 1st I had my best time of the year with a blazing 15.4
average over 34.1 miles!!!
Yes it was the tour-de-warwick, and the return part of the loop gave
me a nice tailwind for the last 6 miles...
Musta been something in the air that week...
D

On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 23:23:42 -0400, Rick Onanian <spamsink@cox.net>
wrote:

>On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 19:51:38 -0400, David Kerber
><ns_dkerber@ns_ids.net> wrote:
>>With a little help from a southwest breeze, I set a personal best for
>>average speed on one of my regular routes. The wind direction was such
>>that most of the time when I was going into it, I was going downhill,
>>and on the return leg I was going up the hills with the wind. That
>>combination helped me average 17.1 for 14.7 miles. I've done better in
>>races, but I've never averaged quite that fast on a routine ride.
>
>Congrats! Now I'll _never_ catch up to you.

>
>>As I've said before, tailwinds are a beautiful thing!
>
>On Saturday, I rode 33 miles at an average of 14 mph...pretty good
>for me with so few miles under my belt this season. Through the
>whole ride, I felt like I had a bad headwind, but I must have had a
>pretty good tailwind for much of it; at one point, I stopped, and
>observed the way the wind was blowing, and it was definitely a
>headwind. Resigned to it, but still feeling good from my good ride
>so far, I continued into the wind, and found I was still faster than
>usual.
>
>So, maybe there IS hope for me.

05-03-2004, 04:59 AM	#93 (permalink)
Derek Torrington Posts: n/a	Re: Fastest ride yet Saturday May 1st I had my best time of the year with a blazing 15.4 average over 34.1 miles!!! Yes it was the tour-de-warwick, and the return part of the loop gave me a nice tailwind for the last 6 miles... Musta been something in the air that week... D On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 23:23:42 -0400, Rick Onanian <spamsink@cox.net> wrote: >On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 19:51:38 -0400, David Kerber ><ns_dkerber@ns_ids.net> wrote: >>With a little help from a southwest breeze, I set a personal best for >>average speed on one of my regular routes. The wind direction was such >>that most of the time when I was going into it, I was going downhill, >>and on the return leg I was going up the hills with the wind. That >>combination helped me average 17.1 for 14.7 miles. I've done better in >>races, but I've never averaged quite that fast on a routine ride. > >Congrats! Now I'll _never_ catch up to you. > >>As I've said before, tailwinds are a beautiful thing! > >On Saturday, I rode 33 miles at an average of 14 mph...pretty good >for me with so few miles under my belt this season. Through the >whole ride, I felt like I had a bad headwind, but I must have had a >pretty good tailwind for much of it; at one point, I stopped, and >observed the way the wind was blowing, and it was definitely a >headwind. Resigned to it, but still feeling good from my good ride >so far, I continued into the wind, and found I was still faster than >usual. > >So, maybe there IS hope for me.