Beautiful (albeit chilly) way to start the Memorial Day holiday weekend with 900+ other cyclists (including a number of veterans, both wounded and not) riding the Ride 2 Recovery 2015 Ohio Honor Ride. Fortunately, Shane made it back from his tours with no (visible) wounds, but many aren’t as lucky. This organization raises money for Project HERO (using cycling in the healing/recovery process for wounded vets). You can still contribute at my fund-raising page. I rode the ’35’ mile route (actually a little over 31), Erin rode the 12. Uphill for first 6 miles (also into the wind) and a 4+ mile stretch after 20, but nice long downhill stretches including the last 7 miles into the finish where I averaged over 20 mph (32 km/h). Temp 51.8-77.1%deg;F (okay, air temp never actually made it above mid-60s, but computer was in the sun, so registered higher), wind from ESE @ 6, max grade 5.2%, total climbing = 777 ft, HRM zones 3-5 1:29, avg HR = 154, max HR = 174. 31.33 mi (50.42 km) in 1:59:53, avg = 15.68 mph (25.23 km/h), max = 29.2 mph (47.0 km/h).
