Ally Love
Today’s Pop Ride with Alley Love was hard for me. My output was close to but below the trend line. As a manager once said, “Some days are diamonds, some days stones.” Reminds me of a GW Bush bumper sticker, “Like A Rock, but dumber”. I had fun chasing GingersnapLJ who started this on demand ride about 2 minutes ahead of me. We matched pace pretty much, though I gained on her slowly then we passed each other a few times being at slightly different points in the ride with varying intensity. She passed me and finished her ride ahead. With two minutes to go, I finished ahead by maybe 17 kj. I put in a request to follow. Her profile is private. Perhaps she’s open to followers, we’ll see.
I’m an equal opportunity follower. I have both guys and gals of all ages in my queue. I’ve been followed by a number of people who I’ve met (passed) on rides. It’s a community. Some women take exception to being “followed”, which I fully understand though no personal data is available on a profile. Hence my request to follow Ginger.
This ride’s cadence was remarkable. There were long stretches at over 100 cadence with long pushes above 115 to 120. It’s a challenge to sustain with moderate resistance; fun in a masochistic way (?!?) Today’s output was 380 kj, today’s trend line is at 385kj. Oh well. Another 14 virtual miles toward Tierra Del Fuego!