Notes
Decided to cross train a little bit, so headed out for this ride. Cool and very, very light sprinkles on and off. Decent ride. Was feeling good to start, got to Grafton in about 26:54. Started taking it a bit harder and hit Chester in about 50:30. Had to stop for some traffic and road work which bugged me. Thought I had an outside shot at my route record and put in a seriously hard surge on 103 on the tough section. Hit the hour at 17.37 miles. Then got down on the faster sections and cruised. Worked up the hill toward Pleasant Valley, but was only 1:09:48 there and realized I had no chance to break my record. So took it pretty easy until the climb past Stickney Farm, which I worked up, then hammered the downhill section home. Kinda bummed I didn't break 1:25 as I think I've only done that once before. I know I can break my route record sometime. I'm not disappointed in this ride considering I started without any plan to go for a record, and I haven't ridden in a long time. I bet I'll ride 1:22 by next week if I cross train for two weeks.