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First 40+ mile cycle of 2016!

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I am so pleased! Did my first 40+ mile cycle of the year! In fact I did 42.25 miles. Which takes my monthly total up to 77.48 miles. Which is not bad for just 3 days into the month!

I also did some more geocaching during the cycle. I found another 6, which takes my total finds up to 240.

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

Route map:-

03-03-2016 - bike ride route map

Elevation graph:-

03-03-2016 - bike ride elevation graph

Route statistics:-

  • Start time: 11:40 am.
  • Distance: 42.25 miles.
  • Time: 3:44:11 (h:m:s).
  • Elapsed Time: 5:26:48 (h:m:s).
  • Avg Speed: 11.3 mph.
  • Max Speed: 33.2 mph.
  • Elevation Gain: 385 meters.
  • Min Elevation: 44 meters.
  • Max Elevation: 163 meters.

Data from: Garmin Connect.

Photos:-

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Longest cycle of the year! 34 miles!

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That’s well pleased! I’ve not long back in from the longest cycle of the year! I did 34.59 miles! My avg speed was not the best at only 10.6 mph. Still I am more than happy! Just myself and the bike need a good wash! After cycling to, then around Rutland Water!

During the cycle, I also did some more Geocaching. I found 9 during the cycle, which takes my total finds up to 207! So should make my goal of 250!

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

Route map:-

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Elevation graph:-

18-02-2016 - bike ride elevation graph

Route statistics:-

  • Start time: 1:33 pm.
  • Distance: 34.59 miles – longest cycle of the year!
  • Time: 3:15:34 (h:m:s).
  • Elapsed Time: 5:01:03 (h:m:s) – stopped a hell of a lot for Geocaching.
  • Avg Speed: 10.6 mph.
  • Max Speed: 25.5 mph.
  • Elevation Gain: 299 meters.
  • Min Elevation: 51 meters.
  • Max Elevation: 142 meters.

Data from: Garmin Connect.

Photos:-

Rutland Water

Rutland Water

Rutland Water funny sign

Rutland Water

Another good cycle, but very windy!

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Yes, yet another cycle! I only did 18.56 miles this afternoon. I would have loved to have done more. But it was very windy indeed! Which is why my avg speed was only 10.3 mph and my max speed only got up to 26.3 mph.

But at least it did not stop me from doing a some more Geocaching. I found another two, which takes my total up to 180 finds!

I also took some more photos. The last one is my favourite, since you can see a train going past on the ECML.

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Wetsuit cycling

Good 20 mile cycle with some Geocaching

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That’s me just done another good cycle, this time I did 20.89 miles. Which takes my monthly total to 166.6 miles. So in other words over double the number that I did in January of last year!

During the cycle, I also did some Geocaching. I found 3 during the cycle, which it more than in the last number of year put together!

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

Route map:-

28-01-2016 - bike ride route

Elevation graph:-

28-01-2016 - bike ride elevation graph

Route statistics:-

  • Start time: 1:56 pm
  • Distance: 20.89 miles
  • Time: 1:51:33 (h:m:s)
  • Elapsed Time: 2:38:29 (h:m:s)
  • Avg Speed: 11.2 mph
  • Max Speed: 29 mph
  • Elevation Gain: 223 meters
  • Min Elevation: 55 meters
  • Max Elevation: 100 meters

Data from: Garmin Connect.

Photos:-

Out cycling

Out cycling

60 mile bike ride and more Geocaching

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Today I went a nice 60 mile bike ride. It was great weather again, so wanted to make the most of it. I also did more Geocaching, this time I found 6. So I am well pleased with myself. I was hoping to find 10, but I could not find one and ran out of time to find the other ones. I have now found 51 in total, with 19 of them since Sunday (24th July 2011). Aim is to get that over 100 before the year is out :).

So now on with some of the statistics from the cycle.

  • Distance: 60.24 miles.
  • Time: 4:31:37 (h:m:s).
  • Avg Speed: 13.3 mph.
  • Max Speed: 25.6 mph.
  • Elevation Gain: 485 meters.
  • Elevation Loss: 481 meters
  • Min Elevation: 11 meters.
  • Max Elevation: 164 meters.

I have also done the more miles I have ever done in a single month, well if you don’t count the End to End cycle  month back in August 2009. I have now done 704.7 miles, this month and for the whole year 3,194.9. So the second most miles I have ever done in a single year, only got last years to better.

Here are some photos from the cycle:-

53 mile bike ride while geocaching

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Today I went a nice 53.22 mile bike ride. One the longest ones I have done in a number of weeks. Just to make the cycle even more fun, while cycle some geocaching at the same time. In case you have not idea what geocaching is. It’s a real-world outdoor treasure hunting game. Players try to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, using GPS-enabled devices and then share their experiences online. Yes I took that text straight off the website.

I was well pleased with myself I found 5 of the 6 geocaches, I set off out to find. The one I could not find, I forgot to print out the additional hints for it. I am sure I will find it the next time. Which all going well, will be tomorrow. When I am planning on looking for even more.

So now on with some of the statistics from the cycle.

  • Distance: 53.22 miles.
  • Time: 3:59:03 (h:m:s).
  • Avg Speed: 13.4 mph.
  • Max Speed: 25.3 mph.
  • Elevation Gain: 405 meters.
  • Elevation Loss: 398 meters
  • Min Elevation: 9 meters.
  • Max Elevation: 125 meters.

Oh and sorry they are no photos from this cycle. I forget to take my camera tripod with me :(.

Saturday – 2rd January 2010

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Today I spend most of the day, with a friend called Jamie, since I have know since Primary School. We had great fun doing some geocaching, we found 7 in total. So not a bad days work. So I have now found 20 in total, going to aim to get to find at least 50 by the end of the year.

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