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Left this morning at 7 AM by myself, usually we leave as the slow group of 5 but I couldn't find anyone so I just left. The day was overcast and this morning upon leaving the temperature was 39 degrees. Luckily the wind was from the west so it provided a 10-15 mph tailwind or crosswind a cyclists favorite kind. The beginning of the ride was flat and getting out of the city was fairly easy -- not a lot of traffic. We went through some forests and then after a moderate climb came to grasslands and cattle ranches for miles and miles and miles. I know why they call this Big Sky its just so vast and open.. Later came back to a main highway for a 25 mile ride on Route 12 into Helena, the capital of Montana. Part of this ride was a 4 mile climb of over a 100 feet with grades between 8-9%. For some reason the Garmin broke the ride into two parts so there are two
The overall ride was 125 miles but I decided to do only 100 miles so I would have energy for the 122 mile ride tomorrow.. I ended up getting in the van for about 10 miles after lunch and then biked 30 miles until the climb -- I then hopped in the van to the summit of Mac Donalds pass and got back on the bike for a 15 mile downhill ride to the DoubleTree Hotel. Five of those miles were at a 8-9% downward slope scary but great views. I feel like I cheat each time I get in the van but I am trying to be reasonable and make sure I can do at least a 100 miles a day for this three day run.
Today's ride is in 2 parts. My total ride of the 125 miles was 104 miles and 5200 feet out of 5865
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Part 1 60 miles from Missoula to Lunch |
Departed: | Aug 30, '18, 06:49AM |
Starts in: | Missoula, MT, US |
Distance: | 60.3 mi |
Elevation: | + 2478 / - 1371 ft |
Max Grade |
4.3 %
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Avg. Grade |
0.3 %
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VAM | 226 Vm/h |
Ascent time | 03:20:11 |
Descent time | 01:11:55 |
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Total Duration: | 05:15:49 |
Moving Time: | 04:32:06 |
Stopped Time: | 00:43:43 |
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Calories: | 1751 |
Avg. Watts: | 107 |
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Max Speed: | 31.8 mph |
Avg. Speed: | 13.3 mph |
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Pace: | 00:05:14 |
Moving Pace: | 00:04:31 |
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Part 2 after lunch to Helene |
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The vertical is where I was in the van and garmin wasn't recording. |
Departed: | Aug 30, '18, 12:46PM |
Starts in: | Powell County, MT, US |
Distance: | 43.8 mi |
Elevation: | + 2719 / - 3007 ft |
Max Grade |
10.8 %
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Avg. Grade |
-0.8 %
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VAM | 510 Vm/h |
Ascent time | 01:37:28 |
Descent time | 01:04:13 |
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Total Duration: | 03:44:25 |
Moving Time: | 02:41:41 |
Stopped Time: | 01:02:44 |
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Calories: | 1370 |
Avg. Watts: | 141 |
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Max Speed: | 34.3 mph |
Avg. Speed: | 16.2 mph |
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Pace: | 00:05:08 |
Moving Pace: | 00:03:42 |
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