Today was a good ride I have to say. I went for a jaunt right down the road to a community about 5 miles south of town. I thought it would be quick, but I did not account for the headwind. It was pretty bad at first, but it eased up as I continued. Just to give you an idea of how much of an impact it had on me. From my house to the church parking lot (that I use to stretch, get water, and turn around) took a little over 23 minutes. This was disappointingly slow for me as this was a shorter ride than I took yesterday.
However, once I got back on my bike to head home the wind, which had largely died down, was now at my back rather than my front. I knew that I was making better time, but was surprised to realize that I saved about 5 minutes of time!! I finished my ride in a little over 40 minutes total. This means that I did the second half of my ride in roughly 17 minutes; this is about 5-6 minutes faster than it took to get there.
This was a good ride, and all in all I averaged 15.25 mph, which was much better than the 13+ mph I had yesterday. While I would like to think that I am going to be a little faster, this was both a shorter and slightly flatter ride. It should have been faster. In the near future I will return to yesterday's route and see how much time I can take off of it.
I still seem to hate the first half of the routes I ride, but the second half is SO much better. I think I am going to have to find some new routes to ride so that I don't have them as well memorized.
Note: this picture is not me, my ride, nor owned by me. I found it online, here, and will gladly remove it if requested by the owner.
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