I went on a bike ride today. It was the fastest bike ride of my life.
I recently got some advice from Coach Amy about cadence on the bike. She suggested that my 90-100 rpm was possibly too high and that suggests moving to 75-85 rpm.
Today, my goal was to both complete the workout as well as to see what 75-85 rpm felt like. It felt great, I completed my workout and I shattered my usual average racing speed by over 2 mph and my average workout speed by over 4 mph!
The workout was simple: 30 minutes warm up, two 20 minute intervals at race effort with 10 minute breaks, and a steady cool down long enough to reach 2 hours. I went out to the South Mopac loop and got to it.
The warm up was just that. I kept it easy, didn't pay attention to speed, cadence, or aero; just relaxed and enjoyed the morning air. It looked like rain. When it was time to go, I dropped down and hammered it out. Everything felt great and keeping 75-85 rpm allowed me to turn a bigger gear. I was climbing hills over 20 mph, a first for me.
After the intervals, I took an easy cruise through the Circle C neighborhood. Nice houses but a little too white-bread for me.
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