Today was a long ride. 😀 Little over a thousand more vertical feet of climbing than we had yesterday, add onto that wet morning with a hot afternoon (read as your clothing is always not right) and a headwind that seemed to follow us wherever we went, no matter what! However, the “roller coaster hills” were a lot of fun, hitting some pretty good speeds. New GPS method worked excellent, just put it in a zip-loc and throw it in the mesh part of the CamelBack.

Two cyclists near a rustic wooden building, one in a red shirt sitting on steps, another in a yellow jersey working on a bicycle.
This is Don and Foster. Don is from Texas and Foster is a fellow Minnesotan. We road together most of Day 2.

Anyway, here’s today’s ride…

Road map showing cycling route near Harper and Fredericksburg Texas with yellow dotted trail markers highways 87 965 73 3 and 16 visible

This ride had a lot (let me emphasize that!) of up and down, rolling hills. Tack onto that a couple of serious climbs and you have the reason my quads still are yelling at me. (Notice the new chart, basic altitude and then I’ve added a second line for total vertical feet, sweet!)

Altitude profile chart for Harpers Bazaar ride on 3-11-2001 showing elevation between 1600 and 2400 feet from 7am to 5pm.

Speed was average. You can see today had 3 breaks. This ride looped through the city of Harper three times (hence the name). (Note the new chart here as well, basic speed is in light and an average of the speed is in the thicker line, gives a better representation.)

Speed profile chart from 7:12am to 4:48pm on 3/11/2001, showing MPH fluctuating mostly between 10-25, with 3 visible stops at zero.

Heart rate was actually lower than yesterday, averaging 123 (yesterday was 125). Other than that this chart really looks about the same.

Heart rate zone chart over 6-hour bike ride showing 58.2 percent in zone 1 yellow, 41.7 percent in zone 2 green, 0.1 percent in zone 3 red.

Tomorrow is another brand new ride, Southern “Dis”-Comfort. Another 100 miler. Whew…

Part of the Texas Hellweek 2001 collection.