Bike training, week 9. I was rained out a couple of times this week, but managed to fit in 4 rides totaling 90.9 miles.

Averaged 15.1 mph on my latest ride, which is equivalent to three weeks ago, except this time my average heart rate improved from 151 bpm to 143 bpm.

I’m in this stage now though where my natural workout is to go out for a Zone 2 ride and just kind of cruise at around 13 mph. I’m finding that I need to force myself to try and go faster, otherwise I won’t make progress toward my goal.

75 miles takes a long time to ride, and the difference between a 13 mph average speed and a 15 mph average is about 45 minutes saved overall. I really want my cruising speed to be 15 mph before I do the long ride and need to work up to that.