Kamehameha Day took Ckucke, JT, and Kevyn out of the Thursday ride, but freed up Wayland to join Root and I in the festivities of pain. Wayland had spent a lot of time on a stationary indoor trainer, but hadn’t gotten a lot of road mileage. This was a good chance for him to experience the physical, emotional, and tactical challenge of a real-world road climb. He was in fact thoroughly challenged. The weather was warm and clear at the bottom, with the normal late afternoon clouds at the top. There was a fairly good headwind blowing all the way up, and like the light drizzle that had been falling on the upper stretches, it was both a blessing and a curse. My legs felt sluggish when I started my warm-up, but they were fine once we started the climb. The pace was slower than usual, so I couldn’t really tell if yesterday’s ride did any harm.
D = 19.01 km (11.8-miles), Vavr = 14.6 km/h (9.1-mph), Vmax = 46.0 km/h (28.6-mph), T = 1-hour, 18-minutes (9-minutes warm-up, 50-minutes up, 19-minutes down)
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