Reston Bike Club Tues/Thurs Rides
I've been going to the Reston Bike Club Tues/Thurs rides lately. They recently switched to a number system versus the old A, B, C, D levels, I used to be between an "A" and a "B" which was a published average around 18 - 19 mph. Under the new number system, I've been joining the "3" group which has roughly the same average. On the Tuesday rides, I've been getting dropped around 2/3's of the way into the ride, but I've been able to keep up with the group on the Thursday ride. I've averaged as high as 19.2 and as low as 18.5 mph for the hour that we are out there.
This early daylight savings change allowed the RBC rides to start early; so, I'll have much more speed training than I did before last year's RAAM. I just completed a cycle of VO2 Max workouts and boy where they tough. They were doubly tough without a Heart rate monitor, I just found mine, it's been missing since Sebring in Feb.
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