Just a hair over 40 miles today, averaged 17.8, which is a lot better than Saturday (16.4 over the same route). It was warmer today, blowing a little less hard and more predictably, and I was dressed more appropriately for the temperature. All of these contributed to bringing the average speed up.
Riding in zone two gives me time to monitor myself for bad habits. My pedal stroke isn't perfect, but I'm not pedalling in squares either. It's better than it was a month ago, which is encouraging.
Raising the saddle felt a lot better! It's kinda sad it took me this long to do it. Overall comfort was increased and my pedal stroke felt more natural. I could probably come up a couple more millimeters, but given that this is the one adjustment I am extremely sensitive to, I'm going to leave it as it is for a while. The other thing I toyed with doing was moving the saddle forward a bit, as I have a tendency to sit a little too far forward. To be honest, I could use a slightly shorter stem, but that costs money.
Alright, off to class.
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