Power Butte

To celebrate the demise of February, possibly the most hated month in all of cycledom, I took a ride today on the Look.  I'm beginning to like the Power Butte ride.  Boy it was windy though - 15 MPH out of the SSE.  And I made my first conscious effort today to maintain a base pace (generally thought of as the pace at which one has enough breath to maintain a conversation).  As a result, I was at 10MPH on much of my way south - I think my average was around 12 when I took a break near my southernmost point.  I passed Tyler's church and saw his car as well as my ex-boss's car sitting in front as the place was warming up for 10:00 services.  I hope they remembered to pray for me.  ;)

But a ride into the wind on the outbound leg can mean only one thing for the inbound journey!  Yeah it was a thing of beauty.  I was still at base effort, but I was up near 30MPH for a good portion of the ride home.  Cresting hills at 20MPH is a cool feeling.  Went past Tyler's place a little after 11:00 but it looked like he & Sheree were still in church.  Cruised past my cousin's place again but saw no signs of life other than the pickup in the driveway.  23.7 miles in an hour and a half.  The end.