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How I Spent My Christmas Vacation

01.03.08 | Comment?

I’ve been off work for almost three weeks during the Adaptive Path holiday shutdown. One of my big goals for this time was to ride my bike every day. While I didn’t accomplish this (it was impossible) I did ride a lot and am pretty stoked to have spent so much time cycling. Here’s a few statistics that I’ve gathered:

Vacation Days 20
Cycling Days 9
Sick Days 2
Travel Days 4
Pounds Lost 2
Spokes Broken 2


  Total Max/Day Avg/Day
Distance (miles) 283.52 38.91 31.50
Moving Time (hh:mm:ss) 19:24:23 3:06:08 2:09:23
Avg Speed (mph) - 16.9 14.9
Max Speed (mph) - 44.5 37.91
Avg Heart Rate (bpm) - 159 152
Elevation Gain (feet) 22,965 4,895 2,552
Temperature (deg F) - 60 52

Of the 9 total bike rides, I only took the same course twice. I climbed up to the top of Mount Diablo (3,881 ft summit) on Jan 3rd and on Dec 22nd. On the second attempt I had a slightly slower pace (5 seconds), which was a little bit surprising since I really felt strong today and it seemed that the 2 weeks of training were paying off. I am blaming this on the storm that hit the Bay Area today. While it didn’t rain when I was on the bike, it was SUPER windy at the top of the mountain and I had a headwind for the last 10 miles home.

Here’s a snapshot of each ride. Click on each map to visit MotionBased for the full detail.

  • Jan 3rd
    Map of Mount Diablo
  • Jan 2nd
    Map of Collier Canyon
  • Dec 27th
    Map of Pasadena - Glendale
  • Dec 24th
    Map of Arcadia - Pasadena - San Marino
  • Dec 22nd
    Map of Mt Diablo
  • Dec 21st
    Map of Blackhawk - Windermere Loop
  • Dec 20th
    Map of Dublin-Danville Loop
  • Dec 19th
    Map of Las Trampas
  • Dec 15th
    Map of Redwood Loop

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