04-Feb-2013 : 20 mile cycle with 40+ mph wind speed

Oh dear, oh dear. It was yet another very windy cycle. I believe that the wind speed went above 40 mph at times. It was OK when the wind was behind me, or even side on. But was hell when cycling head on into it. So only did 21.91 miles. Still not to bad and takes my monthly total so far up to 64.5 miles.

I will now leave you with the route map, elevation graph and route statistics.

Route map:-

04-02-2013 bike ride

Elevation graph:

04-02-2013 bike ride elevation graph

Route statistics:-

  • Distance: 21.91 miles.
  • Time: 1:47:49 (h:m:s).
  • Avg Speed: 12.2 mph.
  • Max Speed: 27.8 mph.
  • Elevation Gain: 190 meters.
  • Min Elevation: 23 meters.
  • Max Elevation: 95 meters.

Data from: Garmin Connect.

Video : Glasgow Underground 1975

I am so more of you will find this video very boring. But since I grow up in Glasgow and I love this sort of stuff. It’s a look at the Glasgow Underground. 17th February 1975.

I am sure many of you, will not even know that Glasgow got a underground system. It’s also the third-oldest underground system in the world after the London Underground and the Athens Metro.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6O1YZpAJhc

Big thanks to the Glasgow Subway for posting a link to this post on there facebook page, or I may have never found it!

Myself and the new family dog!!

When I say new, Mum and Dad got him in December and this photo was taken on 24th December 2012. But my Dad has only just got around to emailing it to me! He’s so cute! Can’t wait till I am next up in Scotland and get to see him again.

https://gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/me/2012/img_0635.jpg.html

03-Feb-2013 : Yet another very windy cycle

The weather so far this year has not really been the best for cycling. First it was snow, then the ice that followed. Then for the last number of days, it’s been very, very windy. So only did just over 23 miles today. Looking at the weather the snow is coming back later this week. So I best get all the cycling done, before that happens. Really need to get the miles in this month to catch up on some of the miles I lost, last month.

I will now leave you with the route map, elevation graph and route statistics.

Route map:-

03-02-2013 bike ride

Elevation graph:

03-02-2013 bike ride elevation graph

Route statistics:-

  • Distance: 23.76 miles.
  • Time: 1:55:23 (h:m:s).
  • Avg Speed: 12.4 mph.
  • Max Speed: 29.2 mph.
  • Elevation Gain: 279 meters.
  • Min Elevation: 37 meters.
  • Max Elevation: 99 meters.

Data from: Garmin Connect.

Website statistics for January 2013

Below are the main website statistics for January 2013.

  • Unique visitors: 3,821.
  • Bandwidth: 5.47 GB.
  • Browsers: IE (24.3%), Firefox (34.6%), Chrome (16.1%), Safari (11.8%), Opera (4.9%).
  • Operating Systems: Windows (70.9%), Macintosh (18.1%), Others (5%), Linux (5.7%).
  • Most viewed blog entry: Wetsuit snow fun photos (Posted: 19/01/2013).
  • Most viewed photo: Wetsuit snow fun! (159 views).

Data from AWStats.

January 2013 most popular photos

Below are the top three most looked at photos on this website during January 2013.

Number 1 (159 views) : Wetsuit snow fun!
Wetsuit snow fun!

Number 2 (90 views) : Wetsuit snow fun!
Wetsuit snow fun!

Number 3 (80 views) : RST Pro Series 1 Piece Leather Suit
RST Pro Series 1 Piece Leather Suit

Longest cycle per month : 2012

Below is the longest cycle I did in each month during 2012. The aim is this year, every month to make sure, I do a longer cycle than I did in the same month of 2012.

  • January : 36.26 miles : Sunday 29th
  • February: 44.28 miles : Thursday 23rd
  • March : 65.4 miles : Monday 19th
  • April : 65.46 miles : Monday 30th
  • May : 71 miles : Tuesday 29th
  • June : 41.21 miles : Monday 18th
  • July : 42.7 miles : Monday 23rd
  • August : 101.62 miles : Tuesday 21st
  • September : 45.3 miles : Sunday 9th
  • October : 40.71 : Monday 15th
  • November : 28.61 : Monday 19th
  • December : 26.94 : Sunday 9th

January 2013 cycling statistics

Here are my cycling statistics for January 2013. I am off to a very, very bad start. I am down 222.6 miles, on what I had done by this time last year!!! But at least I have set a new record for the longest cycle in January.

So far my yearly stands at 178.38 miles. Total miles since April 2003 is now at 27,093.7.

Here is the data from January 2013:-

  • Total cycles: 12.
  • Total Distance: 178.38 miles.
  • Total Time: 14:17:19 (h:m:s).
  • Avg Speed: 12.5 mph.
  • Max Time: 3:04:5 (h:m:s).
  • Max Speed: 37 mph.
  • Avg Distance: 14.86 miles.
  • Max Distance: 37.28 miles | 29-Jan-2013 : Longest cycle of January 2013 so far!

Data from: Garmin Connect.

Here are my favourite cycling photos from the month

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29-Jan-2013 : Longest cycle of January 2013 so far!

That’s more like it. Just beating my longest January cycle ever. Which I set on Sunday 29th January 2012. Which happens to be 1 year ago today. I only just worked that out, when looked at my cycle log.  Also happy now my total for this month is looking much better! Still way, way down on January 2012. But much better than I was doing two days ago!!

I will now leave you with the route map, elevation graph and route statistics.

Route map:-

29-01-2013 bike ride

Elevation graph:

29-01-2013 bike ride elevation graph

Route statistics:-

  • Distance: 37.28 miles.
  • Time: 3:04:59 (h:m:s).
  • Avg Speed: 12.1 mph.
  • Max Speed: 28.7 mph.
  • Elevation Gain: 307 meters.
  • Min Elevation: 30 meters.
  • Max Elevation: 143 meters.

Data from: Garmin Connect.