Rode my first 100k this morning!
After getting a Peloton during the pandemic and not owning a bike since grade school my wife got me a Trek Domane AL4 for my 30th birthday a couple weeks ago. After injuring myself in my marathon training block I’ve been really missing being active outside, and cycling is starting to fill some of that void when I’m sidelined from running.
I’ve been getting into it the past week and have binged all of Tour de France: Unchained on Netflix.
The quality of the workout definitely doesn’t seem up to par with Peloton (maybe a power meter would help!), but it’s tough to beat how fun it is to just be outside and cover distance. Very happy to have joined the community but very worried for my wallet!
by JSkrillzzz
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Crazy to see this tbh.
Of course this is to be expected but is interesting as I am on a journey to being more fit and in shape.
Right Now I average about 12.5 mph (20kmh) and my average heart rate is about 145 riding on a flat paved route.
You’re doing 5kmh faster and about 25 bpm less on your heartrate.
I’ve already seen an improvement on my numbers since I started riding about every day for a month now. Interesting to see the difference between someone who is fit and riding long distances as yourself, vs someone who is…relatively not fit.
That’s a pretty fast average speed for all of Toronto’s MUPs. I typically do the same distances around 30km/h average speed, but by cycling north out of the city for the rural roads to the north.
Averaging 25km/h on the MGT, Don and Leslie Spit is insane to me – far too many users to do that safely, regardless of hour.