Ride 11/10/2021 Portugal Day 2

Another fantastic day in the saddle, only better as there were more hills and a longer distance Day2 in Portugal started with a Cat 2 climb which took just under an hour to climb, the good things about the climbs here are they are never steep, around 5% – 6%. Most of the ride today would be downhill with a couple of Cat 3 climbs in the middle but these would be after the first stop. Quite a long way to the first stop about 40 miles but it was fine for me and we had some great food again here. The second stop would be around the 60 mile mark but first we had a couple of Cat 3 climbs which although shorter than this mornings Cat 2 were steeper around 7%. The second stop was a smaller affair with a bowl of soup and a can of coke, but this was fine with me as I wasn’t really hunger after only doing 20 miles. The last section to this nights hotel was just under 19 miles which again was still going downhill which meant that today was a fairly easy day for me but the best so far So I clocked up just under 80 miles at an avg speed of 17 mph but since it was mostly downhill the avg power is quite low today