The whole course was pretty awesome, and Whiteface was ridiculously nice.
Was bummed to get turned back, I was on pace for a :60 min ascent, give or take a handful of seconds.
Made it to the toll booth in :20 mins, but then cracked after that.
Woulda been ~3.5 w/kg to get up in an hour.

The descent back down was a blast - I hit 56.6 going down from the toll gate to Wilmington, and 54.6 on Keene the 2nd time.
Zoom-zoom!!

I'm definitely up for a quick jaunt up there again later this summer - keep me in the loop.
Unfinished business.

Speaking of loops, I was suprised to be able to get us around in 3hrs / loop, at only like 175 watts. (AP was 155w!)
World's Longest "Recovery Ride".
Haselton Rd is sooo much nicer than going out to Ausable Forks.

Thanks for coming out!
This was my 10th straight E.Dot, even though I've only been "training for an IM" for 2 of those, the last being 4 seasons ago.
It's by far the best way to experience the LP course, w/o sharing it with 3,000 of your closest friends and dealing with 3x hotel rates for 5 night minimums, etc.
I even really enjoyed the swim in Mirror Lake. (shhh! Don't tell anybody!!)

I was definitiely on the tapered list for this year - in fact I WAS the tapered list:
Prior to Thurs, I had done 44 hours of riding YTD, for 572 miles.
Those totals are now 52.5 hours, and 723 miles!
(in < 24 hours, my YTD riding hours went up by 19%, and miles by 26%.)
Volume Is Overrated.

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