11 November 2023

Witney: Morning Ride

12 Fastest — 45.5 km/h Peak heart rate — 170 bpm Steepest — 6.4% over 200 m WitneyDucklingtonNorth LeighStonesfieldMinster LovellA4095A40B4022B4437 WITNEY
27 km ridden
233 m climbed
1h 18m moving

20.9 km/h average, 46 at the fastest; 231 m of descent; 1h 36m door to door; heart averaging 136 bpm and peaking at 170; an effort score of 114.

cold, around 6°C and a 12 km/h wind from the W, which the route met from every side.

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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

1The climb

From 13.2 km to 15.0 km

1.8 km · +80 m at 4.6% · 14.4 km/h · 165 bpm, peaking at 170

You took the Finstock climb with a steady rhythm, though your heart rate peaked well above the average for the rest of the ride. Since this was only halfway through, pushing that hard suggests either a deliberate effort or that the gradient took more out of you than you intended.

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2Into a rhythm

From 18.9 km to 23.9 km

5.0 km · -1.8% average · 29.2 km/h · 144 bpm, peaking at 159

Near Field Assarts, you kept a steady pace on the shallow descent, though your heart rate climbed higher than it sat for the rest of the ride.

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Speed

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