Attack ride

its over due, ive been babying the knee long enough and have enough lactic acid in my quads to light the house. time for an attack ride!!! so down to the river trail bike path to take out my aggression. paul and barbara are coming along but pauls bike is broken so he gets a mtn bike, sorry bout that but i have other plans today.

after a light stretch we're off, zero out the gps so i can monitor punishment. paul says dont worry ill keep up, uh right bro. out of the parking lot there is a short climb and im already in the big ring rather then shift im immediately out of the saddle, whoa calm the f*** down gangsta.

1st mile warm up i can already feel my legs want to work, the knee feels pretty good i reach down with one hand and touch the right side where the bump was, a lil tender, quit being a puss. up ahead an unsuspecting mountain biker, on ur left, bye bye. mile 3, 16.2 mph warm up is over and the first under pass, grab hydration, click click bam i love durace components, hammer down then 1 click for the uphill, im in full aero position now and come out of the saddle again on the uphill, geez.

two road bikes ahead they seem to be enjoying morning conversation. click, on ur left, by by road bikes. my quads and hams are on fire they want to go faster. 19 mph now heading into the s turns a bunch of turns on the bike path that are much sharper because there is never a car on them, lean in, bank right, power through the turns we're 8 miles in passing houses that back up to the bike path i catch the smell of bacon, mmmm bacon, bet they're cooking waffles too.

10 miles whoa that came up fast, turn around grab fluids, barbara and paul no where in sight, i hope theyre not mad at me. up right for a stretch and more fluids i see barbara coming but no paul, she tags me on the way by. back down into the aero position time to punish the crank i want to see just how much i have left. 12 mi in i get passed, what, a girl, hey ive been passed by her before, she wears those really short bike shorts, and long tan legs. this is motivation but she is still pulling away. click click, hammer down im watching the speed 19.1, 19.3, cummon dude you got more, click, 19.7, click im breathing hard now but gaining so here is the question, do i pass? not because im perving but im not sure i have whats needed to pull away if i do.

behind me i hear someone call out for the first time, coming around, shit a bike club, the puller is passing me and they go right by me and her, i can do this, i have a plan, click click hammer down i pull in behind the last bike and its like a vacuum, no air in front of me i sail right by her and actually let up and the speedo is 20.8 mph, sick. i bet these guys arent even trying this is probably just a casual training ride for them. yep, they're pulling away from me now im not sure they want me in their club.

16 miles in this is sooo fun, i wonder where i passed paul, seriously never saw him again. knee feels great im just gonna back it down and ride the last 4 a little easier. fluids, dont forget to hydrate, cruising now legs feel really great and appreciating the work. lots of sat morning riders out now heading into 18 mile mark 2 mi to go it's gonna be a beautiful day, im going to onetri before they close and buy me some new shoes :)

back at the parkinglot 1.13:32 over 20mi hmmm i prolly had more caus i backed it down on the last 4. i dont know how to calculate watts but will look up the conversion. hydrate, here comes barbara she did great today. no paul in sight. what an awesome day i love my bike :)