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December 31, 2004
Winter ride
I've actually done two other rides since December 21, but this was the coldest. I wore all this:
Starting clockwise from nearest the washer:
- Bike helmet
- Hooded windbreaker jacket
- Light gray fleece top
- Black fleece top
- Windbreaker pants
- Navy blue sweat pants
- Black tights
- White t-shirt
- Blue ski socks
- Black overshoes
- Black shorts
- Bike shoes
- Ski gloves
- Liner gloves
- Red balaclava
The temperature was -7 Celsius this morning, but up to just under -1 when I left just after lunch. There were a few patches of ice as I rode to Chambery, making awful time. It took me almost 90 minutes to ride 40 km, clothesbound as I was.
I did spend 1:18:27 in my 65-85% heart rate zone, with an average heart rate of 146. It's tougher to maintain an even heart rate on the bike than on foot, however. I had patches where I went out the top of the range, and downhill stretches where I coasted through the bottom.
Posted by Mark at December 31, 2004 03:50 PM