hours...

after wakefield trailwork yesterday and a trip to citybikes i was pretty wasted... forced myself to get onto the trainer and spun for a little under an hour while i watched monty python and the holy grail... decided to make up for it with a bit of extra time on the road bike today, should have been 3 hours but i figured i'd push it up to 3:45 or 4:00 to make up for the 2 and 1/2 hour mountain bike ride i didn't do in saturday.

hooked up with mike and tris at 11 and we headed north up through rock creek park heading up towards falls road. once we hit falls mike and i hit some of the back roads to get in a few more miles and more some climbing while tris took a flatter route to our rendezvous point a couple of miles away... after a quick pit stop for coffee we started heading back into the city on macarthur... it's pretty flat, so it was easy to keep my heart rate down and get in some good zone 2 miles, especially when i could tuck in behind mike... by the time we got back down to georgetown we had a bit over 3 hours of riding in so i doubled back up the capital crescent and over to rock creek park for a few more miles... by the time i got home the stats added up to 60 miles in 4:15 with 2000+ feet of climbing... my legs are pretty wasted, so hopefully i didn't overdo it...

we'll probably be doing a similar route next weekend, so let me know if you're interested in coming along... with the optional bits of the ride it could range from 35-60+ miles...