12 March 2014

Witney, Oxfordshire

12 Start Fastest — 40.9 km/h Steepest — 6.6% over 200 m
10 km ridden
71 m climbed
27m moving

22.6 km/h average, 41 at the fastest; 56 m of descent; 27m door to door; an estimated effort score of 53.

How this one felt
SpiceFast, steep and twisty
GrindMetres climbed per kilometre
DistanceHow far
EffortHeart-rate load, or modelled where no heart rate was recorded

The shape of it

80100120140 m 0 10 km

Two moments

1The climb

From 0.3 km to 3.1 km

2.8 km · +63 m at 2.2% · 18.3 km/h

You started with a steady hand up out of Long Hanborough—18 km/h on a gentle slope right at the beginning is the kind of patience that gives you options later.

+2%average8%134712.8 km

2Into a rhythm

From 4.0 km to 9.0 km

5.0 km · -0.8% average · 28.5 km/h

That long stretch near New Yatt was a masterclass in rhythm, keeping the needle pinned for five kilometres in the middle of the ride.

-1%average5%139895.0 km

Speed

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