Big Ride Training

This weekend was my first weekend of long riding in prep for the Big Ride. My two and half hour ride on Friday afternoon was thwarted by kitten birthing in my back bedroom, but the rest of the weekend went according to plan:

Saturday, April 10: 40 miles in 3 hrs. 10 min.
Sunday, April 11: 51.3 miles in 3 hrs. 30 min.

Today, I'll ride another 40 miles with Nick, probably around the top of Lake Washington, across I-90 and back up through Bellevue. So far I've ridden about 475 miles. I'm a little down on where I'd like to be because of our trip to Europe, but I think I'll be fine. I've noticed that my hiking strength isn't what it used to be. Hiking and biking muscles just aren't the same! I'll have to incorporate more hiking into my plan if I think I'm going to do things like Eldorado as a day trip in June.

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