Even with tropical storm Flossie approaching, the forecast called for hot, sunny days this weekend, so even though it was clouded in on Sunday morning, we chanced a ride out at Royal Summit. It was ripping hot, but there was a good breeze going, so we didn’t die immediately from the heat. We did die later from the climbs, as we were instantly reminded why we usually tackle this area as a loop from the Wailuna side – the climbs at Royal Summit suck! My complete lack of conditioning became readily apparent as I dropped off the back. Definitely have to get more secret training time in before the next trail ride. We went up to the end of the doubletrack then snaked our way back down via the siding singletrack fun runs. There was a lot of daylight, so we sessioned a couple of sections until we ran out of juice and headed back out. We mistakenly went down into the airsoft area. We’ve done that before, and it sucked as much this time around.
D = 7.85 km (4.88-miles), Vavr = 8.9 km/h (5.5-mph), Vmax = 31.4 km/h (19.5-mph), T = 54-minutes
(GPS says: 7.38 km (4.59-miles), Vavr = 5.6 km/h (3.5-mph), Vmax = 26.2 km/h (16.3-mph), T = 1-hour, 18-minutes)
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