Nice and easy recovery rides are a good thing once in awhile. Today's weather was perfect, mostly sunny, comfortably warm and just a bit of a breeze. Kept my pace nice and easy so that my heart rate stayed below 118 bpm (max was 116 today). Sometimes it is hard to go this slow, but I kept in mind that I have a 30 minute time trial tomorrow and that helped keep my urge to go for it in check.
The main focus of this ride was to keep a comfortably high cadence (above 90 or so for me) and work on pedalling technique. I think I did a pretty good job at both. About 1/3 of the ride was at 95+ cadence, and given the number of climbs on the ride that is pretty good.
I still have my commute to do later on, but since this is a recovery day I'll try to stay in a recovery mode for it as well. Then a good night's sleep and really nail my time trial tomorrow.
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