It was a complete coincidence, but Coach Glen just happened to be in Sunriver for the second week of his vacation at the same time my family and our friends were renting house there for a week. Lucky for me, I had found a bike partner for my 30 mile tempo ride. Our plan was to do a flat ride on Century Drive from Sunriver, but Glen missed the turnoff as we rode out of Sunriver so we ended up starting our ride with an 11 mile climb toward Mt. Bachelor. I was pretty proud of myself because we were still riding 19-20 mph during the mild part of the climb, and then about 15 mph when the grade increased. At 11 miles Glen decided we should turn around because we were not getting the workout the schedule called for. The ride down was a fast, and after doing some leap frog intervals with Glen we rode tempo for several miles and at one point I clocked 37 mph! I am definitely feeling much more comfortable on my aero bars and this was a perfect ride to practice because there was almost no traffic on the road. When we got back down we turned onto Century Drive to make up an additional 13 miles on flatter ground. Again, I surprised myself by maintaining a 21-22 mph average on the flat (there wasn't much wind at all). My only challenge on this ride was the enormous turkey club sandwich I had eaten just an hour prior to our ride (never again!). Wow, it felt like a huge brick in my stomach until the last 5 miles or so. Thanks to Glen for a great tempo ride...he really pushed me!
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