At my departure time of 6am, the temperature was 59 degrees and the wind was calm. The flags I saw were hanging still.

Today's plan was to ride some high tempo if my legs felt up to the task. Last night I pulled the trailer, which always feels like mountain climbing.

I did a zone 1-2 warm up, about 5 to 10 minutes in zone 1 and the rest in the upper range of zone 2. My legs were a bit heavy, and I felt rather than riding the whole ride at high tempo, I would do 2 long TT efforts since tomorrows 75 miler is going to have quite a bit of tempo in preparation for the RAIN ride.

The first effort started as I rounded the corner of 226th onto County Line road. I stood up and accelerated up to speed and kept it wound up between 95 and 105 rpm. Gear selection was 53x17, and the speed was a steady 25. This first effort was 2 miles from 226th to the intersection of 206th. Max HR hit 169 on this one. I had some left, obviously, but was trying to find a HR where I could sustain. On a "rested" day, I think is somewhere around 180 to 183.

The second effort was on a more undulating section of County Line road between 206th and SR32. This one was also 2 miles and the gear selection was 53x17 with a bit of 16 on the rolling section. Cadence was 100 - 105 and speed was 25 to 26 with max HR hitting 171.

After the efforts, I rolled home in zone 1.

My legs felt better at the end than the beginning. I ate a good breakfast with lots of protein and fluids in prep for tomorrows long ride.

HR Info:

Zone 1 (120-145) - 0:55:17
Zone 2 (145-160) - 0:17:54
Zone 3 (165-173) - 0:18:39
Zone 4 (173-183) - 0
Zone 5 (183-195) - 0