Another morning means another road spin before I get to work. This time I had about 3 hours window I could work with so that left me with the obvious choice: yep, the Sally Gap, just as always! :)
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| This morning's ride |
The plan was to have a nice and fast paced training spin on one of my favourite training loop, which would be the next:
Milltown - Stepaside - Enniskerry - Powerscourt - Sally Gap - Lough Tay - Ballinastoe - Djouce - Enniskerry - Stepaside - Milltown
I was really lucky with the weather this morning, no rain, no crazy wind just dry roads and a bit of sunshine along the way. Just as we expect a nice February morning to be! :) Everything was just nice and calm out there with very little traffic and stunning view at some places.
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| Who wouldn't live in a place like this, hah?! Absolutely fantastic! |
But back to the spin! I started to push it hard straight from the beginning and I felt very good all the way so I decided to have the split times recorded, I thought they could be interesting. Here they are:
CP1 - Enniskerry @ 32 minutes of riding time
CP2 - Powerscourt Waterfall @ 46 minutes of riding time
CP3 - Military Road junction @ 1 hour and 10 minutes of riding time
CP4 - Sally Gap @ 1 hour and 30 minutes of riding time
CP5 - Enniskerry @ 2 hours and 15 minutes of riding time
CP6 - Milltown (home) @ 2 hours and 50 minutes of riding time
I'm happy to get this 73 km long spin done under 2 hours and 50 minutes time with all the climbs along the way. It was tough enough morning spin with all the 1186 m elevation gain.
And there is one more thing that I'm happy for: I managed to set a new PB speed record on the was down from the Sally Gap, just next to the Lough Tay. Happy days!
I had great time on the bike today and it was great to have a bit more intense training spin especially 'cause the racing season is coming soon. Legs were turning fine and I felt it for the first time this year that all the training I've done all started to build up. Feels greeeaaaat!
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