Today I went for a ride around Manger and the goal was to set a personal best for the season.
This however, was before I checked out the weather! After the first 10km I was in the middle of a snowstorm and I was already 4-5 minutes behind with an average HB 10 beats higher so I realized it would be hard to beat my previous best time giving the bad head wind.
As the road turns away from the Fjord, I got more protected from the wind and things started to feel a lot better although it was still snowing and quite cold. Approaching the climb up Lifjellet my legs felt quite good so I started the climb at a higher speed then I usually do, and I managed to keep the speed through the climb resulting in a new personal best 1min and 15 seconds quicker then my previous best.
At this point I was a bit more optimistic regarding setting a new seasonal best on the course around Manger.
I past Manger after 47 minutes which was about 3 minutes behind schedule for a new best time. However, now I had the wind working in my favor and as I passed Lunde I had cached up and as I stopped outside at home the timer showed 1h 28min 40s almost 4 min quicker the my previous best.
I was hoping for a better time as I started out this morning, but given the windy weather I am happy with the time.
Hope it will not be as windy tomorrow when I plan to ride around Rolvsvågen with Terje.
Stats for the ride:
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