Monday, November 10, 2008

18 miles

Today I have broken my record of 11 miles by going 18 miles.  Here are the numbers from the computer:

18.290 miles, max speed 26.8, average speed 10.7, time 1:42:33, calories 835.7, fat calories 81.2.

My max speed could go up but as I've said before, the weight is what is slowing me down.  I'm 236lbs and that's a lot for the bike to carry.  As it is even with 20.7 pressure in my tires which is what it's supposed to have, they look like they are going flat when I am sitting on the bike.  That's definately heavy lol.  And I feel that that weight is what is holding me back from going faster.  But as the weight goes down my speed will go up.  I have faith that it will.  When the speed goes up then I will be able to go longer distance.  For now the 18 miles that I rode today will be my bike route.  I won't go further than that.

By the way, if you look at the map you can see the trail that I rode.  First off I rode from my house to Beach Park but that isn't on the map.  That's only a few miles.  But look at Beach Park on the map then find China Grade Loop.  That is where I went today.