20 November 2023

Witney: Morning Ride

12 Fastest — 42.0 km/h Peak heart rate — 165 bpm Steepest — 10.4% over 200 m Minster LovellLeafieldAsthallAsthall LeighBrize NortonA40A4095A361A415B4022 WITNEY
24 km ridden
203 m climbed
1h 06m moving

21.7 km/h average, 42 at the fastest; 201 m of descent; 1h 06m door to door; heart averaging 131 bpm and peaking at 165; an effort score of 83.

chilly, around 8°C with rain about and a 6 km/h wind from the NNW, 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 descent

From 10.7 km to 14.4 km

3.7 km · -2.3% average · 42 km/h at the fastest · 27.1 km/h average · 112 bpm, peaking at 134

You reached 42 km/h on the descent near Swinbrook, making good use of the gradient just before the halfway point of your ride.

-2%average6%1871033.7 km

2The steep pitch

From 16.7 km to 16.9 km

0.1 km · +10.9% average · 10.9 km/h · 155 bpm, peaking at 159

That sharp pinch near Asthall arrives late in the ride, and grinding it out at eleven kilometres per hour suggests you were happy to muscle your way over the top rather than drop down the gears.

+11%average12%1241080.2 km

Speed

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