Originally Posted by
noisebeam
Back in the day before Str*va I tracked every ride in Excel, copied the data manually over from bike 'computer' and made fancy graphs - this one covers a 10 year period from 2004 to 2014. Things to note:
It took me a year to go from 14mph average to 21mph average.
2009-2012 there is a step up in speed - this is also when I started to ride with racers on the weekends and evenings which increased my fitness.
My new route in Nov-2011 resulted in slow down in average speed
Nice Chart!
Strava has great analysis tools.
I don’t track my overall time, as that tells me nothing other than how long I waited at intersections. I know it is 38minutes give or take.
I do have some segments (typically a mile) that are un interrupted. They show me my fitness level changing over the season. My typical mile speed is 20. At race pace (or KOM pace) its about 26, quarter mile sprinting is about 33mph (all solo with my messenger bag). But day to day, 20mph is comfortable.