Training: EF-Bull's Green-Hitchin-Whitwell-EF

Very tough but rewarding ride. It had been raining the night before so the roads were filled with puddles. Came across a time trial race on Kentish Road about 25km into my ride. Soon after it started raining lightly. This continued until I reached Codicote. Dry with bits of sunshine for the next 20km. I got a bit lost in Hitchin (must have gone round the round a bout 3 x trying to work out where my Garmin wanted me to go... About 3km outside of Hitchin (on the highway that goes to Luton), just as the rain started up again, I punctured my front wheel. Took about 20 minutes to fix. Encountered a monster hill on this highway - about a 2-3km drag with the headwind whipping me badly - speed was around 14-16kph up this bastid. After missing a turn and having to backtrack 1km I was finally on the road to Whitwell - about 15km of mostly slight downhill with a nice tailwind...quiet country roads...but still the rain kept pouring. Missed my turn at Whitwell (was planning to go via Wheathampstead) so ended up connecting back to Codicote where I stopped for a Powerade and a Snickers bar. The wind was a nice helper over the last 40km back along Great North Road. Got back in one piece and had a nice cod and coleslaw with a liter of V8 juice as an after ride treat. View this ride data at Motionbased Performance Distance: 72.20 miles Time: 4:17:44 Speed: 16.8 mph Pace: 3' 34 /mi Heart Rate: 149 bpm (Avg) Calories: 4414 176 bpm (Peak) Map Elevation (ft.) Speed (mph) Heart Rate (bpm) Heart Rate Zones Zone Range (bpm) Time In Zone Distance In Zone Zone 5 167 - 186 0h 42m 16% 7.20 mi Zone 4 149 - 167 2h 35m 60% 43.13 mi Zone 3 130 - 149 1h 08m 26% 18.60 mi Zone 2 112 - 130 0h 27m 10% 4.60 mi Zone 1 93 - 112 0h 28m 10% 1.64 mi (none) out of range 0h 01m 0% 0.29 mi

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