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Distance:
47.00 miles
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Altitude Gain:
2,211 ft
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Avg Speed:
15.60 mph
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Route:
Swartout Hill
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Avg Grade: 0 %
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Max Grade: 0 %
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Max HR: 0 bpm
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Avg HR: 0 bpm
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Terrain: Road: Hills
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Bike: Look 585 Carbon Road
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Club: Schuyler County Cycling Club |
| Weather Conditions: Sunny 78F S wind @ 14 mph |
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Day started off quite warm and intended to ride early in the day but as usual got delayed and didn't start until afternoon. Unfortunately by the time I got out on the road the wind was really blasting. I had planned on riding Wyncoop Creek but bailed out on it early into the ride. I started out on New Odessa hill but had an abysmal climb as I quickly found my legs were empty. I didn't break the you suck ten minute mark and considered turning around and coasting home. Since I planned on taking an off day tomorrow decided I would push on. Tried to pick up the pace and thought the legs might do better on the flats but after a fairly good two miles I hit a wall of wind just outside Odessa. Took forever to reach the junction and spun a weak gear at a low cadence. Considered turning around again at the junction but compromised by deciding to do Swartout rather than Wyncoop. I would cut my headwind section down from thirty-two miles to seventeen but would add one climb in. Wind stayed high and uncomfortable all the way to Van Etten and was really beat as I made the turn onto Swartout. Kept the bike in a gear below what I felt comfortable during the first half of the climb and tried to spin all the way to the top of the two mile climb. Didn't work as planned and ended up slugging out the second half of the climb. Really noticed the heat and sweated profusely to the point of it stinging my eyes. The remainder of the ride was much easier. I stayed in the small chainring and spun the down hill with a crosswind through Breezeport and picked up a killer headwind from Horseheads back to Montour. Stayed in the small chain ring for the entire ride and kept my cadence high. Not a very good day on the bike despite the summer like heat. After the ride I did decide it was probably safe to remove the snow shovel from the front porch and hide it in the garage.
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