Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Hains Point (laps) > Dupont Circle Distance: 23.2 miles (flat) Duration: 1:16 Weather: warm, humid and windy, 81 degrees Avg HR: 151 (max 180) Type: aerobic Some interval laps around Hains Point. I mostly rode solo this time, though one lap had me join some DC Velo and …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Potomac/Great Falls, MD > Dupont Circle Distance: 32.6 miles (moderately hilly) Duration: 1:46 Weather: sunny, 80 degrees Avg HR: 155 (max 178) Type: aerobic PPTC “Downtown Breakaway” ride. A big group showed up on this warm evening, with more hammerheads than usual. And when Wolfgang dropped the hammer …
Activity: road cycling Location: Georgetown > Alexandria, VA > Dupont Circle Distance: 19.1 miles (mostly flat) Duration: 1:22 Weather: mostly cloudy but pleasant, 70 degrees Avg HR: 128 (max 142) Type: aerobic A nice, gentle post-work spin on the Mount Vernon Trail. I didn’t do this ride with any goal other than to move the …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Seneca, MD > Dupont Circle Distance: 45.5 miles (hilly) Duration: 2:29 Weather: mostly cloudy and muggy, 81 degrees Avg HR: 150 (max 179) Type: aerobic A solo jaunt from the statue of Gandhi. I ended up riding solo by chance, and that was okay, as I was able …
Activity: road cycling Location: Hains Point, DC Distance: 22.5 miles (flat) Duration: 1:05 Weather: warm and humid, 80 degrees Avg HR: 151 (max 180) Type: aerobic A nice, post-work (and post-almost-being-turned-into-a-bumper-ornament) ride with a bunch of NCVC, Artemis and Route 1 Velo riders. The intervals were fast and competitive. I managed to take the lead …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Potomac/Great Falls, MD > Dupont Circle Distance: 32.0 miles (moderately hilly) Duration: 1:39 Weather: sunny, 72 degrees Avg HR: 157 (max 173) Type: aerobic PPTC “Downtown Breakaway” ride. Amazingly, I made it (I write this after dong more editing on my final project for class). We rode the …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Glen Echo, MD (C&O Canal Trail) Distance: 11.3 miles (moderately hilly) Duration: 2:00 (approx) Weather: sunny, 65 degrees Avg HR: 120 (max 135) Type: aerobic An nice, easygoing ride with sprite. We saw lots of wildlife on the ride: turtles, geese with goslings, and a night heron which …
Activity: road cycling Location: West Friendship, MD > Dupont Circle Distance: 51.4 miles (moderately hilly) Duration: 2:51 Weather: overcast with rain, 60 degrees Avg HR: 147 (max 179) Type: aerobic A solo ride from the Howard County Fairgrounds, home of the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival. The ride featured some nice, tough climbs around Tridelphia …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Potomac/Great Falls, MD > Dupont Circle Distance: 33.0 miles (moderately hilly) Duration: 1:42 Weather: sunny, 79 degrees Avg HR: 150 (max 177) Type: aerobic PPTC “Downtown Breakaway” ride. A good, spirited group showed up tonight. Five of us who rode at a AA pace added a few miles …
Activity: road cycling Location: Front Royal, VA > Luray, VA > Front Royal, VA Distance: 84.0 miles (very hilly) Duration: 4:55 Weather: partly sunny, 57-74 degrees Avg HR: 161 (max 185) Type: aerobic An impromptu ride of “SkyMass” (Skyline Drive plus the climb to Massanutten) with some PPTC friends. It has almost 9,000 vertical feet …
