2013 Seattle To Portland bike ride.

I rode the STP (Seattle To Portland) on Saturday with TTurner and Adam and about 100 miles with Ed P. from my office.

With TTurner as a lead out and a healthy tailwind I turned in my fastest ever distance ride (over an hour) with an average speed recorded on my CPU at 20.2mph, with a 10h 02m riding time for 203.11 miles starting at 4:45 in the first wave of riders and finishing at some time right around 6PM.

It was a blast, and there are some good pictures coming out showing just how closely I was drafting TTurner!
At one point I told him,

I’m CRAZY close to you!
…just holdin’ her steady.
I’m just sayin’ that if you fly into a mountain I’m goin’ with ya!
Alright.

He never once presented anything other than rock-steady lead out, all…day…long…despite having a car pull out in front AND a driver throwing something like a crushed aluminum can at him/us. Steady.

We had Adam, on an upright cross bike all day, and Ed on a sweet road bike but still, I’m curious, why we didn’t pick up more uprights all along the route.

And lastly, our team, and I in particular, was saved more than once by the timely support of BopOp who had spare water and other essentials necessary to bring a no-trainin’ fool along 200 miles at such a torrid pace.
Thanks Dad.

Three days on now and I’ve developed some sore muscles and joints but I’ll be alright; the memory of the good ride is still fresh as I ride to work this morning.