2 July 2014

Witney, Oxfordshire

12 Start Stopped 3m Fastest — 59.2 km/h Steepest — 6.7% over 200 m
21 km ridden
126 m climbed
50m moving

24.7 km/h average, 59 at the fastest; 125 m of descent; 54m door to door; an estimated effort score of 138.

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 21 km

Two moments

1Into a rhythm

From 1.5 km to 6.5 km

5.0 km · +0.8% average · 23.9 km/h

Right at the start near New Yatt you sat on 24 km/h for five flat kilometres without letting the speed drift, which is a solid way to settle into the ride.

+1%average5%139955.0 km

2The fast stretch

From 6.5 km to 9.9 km

3.4 km · -1.7% average · 37.0 km/h

You found a good rhythm through Long Hanborough on the downslope and held it without chasing—that's the kind of speed that comes from reading the ground, not from forcing it.

-2%average7%135753.4 km

Speed

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