There's an election coming in Canada, and that's had me thinking about transparency lately (just don't ask me what that has to do with politics...). So I figured I'd come clean and publicly admit that probably about 1/3 to 1/2 of the times I spit when riding it ends up all over me. Humiliating, right? Sometimes it's my shoulder that takes a hit. Other times, when the consistency is a little thicker, it gets hung up a little and the wind wraps it around to the back of my neck. The worst is when it gets in my ear. I've been riding for about a year now and I just can't seem to get past this embarrassing inadequacy... even though it only took me a few rides to stop falling over at traffic lights. I'm not too proud to try any tips you have, so post them in the comments (and by "you" I mean any of the 6 people I know that read this, but in particular the three of you that ride a bike).
Phew! Felt great to get that off my conscience. And extra good seeing as I just had a great ride around sunny Vancouver. As planned, I did three 20min intervals at a pace slightly higher than my usual slow pace, with the rest of the 2 hours being taken up by my slow pace. Hopefully I can gradually increase the number of these intervals and the power of each, but for today I aimed at 200W, with the rest sitting around 160W. 60.25km in 2:03:15, for an avg speed of 29.3km/h, avg power of 179W (185W normalized). It felt like a good workout and didn't leave me very exhausted, so I'm going to keep this kind of ride up and alternate with slow rides. Hopefully it works out.
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