2008 Bike Ride #14: Big Lake Washington loop (Metric Century)

[wickedwords]

Ride Length: 66 miles (approximately)
Elevation: 2740
Where: Big Lake Washington Loop (with Mercer Island pit stop)
Start Time: 9:30-ish
End Time: 6:00 pm
How long: 8.5 hours
On bike time: 6.11; 10.7 mph avg speed.
Total Calories: 4000

Cloudy and overcast, but horribly humid. It felt great while we were, as we always had a breeze. Each time we stopped, it was a dive for shade, as I realized just how hot, sweaty, and sticky I was. Beautiful ride though, with a lot of smaller hills and a couple of big ones, including the 520 hill from Redmond (The hill is 3 miles in total, but the 12% grade is right at the beginning, then it smooths out to about a 5%), plus 112th in Bellevue, not to mention the final climbs up Seward Park and Capital Hill. No wonder it was such a long day.

Comments

[barkley.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a big, long, tiring ride. But worth it!

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

It was a great ride, and I'm feeling a lot better about the 200 miles on the 12th. It's getting close!