52 Miles

Today is Monday July 14 2025 and last Saturday i rode 52 miles.

The ride started out aimlessly. With the 75 mile Gravel Worlds race approaching i want to be doing long gravel miles but i don't have a route i love so today i just headed out to see where the wind would take me.

By 8am, about an hour into the ride,  i was at the intersection of 143rd and Kenneth road. By that point the plan was to keep heading east into Martin City before making my way to Prospect for a bigger loop out south but then i spotted a group of 5 serious looking cyclists heading South on Kenneth... so i follow them instead.

I chased for around 20 minutes but never did catch them.

But that chase ended up altering and probably extending my ride. 

52 miles later, with probably 10-15 of those miles being gravel, i ended up back home. I was pretty dead for the last hour. 

i cant decide if the ride indicates good fitness or not. 

On the one hand i did ride 52 miles on a cyclo cross bike without much prep. On the other hand i was pretty dead after riding 52 miles on a cyclo cross bike without much prep.

With Gravel Worlds fast approaching i think that if i can string together 4 weeks of really good training i'll be ok. 

This morning was supposed to be a yoga day but that didn't pan out because last night i stayed up too late watching the last half of the movie Field of Dreams.

I guess that 4 weeks of good training will have to start tomorrow.

If you build it...