Did hill intervals early. They help sooo much. Short mileage. Gonna be hot later.

I didn't post about yesterday's ride so I'll put it in here instead of wasting thread space.

I did another personal best, this time on my commute. PBs are the only time I state my avg. mph, which today was 16.6 mph from Ayer to Chelmsford. I commute to Lowell but after Chelmsford and the consistent riding I'm able to do up to that point, the mph drops because of lights and so much stopping and slowing in the urban areas. It just keeps getting better with these PBs this year. It's the new road shoes ! It's the new road shoes!

But then this is an extremely flat route, one of the flattest I've ridden. And the commute is 22 miles one way - what is that term that Jobob or someone used - a mere bakery ride? Chuckle. Is that like a cakewalk? So yesterday I walked my cake, did my bakery ride but with no rewards of donuts or puff pastry at the end.

What did RolliePollie say? When you have a max speed of 45 and avg of 12.4 you know you have ridden hills. Nope, not with my bakery ride.

I actually felt really crappy in the car on the way to the parking lot before the commute; my stomach was upset, my heart rate seemed to be high. I almost decided not to ride and was gonna drive straight to work. I said give it a try. Even in the parking lot I didn't feel well at all. By that time it was close to 89 degrees and veryhumid so I think the heat wasn't making me feel well. I said, well, just take it easy and knock it down a notch. So I did, and I did the best time ever for this stretch.

I learned a little something today - that you always don't have to hammer to get a decent time. I actually relaxed a little more and brought it down a notch and my pedal stroke ended up being fairly good and consistent. But then I'm 2 weeks stronger than the last time I commuted. Consistent riding during vacation has helped.

Boy, the ride home was hot. In the 90's. As soon as I stepped out the door, this big wall of heat coming off the pavement hits you right in the face. I certainly don't have as much giddiup on the way home. Must be that 8-9 hr. work thing that happens in between.