Out 'n' Back

Met up with E for some ride time tonight. Coach had the plan of 30 miles at 20mph, which seemed fairly achievable. After some last minute plan changes, we met at the square in Lewisville, quickly got ready and headed out. Our last time out in this direction we were killing it on the way out, but had a nasty headwind on the way back. Our 21mph average on the way out took a dive on the way back, so it was nice to know that we weren't going to be in a windy situation tonight. The way out was rather uneventful (aside from having to motorpace behind and excavator for a little bit).

We spent the first fifteen tucked, and working together with strong pulls. When we made it to the turn around point we were averaging 22.8mph, when we turned back, we did have a little bit of a headwind, but not enough to be demoralizing. We kept the power on and were riding strong. We decided to end on an ascent of Grapevine, and pulled back into the square with around 31ish miles with an average of 22.7. It was definitely a hard effort, but I know that it still pales in comparison with truly "fast" cyclists. Hopefully this effort will give us the warmed legs for this weekends trip to South Carolina for the Donaldson Center Road Race!