leg wasting wed ride

wasn't feeling it much but the weather did clear, and Fox said he was going, and shoot I know it does some good, even if it doesn't make me faster it helps clear the mind.

Fox shows and just as 5pm is rolling around Chris #2 shows.  Super skinny college kid (like me in college) and looking for some leg stretching going into Battenkill.  Three is a good number.  Rotating through, drilling it.

I was still the strongest and didn't have much trouble taking all the sprint points, but the guys still made me work hard, hit my max HR, pushed myself wicked hard on the second rise after the Pine street sprint, and then attacked Rocky Hill from just at 500m (500 is a long way to start a sprint).  Fox's drive train gave him away on that sprint.  He went to come around at the spot where I usually attack but I could hear his drivetrain squeaking when he jumped and I was able to add some power and motor away.

Hillside much the same. Skinny Chris attacked and set a pretty solid pace but when it dipped down he was unable to capitalize much on gravity but still kept going but blew pretty sky high and Fox jumped and I went around him and unloaded...  but soft pedaled over the top by the mailbox with the gap I had.

The nice thing about the ride is that it is short, but there is actually not a ton of rest.  The only section that we take easy is basically from the top of Rocky Hill to the turn onto Hillside.  Everything else is full gas, rotating through or sprinting.  The three of us, including a couple miles of getting through EP into Seekonk at a leisurely pace and we still avg right about 20mph, hr was no where near race average but 143 for a short mid week ride with some chatting and chilling in a few spots and lots of drafting isn't too bad.

It is what it is.  It was fun.

Good company, hard ride. Without the trailer I just headed right home and managed to get there a bit earlier than when I head back to the office to hitch it and ride home.

BUT

The ride in this morning and the whole time on the bike on the leg wasting wed ride I felt like a praying mantis after being on the Klein for a week or two.  And the drops in those bars I have are pretty much f'n useless.  But they are wide enough, and it is a CX bike.  No matter so much, just an observation.  Klein is faster though.  No question.  As it should be on the road.

enough musing - now, can i break the cycle and actually get some sleep tonight?
we'll see

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