Mas de Panis

Today I cycled the reverse of my normal 47 km route.  I expected to do it in 2 hours and 40 minutes (cycling time) which is what I did. You will see that the average en route temperature today was 30,1C.  Fairly hot but, fortunately, not humid.  And it was windy at places – particularly along [...]

I achieved two best times on this ride: 56 minutes 55 seconds for the 16.95 km, and 3.6 km uphill at an average of 9.9 kph

Yesterday’s ride took me 58 minutes and 12 seconds and today took me 58 minutes and 00 seconds. The 3.6 km Caylus hill took me 22 minutes and 12 seconds yesterday and 22 minutes and 15 seconds today:

When I first cycled this 17km ride in May 2010 it took me 1 hour and 38 minutes. My previous Garmin recorded rides were on: 21 July 2010: 1 hour 5 minutes 21 seconds ……..averaging 17.5 kph 29 July 2010: 1 hour 4 minutes 41 seconds ……..averaging 15.7 kph The Caylus hill of 3.6 km [...]

I last did this ride – or any serious hill ride for that matter – on Wednesday 27 April 2011. I didn’t watch the clock today but this was my best time ever for this route – by 28 seconds: Click here for my stats for this route:

Ever since I started cycling seriously again after a break of twenty-nine years, I tackled a nearby hill immediately which I call the Caylus Hill.   It is a bit of a misnomer as there are many hills in the area and around Caylus specifically. The road I am talking about is the one that [...]

You will see that today took me ten seconds longer than yesterday – for the identical route. What is interesting is that I cycled after yesterday’s three course lunch which included bread. Today I merely had two lamb cutlets with chips (fries) and a 250 ml draught beer. I can tell you that today was [...]