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The myth of winter pace

Rick Swagler
Nov 30, 2016
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Elliott Lane is so much more pleasant westbound. We were headed east. It was a strong group, but “winter pace.” Everyone knew the road, except Kevin from San Diego. Cross the little bridge, road pocked with holes, indistinguishable from the shadows.

Field on the left; subdivision on the right, with a German shepherd that barks every single time we pass.

The grade is deceptive, the geographic equivalent of a slight headwind. The gap to Kat’s wheel grows, and I’m weighing a harder effort against the knowledge that just up ahead we’ll regroup. And that I’m only 25 in on a 70 mile ride.

Bart’s next to me and he lets the wheel in front of him go, too. When we rolled out of the shop he had asked me: “Why do we ride slower in the winter?” The ideal of winter pace. I said, “Actually we don’t. It’s a myth.”

The ride: https://www.strava.com/activities/786348669

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