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I have been pretty good at keeping up with my cycling training all winter on the trainer. I have put over 1700 km on the trainer during the cold season. But after a while, it gets OLD! I passed the last 2 weeks of march in Europe (1 week in Germany, 1 week in France) which means that all my bike sessions were done indoor in fitness clubs.

I was scheduled for a long solo bike session (~3 hours or 90 km) last Sunday, the day after landing back in Canada. I told myself that regardless of the weather, I would do it outside! Unfortunately, the weather was calling for rain that morning. I went out anyway. The route I used is below. You can zoom and pan the map. If you click on “view details“, you will see the new Garmin Connect interface and all the data for the ride (speed, heart rate, elevation, power, etc). Pretty neat!

I could do the first hour without rain, but things got wet after that. Despite the rain, the ride was simply awesome. I was very happy with the results.

My average power for the ride was 249 Watts, about 90% of my actual estimated FTP (Functional Treshold Power - the power I can maintain for 1 hour). I almost maintained an average of 34 km/h and covered the 90 km distance in 2h40 minutes. I also had some life left in the legs after that. Sure, I could have done it faster, but then I would have no legs left for running. If I could match that performance in the bike leg of my upcoming Ironman 70.3 race in May, I would be happy.

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