Today was the first day of the season that I rode my bike to work. I needed a couple good rides to loosen up the clipless pedals, and to get confidence in how I would handle intersections where it is required to stop and get going again. I find I clip back into the pedals relatively easily about 30% of the time - most of the time I still have to look down to make sure the pedal isn't upside down, or to make sure my foot is in the right position to get the cleat positioned correctly. So the confidence I needed doesn't necessarily come from a high percentage of getting the shoe back in the pedal right away - but more the fact that I'm confident I can get moving, get out of the way of any traffic behind me, continue peddling with the other foot, while getting the clipped out foot clipped back in.
Other then the fact it was the first commute in on the bike this year, nothing too special. Seventeen miles in, a full work day, and seventeen miles out.
Ride In: 1:07:23
(no HR info)
Ride Home: 1:09:21
Avg HR: 145
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