Stat My Ride -- Days 6-10

To go along with the generic picture of the Garmin Edge 500 which I posted earlier, here's an even better shot of her, in real life, live, in action, on Home Slice's bike, somewhere during the "epic" ride.

Someone please tell Jody to stop taking pictures while he's riding and pay attention to the road. Oh, never mind. I do the same. The truth is, Jody learned how to do that from me. Anyway, how else can you get such great shots?

Well folks, here are the stats for the next five days, Days 6-10. Stats for Days 11-15 shall be coming forthwith. (Yes, forthwith, as in "pretty-darn-soon-so-hold-your-horses-I-know-the-suspense-is-killin'-ya!)

Day 6

Distance: 107.42 miles (172.88 km)
Elapsed Time: 10:33:35
Time in Saddle: 7:57:39
Average Speed: 13.5 mph
Calories Burned: 5792
Elevation Gain: 4728 feet
Max Elevation: 694 feet
Average Temp: 54.3 F

Day 7

Distance: 109.92 miles (176.90 km)
Elapsed Time: 10:20:23
Time in Saddle: 6:59:44
Average Speed: 15.7 mph
Calories Burned: 6452
Elevation Gain: 4859 feet
Max Elevation: 1220 feet
Average Temp: 55.0 F

Day 8

Distance: 113.04 miles (181.93 km)
Elapsed Time: 10:14:45
Time in Saddle: 7:09:49
Average Speed: 15.8 mph
Calories Burned: 7098
Elevation Gain: 6280 feet
Max Elevation: 1808 feet
Average Temp: 57.7 F

Day 9

Distance: 109.90 miles (176.87 km)
Elapsed Time: 11:06:56
Time in Saddle: 6:54:35
Average Speed: 15.9 mph
Calories Burned: 5870
Elevation Gain: 3668 feet
Max Elevation: 1949 feet
Average Temp: 54.8 F*

*This was the "Cold Start" day. The temperature in the morning was 35.6 F and did not break 40 F until about an hour and a half into the ride.

This is the day we reached the highest point along the 101, Ridgewood Summit. The day before, at dinner, we were mistakenly told that Rattlesnake Summit (elevation 1796 ft.), which we had passed earlier that day, was the highest point.

Day 10

Distance: 144.75 miles (232.96 km)
Elapsed Time: 16:43:19
Time in Saddle: 11:27:51
Average Speed: 12.6 mph
Calories Burned: 7647
Elevation Gain: 6053 feet
Max Elevation: 625 feet
Average Temp: 61.7 F*

*For the first time on the ride, the average temperature was in the 60's. Also of note is the fact that the average temperature never went back down into the 50's. Thank goodness for that!

As you can see, this was the longest day we spent riding in terms of elapsed time and time in saddle, beating the next day by 1:30:19 and a mere 48 seconds, respectively. Days 10 and 11 were obviously our monster days, with Day 10 losing to Day 2 in terms of (greatest) distance (covered) by only .98 miles. This was also our second slowest day in terms of average speed (Day 11 takes that title), probably due to the fact that I specifically requested that Jody cut down on the speed for most of the second half of the ride.