Conditions Are Real
3/26/2006 – 10:33 pmSnuck out after doing some work around the house and some freelance stuff for a quick ride. 30 minutes up West Chester Pike. West Chester Pike is good for the following reasons: There are some major hills. Most of it has a whole lane of shoulder. West Chester Pike is bad for the following reasins: It has some major hills. People drive on some stretches of it like its almost a highway.
I decided that the workout would be: as far away from my house on west chester pike as I can go in 30 minutes. Distance out is the measure of success. For the second half of the workout, its time it takes to get back that measures success.
Anyway, 7.88 miles out in exactly 30 minutes. I got from my front door to the Porsche dealership right after the SAP headquarters before I spun it. Headwind, mostly uphill. So that is roughly 15.76 MPH average out.
Same distance back. Mostly tailwind. Mostly downhill. 22 minutes to get back home. 21.4 MPH average back.
My rowing coach in high school used to tell us sternly ‘You row the conditions. They don’t row you.’ Its a sound viewpoint. But I’ll still be curious to see how much faster I can get up the hill at the entrance to 476 on a windless day.
One Response to “Conditions Are Real”
There was no “sneaking.” You told me you were going, I granted permission, and that was that. So there!
By The Wife on Mar 27, 2006