Yesterday somewhere along the channel between Mechelen and Leuven, I passed the 20000 km mark on my racing bike. This is the distance I have ridden since I started cycling (as a sport/training – I do not keep track of the kilometres during commuting anyway) on the 20th of February in 2010. By the time I arrived home and finished the day’s ride, I was (virtually) over halfway around the circumference of our home planet. To commemorate this event, here are some statistics from the past years.
Between 20 February 2010 and 15 May 2013 (1180 days, or almost 39 months) I have the following statistics:
- 457 rides (including very short ones up to and down from the Mercator telescope)
- 20042 km (half the Earth’s circumference)
- 711h 17m 06s on the bike (almost 30 days)
- 126933 m of elevation gained (more than 14 times the height of Mt Everest)
- 28.1 km/h average speed (674.4 km/day)
- 159 BPM average heart rate (that is still in Zone 2 for me, so moderate intensity)
- 88 RPM average cadence
- 546431 Calories (or kcal) burned (almost 220 Guideline Daily Amounts for men)
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