Sub Zero Cycling Part II [ Denny's Run 12 ]

Fri, Jan 14, 2011 9:03 PM Eastern Time
Another not so typical blog post, not really. The next day was a tad colder, by maybe a degree or two, not like I had previously hyped it to be. This day was special as it was the last day of the IK Trecena and also a very pinnacle point in one of our lives so there was a lot of emotion in this ride. Enter the Denny's Run.

Our main objective was to ride seven miles out to Denny's for coffee and a late dinner. The roads were not the greatest, as in very icy and slippery in the subdivisions and shoulders of the main roads. It seems as if the fresh falling snow makes things appear safer for travel.

Not too eventful, other than my damn chain starting to slip, as in a wholly stretched chain and my jury-rigged chain tensioner failing. Basically, I am not able to apply much pressure to the chain-line without it slipping thus rendering my uphill efforts completely useless.

I will blog proper about this chain when I get the time.

The Ride was fun nonetheless as we were on Hines Drive the whole time and made our first stop at the Newburgh Lake Comfort station for some photos and reflection. Here is one of Randy poised on a stair-set, looking for some trouble!

The snow was caking on our bikes quite nice giving us some added friction, not to mention all the salt spray was corroding our bikes bearings and axles, good thing they are beater bikes and not extremely expensive, that would be foolish, or a complete pain to tear apart and individually clean everything by hand in the shower.

The weather was cold too:

For more data and photos on this particular ride, please follow the following links:

Facebook Photos

Heart-rate and maps from Garmin


Summary
Overall
Time: 02:07:35
Distance: 12.28 mi
Elevation Gain: 177 ft
Calories: 1,087 C
Timing
Time: 02:07:35
Moving Time: 01:45:49
Elapsed Time: 04:06:19
Avg Speed: 5.8 mph
Avg Moving Speed: 7.0 mph
Max Speed: 16.1 mph
Avg Pace: 10:23 min/mi
Avg Moving Pace: 08:36 min/mi
Best Pace: 03:43 min/mi
Speed
Pace
Elevation
Elevation Gain: 177 ft
Elevation Loss: 177 ft
Min Elevation: 616 ft
Max Elevation: 715 ft
Heart Rate
Avg HR: 124 bpm
Max HR: 155 bpm

The ride back was quicker as we took city roads instead of the bike paths in Hines park, I could have rode all night at that pace, my training has conditioned me quite well these days, as remarked by my riding partner this night by saying:

"You are a strong rider Mike, I'm struggling to keep up with your pace here and you are just constantly pedaling without stopping to coast."

I thanked him for the props and begun to explain how there are people out there better and worse, it's is like any sport, I just so happen to ride all the time.

Keep riding people!!!

-WCFTW