Training Update

It's been a while since the last training update and I must admit that it has been a little difficult to get out of bed in this cold weather to ride.  I've also been travelling a bit for work which has meant I haven't been getting a lot of riding in.


A couple of weeks ago, I did a 51km ride which took me through several suburbs in and around Melbourne's North/Northwestern suburbs where I live.  Each time I go for a ride, I capture the data using the Endomondo app on my iPhone.  Here are some of the statistics:


Distance: 51.12km
Duration: 2:37:37
Avg. Speed: 19.45km/hr (not even close to the speed of the Tour de France riders)
Max Speed: 47.20km/hr (that's more like it, but I'm sure that was going downhill)
Elevation: Up 250m, Down 254m


I also rode to work today, which is about 20km each way.  The ride home is always tougher that the ride in to work for several reason, but mostly because I do a lot more hill climbing on the way home as seen in the stats below.  I was still quite pleased with myself today as I managed to do both legs of the trip in under 1hr.


To Work

Distance: 20.55km
Duration: 0:54:55
Avg. Speed: 22.45km/hr
Max Speed: 42.90km/hr
Elevation: Up 72m, Down 126m


To Home

Distance: 20.63km
Duration: 0:59:59
Avg. Speed: 20.63km/hr
Max Speed: 32.79km/hr
Elevation: Up 179m, Down 170m