At long last, my cycling streak is officially over with. Today’s ride, a small group-ride that totaled 62.9 miles, was the culmination of 60 cycling days-in-a-row.
Cycling with me today was three of my cycling buddies, Tom, Gary and Sandy. Sandy routed out our course - and what an outstanding job he did planning our rest stops and keeping us off most of the busier streets. Thank you, Sandy, for keeping us safe, well hydrated and fed.
This was another one of those rides that had a mixture of fast, slow, chat while you ride, and dodge the traffic whenever we were on the busy roads. We even stopped a couple of times for photo opportunities.
Today's metric century bike ride had us riding through Miramar, Pembroke Pines, Southwest Ranches, Davie, Cooper City and Weston. We traveled over interstate bridges, on country roads, a few main thoroughfares, the park's walking trails, residential streets and up Mount Trashmore's steep incline. Our two rest stops were a Publix Food Market and Einstein's Bagel Shop, both in Weston.
Breaking off from the group at mile 48 because of time frames were Gary and Sandy. Staying the course was Tom and I, only because we wanted to reach our initial goal of sixty miles. We accomplished that while circling the main road inside the county park. We also rode on some of the walking trails while inside the park.
The hardest part of this ride was the average temperature, which was 90.7 degrees. The humidity was way up there as well. Very few clouds had us riding in the direct sun mile after mile after mile – and no one felt sorry for us. And why should they!? The last time I checked, we volunteered for this unpaid performance.
RIDE STATS:
Distance: 62.9 miles
Time: 04:30:01
Average/Max Speed: 14.0 mph/23.7 mph
Average/Max HR: 122/149
Elevation Gain: 310 feet
Calories Burned: 3723
Average/Max Temp: 90.7/103.5 F
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