This weekend an Audax get together was held in Cowra a 4 1/2 drive from Sydney. Apart from strong 40 km/hr westerly to south westerly winds , the weather was perfect.
For some reason I felt better on day2 , the 100km ride , than I did on day 1 for the 200 . It was the first time on both rides that I was able to keep my diamond frame colleagues in sight . Normally within 10 to 15 minutes I'm seeing them as distant dots on the horizon , but not this time . That was quite gratifying especially on day 2 when we climbed 1400 metres over the 100km ride.
One thing I did mess up was the Garmin trace . I forgot to stop the Garmin at the end of both rides , and forgot to start it for the second ride until about 7km into ride 2 . It influences the stats a bit , the first ride I finished about 25 min before the Garmin trace stops , and about 10 minutes for the second . There doesn't seem an easy way to edit the data which is fair enough. The average moving speeds give me a better idea of how things went for these two rides. Anyways here's the data for the two with some pics
Day 1
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/229043200
Day 2
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/228844438
This is roughly at the 30km mark where we stopped to look at the wall of the dam
Funny how the V seems to feature centre stage quite a lot
Some of the countryside around the dam
Old wooden plank bridge crossing the Lachlan River after an hours riding at sustained average speeds above 30km/hr (tailwind assisted )
For some reason I felt better on day2 , the 100km ride , than I did on day 1 for the 200 . It was the first time on both rides that I was able to keep my diamond frame colleagues in sight . Normally within 10 to 15 minutes I'm seeing them as distant dots on the horizon , but not this time . That was quite gratifying especially on day 2 when we climbed 1400 metres over the 100km ride.
One thing I did mess up was the Garmin trace . I forgot to stop the Garmin at the end of both rides , and forgot to start it for the second ride until about 7km into ride 2 . It influences the stats a bit , the first ride I finished about 25 min before the Garmin trace stops , and about 10 minutes for the second . There doesn't seem an easy way to edit the data which is fair enough. The average moving speeds give me a better idea of how things went for these two rides. Anyways here's the data for the two with some pics
Day 1
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/229043200
Day 2
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/228844438
This is roughly at the 30km mark where we stopped to look at the wall of the dam
Funny how the V seems to feature centre stage quite a lot
Some of the countryside around the dam
Old wooden plank bridge crossing the Lachlan River after an hours riding at sustained average speeds above 30km/hr (tailwind assisted )