Rest day today, which really means school all day and work all night. But while I sit here procrastinating on my school work, I thought it would be neat to see a comparison of my rides from back in March when I was just getting started and a similar one last week:
The route was about 40km, out SW Marine and back to Kits beach. In March, my average speed was 25.6km/h, avg power was 137W, and avg heart rate was 156bpm. For the same course last week, my avg speed was 28.3km/h, avg power was 164W, and avg heart rate was 150bpm. That's about a 10% increase in speed and about a 20% increase in power, at a lower level of exertion based on hr. That's faster than you would expect for a 20% increase in power, so it seems efficiency has improved too!
That's all pretty motivating for me, and I'm looking forward to seeing how it looks in 6 months.
i'm reading it!!
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