Biking Plans
We typically trained M-W-F-S, taking a day off every fifth day. Tentative training plans are as follows:
- May 28 plans--1.5 hours
- May 30 plans--1.75 hours
- June 1 plans--Tour de Pepin Race
- June 3 plans--2 hours
- June 5 plans--2 hours
- June 7 plans--2.25 hours
- June 10 & 11 plans--50+ miles each day, overnight trip w/ trailer
- June 14 plans--1 hour
- June 15 plans--1.5 hours
- June 17 plans--2 hours
- June 19 plans--1 hour
- June 21 plans--3 hours
- June 25 plans--3 hours
- June 27 plans--3.25 hours
- June 28 plans--3.5 hours
- July 1 plans--to Stillwater and back, with trailer loaded
- July 3-5 plans--lots of final preparations and rest
- July 6 plans--20 miles
Accomplished Schedule
Here's what we got done. Tracking began on May 28.
Date |
Weather |
Total Distance |
Max Speed (MPH) |
Average Speed (MPH) |
Total Time |
Other |
May 28 |
-- |
22.41 miles |
-- |
-- |
1:37 |
-- |
May 30 |
beautiful |
25.62 miles |
28.5 |
14.1 |
1:47 |
-- |
June 1 |
overcast |
72.86 miles |
36.9 |
14.6 |
4:55 |
-- |
June 3 |
comfortably cool |
28.9 miles |
29.5 |
13.4 |
2:08 |
oil plug on road? |
June 5 |
blaze |
25.78 miles |
29.9 |
12.7 |
2:00 exactly |
trailer & trailer switch |
June 7 |
hot |
20.63 miles |
27.2 |
14.4 |
1:25 |
excitement (see blog post) |
June 10 |
hot 'n' sunny |
56.82 miles |
24.8 |
12.3 |
4:35 |
HOT asphalt (detour: train track) |
June 11 |
rainy |
52.56 miles |
36.7 |
11.6 |
4:31 |
1' deep water (see blog post) |
June 14 |
cloudy and warm |
15.52 miles |
22.2 |
12.5 |
1:12 |
trailer (with child inside) |
June 15 |
1/2 wet; 1/2 dry |
21.04 miles |
25.0 |
13.8 |
1:30 |
empty trailer |
June 17 |
misty; nice temps |
31.75 miles |
27.9 |
15.5 |
2:02 |
no trailer |
June 19 |
perfect cool morn |
15.64 miles |
25.9 |
15.3 |
1:01 |
no trailer |
June 21 |
unremarkable |
43.10 miles |
30.7 |
14.2 |
3:02 |
no trailer |
June 25 |
wind against us 1/2 of the time |
45.56 miles |
32.4 |
15.0 |
3:01 |
lost Isaiah :-) |
June 27 |
lightning & storm |
4.51 miles |
15.5 |
9.1 |
:29 |
training cancelled due to T-strom |
June 28 |
warm to hot: muggy |
55 miles |
-- |
15.8 |
3:28 |
done mostly after nightfall |
July 1 |
very warm; mostly rainy |
81.18 miles |
33.0 |
12.9 |
6:17 |
Stillwater and back, with full trailer |
July 6 |
warm to hot |
20.46 miles |
32.4 |
15.6 |
1:18 |
no trailer |