Today's Tracking via Ham Radio and GPS
It doesn't take too many days off before I lose my mocho, as fellow cyclists well know.
I've failed to motivate myself to ride the last few days, but today I had a birthday card to mail, so I used that for an excuse to saddle up and go.
Since the Edgewood Post Office is over 5 miles away, and right on Old Route 66, it was a fairly obvious choice.
Trouble is, Route 66 rarely gets the maintenance attention since it was deleted off federal maps with the onslaught of the small-town-killing Interstate highway system. There are parts of 66 through Tijeras Canyon that have really nice wide smooth pavement, but here close to Edgewood NM, not so much.
The hill going upward toward Edgewood from the Barton Valley is particularly bad, with "new" pavement that seems rougher than the old asphalt that it now covers. Even driving over it in a car is rough, but on the trike it was really bad. Add that to the fact the shoulder completely disappears with leftover asphalt rubble blobs, and it is close to half a mile of bounce and jostle.... I made it both ways, so I should stop whining about it.
It actually rained pretty hard yesterday, Tuesday, and the roads today were a bit water soaked yet. Which made for a cooler day in spite of the bright sunshine.
My rubbery legs, however, did begin to "speak" to me. They survived, though, with a couple extra water breaks, and that's the important part of the good news.
Ride Started: 12:01 PM Ride Ended: 2:19 PM
Beginning Battery Voltage: 12.8 Ending Voltage: 12.7 Lowest: 12.7
Beginning Blood Glucose: 134 Ending BG: 116
(Ate before riding; insulin pump basal rate 30% for this ride)
Lowest Temp 67 F Highest Temp: 75 F
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 11.96
Distance Walked: .7 miles
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
5.2 MPH 6.8 MPH 33.35 MPH
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
2 hours 18 mins 1 hour 45 mins 33 minutes
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