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Just logged in my longest bike ride to date: 200 km! I was off last Friday for Independance day in the US and decided to go out on my bike for the day. I was planning for a long ride, so learning from previous experiences, I went out being careful to not push hard. My plan, which work good, was to stick with a high cadence (80-95 rpm) but low torque on the crank. I limited myself to 30 km/h for the first couple of hours to save myself for the end of the day.

I stopped every 2 hours for a quick break to eat something and strecth my leg muscles. As for the path followed, I basically covered the most part of the shores of Essex county. Here is a link to the interactive map below.

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What was not soo funny was the wind. While it was not too strong, I had it on my back for the first 100 km, os it means I had to fight against it for the whole return trip. I have to say that the last 10 km were really a chore…  Few Statistics from the ride are listed below. We can see I really slowed down on the last section of the ride. The speed graph is available in the Fitness Log page.

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