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Last year I did a quick summary.
And here's this year's data:
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Distance: |
2090 miles |
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Elevation Gain: |
105,446 ft |
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Average Speed: |
14.7 mph |
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Calories: |
83,399 |
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Time: |
143 hours |
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Heart Beats: |
969109 beats |
That's about 500 miles shorter than what I rode last year, but given that I haven't ridden much in the past 8 weeks, that's not surprising. This doesn't contain any time on the trainer or the rain bike as I'm too lazy to track anything that doesn't show up automatically on my polar HRM.
It's interesting to note that did nearly the identical amount of climbing as last year despite having ridden about 20% fewer miles. I guess that means I rode a lot more hills (and RAMROD had something to do with it).
My plans for next year:
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Work on my core strength. I backed off on that mid-july and my back has been bothering me.
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Play some soccer. I like cycling, but I need something that's weight bearing and team based.
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Try to get into RAMDOD again
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Think about doing STP one-day, so I don't have to remember it as a sucky sucky day
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Lead a few rides for cascade - I want to do an organized ride up Stevens Pass, and Zoo Hill.
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Today, I went on a ride. The first ride since I got hurt.
I have been on the bike since then. But, it was a very controlled ride, on my rain bike, where I found that my "leave it on the trainer" approach to maintenance didn't do anything to make the "broken-when-they-made-it" Shimano RSX drivetrain on my 30 lb LeMond Tourmalet work better, and in fact it meant that I broke a rear spoke and my bottom bracket started creaking.
And my body hurt, so after about 45 minutes I limped back in both the mechanical and physical sense.
Redmond cycle replaced the spoke, chain, and did some tuning up, and I did some more PT, so today I went on a real ride. Sure, the bike still weighs a ton and has rims made of lead, but I did somewhere around 25 miles without overworking my body.