i biked today despite the heat that just won’t relent. i forgot my cyclocomputer but i tracked my progress in runtastic:

• 8.29 miles
• 49:40 m:s
• 10.0 mph average speed
• 5:59 min/mile average pace
• 19.0 mph max speed
• 157 feet elevation gain
• 157 feet elevation loss
• 91 feet max elevation
• 188 calories burned
• 14oz dehydration
• (n.b., i drank about 18 oz throughout the trip)

i may have overdone it today. i had time to kill in segments today so i walked and then i biked and then i walked again. it was almost like a duathlon except i don’t run. or, rather, i run, realllllly slowly.

• 13480 steps
• 5.25 miles

• 1:15:38
• 11.4mph average speed
• 14.31 miles
• 5:17 min/mile average pace
• 18.7 mph max speed
• 308 feet elevation gain
• 301 feet elevation loss
• 59 feet max elevation
• 338 calories burned
• 21oz dehydration

• 1:11:35
• 12mph average speed
• 14.33 miles

10.9 mph avg speed
5.03 miles
27.25 minutes

• 4.61 miles
• 24:27 m:s
• 11.3 mph average speed
• 5:18 min/mile average pace
• 18.7 mph max speed
• 52 feet elevation gain
• 52 feet elevation loss
• 88 feet max elevation
• 109 calories burned
• 7 oz dehydration

total:

• 4.58 miles
• 22.46 minutes
• 11.9 mph avg speed

• 5.10 miles
• 34:42 m:s
• 8.8 mph average speed
• 6:48 min/mile average pace
• 18.7 mph max speed
• 95 feet elevation gain
• 91 feet elevation loss
• 59 feet max elevation
• 113 calories burned
• 8 oz dehydration

outbound:

• 2.53 miles
• 13.15 minutes
• 11.4 mph avg speed

total:

• 5.03 miles
• 26.27 minutes
• 11.3 mph avg speed

double measured today using my standard cyclocomputer and also the runtastic app because i wanted to see what my change in elevation was. turns out, it gives me *lots* of information. keep in mind the app records everything whereas the cyclocomputer is programmed to only record when the front wheel turns. also, my estimated 193 wheel circumference setting isn’t that far off from what GPS satellites say is my distance.

runtastic:

• 11.24 miles
• 1:04:17 h:m:s
• 10.5 mph average speed
• 5:43 min/mile average pace
• 18.7 mph max speed
• 193 feet elevation gain
• 190 feet elevation loss
• 55 feet max elevation
• 259 calories burned
• 17oz dehydration
• (n.b., i hydrated before setting out and stopped halfway to drink 12oz)

standard cyclocomputer:

• 11.18 miles
• 57.15 minutes
• 11.6 mph avg speed

outbound

• 12.51 minutes
• 11.6 mph avg spd
• 2.5 miles

total

• 26.07 minutes
• 11.5 mph avg spd
• 5 miles

i put the gopro on my seatpost and took 0.5sec time lapse of whatever was behind me: everything.

outbound

• 12.03 minutes
• 12.5 mph avg spd
• 2.5 miles

total

• 25.16 minutes
• 11.9 mph avg speed
• 5.01 miles

gopro time lapse 1 shot q 1 second

i put those new tires to the test today. my klein is like an old friend, but a noticeably heavier friend. after being on my cannondale for the last few rides, i can tell you that the klein is a smoother ride (thanks in part to the front fork) but i don’t zoom zoom like i can on my road bike. that 5+ pounds makes a difference (klein = 25lbs, cannondale = <20.32lbs (53cm frame weight; i have 47cm). regardless, i enjoyed myself, i didn't do anything stupid, i used my hand turn signals, i got out and back safely, and it was a beautiful ride. oh, and did i mention that finally after 22 years of biking, i finally got the handlebar setup that i wanted:

• 9.31 mi
• 48.52 mins
• 11.4 mph avg spd

n.b., reset the wheel circumference to 193 – need to roll that out for an exact measurement.

m encouraged me to buy 2 new tires instead of just the 1 i thought i needed. “better safe than sorry; no need to take the risk,” she said. or something like that. so i replaced 2 tubes and 3 tires today (townie was the 3rd). and because i’m a nerd, i lined the decal up with the valve stem.  aren’t the new tire “hairs” cute?