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aliases: ["Long ride — 2024-05-25"]
Is A: Event
Date: "2024-05-25"
Belongs to: "[[2024-05]]"
Related to: ["[[person-luca-rossi]]"]
Tags: ["Health", "Sport"]
---
# Long ride — 2024-05-25
Solo long ride. 109km, 806m elevation.

## Notes
- Flat endurance loop north through the Val d'Elsa. Out to Poggibonsi, then Certaldo, Castelfiorentino, and back via the SP429.
- Practiced fueling at 90g carbs per hour — 2 bottles of mix plus a gel every 40 minutes. Stomach handled it fine.
- Roads were busy with Saturday traffic. The SP429 has no shoulder in places — had a couple of close passes from trucks.
- Stopped at a gelateria in Certaldo for a scoop of pistachio. Best mid-ride treat when it's 27°C.
- Legs felt steady the whole ride. Power stayed in a narrow band, 175-195W. This is what proper endurance pace should feel like.
- 109km in 3h42m moving time. Fastest long ride of the season so far — the flat terrain helps but fitness is clearly improving.
