119.93 miles in 6:46:40 for an average speed of 17.69 mph. 67 degrees at the start and 75 at the finish. I slept in and started at 4:50. Drank 1.8 gallons and consumed 2600 calories. Lost no weight.
The lower temperatures helped, but the wind was strong from start to finish which made it pretty tough today and is the reason that the average speed is down. The good news is that even though the wind made it tough, I seemed to be able to just keep going and I still felt fine at the finish. My average heart rate was just 113 bpm. This surprised me since I felt like I was working hard.
Wildlife: 1 rabbit and 4 deer.
Stage 5 tomorrow is 113.4 miles. The wind is predicted to ease up a bit which will be much appreciated.
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Last year I biked the same distances that the Tour de France riders rode each day, except that I did it on the roads of Southern Illinois. This blog will chronicle my attempt to do it again this year. The distance this year is 2,218 miles which consists of a prologue, twenty stages, and two rest days.
Summary to date
Miles through stage twenty: 2218.23
Time: 119:29:12
Average Speed: 18.56 mph
Time: 119:29:12
Average Speed: 18.56 mph
Stages:
| DAY | DATE | STAGE | K | MILES | TIME |
| Sat | 7 | Prologue | 7.9 | 4.909 | 0:13:00 |
| Sun | 8 | 1 | 203.0 | 126.138 | 5:57:45 |
| Mon | 9 | 2 | 168.5 | 104.701 | 5:49:21 |
| Tue | 10 | 3 | 236.5 | 146.954 | 8:07:32 |
| Wed | 11 | 4 | 193.0 | 119.925 | 6:46:40 |
| Thu | 12 | 5 | 182.5 | 113.400 | 6:09:12 |
| Fri | 13 | 6 | 199.5 | 123.964 | 6:40:49 |
| Sat | 14 | 7 | 197.5 | 122.721 | 6:41:24 |
| Sun | 15 | 8 | 165.0 | 102.526 | 5:19:44 |
| Mon | 16 | Rest | 0.0 | 0.000 | 0:00:00 |
| Tue | 17 | 9 | 159.5 | 99.109 | 5:21:22 |
| Wed | 18 | 10 | 229.5 | 142.605 | 7:46:03 |
| Thu | 19 | 11 | 182.5 | 113.400 | 6:12:04 |
| Fri | 20 | 12 | 178.5 | 110.915 | 6:02:34 |
| Sat | 21 | 13 | 54.0 | 33.554 | 1:35:42 |
| Sun | 22 | 14 | 197.0 | 122.410 | 6:46:31 |
| Mon | 23 | 15 | 196.0 | 121.789 | 6:43:41 |
| Tue | 24 | Rest | 0.0 | 0.000 | 0:00:00 |
| Wed | 25 | 16 | 218.5 | 135.770 | 7:17:36 |
| Thu | 26 | 17 | 188.5 | 117.128 | 6:25:34 |
| Fri | 27 | 18 | 211.0 | 131.109 | 7:04:25 |
| Sat | 28 | 19 | 55.5 | 34.486 | 1:37:05 |
| Sun | 29 | 20 | 146.0 | 90.720 | 4:51:08 |
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2 comments:
You are the man! The distances and average speed you are maintaining is amazing, especially since most of the miles are being done solo.
Thanks Bill. It was fairly tough today, but I made it.
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