I rode the 60 mile route at the Cowtown Classic yesterday. This ride starts at the Crowley North High School, so it’s only about 4.5 miles from home.

I spoke to Joe, Diane, Eddie, and Mark L before the ride, and saw Mark L again afterwards (great to see y’all!). I like the route this ride uses, but it’s not a great route for speed. It’s mostly tiny Johnson County roads, with lots of turns, gravel in many of the turns, and some rough stretches of road. I didn’t hear how the turnout was, but there looked to be several hundred riders.

I rode to the start of the ride, then home again, so ended up with 69.7 miles. On the ride itself, I had a total of 60.3 miles. I only made one 5 minute stop and finished the ride in 3:21. My on the bike average was 18.4 mph. That’s probably about as fast as I can do this route, almost 1 mph faster than I was on it last year.

Here’s Mark Leuck’s video from the ride. I’m behind right behind him in the video for the first couple of minutes before he pedals away from me.

Cowtown Classic 60 mile route.

This morning, I pedaled about 4 miles at Lake Benbrook.