I had a nice ride around the park today in the warm, sunny weather. I did three full loops in 65 minutes, average pace of around 16.7mph. It was my intention to finish the ride with some bike handling drills around the small fountain, but the parks department is refurbishing it and it is closed. Booo...
During my three laps I focused on a nice warmup for the first 10 minutes, keeping my cadence up and my bike in small ring/15(ish) then I switched to big ring for the upper half of the park. I decided this was a good method (small ring below 79th Street, big ring above 79th Street) and kept at it. It was good to focus on the work my legs were doing and feel the power that I was creating. I felt really strong today. I think I benefit greatly from paying attention to my own efforts instead of comparing my efforts to those of the people around me. I feel more proud of myself for my personal accomplishments when I focus like that. Nice ride. Beautiful day.
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