The sky cleared up nicely in the afternoon, and brought with it temperatures in the 60's. I had planned on riding to Watkins and back, but I felt strong and continued on. I turned north toward Front Range Airport, and rode a mile or so up the road. I thought about going the three or four extra miles to the airport, but wasn't sure I'd make it back with (what I thought would be) a headwind. This was my first time using Gun Club Road (north of Murphy Creek), and in spite of the traffic and narrow shoulder, I much prefer it over the bumpy Powhatan Rd. If you look at my route map, you can see I rode up Powhatan a bit. I was pleasantly surprised to see that they are resurfacing part of the road. I couldn't tell how far south they were going, but Powhatan would be a great road if it were smooth. Not much traffic. My average speed keeps going up - even with the increase of mileage. If I can ride every day, I'd like to average 18 or 19 miles an hour over 50 or 60 miles. If I and the weather hold out, and if I can get my real estate work finished in time, I'll ride out to Front Range Airport tomorrow. That will be 40 miles. Bennett is 46 miles R/T, so maybe I can hit that on Wednesday or Thursday. Strasburg on Saturday would be 60 miles, but that might be pushing it... Today was my first ride where I had planned stops. I ate a Clif Bar just past my halfway point, and brought some Gatorade (found some years' old powder in the storage room). I felt much stronger throughout this whole ride. I need to spend some time to determine what works best (energy-wise...) on the rides. Many years ago, I rode around Utah Lake (not the Great Salt Lake...). I hit the wall after about 65 miles. No energy to pedal, and nowhere to stop and beg a peanut butter & Jelly sandwich. I finally made it Santaquin (yeah, where Gary Coleman lived), and bought a loaf of cheap white bread and a couple bottles of Gatorade (I wasn't too high-tech back then...). I downed most of that and continued on. I was still struggling, but after stopping for a few minutes to fix a flat tire, I got back on the bike and it felt like I had never even ridden that day. 100% energy. Nice physiological experiment! Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 5593 ft Location: Aurora, CO, Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 06/14/10 Up/Downhill: [+1469/-1469] Time: 08:00 PM Difficulty: 4.9 / 5.0   Weather: Partly Cloudy   66 F temp; 45% humidity   66 F heat index; winds SSW 4 mph Performance Distance: 32.42 miles Time: 2:10:05 Speed: 14.9 mph Pace: 4' 02 /mi Calories: 1531 Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)   Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 6' 28 +2' 26 9.3 -5.6 +46 ft 2 3' 36 -0' 25 16.6 +1.7 +33 ft 3 3' 02 -0' 59 19.8 +4.9 -46 ft 4 4' 16 +0' 14 14.0 -0.9 -46 ft 5 3' 48 -0' 13 15.7 +0.8 +10 ft 6 2' 50 -1' 11 21.1 +6.2 -53 ft 7 3' 58 -0' 03 15.1 +0.2 +23 ft 8 3' 50 -0' 11 15.6 +0.7 +7 ft 9 4' 20 +0' 18 13.8 -1.1 -23 ft 10 4' 04 +0' 02 14.7 -0.2 +52 ft 11 4' 04 +0' 02 14.7 -0.2 +33 ft 12 2' 52 -1' 09 20.8 +5.9 -75 ft 13 3' 17 -0' 44 18.2 +3.3 -33 ft 14 3' 08 -0' 53 19.1 +4.2 -10 ft 15 3' 29 -0' 32 17.1 +2.2 0 ft 16 4' 14 +0' 12 14.1 -0.8 +10 ft 17 3' 55 -0' 06 15.3 +0.4 +20 ft 18 4' 15 +0' 13 14.1 -0.8 -33 ft 19 3' 44 -0' 17 16.1 +1.2 -3 ft 20 4' 21 +0' 19 13.8 -1.1 +36 ft 21 4' 26 +0' 24 13.5 -1.4 +30 ft 22 5' 01 +0' 59 12.0 -2.9 +82 ft 23 4' 13 +0' 11 14.2 -0.7 -42 ft 24 2' 56 -1' 05 20.4 +5.5 -88 ft 25 3' 49 -0' 12 15.7 +0.8 -10 ft 26 4' 12 +0' 10 14.2 -0.7 +26 ft 27 3' 38 -0' 23 16.5 +1.6 -23 ft 28 4' 24 +0' 22 13.6 -1.3 +46 ft 29 4' 37 +0' 35 13.0 -1.9 +36 ft 30 4' 22 +0' 20 13.7 -1.2 +42 ft 31 3' 58 -0' 03 15.1 +0.2 -3 ft 32 4' 35 +0' 33 13.1 -1.8 -36 ft end 5' 26 +1' 24 11.0 -3.9 -7 ft Versus average of 14.9 mph

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