Ride 05/05/2012 by scotlund@blueyonder.co.uk at Garmin Connect – Details.

Another ridiculous hilly long distance ride over the Ochils to Crieff and back but the interesting part is by dropping my average speed by 1 mph, from 12 to 11 I’ve managed to do 82 miles. It definitely pays to ride slow my average heart rate has dropped to 150 bpm instead of the usual 160/170 bpm, which in turn reduces the calories I’m burning and thus I can ride further But the most important part is I don’t feel like shite and my legs don’t hurt, although I have a slightly sore bum and my neck was nipping something stupid, but I was riding over 9 hours, and the more I ride the more I learn.