Today was another training day. After dropping the car off at Campus Honda, I set out on a ride. I was trying to make it a little longer and was hoping to make it to 2.5 hours in length. As I started out I was feeling a little cold, but my legs felt strong. Before I left home I had planned to ride Oldfield Road out to Keating, then back along West Saanich Road.

This route actually took a lot less time than I thought, so I had to extend my loop a little through downtown, then along the water. In the end, it wasn’t as long as I had hoped, but I felt strong the entire ride, and could have kept going.

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Some stats on the ride:

Total Distance: 48.61 km (30.2 mi)
Total Time: 2:11:54
Moving Time: 2:04:53
Average Speed: 22.11 km/h (13.7 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 23.35 km/h (14.5 mi/h)
Max Speed: 56.70 km/h (35.2 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -15 m (-48 ft)
Max Elevation: 111 m (365 ft)
Elevation Gain: 637 m (2090 ft)
Max Grade: 14 %
Min Grade: -15 %
Recorded: Thu Jan 27 09:57:34 PST 2011
Activity type: cycling

I need to find some nice hills to train on I think. Hill repeats would be a good thing.