April 12th and 13th Training Rides - COMPLETED

Saturday
When: Saturday, April 12th
Starting Location: 296 E. Van Buren, Elmhurst
Starting Time: 10:00am
Target Distance: 41 miles
Route: West into Glen Ellyn and then Wheaton, then southwest toward Fermi Lab

Sunday
When: Sunday, April 13th
Starting Location: 296 E. Van Buren, Elmhurst
Starting Time: 10:00am
Target Distance: 41 miles
Route: West into Glen Ellyn and then Wheaton, then southwest toward Fermi Lab

Building Character

We had two beautiful days for riding last weekend. On Saturday, we had four riders and hit about 37 miles. On Sunday, Kent joined us for the first time and we hit 36 miles. However, the weather looks pretty crummy for this upcoming ride. Perhaps 42-44 degrees and rainy. I figure this will be a "character building" weekend. Remember, our 2006 ride started in cold rainy weather just like this - and it was at the beginning of June. There is precendent and we should definitely keep riding as long as it is not dangerous.

For this week, we have caught up with the training schedule and go for 41 miles. We are still sticking with a flat, easy route. We will have rest stops at the Glen Ellyn Starbucks and the Wheaton Caribou Coffee Shop. If anyone is too tired to continue, they can rest while the rest of the group continues and then loops back to pick them up.

We will be trying the later times again this weekend to allow a bit of warm up.

Labels: bike ride, double century, syscon, training

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