Fun 20 miler NE of Casstown. The corn is shooting up with the rain & humidity. I took out my 6.9 SSL Madone. It's been awhile. I bought the frame in 2020 new old stock. I added 105 11 speed with vision wheels. This bike is awesome. Although the frame is 18 years old, it's still light, stiff, & responsive. After the ride, I hopped on the TT bike for a bit. Fun stuff!
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Rain and more rain. haha I still got some riding in tho. Brookville road riding fun on the Madone SL6 Friday night after the rain. Muggy, but did a few KOM intervals. Saturday I headed to Liberty for some fatty gravel. 2 hours of riding. I finished up just as the rain returned. I did the Zwift TT Club race Saturday night. 5.8 miles. 2nd place in my category / 7th place overall. Short Father's Day ride on my TT bike. Yep, I got rained on. LOL Not a bad week considering the weather.
Another Blue Streak TT in the books. Started well but had some saddle problems which ended my run. I finished but only in 11th place if you don't count the HPV's. I barely made it to race, so warm up was not great. Oh well, 11th out of 130 isn't bad tho. I'll be back next month. The Beast 2nd place at 29.2 mph. WOW!
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Back on the bike Friday for a fun 37 miler in Cow Country with T.Bolt. Lots of memories in the head from 4 decades. Rudy as always was awesome as ever. I always think of Keith every time I sprint to Studebaker. Fun stuff! TT ride Saturday with a few efforts. Muggy but no rain. The legs felt good. Josh & I hit the Simon Kenton Trail Sunday. 3rd Place / PR for the out n back loop. Josh was on fire heading North. I slowly woke up. Great tempo coming home. I miss the old gravel, but the low grade pavement is still rough with a bit of light gravel. That trail is a workout. Good times!
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First hot day appeared perfectly for the Strawberry Fest TT. haha May was wet and chilly. Summer is here. I've been fortunate to win this race a few times with many 2nd & 3rd's over the years. I've put in a lot of work to get back to a respectable level. Not my best, but pretty happy how things have progressed on the tt bike. Gravel & single track are more a priority or should I say a bit more fun. haha 89 degrees with SW wind at 14 mph. Got in the warm up. Legs were kind of meh but not too bad. I rolled up the start line at 6:07:30. Tebow counted me down. SR 589 was fast considering it was chip n sealed last Fall. I started fast at 343 avg watts for the first mile then 335 avg watts to Loy at mile 2. Loy East bound was a mix of cross & tailwind, but pretty happy with that effort. Going South on Alcony - Conover was tough in the wind. It hurt. I finally made it to Troy - Urbana SW to the finish. The Beast passed me like a sports car. LOL I stayed focused on my effort tho. I pushed hard to the line. 3rd Place overall at 27.1 mph avg. I'll take it. Yeah! The Beast took 1st at 29.6 mph avg. Wow! Wattzille 2nd. T.Bolt did well in 10th. I then hopped on the fat bike for race # 2. 19 mph avg. That hurt too. hehe Great job all racers and thanks to Speedy feet.
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Rest day Friday. Rain rain go away. lol I opted for a Zwift TT on Saturday for Strawberry TT Prep. 19,5 mile course. I went a bit easier but steady higher cadence tempo to keep the legs fresh. 2nd Place in my category / 5th Overall. Sunday Josh & I hit Town Run in Indy. Awesome day. So much fun. A little redemption as it will be a year next weekend from our last visit. I broke my collarbone when Josh yelled snake which scared the crap out of me. It felt great going back and having fun today. Quite a few PR's for us. Josh did great! I hit the TT bike for a 10 mile interval ride with 2 KOM's in Cow Country in the evening. Pretty good numbers too. Fun stuff!
