This Saturday we did a quick 75 km with Jean.  He had a lot of great advice for us.  Yesterday we rode 168 km around Lake Scugog into some wind.  We felt great and finished strong in 7 hours 38 minutes total time which includes over an hour of stop time.  Average speed was about 26 km/hour.  While we didn't break any landspeed records we are definitely getting faster.  May is our big month for distance and speed before SpineRide Canada.