Sunday with Sports Federation

I rode this past sunday with Sports Federation. Hadn't ridden with them in a while and I hadn't ridden at all since the River Region Classic. Sunday is when the stronger riders of the group get together and have a faster than usual ride. I met up with AK, Israel, Gustavo, Miguel, and a new rider with the group, Mauricio.

We met up at the Exxon station and were on our way down to Granjeno. We started off at a decent pace then quickly picked it up. For not having ridden in a week I felt OK. We were taking turns pulling. I pulled at around 20mph into a nice headwind for a while then quickly fell to the back of the pack. I was longing for a break afterwards and almost got dropped but I did not let this happen. I concentrated on my breathing and mentally told myself to hang in there. Before I knew it me and my team mates were all taking a breather figuring out where to go from there.

We decided to head back the same way and had a light tailwind in doing so allowing us to pick it up a notch. We did one more lap at Granjeno loop and on the way back we encountored some real smooth road perfect for sprinting. I peaked at 30 but others peaked at about 32-33mph. Overall this was a challenging hard ride for me but enjoyable as well. We completed approximately 30 miles in just a little over an hour and a half. This is the route we took.