At the beginning of the summer, my friend Keith challenged himself to bike 1000 miles before the end of the year. I signed on to do the same thing. His challenge had a natural deadline; he lives in Minnesota, and biking season cuts off some time in the early fall. I gave myself an artificial deadline: 1000 miles from June 9 through end of September.
Keith finished his challenge a couple of weeks ago. I finished mine today. Wheeee! 1000 miles!
This isn’t a big number to bike boffins, but it’s more than I’ve done over a sustained period.
Since the challenge was numbers based, I kept statistics. Here they are:
Total miles: 1015.3
Total days: 106
Miles per day: 9.578
Total time: 5661 minutes, or 94 hours and 21 minutes.
Total rides: 137
Rides between 0 and 2 miles (aka GROCERY RIDES): 28
Rides between 2 and 10 miles: 80
Rides between 10 and 20 miles: 23
Rides between 20 and 30 miles: 5
Rides over 30 miles: 1
Average ride distance: 7.41 miles
Median ride distance: 6.8 miles
Average ride duration: 41.32 minutes
Median ride duration: 37 minutes
Average speed: 10.76 mph
Fastest ride (7 miles or longer): 14.1 mph, 18.8 miles, 80 mins
Slowest ride (7 miles or longer): 7.7586 mph, 7.5 miles, 58 mins
Average speed in Sisters, Oregon (few lights, few stops): 13 mph
Average speed in Los Angeles, California (many lights, many stops): 10.7 mph
Days off: 25
Days on: 81
Interesting things that happened:
– One bike stolen at UCLA
– One bike hit by Porsche and destroyed
– Three flat tires
Of particular note is this: I think I have biked slightly more miles than I’ve driven since moving to Los Angeles. I average on the order of 2 ocean trips a week, each about 30 miles of driving. I didn’t keep accurate track, but the number of miles driven and the number of miles biked are certainly comparable.
My three favorite ride views:
Here are my daily totals. gmap denotes distance calculated by gmap pedometer. odo denotes distance calculated by bike odometer. x denotes a day I didn’t bike. na denotes a day that didn’t count (the days when my bike was destroyed and I was waiting to get a new one).
6/9/14: gmap 15.5 miles, 71 mins
6/10/14: gmap 15.5 miles, 69 mins
6/11/14: gmap 11 miles, 52 mins
6/12/14: x
6/13/14: gmap 11 miles, 53 mins
6/14/14: x
6/15/14: gmap 8 miles, 43 mins
6/16/14: gmap 3 miles, 20 mins; gmap 3 miles, 22 mins
6/17/14: gmap 6 miles, 45 mins
6/18/14: gmap 9 miles, 54 mins
6/19/14: odo 10.6 miles, 62 mins
6/20/14: odo 3 miles, 16 mins; odo 9.2 miles, 48 mins
6/21/14: odo 2.1 miles, 12 mins; odo 6.4 miles, 34 mins
6/22/14: odo 16.2 miles, 78 mins; odo 2.2 miles, 9 mins; odo 6.8 miles, 34 mins
6/23/14: odo 8.7 miles, 49 mins; odo 8.7 miles, 48 mins
6/24/14: odo 6.3 miles, 35 mins; odo 4.4 miles, 26 mins; odo 4.2 miles, 29 mins
6/25/14: odo 8.2 miles, 44 mins; odo 8.3 miles, 45 mins; odo 3.8 miles, 23 mins
6/26/14: odo 6.4 miles, 36 mins
6/27/14: odo 6.4 miles, 35 mins
6/28/14: odo 7.6 miles, 42 mins
6/29/14: x
6/30/14: x
7/1/14: odo 3.5 miles, 15 mins
7/2/14: odo 3 miles, 15 mins
7/3/14: odo 8.2 miles, 43 mins; odo 8.2 miles, 37 mins
7/4/14: odo 0.9 miles, 4 mins; odo 1.1 miles, 5 mins
7/5/14: odo 9.6 miles, 55 mins; odo 11.8 miles, 56 mins
7/6/14: odo 1.5 miles, 5 mins
7/7/14: odo 8.2 miles, 46 mins; odo 8.2 miles, 35 mins
