Activity: road cycling Location: Georgetown, DC > Alexandria, VA > Dupont Circle Distance: 19.5 miles (mostly flat) Duration: 1:15 Weather: sunny, 67 degrees Avg HR: 145 (est.) Type: aerobic Happy May Day! And what better way to celebrate by taking an impromptu ride after work? This was mostly just a nice jaunt – I didn’t …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Potomac, MD Distance: 37.4 miles (moderately hilly) Duration: 2:23 Weather: sunny, 67 degrees Avg HR: 156 (max: 171) Type: aerobic After a morning painting at Shaw Middle School as part of Hands On DC, I went on this nice, meandering ride. The weather was perfect, and I had …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Hains Point, DC Distance: 17.0 miles (flat) Duration: 1:05 Weather: partly cloudy, 72 degrees Avg HR: 131 (max: 148) Type: aerobic A recovery ride (“zone 2″ in the CTS scale) to take advantage of some postcard weather and get in some more miles. I tried to keep my …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle, DC > Potomac/Avenel, MD Distance: 27.6 miles (moderately hilly) Duration: 1:39 Weather: mostly cloudy and breezy, 75 degrees Avg HR: 158 (max: 185) Type: aerobic PPTC “Downtown Breakaway” ride. Same route as last week, which was fine. There were thunderstorms threatening during the second half, which thankfully held off …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle, DC > Potomac, MD Distance: 45.9 miles (hilly, then mostly flat) Duration: 2:08 (first 39.0 miles) & 0:48 (last 6.9 miles) Weather: sunny, 70 degrees Avg HR: 158 (max. 183) & 140 Type: aerobic This was one ride, but in two phases. The first phase was a hardcore ride: …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle, DC > Potomac/Avenel, MD Distance: 27.6 miles (moderately hilly) Duration: 1:41 Weather: sunny, 70 degrees Avg HR: 136 (max: 165) Type: aerobic PPTC “Downtown Breakaway” ride. Each week has a slightly different, slightly longer route, owing to longer daylight hours as summer approaches. Today’s route included the Mountain Gate …
Activity: road cycling Location: Somers, CT > Wilbraham & Hampden, MA Distance: 21.2 miles (moderately hilly) Duration: 1:10 Weather: sunny with wind, 78 degrees Avg HR: 137 (max: 172) Type: aerobic Being free of the allergies from down south, my pace benefitted: I averaged 18.6 miles per hour on this ride, despite the presence of …
Activity: road cycling Location: Washington, DC > Glen Echo, MD Distance: 15.7 miles (hilly) Duration: 1:01 Weather: sunny, 60 degrees Avg HR: 137 (max: 165) Type: aerobic After having spend most of the day with friends, out and about in Penn Quarter and on The Mall, I was able to sneak in a ride before …
Activity: road cycling Location: Washington, DC > Glen Echo, MD Distance: 19.4 miles (some very hilly) Duration: 1:21 Weather: sunny, 55 degrees Avg HR: 143 (max: 171) Type: aerobic The first PPTC “Downtown Breakaway” ride of the season. 12 people showed up, mostly BB riders. I brought along my lights in case of darkness, which …
Activity: road cycling Location: Washington, DC > Reston, VA Distance: 40.6 miles (some very hilly) Duration: 2:33 Weather: sunny, 68 degrees Avg HR: 136 (max: 166) Type: aerobic Another splendid cycling day. There were some crowds at the beginning and end of the ride, no doubt due to the cherry blossoms on the Tidal Basin …
