Sub 20 on North Cheyenne Canyon!
Though I hadn't ridden outside sine June 26th, I decided to make a run at the North Cheyenne Canyon climb. I've previously written about this HERE, HERE and HERE.
Though I've lost about 100 pounds since I first tried it last year, I'm still surprised that I've been able to knock almost 5 minutes off my PR. Oddly, tonight's climb felt the slowest of all my efforts though I did notice that I stayed above 7 mph on the super steep section (usually drop below 5 there). Initial attempt: 24:44. New PR: 19:39!
The conditions were ideal, about 60 degrees with no wind and I literally climbed into a cloud which cooled me off even more. When I had set out for a ride, I hadn't even though of doing NCC but then I realized that I'm unlikely to see weather like this until November.
