Originally Posted by
indyfabz
+1. 770 calories in 11 miles is 70 calories/mile. Sounds high unless it's a really difficult commute. Think about it. A century at that rate would burn 7,000 calories. My last long road ride before I went on tour was 72 miles. 4,500' ft. of climbing. My friend's app calculated only about 3,250 calories burned.
Most important I suppose is what we DO with any numbers we find or calculate.
I rode 17.4 miles July 4th, and 62.5 July 5th. I ate 300 calories extra on the 4th, and 300 extra on the fifth. Using the Calculator ap I got 700 calorie burn for the 4th with a 260 lb rider, and the 5th came to 2518. 3218 burn minus 600 nutrition should give a 2618 deficit for those two days, if calculator was right that should add up to a extra 12 ounce weight loss for the week once the water weight in muscle all resolves itself.
I do not expect to see that much, in fact I really do not expect to see any blip really for that week.
Bill