It's becoming a bad habit getting out late because I keep forgetting to do something before I start out, this time it was the installing the batteries in my pedal power meter. It was 30° at ride start, below freezing for almost the entire ride! I was dressed perfect for the ride providing I did not stop for more than a few minutes. We stopped at WaWa at 34 miles for about 10 minutes or so and when we started up I was freezing and so was Albert! The sweat we developed during the ride up to this point began to freeze since we were not generating any heat. It took nearly 10 miles for me to warm up and feel comfortable.
The ride was supposed to be a zone 2-3 power ride, 18-19 mph. Well we did maintain the 18-19 mph, but power zone was more a zone 3-4 for Albert as he powered through the ride with determination and even conquered the hills into a headwind with amazing speed! The last 30 miles after the WaWa break seemed to go by faster than the first half, as much of it seemed to be a blurred except for 6 miles of it after the Routes 70 / 72 circle on 4 Mile Road, the road was not the smoothest of the ride and seemed we were back into a headwind, did I say my lower back was killing me too? It was a tough haul as my back was having shooting and stabbing pain the whole road until we were back on much better roads and out of the headwinds which didn't last for too long but the roads were oh so much nicer which seemed to be much better on my back but remained in pain to the end of the ride! What a great adventure we had, until our next one...