{"id":14167,"date":"2012-05-09T15:25:23","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T20:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=14167"},"modified":"2012-05-09T15:25:23","modified_gmt":"2012-05-09T20:25:23","slug":"more-time-over-20-mph-may-9th-bicycle-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2012\/05\/09\/more-time-over-20-mph-may-9th-bicycle-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"More Time Over 20 mph – May 9th Bicycle Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overnight the temperature dropped a few degrees (74 to 83 for the ride) so I switched to a long sleeve jersey for today’s ride. This worked for two reasons: keep warm and no need for sunscreen on my arms. With the light north 8 mph wind and mostly cloudy sky it felt cool so I did not really mind the long sleeve jersey. With a northerly route\u00c2\u00a0 I rode into the wind until the turnaround 13 or so miles in. Once I made the turnaround I bumped up my speed and gearing to recover the time lost. By 15 miles I recovered all but 27 seconds of what I needed to average 15 mph. When I got to 20 miles I regained the lost time with 1:20 to the good. For the full ride of 31.08 miles<\/strong> my average speed ended up at 15.5 mph with the max speed at 23.0 mph.<\/p>\n

The main screen of my Garmin Edge does not show my average speed or indicate whether I above or below my average like some of the other computers. I remember the old Avocet computers had this feature and it seemed to keep me at a higher pace. My average cadence went up slightly to 82.2 RPM. Here is the breakdown of the miles spend at different speed zones. Today I biked 4:52 minutes at 20.8 mph or more in contrast to other days when this is only measured in seconds. Riding through Valley Ranch and further I made a concentrated effort to keep my speed at 20 mph or more.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Mileages:<\/p>\n