Went for a nice ride up to Whistler along the Gran Fondo route I'll be riding in September. I don't usually go all the way to Whistler, but since my dad/support vehicle driver in France wanted a test run on home turf, it seemed like a good chance to check out the route. There was a lot of traffic downtown so I hit the lap button at the end of Georgia to estimate the Fondo distance and did that (almost!) in around 4 hours. I say almost because I punctured two kilometers shy of the finish and just called my dad to come back and grab me there instead of changing my tube at the end of the ride. That had me averaging 29km/h for 4 hours solo, so I'm pretty happy with that.
I wasn't expecting such steep climbs north of Squamish either... I'd only driven that before and my memory had me convinced they weren't much more than 5%, but most were 8s! That took it's toll and I soon realized I'd gone out a bit too hard in the beginning. I struggled to keep my power up for the last hour (avg 180W for the last 2 hours vs 195W for the 1st 2 hours). Overall, including the traffic from Kits to the end of Georgia, the ride was 121.25km in 4:15:06 for an avg speed of 28.66km/h and avg power of 184W (202W normalized). That's not including the 20min stop for coffee in Lions Bay, but I felt like a latte overlooking the ocean was an essential part of any ride up the sea to sky hwy.
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