7/8/14: x
7/9/14: odo 3.2 miles, 15 mins
7/10/14: odo 5.1 miles, 20 mins; odo 9.4 miles, 53 mins
7/11/14: odo 6 miles, 38 mins; odo 5.2 miles, 28 mins
7/12/14: x
7/13/14: odo 4.2 miles, 20 mins; odo 23.7 miles, 165 mins
7/14/14: odo 8.2 miles, 48 mins; odo 8.2 miles, 37 mins
7/15/14: odo 7.7 miles, 48 mins; odo 8.4 miles, 40 mins
7/16/14: odo 8.5 miles, 50 mins; odo 9.5 miles, 45 mins
7/17/14: x
7/18/14: x
7/19/14: odo 8.4 miles, 45 mins; odo 5.7 miles, 25 mins
7/20/14: odo 18.8 miles, 80 mins
7/21/14: odo 8.2 miles, 48 mins; odo 7.5 miles, 35 mins
7/22/14: odo 11 miles, 63 mins; gmap 3.7 miles, 20 mins
7/23/14: gmap 4.2 miles, 20 mins
7/24/14: x
7/25/14: gmap 1.4 miles, 6 mins; gmap 9.7 miles, 50 mins
7/26/14: gmap 1.4 miles, 7 mins; gmap 1.2 miles, 6 mins; gmap 1.2 miles, 6 mins
7/27/14: gmap 1.4 miles, 7 mins
7/28/14: gmap 2.5 miles, 12 mins; gmap 3.6 miles, 15 mins
7/29/14: x
7/30/14: gmap 1.4 miles, 7 mins; gmap 3.8 miles, 15 mins; gmap 1.4 miles, 7 mins
7/31/14: gmap 1.2 miles, 5 mins
8/1/14: na
8/2/14: na
8/3/14: na
8/4/14: na
8/5/14: gmap 10.7 miles, 60 mins; gmap 0.8 miles, 5 mins
8/6/14: gmap 3.7 miles, 18 mins; gmap 18.3 miles, 109 mins
8/7/14: gmap 7.7 miles, 54 mins
8/8/14: gmap 1.6 miles, 10 mins
8/9/14: gmap 0.9 miles, 5 mins
8/10/14: gmap 0.9 miles, 5 mins
8/11/14: gmap 12.6 miles, 75 mins
8/12/14: gmap 10.2 miles, 57 mins
8/13/14: gmap 32.2 miles, 188 mins
8/14/14: gmap 6 miles, 35 mins
8/15/14: gmap 7.8 miles, 50 mins
8/16/14: x
8/17/14: x
8/18/14: gmap 9.3 miles, 54 mins; gmap 9.3 miles, 52 mins; gmap 7.5 miles, 58 mins
8/19/14: x
8/20/14: gmap 9.6 miles, 60 mins; gmap 9.7 miles, 60 mins
8/21/14: x
8/22/14: x
8/23/14: gmap 26.1 miles, 145 mins
8/24/14: x
8/25/14: gmap 12.9 miles, 73 mins
8/26/14: gmap 1.0 miles, 6 mins; gmap 12.8 miles, 69 mins
8/27/14: gmap 1.0 miles, 6 mins
8/28/14: gmap 10.2 miles, 50 mins; gmap 9.6 miles, 50 mins
8/29/14: x
8/30/14: x
8/31/14: gmap 26.3 miles, 139 mins; gmap 6 miles, 40 mins
9/1/14: gmap 15 miles, 83 mins
9/2/14: gmap 9.5 miles, 53 mins; gmap 6 miles, 37 mins; gmap 9.3 miles, 45 mins; gmap 3 miles, 15 mins; gmap 1.0 miles, 6 mins
9/3/14: gmap 12.7 miles, 72 mins
9/4/14: gmap 2.2 miles, 10 mins
9/5/14: gmap 10 miles, 65 mins
9/6/14: gmap 5.2 miles, 30 mins; gmap 5.2 miles, 30 mins; gmap 1.1 miles, 10 mins; gmap 25.5 miles, 155 mins; gmap 6.8 miles, 39 mins
9/7/14: gmap 14.5 miles, 87 mins
9/8/14: x
9/9/14: gmap 14 miles, 75 mins
9/10/14: gmap 11.1 miles, 75 mins
9/11/14: x
9/12/14: x
9/13/14: gmap 12.8 miles, 70 mins
9/14/14: gmap 6.7 miles, 38 mins
9/15/14: x
9/16/14: x
9/17/14: gmap 1.4 miles, 8 mins; gmap 5.1 miles, 27 mins
9/18/14: gmap 7.7 miles, 40 mins; gmap 0.9 miles, 5 mins
9/19/14: gmap 1.8 miles, 10 mins; gmap 5.3 miles, 30 mins
9/20/14: x
9/21/14: gmap 9 miles, 57 mins; gmap 4.7 miles, 30 mins
9/22/14: gmap 1.0 miles, 6 mins; gmap 10 miles, 63 mins; gmap 5.4 miles, 32 mins
9/23/14: x
9/24/14: gmap 0.9 miles, 6 mins; gmap 0.6 miles, 4 mins; gmap 0.8 miles, 6 mins; gmap 12.7 miles, 76 mins
9/25/14: gmap 0.9 miles, 8 mins; gmap 0.9 miles, 5 mins; gmap 3.2 miles, 24 mins
9/26/14: gmap 26 miles, 160 mins
Edit: And as I pulled up to the ocean to finish mile 1000, this is what started playing on my headphones:
I swear, it was on random.
