60 mile bike ride and more Geocaching

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Today I went a nice 60 mile bike ride. It was great weather again, so wanted to make the most of it. I also did more Geocaching, this time I found 6. So I am well pleased with myself. I was hoping to find 10, but I could not find one and ran out of time to find the other ones. I have now found 51 in total, with 19 of them since Sunday (24th July 2011). Aim is to get that over 100 before the year is out :).

So now on with some of the statistics from the cycle.

  • Distance: 60.24 miles.
  • Time: 4:31:37 (h:m:s).
  • Avg Speed: 13.3 mph.
  • Max Speed: 25.6 mph.
  • Elevation Gain: 485 meters.
  • Elevation Loss: 481 meters
  • Min Elevation: 11 meters.
  • Max Elevation: 164 meters.

I have also done the more miles I have ever done in a single month, well if you don’t count the End to End cycle  month back in August 2009. I have now done 704.7 miles, this month and for the whole year 3,194.9. So the second most miles I have ever done in a single year, only got last years to better.

Here are some photos from the cycle:-

53 mile bike ride while geocaching

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Today I went a nice 53.22 mile bike ride. One the longest ones I have done in a number of weeks. Just to make the cycle even more fun, while cycle some geocaching at the same time. In case you have not idea what geocaching is. It’s a real-world outdoor treasure hunting game. Players try to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, using GPS-enabled devices and then share their experiences online. Yes I took that text straight off the website.

I was well pleased with myself I found 5 of the 6 geocaches, I set off out to find. The one I could not find, I forgot to print out the additional hints for it. I am sure I will find it the next time. Which all going well, will be tomorrow. When I am planning on looking for even more.

So now on with some of the statistics from the cycle.

  • Distance: 53.22 miles.
  • Time: 3:59:03 (h:m:s).
  • Avg Speed: 13.4 mph.
  • Max Speed: 25.3 mph.
  • Elevation Gain: 405 meters.
  • Elevation Loss: 398 meters
  • Min Elevation: 9 meters.
  • Max Elevation: 125 meters.

Oh and sorry they are no photos from this cycle. I forget to take my camera tripod with me :(.

Thunder and Lightning = wetsuit cycling

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It was Thunder and Lightning on and off most of the day. Which to most people would mean a day indoors. But to me, that means putting a wetsuit on and getting out on the bike and getting extra wet :).

Here some photos from the cycle. I did hope to get more. But I did not want the camera getting any more wet than it already had.

Orca S2

Orca S2

Orca S2

Orca S2

I also filmed a vlog, which I will try to get on-line in the next number of days.

Cycle miles now stands at 2,818.5

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I have now done 2,818.5 miles on the bike so far this year. So it’s now the second most miles I have ever done in single year on the bike. I only have last years record 4,001.3 miles to bet. So I have to do 1,182.8 miles to bet that record. Which I am more than sure I can do. I had set myself a target for 5,000 miles so year. I can’t see myself getting that high now. But I will be more than happy if I get to 4,500 miles :).

To see all my cycling statistics from April 2003 onwards check my cycling statistics page.

New podcast on-line : Episode 107

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That’s episode 107 of my podcast on-line at long last. Been meaning to record a new one for months, but only just gotten around to it. In this post episode, I am speaking what I have been up to since I did my last podcast, way back in April. So mainly about lots and lots of cycling stuff.

Check out at the podcast @ www.gordon-valentine.com/podcast/

Cycling in a wetsuit, yes again!

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Yes for the second time this year, I have been out cycling in my wetsuit :). Think it’s also the longest cycle I have ever done in a wetsuit, I did 24.32 miles. So here are some photos from the cycle. A new vlog will be posted in the next number of days…

orca S2

orca S2

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Just done a 70 mile bike ride

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Just done the longest cycle of the year. Just to think when I set off I was only planning to do 40 miles. If you don’t End 2 End cycle, that I did in 2009. It’s now the longest single day cycle I have ever done :). So well pleased with myself. So now on with some of the statistics from the cycle.

  • Distance: 70.02 miles.
  • Time: 5:13:16 (h:m:s).
  • Avg Speed: 13.4 mph.
  • Max Speed: 28.1 mph.
  • Elevation Gain: 544 meters.
  • Elevation Loss: 543 meters
  • Min Elevation: 9 meters.
  • Max Elevation: 164 meters.

Here is a nice map of the full cycle. Which does really give you an idea of just how long 70 miles really is.

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