That was fun

2011 Tour de Cure done and dusted. Here are a few notes and highlights.

This is a first rate event, very well organized. The course was well marked and a lot of fun to ride. Lots of hills, but none too steep or too long. The organizers had 5 feedzones set out and they were well stocked with water and food. It was really nice to find fresh fruit and clif bars.

The 50 mile route is actually 48.9 miles and has roughly 1000 ft of climbing. The team got separated at the start (my fault) and I made it worse by pushing the tempo to about mile 4 thinking the others were in front of Jim and I. 3 team members, John B and 2 xfitters caught us on the 1st real climb where I slowed way down, and John decided to hang with us. The 3 of us drove a paceline for the balance of the ride. This worked fairly well except for climbs which broke my rhythm. I did experience some pain in the hamstrings at the base of the glute, made this a bit better by stretching when I got off the bike at the stops.

The numbers. Actual moving time was 3:01:31.44, minus the time I spent rolling from the finish line to check in area. This gave us an average speed of 16.4 mph. Average power was a meager sounding 156 watts, 197 normalized. The PT cpu was displaying 176 avg for the ride, which sounds a lot better. 20 minute peak was 189w, 215w normalized.

Good kettlebell workout tonight. Alternated 2 minutes swinging/2 minute jumping rope as warm ups.

5 to 1 ladder of cleans, presses, push-press, push-jerk, right and left.

Then doubles.

5 cleans, 4 each, press, push-press, push-jerk. Rest.
4 rounds.

Finished with 15 seconds snatching alt with 15 seconds rest.
Used the 20kg bell for this last one.