- Distance 5.02 miles
- Time 00:22:04
- Max Speed 18.60 mph
- Average Speed 13.65 mph
- Average Pace 4:23 min/mile
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July 01, 2009
bryn mawr to channel commute- Distance 9.69 miles
- Time 00:40:56
- Max Speed 19.10 mph
- Average Speed 14.20 mph
- Average Pace 4:13 min/mile
Light rain, light headwind.
Need to remind myself to be aware of the pace I can maintain comfortably rather than what I can put up with for 10 miles.
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surprised you did the long commute this morning, given you're riding downtown tonight. way to go! (also, your pace seems fine to me, unless that headwind was giving you trouble.)
Yeah, the pace thing is more a matter of overall travel effort. Pushing for 16mph doesn't do much good if you end up at all the same red lights as another ride going 12. Sorta like the group of 8mph riders we kept seeing last weekend. Slow, yet we kept having to pass them throughout the day.
I'm just thinking more about how the energy spent balances over longer stretches of time. The commute isn't the best test case due to so many starts and stops.
Oh, and I thought I might as well take advantage of the additional miles tonight and not slack today :)
i guess i figure that the intervals of greater effort are good for training, calorie burning, etc., even if they don't get you to your destination any faster. for the longer rides, sure, it's better to be more efficient but i say think of the commute differently.
of course it's different for you since you don't have showers at work so there may be a benefit to not getting all sweaty. :)
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