Saturday morning ride, couldn't ride on Friday because of high winds and rain. Bummer. I met up with Oren and his riding buddy Roi in Netanya, and we took the normal route over to Hwy 4 heading north. We rode up past Hadera, and Roi and I were setting a faster pace than Oren, who decided not too long after to slow his pace and let us continue at a faster run. So we did, and Roi proved to be a very fast rider. I could keep up with him but couldn't outpace him, and he did a whole lot more leading than I did. We rode north to the 70 interchange and then turned around. I didn't know where Oren was going to meet us, so I thought it would be fairly tame going back. Nope. It was into a little bit of a headwind, and we ended up riding back to Mishmar HaSharon where Oren was having a coffee. Roi kept on riding, but I stopped and had a nice break and discussion with Oren before we headed back to my car, at a slower pace. We rode through some cool villages on decent roads. Felt fine after this ride, no leg soreness and not much tiredness. My stomach was a little sore, I'm guessing from the high sustained effort during the ride with Roi.
Avg speed = 18.3 mph. Total mileage = 45.6 mi
Avg heartrate = 150 bpm
Total elevation gain = 1060'
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