Girona Gran Fondo 2017, päivä 11: Eat Sleep Cycle -lenkki

Maanantai 19.6.2017

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19.6.2017 0745 +21C 1m/s E

klo 9.03

Yet another great day of cycling, fiendship, sun and vacation is about to begin. In Girona.

95th breakfast and coffee in cafe in 2017 // +22C sun

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After 2 hours and 50km in the sun it is time to have lunch and non-alcoholic beer. Nice easy ride organized by Eat Sleep Cycle bikeshop.

It is still quite warm. My garmin said 38C when riding into girona. I have, however, acclimatized quite well. My heart rate is at least 20bpm lower than it was a week ago (resting heart rate again below 50bpm in the morning, below 60bpm during a coffee break while sitting in a shadow of a tree at 33C),

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Finally I got my Garmin stats from the Els Angels hill climb. Rather steady effort right at my anaerobic threshold (172bpm) or a bit above. I could not have ridden the climb much faster, maybe 10-20 seconds or so at most. I was also able to increase my effort at the very end, so I did not explode or cook myself in the heat.

I improved my time by 33 seconds, which I am happy about - especially given the 35C heat and full sunshine.

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Tomorrow it is going to be 37C. Must wake up, get out and start riding before 8am. For few hours.

Today it was only 35C, so I got some exercise.

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