The Return of the Garmin

It's not too common to have little girl that loves to clean. I have a little girl that asks to help every time I decide to clean my bike. She loves helping with the chain and frame and always needs more greenworks water for her rag. She makes cleaning the bike a fun task so I try and plan it for when she can help me.

Today my Garmin came back in, just in time for the biggest workout yet. I had a ride planned that I knew would wear me down, and make me beg for mercy. I planned to ride into the front that is moving in and ride into the sustained 15-20 mile per hour winds. I rode at a staggeringly slow pace that would have bored anyone without a granny gear. I just enjoyed spin class, letting my spinning raise my heart rate to the appropriate level. The route was north past the paper mill towards Altheimer. Normally on this ride there are three decent climbs. One getting over a rail crossing, one getting over the river, and another rail crossing just a half mile from the end. I skipped the last one after fighting the wind for 10.5 miles. I ended up getting in 21 miles for my first time breaking 20 this season. Fun getting that strong a start to the season, by the way the weather started off in the upper 60's on this ride and ended just above 50. Nice front, but tomorrow's ride will be cold. On the +3 network I earned $.08 cents for the World Bicycle Relief Fund.

I started +3 at the end of last season. I like my workouts helping more than just me. It is nice to know that all these miles are actually making money to help third world countries get a means of transportation. It is amazing what WBRF does for the world.

Here are the long awaited, and missed stats for my ride.