Cambridge Semi Orbital Trip 22
Having been without sunglasses since Thursday 8th, I was fed up of not cycling (get something in both eyes and being unable to see isn’t good when moving quickly and over longer distances is pretty likely to happy without eye protection – spending evenings at a computer isn’t that great when you’ve already spent the whole day working at one) and ordered a replacement pair (dhb triple lens, exactly the same as the previous pair which broke due to poor design – it was either those or Tifosi Optics Dolomite, which cost twice as much and weren’t in stock so would mean waiting – but look to be a better design) on Thursday evening. They arrived yesterday morning – though my family are here for the weekend so the first opportunity I’ve had to get out on my bike since was by getting up early this morning. Annoyingly, MyTracks has done its trick of failing to record the first part of the route. Fortunately, I can use the fact that I left at 6:58 and finished at 8:29 to deduce the total time was 1h31m (that bit is consistent with MyTracks). The moving time of 1h30m according to MyTracks is incorrect because I always stop at Cottenham for 5 minutes. Add two minutes for traffic lights as I went out on Madingley Road – they were all against me – so moving time was 1h26m. Using the known distance of this route – 38km – I then calculate my average moving speed to be 26.51km/h. Not surprising considering a) I haven’t done much real cycling for 12 days b) it was pretty early and I hadn’t eaten and c) there was a nasty headwind coming back along Clayhithe/Horningsea Road/Ditton Lane.
Route:
Here is the Google Doc with all the stats:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?
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