Warmup ride, 62 watts

Warmup #2, 73 watts

Easy sub-stage today, just a couple very short climbs (78' elev. gain). 150 bpm, 173 kcals, 78 watts

Cooldown ride, 57 watts.

Warmup ride, 65 watts

Still trying to acclimate to my new saddle, sit bone pain on the left made this one a tough slog. I think one more week, and I'll be fine, since I love this saddle on my road bike. 442' of elevation gain that felt like more, 145 bpm, 396 kcals, 75 watts.

Had a technical glitch so had to stop this ride and restart where I left off, So I treated this as my warmup. It was mostly downhill, but speed throttling kept my speed slow. Beautiful scenery in France, though.

Completion of the ride. Rolling with a slightly longer climb near the end that shaved .4 mph off my average speed. 318' elev. gain, 149 bpm, 220 kcals, 77 watts.

Cooldown ride, 58 watts

Little hills and throttling at the end cost me some on my average speed, but overall an easier segment, only 160' elevation gain. 143 bpm, 197 kcals, 71 watts.

Short little segment with only 98' of elevation gain. 151 bpm, 102 kcals, 79 watts.

Warmup ride, 62 watts

Wanted to do this one in < 1 hour and just barely made it! Easy ride, lots of bunching up of riders. It's amazing there aren't more crashes. Dark storm clouds in front, wondering if they will encounter rain in future sub-stages today. 262' elev gain, 145 bpm, 281 kcals, 78 watts. * Put on a new saddle today to match the one on my road bike. Definitely harder, my sit bones felt it. But I won't suffer when we transition to outdoor riding, at least in the saddle area!

Cooldown ride, 47 watts

Tired legs today from all the walking in the snow! 393' elev. gain, 152 bpm, 285 kcals, 72 watts (coasted all the downhills).

Nice ride with a steep but short climb at the end. Seemed like the riders were encountering some stiff headwinds heading south, so I was glad to be riding indoors. We're snowbound in NC! 472' elev. gain, 153 bpm, 427 kcals, 74 watts.

Warmup ride, 54 watts.

Easy segment, 111' elev. gain, 149 bpm, 144 kcals, 76 watts.

Easy segment, 141' elev. gain, 152 kcals, 166 kcals, 76 watts.

Cooldown ride, 51 watts

Warmup ride, 65 watts, 135 bpm

Easier part-day stage, only 301' elev. gain. 152 bpm, 286 kcals, 72 watts.

Cooldown ride, 50 watts

Continuing the ride through Iowa with some rollers, nothing intense, but this was the first segment where I noticed multiple people walking up a few of the climbs. These were mostly heavier folks, and I wondered if they knew how to use their low gears, b/c the grades were in the 3-5% range, not super intense. 534' elev. gain, 142 bpm, 334 kcals, 73 watts. Some speed throttling held my average down a little lower than it should have been.

Warmup ride, 61 watts

Warmup ride #2, 69 watts

A bit more climbing in this final section of Day 3 - 311' elev. gain. 146 bpm, 187 kcals, 73 watts.

Cooldown ride, 49 watts

Warmup ride, 66 watts

Next leg of the ride across Iowa, mostly a slight uphill for most of the way in this section, a little relief at the end. 134' elev. gain, 150 bpm, 127 kcal, 76 watts.

Mostly flat with one decent climb (4-6%) near the end, then a screaming descent to the finish to cool down for the day. 134' elev. gain, 151 bpm, 119 kcals, 75 watts.

Second section of this portion of RAGBRAI. 150' elev. gain, 154 bpm, 148 kcals, 76 watts.

Continuing the ride. This short section was mostly a slight false flat to uphill, nothing steep, just steady. 141' elev. gain, 160 bpm, 163 kcals, 78 watts.

Cooldown ride, 49 watts.

Started my riding today with this flat(ish) part of day 3, 147' elev. gain, 143 bpm, 207 kcals, 72 watts.

Second part of my ride for today, split this one and will do the rest during my next ride. 104' elev. gain, 158 bpm, 115 kcals, 80 watts.

Slightly downhill overall but with a few brief punches upwards. Lost my 14 mph average at the very end thanks to speed throttling. 164' elev. gain. 134 bpm, 147 kcals, 71 watts.

Flat section with only 101' elevation gain. 151 bpm, 173 kcals, 78 watts.

Cooldown ride, 48 watts

Fun that in the first mile of this we got to see Loon Lake (right by the Brown Park campground, where B. and I spent a month in our RV in 2016) and the turnoff for the bike path we rode numerous times heading south towards Spirit Lake. Such great memories. The rest of the ride was typical southern MN & Iowa scenery = lots of cornfields! Did enjoy seeing one rider on a penny farthing (!!) 396' elev. gain, 147 bpm, 289 kcals, 74 watts.

Cooldown ride, 35 watts (talking to B so really took it easy!)

This was a special ride for me, as years back we camped at Brown Park in our RV for an entire month. So we rode many times around there on both roads and bike paths. We really loved this area. It's mostly just farmland around plus some lakes and very bucolic. The end of this ride really took me back to those days! A fairly rolly ride, 442' elevation gain, 144 bpm, 398 kcals, 76 watts.

Cooldown ride, 50 watts

Skipped from Day 1 to Day 3, b/c I copied the wrong files off the flash drive. Oh well, it was fine. This was slightly rolling to flat, with two small climbs, 299' elev. gain. 151 bpm, 362 kcals, 80 watts. Too much speed throttling to make my average speed/time goal. Oh well, came close.

Warmup ride, 65 watts

Very pretty ride, rolling terrain, one long climb where I lost 3 mph off my average speed and could never quite get it back. Gotta love Ireland! 761' elev. gain, 150 bpm, 278 kcals, 80 watts.

Sectioned off the very end of this ride, which I hadn't quite finished before. This three miles is basically all a gradual climb, not super steep, but I worked hard. 111' elev. gain, 157 bpm, 73 kcals, 88 watts.

Cooldown ride, 48 watts

Cooldown ride, 51 watts

First ride (well, indoors on the smart trainer) of the new year! Very pretty lightly rolling ride with one decent climb and descent in the middle (topped out at 6.8% grade). Out and back but not on the same roads. 583' elev. gain, 149 bpm, 336 kcals, 77 watts