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Ok, 49, but we gon' round up today.
Needed a longer ride to be sure the contact points were ready (and the legs, but those seemed pretty good on Sunday) for Saturday's adventure -- Civil War Half Century. Didn't feel like driving a distance to get a long ride AND a riding companion couldn't start til 1pm, soooo a semi-local ride it was.
Probably would have been easier to use DC as a destination as there are lots of places to ride there that are lower-traffic. But with the federal shenanigans going on down there, we're avoiding that. Soooo... staying east in PG county is the right call.
Lots and lots of paved trails. Kinda regretted the bike wasn't shod with the fatter wheels/tires to handle the bumps and lumps. The short stretch on MD 198/Spencerville Rd (12.8) does not need to be repeated. Ever. The stretch along New Hampshire/MD 650 was ... ok, with optional paved path available and wide shoulders.
Fitness satisfactory. Was appropriately tired at the end but could have gone farther if required. No death march. Still had plenty of zip in the legs for the series of smaller climbs starting at 47. Contact points were ready to be done but they were not screaming about it.
Two rest days upcoming and then the 50-miler.
w/Dan
| By: | Ed Holzinger |
| Started in: | Glenmont, MD, US |
| Distance: | 49.4 mi |
| Selected: | 49.4 mi |
| Elevation: | + 2479 / - 2446 ft |
| Moving Time: | 03:21:55 |
| Gear: | VanDessel WTF |
| Page Views: | 3 |
| Departed: | Sep 3, 2025, 12:50 pm |
| Starts in: | Glenmont, MD, US |
| Distance: | 49.4 mi |
| Selected distance: | 49.4 mi |
| Elevation: | + 2479 / - 2446 ft |
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| Total Duration: | 04:26:45 |
| Selection Duration: | 16005 |
| Moving Time: | 03:21:55 |
| Selection Moving Time: | 03:21:55 |
| Stopped Time: | 01:04:50 |
| Max Speed: | 32.8 mph |
| Avg Speed: | 14.7 mph |
| Pace: | 00:05:23 |
| Moving Pace: | 00:04:05 |
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