35 Mile Bike Ride To Celebrate The End Of Vacation

What a way to come back from vacation, a 35 mile ride on a beautiful spring day here in Germany.  I checked the weather this morning with the sun shining in the windows and was horrified to see that there was a 60% chance of rain showers this afternoon.  So since I'd been promising myself a long bike road both today and tomorrow after gorging myself on gelato, pasta, bruschetta, beer, and wine in Venice I ran out the door and hit the road.  And yes if you were wondering I WAS that bad in Venice, after all I'm going to Afghanistan in a couple of weeks and where can I fsplurge on any of those things in that lovely country.

Here's the data for the ride.  The map at the end shows only a 32 mile loop but I conveniently leave off the start point of my house, so no crazies can find it.

Distance : 34:98mi
Total Time: 2:14:50
AVG Speed: 15.6 mph
Total Calories: 2342
AVG HR: 149 bpm
Max HR: 183bpm

Zone 1 Time: 1:19 Distance: 0 ft
Zone 2 Time: 7:46 Distance: 1.4 mi
Zone 3 Time: 46:29 Distance: 14.7 mi
Zone 4 Time: 1:14:38 Distance: 18.4 mi
Zone 5 Time: 5:48 Distance: 0.8 mi

Chicken Wings and Beer Equals.......

A new personal record for the 1/2 marathon!!!! OK I must be honest any time I achieved today would be a new personal record, since I've never run "just" a 1/2 marathon either doing them as part of a 1/2 Ironman or a marathon, so I really can't attribute the time to the chicken wings and beer I had at Hooters last night.

Today was a great day for a long run, temps in the 50s with a little bit of a breeze. The breeze made it chilly enough to pull out the tights although at about mile 9 I was wishing I didn't have them on.

Mariah and I just before the race. Shivering a little bit in the wind.Mile 1.5 running strong. I probably pushed Mariah a little too hard, she mentioned that she hasn't run 5 miles that fast ever. Finishing strong. Just a little off the pace I would have liked to have run but not too shabby for a chilly day in November.
Mariah taking it home. Maybe next time she'll run a little more before racing. :)

Click here for the official results. Here are the stats according to my Garmin:

Distance : 13:20mi
Total Time: 1:54:58
AVG Pace: 8:42
Total Calories: 1561
AVG HR: 182 bpm
Max HR: 197 bpm
Mile 1: 9:04
Mile 2: 9:03
Mile 3: 9:08
Mile 4: 9:18
Mile 5: 9:17
Mile 6: 9:16
Mile 7: 8:11
Mile 8: 8:38
Mile 9: 8:17
Mile 10: 7:56
Mile 11: 8:13
Mile 12: 8.32
Mile 13: 8:30
.20: 7:35
Zone 1 Time: 0:00 Distance: 0ft
Zone 2 Time: 0:10 Distance: 99ft
Zone 3 Time: 1:09 Distance: .1 mi
Zone 4 Time: 39:58 Distance: 4.4 mi
Zone 5 Time: 1:16:26 Distnace: 9.0 mi

If you look I really sped up at mile 6, that's when Mariah started to fall behind, so I gave her a high five and upped my pace. Mariah still did really good finishing in 2:21. Not as fast as she did at Omaha but still respectable.