Tuesday, 04 October 2011
My HRave reading for this evening's ride is much lower than it should be. The pickup wasn't functioning well through the first two miles of the ride, since I wasn't sweating enough to conduct signals. So for that time, the monitor was reading HRs like 49 and 52, despite a normal effort;
I saw only one regular on the bikeway: Rick the walker, who I saw in the stretch between the west gate to Eastwood Park and the plateau east of Findlay Avenue.
After I rose to the Monument Avenue bridge, I took the way very slowly. The past few times I had crossed the bridge, I had had to avoid some glass smashed across the sidewalk, and I wanted to clear as much of the debris as possible from the way. By the point of reaching the midpoint, I began to think that someone else had cleaned up the debris. But much closer to the traffic signal than I remembered, the glass was still there. I dismounted, set the bike aside, and began pitching the larger shards over the balustrade. When small slivers were left, I used my shoes to kick and nudge the pieces into the roadway. But I left the job unfinished, and I've remembered to stuff a whisk broom into my pack for finishing the work tomorrow morning.
Ride conditions
Temperature: 72 to 78°F at 18:00
Precipitation: none
Winds: 5 mph variable
Clothing: Skinsuit, ankle socks, open-finger gloves
Bike: Lotus Legend fixed gear
Time: 00:41:56 for 11.95 miles
Heart rate: 122 bpm HRave, 151 bpm HRmax
Bikeway users: 24 cyclists, 18 pedestrians, 3 dogs
Playback of the ride
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