31.2 Miles of Pure Bliss
Last night was another good one. A nice solo 30 mile ride in some awesome weather. Not much to report other than it felt good after some hard riding last week.
I too, like too old, took monday off, and I'm glad I did. Last night the legs seemed to want to destroy every hill in my way. I tried to shoot for keeping at least 20 mph on every hill but there were a few that got me. The headwind also made it diffucult at times but overall the results were good.
31.2 miles, a 19 mph flat average speed, and less than one water bottle. I think that last fact is what makes me the most happy. That and being able to maintain 19 mph on a very hilly route. Last week doing pretty much the same ride, I had to go through at least two water bottles. Of course yesterday was no cool one either. I think it was about 85 when I started. So, with all that being said, I can say that I'm back to improving and it feels like I'm stronger than ever on the road.
Now if I can only transfer that to the trails.... That my friends, will be answered shortly
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Shoot for a bottle an hour.
Less than a bottle an hour and you will likely dehydrate. Your ride was probably close to an hour and 40 minutes? You should probably be consuming more water, I would hope to down at least 2 bottles on a ride of that length (regardless of intensity), and I would drink a few bottles afterwards too. There are very few problems associated with too much water consumption (and they tend to be rare), but too little is a bad thing.
Just a suggestion.
Preachin To the Choir
I know, but yesterday was more or less a test. Usually I sport the camelback, but I wanted to make sure that I could still throw it down without a full 70 ounces. During the course of a day I drink 6-10 16.5 ounce bottles of water, and I've been gradually increasing over the past few weeks.
I wanted to see how I would feel after an hour and forty with only one bottle, and to my surprise, it was good. You see, during a race, I try to limit it to two bottles, or else I have to stop to reload. I dont like this because in past races this is were I've caught others and they've never recovered. I don't stop during a race, its just not me. So I'm more than confident that during and hour and a half race, I'll be fine with two bottles.
I'm really concentrating on becoming accoustomed to the warmer weather because I know that's what seperates the good from the best, and by god, I don't do good....
Bring a spare anyway
My recommendation: I think you should bring a spare bottle anyway. You might not ever need it, but if you do, stopping for it could spell the difference between finishing well and finishing poorly.
And poorly comes in lots of flavors, none of which are tasty.
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