The first trip to to Calmar for this summer went well. To check out the route if you’re unfamiliar with the outlying areas of Edmonton visit This Map of the route. It totals around 96 km, I always thought it was 100 but I guess I did some extra screwing around last time I did it which easily could have added those 4 kms. Oh, and in case you were wondering the Calmar Bakery is closed on Sundays, so if you want a partner to ride to Calmar I’ll do it on some Saturday next time.

I averaged 30.6 km/h until I reached the Devon stopsign when I checked my watch. I didn’t get another split until I was home which was 28.4 km/h but I’d made a couple stops so it doesn’t reflect the fact that I was much speedier on the return than on the way out, the wind helped a bit but I think more importantly I caught a couple roadies in my sights as I passed Rabbit Hill Baptist Church and nailed a 30 minute aero set to catch them by the time I got to the Ellerslie 4-way stop. I was probably about 34-36 km/h for that stretch which came around kilometers 70 through 80. I felt good but ran out of water there so had a thristy little ride back through the river valley.