#keep pedaling

The weather was clear sunny but still cool. I did 75 km in under 3 hours which is a good pace in summer. I did a wide loop out east in Flatmond and then up Cambie. I was able to stay on this other guy's wheel up the hill. It is always good to have a person ahead of you that you can keep up with. A bit better if you can pass and drop them.

I took two snacks and that helped. I got tired on the way home, but no cramping or massive fatigue.

I went out to Kits and the beach. The hill to UBC was good. There was a triathlon on SW Marine the road was half blocked off. I had three layers but some of the racers were only wearing swim suits. Chilly.

Another nice afternoon drive home.  It was warmer again and the predicted rain was somewhere else.  Still not full on shorts and jersey weather we need just a couple more degrees for that.  Dinner was half ready, and my wife all but kicked me out of the house to go for a ride.

I did not go to the airport.  I went East along the river.  It is pretty route and there was a tailwind outbound.  Part of the goal was to measure a 5km marker for the missus for her to train for the Sun Run next year.  I admit I am excited about that.  She has been reluctant about such things.

As background she has a titanium hip.  That was from damage from landing thousands of jumps in figure skating. (She was very good a national level competitor and a coach) Her leg is fully functional but doubts lingered. She is a level 3.5 athletic coach and knows more than a little about training and stuff.  Her attitude to “events” has been to enter to win, if not for her then for her students.  Seeing the Sun Run live was an attitude reset.   Now she wants to get out and do something. 

This is a very good thing.  Often it is all you really need.

On my ride I went down to the village and out to the road along the river.  I found where the 5k place is so she could get trained up to the distance.  She actually went for a walk with a friend to about that same place, so we know she can do 10 k as she got home OK.  The sun run lets you walk.

I went out to just past 10k and turned around.  Home bound it was a headwind.  I was not pushing.  I needed some distance and the path is all but dead flat.  I got home and dinner was almost done and I was encouraged to have a shower.  I still have to download the data, but I am sure my MFF was near to 4.8.