What a week of riding

This week turned out to be pretty good and pretty tough. it was raining Monday so we took a much needed day off, plus I was exhuasted from Sunday's race and 6+ hours of driving. Tuesday started off fairly pedestrian but we still had a good four laps at the Golf course, much of it into a steady wind.
Wednesday was the first of a couple of days of seriously hard riding. We headed out to Courthouse Bay with the winds again pushing us around, but this time we pushed back as hard as we could. It was a hard trip out and actually a tough trip back without as much tailwind as we thought we should've had. We managed to average 240+ watts for that hour of riding.
Thursday we again headed over to the golf course, but this time there was only a light breeze and for the most part, at our backs. We did some of the hardest intervals that we have ever tried. We hit the rollers at 22+mph on the first lap, 24+mph on the 2nd and 26+mph on the final two laps. We finished fast enough to put in an extra lap, much easier before heading to Stone St for a strong finish. Unfortunately, my legs were done by the time we hit the final climb.
I had the day off from work Friday, so I got to join the DEC weekday crew on their Friday ride. The day started off good, because I was able to put in nearly 12 miles to get to the ride start. I met up with the 6 regular riders and set off with just a light breeze at our backs. However, after 930 the wind really started blowing and once we made it out to the half way point, the trouble started. There was not an easy mile after that. We all worked as hard as possible pulling and pushing the group to the end. Once we finished the ride, I still had to get home. Thankfully the wind was at my back for most of the ride home. 52+ miles, 18.5mph avg, Not bad for a really windy day.
The best part about Friday was that I picked up my new Jack Kane custom bike. Stay tuned for more to follow on that subject.
Ride On!
-Super Dave

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Time Trial at Iron Gate Winery

I have to tell you that the members of Tricyclists put on a GREAT Time Trail. Three of the riders from Down East Cyclist(myself, Larry Morton and Steven Walker) made the drive up to Mebane to race and I, for one, had a great time and an excellant race. I'm sure we all enjoyed ourselves, because we talked about the race and course for an hour afterwards. The race was a bit harder than we expected, but we knew that the lack of hills in the J-ville area would be a decidingly big factor. We all had to work hard from start to finish and I was nearly rewarded for my efforts. I covered the 10.75 mile course in 27:46 and finished 4th in my age group, with Steve just 5 seconds back. Larry started much later than we did, so he had the advantage of being well informed about the course. He had a good ride too, considering that he rode 70+ miles at the Tour de Pickle in Mount Olive the day before.
The race course was awesome and the support staff that they had was super. There were race marshalls at the start and finish and at each corner and they even police support. Thanks to the riders of Tricyclists for the awesome race. I already plan on going back and improving on my time and place.