4/8/12, Bed-Stuy-Coney Island, 22.2mi, 0LFC, C384.5, 38.5%

Perfect spring day in Brooklyn. Tasty stops at Dough for amazing doughnuts, and Maya's Tacqueria for very good tacos. No hills except a slight rise in Prospect Park where my nephew sprinted away from my attempt to keep up. Slow and steady... or something. Great to spend time in Brooklyn again where I really haven't been in 20 years except for a few work visits. Click for map (Google Maps still doesn't allow embedding of bike maps... why is that?)

4/7/12, Patterson-Quaker Hill-Wingdale, 32.4mi, 3LFC, C362.3, 36.2%

Beautiful spring day, temps mid-upper 50s, headwinds most of the ride but felt good anyway, nice to have the boost when I at last turned south again on West Dover Rd.
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3/25/12, Patterson-Whaley-Ol' 55, 14.4mi, 2.5LFC, C329.9, 32.9%

Short ride but with some hefty climbs. Tried going slow up Old 55 (from the west), it felt harder than just going for it up the hill as I usually try to do. Went harder up Harmony Hill and it felt better. Temps about 51, got sunnier as the ride went on. Weight down to 192.0 after the ride (high was somewhere around 209).
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3/24/12, Quaker Hill-Patterson, 17.4mi, 3LFC 1SFC, C315.5, 31.6%

A little on the cool side (57F) to go without long sleeves on the downhills, but warm enough on all the climbs.
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3/18/12, Schagticoke-Kent loop, 40mi, C298.1, 29.8%, 3LFC

Brilliantly gorgeous warm (~60F) day. 3 hour ride. No bakery or other such stops.
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3/11/12, Quaker Ridge-Sherman-Wingdale, 34.1mi, C258.1, 25.8%2LFC,

Quarter of the way to goal for the year, but not a quarter of the way through the year yet. Temps in the mid-50s which was a little too warm on the uphills for even minimal winter gear, but I was glad of it on the downhills. Ride took longer than I thought so I missed Little Red Bake Shop which had kept me going on the second half, so had to slog up the last 3 miles of climb unfortified by biscuit, muffin, or coffee.
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3/10/12, 3 hills + a lake, 11.1mi, 3.5LFC, C224.0, 22.4%

Temps in the mid-30s, gorgeous day. Had to work off some fastschnaut (or however you spell it).
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