WHAT A AWESOME DAY 40.51 miles

Yes today was a awesome day.   And what made it awesome?  We had not plan ride this far.  We were thinking of doing maybe just 20 miles, but the weather was so nice and we both were really feeling good.

Today we tried a different cycling tactic, instead of barreling out of the door and keeping our speed between 14 to 16, we decided that it would be better to slow down and keep our speed a little slower between  11-14, however their were some areas were it's hard not to go 15 to 16.  

We been doing a lot of talking about practicing pacing our selves.  Because the number one cause of people dropping out of community bike rides is they don't pace them selves and they go gung ho.   And the 60 mile mark is the killer, it's were people drop like flies, because they don't pace them selves.

And I can say that today is proof that it works.   Yes people past us going faster, but we had to bite our lip and realizes that the prize was the distance rather than speed.    Although it is really fun going fast.    But toning it down conserves

energy.

For fuel both ate 2 Cliff bars and 2 Luna bars, one per hour.  
Over all it was a
40.51 miles
3 hours and 17 minutes.
2047.9 miles. 







Afterward we when home refreshed up and (drove) back to the park for a picnic.  We had a bagel sandwich with avocado, and two slices of low sodium turkey.  So so yummy.  Everything tastes better after 40 miles.   

And to make the day even better I look over my right shoulder and a baby mantis was looking at me.  Squeeeeeee.    So cute and so tiny.