It's been a few days since I rode my bike so this morning I decided to make it a nice and long one. I rode down to the waterfront and took the ferry to Bainbridge Island. Within half an hour I was on the island. When I got off, I fixed my seat - I've been meaning to do it for a while because I've been sliding off it just a bit. I raised the tilt of the seat by just a few degrees but the difference was huge.

The map that you see is an elevation map of the route I took today. The route is called the "Chilly Hilly", which is a bike race done in February every year. Yes, the ride is hilly - a total of 2675' in elevation gain, and a distance of 33 miles. I rode this route once before a couple of weeks ago but I went pretty slow because I was unfamiliar with the course. My goal today was to basically go as fast as I can.

I finished in just over 2 hours. When I had done over 15 miles the first hour, I wanted to get to 30 miles within 2 hours, which would give me an average speed of 15mph, which I think is OK for this course given the hilliness. At least I can say that I was satisfied with my performance because I hit 30 miles at 1:59:40. I was really dogging it the last couple of miles to make it. In all, I finished the 33 miles in 2:11. Theoretically, one could go a lot faster if not for the ~10 stops signs and an occasional car that gets in the way. But overall, there is almost no vehicle traffic on this course. It's my favorite ride in the Puget Sound area that I have ridden so far.

I had about 20 minutes to kill before the 1:10pm ferry back to Seattle, so I bought a lemonade at the wooden shack next to the car waiting area :-). Great ride today!

Total: 32.8m Bike; ??? cal.; 143.5 lb. after workout