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Halfbike In The Wind

Winds in the high teens with gusts in the 40s today. No Fixie for me. I took Arachne out for because she has 4 gears. 6 miles or so on nearly empty streets and in one nearly empty Golf Course Parking Lot

I suspect the phone app suffers from poor ATT spread

I’m rather surprised I managed to ride all the way home. Hills into the wind.

I call her Arachne because she has Spider-man’s colors

Because you can’t sit there is very little Down-Time on a Halfbike in the wind.

Uphill Into The Wind

I had planned on a good Wednesday ride but whereas today’s winds were in the teens & the gusts in the 20s, tomorrow’s activity promises to be steady in the 20s with gusts in the 30s. So I broke protocol & rode today.

It was some tough climbing

I managed to achieve 3 Scoops and 3 Cherries near the Well Of Lycopolis. Three very short very steep hills [the Scoops] leading to an even steeper cul-de-sac [the Cherry].

The Watch tells of a tougher ride than does the phone

Since it was on my wrist I rode the ride the Watch wanted — 1500 feet of Up.

A good spread in the hills

The Aurora Plateau pedaling really helps.

AM Aurora

Bongino muttered something about mixing-up general exercise patterns so today I went with Aurora in the morning (& was too gassed to do any weights at all; oops).

Longer plateaus alas mostly lost in the clouds. 13 miles over 14:40 minutes; 11.5 miles over the recorded 35 minutes.

The longer plateaus are less like Pass Those Guys break-away riding & more like Don’t Let Those Guys Pass You riding.