A group including Felix, Martin, George and his friend Michael, and me rode 42 miles today. The weather during the ride turned out to be surprisingly pleasant.. The SSW wind which was forecast at 19 mph was not nearly as much of a factor as we expected it to be. While it helped us to ride at a 25 mph pace on the way north, it probably only only added a couple of mph to our pace (oh yeah, and there was a 28 mph pull led by Martin) . We were able to come home riding into the wind at a 21 mph pace. The only time the wind seemed to be anywhere near the forecast speed was when we got hit by one particularly strong gust of wind coming home on Skokie Boulevard. For just a second, I was nervous about staying vertical.
After yesterday's 82 mile ride, we shortened up today's ride a bit and only went 42 miles. However, there was no "recovery" aspect to the pace. Martin had fresh legs, and Mike, Felix and I all pushed the pace upon occasion. In particular, it was not apparent that Felix had done a hard ride yesterday based upon his blazing sprint during the last 1/3 mile of the "bunny trail." One member of the group who had tired legs from the Saturday ride was heard to mutter, "If I had known the ride was going to be this fast, I would have gone with the Turin group".
The weather was nice enough that when we stopped at Panera Bread in Lake Bluff, we chose to sit outdoors on the patio. It turned out to be a successful ride.
If there were a like button. I would have clicked it. :)
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