What's your average distance, pace, etc?

[RoadRaven]

Always interesting to play with numbers.
I don't take note of average speeds anymore unless it is a particular course I am trying to improve on and am measuring myself against my own time or other's times.

So, I popped over to BikeJournal and worked out my stats for 2008...

So based on this year's 218 rides:

My average distance is 20.58km (a total of 4,487.87km for 2008)

My average time per ride is 59 minutes (a total of 209:15:57 hr:min:sec for 2008)

Therefore, that makes my average speed 20.93kph



However, to me that is a nonsense - interesting numbers, but not really a reflection of one of my average rides...

Usually, during training rides, I ride between 25-30kph

Hills, which slow me down will be ridden somewhere between 5kph and 16kph
Head winds will bring me back to about 25-26kph
Strong/gale force westerlies will have me moving under 20kph.

Usually, during road racing/riding in a racing bunch, I ride about between 30-45kph

My best time/speed this year was in a time trial race. That was 34.02kph over 19.3kms in March. I haven't approached that speed on my own again this year - which just shows you also that conditions as well as personal ability have a lot to do with averages. Some days everything just comes together.

So, as many have already said in this thread, although it is intriguing to play with number averages, it doesn't necessarily tell you about the type of riding a person does, the type of terrain they cover, the weather conditions on the day etc etc...

But thanks, its been an interesting thread to look through. Thanks all for giving us your stats