Afternoon Ride

Sticky Road

Gravel Worlds Long Voyage

Shake out the legs

Time to pack for Gavel Worlds Long Voyage

Lowered my time from last year so this should be a new FKT for unsupported category.   50% rain forecast almost the whole time so I was going to get wet.  Woke up at 1:27, looked at the radar and had to get out of Clinton before a t-storm hit the town.  Had lightning on my left and right at a distance for the first 3 hours.  

First rain was light at mile 25, 64 was a downpour and 210 was a medium rain.  Trail got soft in places especially the last 8 miles as this is the newest section and the area had gotten the most rain.  

The night was a zoo - rabbit, raccoon, possum, skunk, deer, armadillo and a big cat (going to say it was a bobcat) and a person sleeping on one of the bridges.  Day was turtles, squirrels and snakes.  

Wind forecast changed because I was expecting a SW favorable tail/cross wind the last 110 miles.  That didn’t happen, it changed from SE to a East wind.  I forgot my HR monitor, so I changed my goal to try an average 200w for the ride.  At 120 miles I was at 199, then I just couldn’t maintain after that.  Dropped to 192 at 180 miles and I ended at 193 per my Wahoo.  Strava seems to make up its own number.  Doesn’t matter.  Had an 18.2 average but kept dropping.  Had maintained 18 until the last 8 miles, trail was so soft and I was able to throw 200-230w but the speed wasn’t there and I couldn’t maintain.  Next time

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