24 September 2021

Day 1

12 Stopped 49m Stopped 25m Stopped 11m Stopped 3m Fastest — 75.6 km/h Peak heart rate — 167 bpm Steepest — 10.2% over 200 m CoventryMilton KeynesNorthamptonLutonOxfordM40M25A14A413A1(M) MILTON KEYNES
145 km ridden
516 m climbed
6h 41m moving

21.7 km/h average, 76 at the fastest; 598 m of descent; 8h 30m door to door; heart averaging 144 bpm and peaking at 169; an effort score of 681.

warm, around 21°C and a 15 km/h wind from the WSW, behind you for most of it.

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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

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Two moments

1Into a rhythm

From 30.1 km to 35.1 km

5.0 km · -0.1% average · 26.6 km/h · 154 bpm, peaking at 163

You burned through a lot of matches near Wendlebury by pushing that tempo early on. That sustained heart rate suggests you were working significantly harder than the flat terrain required.

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2The steep pitch

From 45.1 km to 45.2 km

0.2 km · +9.6% average · 13.0 km/h · 157 bpm, peaking at 160

The incline at Poundon is short enough that keeping your speed in double digits meant committing to the effort before you were even halfway through the ride.

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Speed

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