Day 229

Well, that was supposed to be a little easier... the 4000ft of climbing kind of snuck up on me.  But I have no complaints, that was a great ride.  The weather was great, and with rain forecast for the next week, I figured it was a good day to put in a longer ride.  Went out along Marine Drive in West Van to Horseshoe Bay, then hopped on the Sea to Sky and rode up to Brittania Beach (photo below).  There's a great coffee shop there so I had a nice latte before heading back. 

That was the longest ride of the season so far, and I had no issues on the ride, but I'm pretty bagged now.  116.26km in 4:24:31, for an avg speed of 26.4km/h and avg power of 155W (168W normalized).  I was trying to keep my effort at around 160W, but there were too many hills.  Most of the hills along Marine Dr. in West Van are between 8-10% too, to I just tried to keep the effort as low as possible.  I tried picking up the pace a couple of times near the end to see how my legs were, and even though I didn't push very hard, I was able pick it up without issues.  5 hours of riding in the sunshine without leaving the coast, with the snow-capped mountains all around... pretty solid day.