Unfortunately, due to continuing problems with my feet and lots of traveling, I didn’t get to ride nearly as much as I would have liked (again). This is the fewest miles I’ve ridden (including the year without major heart issues) since I first got back on my bike 7 years ago. Also, I was the heaviest I’ve been in a long time, I never got below 220 the entire year (I usually get down around 205 by Aug), so there was that, too, which contributed to the lower than usual average speed.
I rode only 1 organized ride this year. The Tour de H2O and I only rode the 25 miler rather than the half- or metric century because I had no real base built up. I also registered for, but did not ride, the Ride 2 Recovery Honor Ride (making the 2nd year in a row I missed that.
- Tour de H2O – 25.13 mi (40.44 km) in 1:41:08, avg – 14.91 mph (24.00 km/h), max grade – 6.3%, total climbing – 471 ft (144 m). Nasty hill and headwind the last 2 miles.
- Total number of rides = 21
- Total mileage – 391.59 mi
- Total time – 28:26:06
- Total climbing – 8,553 ft
- Avg speed = 14.26 mph (22.95 km/h)
- Avg time of ride = 1:22:18
- Avg length of ride = 19.58 mi (31.51 km)
- Rides over 20 mi = 10
- Rides over 29.75 mi = 1
- Rides over 50 mi = 0 (for the second time since 2012)
- Rides over 1:30:00 = 8 (up 1 from last year)
- Rides over 2:00:00 = 1 (down one from last year)
- Rides over 3:00:00 = 0 (for the second year in a row)