Zoom, zoom, zoom...

I am SUCH A HUGE FAN of not having any idea what I’m doing. ‘What, what, what!?’, you say. Here’s the thing: when you start doing something new, you start out being totally lame, and then you gain proficiency, and then you look back and all you can say is ‘Bwah-hah-hah! Look what I can do! I LEARNED something!’ And that pretty much totally rocks.

We have a new land-speed record.

We went the usual route to the barn today. From the moment we turned onto 24th, every time I looked at my speedometer, it was over 20 mph!

It took us 35 minutes to get out there. That’s means we were averaging ~17 mph, even with all the stop signs on Tyler.

Dude, I’m a monster.

John and I had a discussion about it, and he figures we go faster when I’m in the lead because I’m always way up in my highest gears. He likes to keep a faster cadence, and tends to stay in his lower gears so he can pedal faster. I have a horse rider’s leg muscles (sometimes it’s a matter of life and death to STAY ON THE HORSE). So I’m all about slow-twitch, high power, slow cadence pedaling, and spend most of my time at the top of my gears.

What that tells me is that if I follow him a couple more times, and stay in my lower gears and keep pedaling, instead of just powering for a minute and then coasting most of the time, I’ll learn to pedal faster. And then I’ll be pedaling fast AND having high power, and I’ll practically get to the barn before I leave the house.