_Personal Bests (so far…)

My past 2 rides have marked personal bests for me… so far. I did a short (4 mile), but, push it ride the other day and averaged 11.5 mi/h. That’s my highest average so far of any ride. Then, today, I did a longer ride (9 miles) and averaged 11 mi/h. So, both of those were personal bests for me so far. My goal is to get to where I’m consistently riding 15 mi/h. I’m wondering about that, though, as, when you look at my speeds it goes way up and then way down because of having to stop and start with traffic. So my average speeds may not be super accurate. I’m thinking I need to get to a park where I can just ride for 60 or 70 minutes and then check my speed and see where I am.

I also realized the other day (on my shorter ride) that I should steer clear of salty foods the night before I ride (especially a harder ride). That absolutely killed my energy and made it a very tough ride. Despite the fact that I had a personal best of 11.5 mi/h it just didn’t feel good. I couldn’t stop sucking down water and I had no real sustainable energy levels. I felt like I was going to collapse when I got home. So, salty is out (at least when I know I’m riding the next morning).

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