Thursday, 25 August 2016

Pleased I Can Still Earn A PB

It's been a while since I've checked on my record of personal bests, indeed Endomondo normally advises me when I've reached a new threshold but recent updates seem to have either hidden this important piece of data or it's just given up sharing such motivational facts. Anyway, on just running down my historical PBs and seeing a array of 2014 & 2015 dates, I got to thinking that I must have peaked in my cycling career and it's down hill from here on. Alas no, under the covers of my data I see a number of pleasing results for 2016 .. and here they are:

Grand Total & Endurance Stats since starting my TdF in March 2013:
  • Total Distance 10,653 miles .. oh my, I even missed crossing the 10k mile mark!
  • Total Calories 535,576 kcals .. just think how skinny I'd now be if I'd stopped eating cake!
  • Longest Ride 106.9 mi 16-Aug-15 .. I'm in no mood these days to try and beat this 
  • Elevation Gain 9,068 ft 31-Jul-15 .. This was last year's 100 mile rece, so again I'm in no rush to beat that one either!

Performance Stats
  • One hour 19.64 mi 26-Apr-15  - New PB : 20.36 mi 22-May-16  This was on the Velothon Wales event .. a little off Bradley Wiggins 33.88 mi world record but he's been at it longer than me!
  • 10 mi 18m:42s 11-Jun-15 - No change - This was descending Mont Ventoux and is never going to be bettered unless I fall off a cliff!
  • 20 km 23m:48s 11-Jun-15 - No change - The Mont Ventoux effect again
  • 40 km 1h:38m 15 mph 11-Aug-16 - New PB : 1h:27m 17 mph 11-Aug-16  On the AVP pro-cycling ride, I knew it was quick!
  • 50 km 1h:46m 26-Apr-15 - New PB : 1h:36m 22-May-16 This was the Velothon where we had a lovely flat first 50 miles
  • 50 mi 2h:59m 26-Apr-15 - New PB : 2h:40m 22-May-16 This was that Velothon Wales event just proving what a lovely flat first 50 miles we had!
  • 100 km 3h:40m 26-Apr-15 - New PB : 3h:37m 22-May-16 This was on the Velothon Wales again, such a nice ride
  • 100 mi 6h:57m 31-Jul-15 .. This was last year's 100 mile rece and I'm very happy to rest on my sub 7h laurels here!

So very please to have a number of new PBs for all the performance stats I would have wanted to have improved on and great to reminisce on those I'm in no hurry to repeat or beat!

2 comments:

  1. Great stuff Jonnie! What about stats for Most Enjoyable Ride, or Best Cake While Cycling, or Best View From The Bike? Those are my kind of stats!

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  2. I think you may have something there .. I'll give it some serious thought. Watch this space!

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