What statistics do you keep track of?
12-29-06, 03:54 PM
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What statistics do you keep track of?
I am setting up my spreadsheet to spit out some statistics for 2006.
What do you keep track of?
Here are the areas that I am looking for.
Days rode in 2006
% of days rode that were rideable
Miles in 2006
Hours in 2006
Average time per ride for 2006
Total distance in 7 days in a row
Best miles in a month
Longest distance in one day
# of days in a row I did not ride
Best average speed per month
Best average speed day
# of days I rode between 20 and 29.9 miles
# of days I rode between 30 and 39.9 miles
# of days I rode 40 or more
# of days rode to work
The month I rode the most days
What do you keep track of?
Here are the areas that I am looking for.
Days rode in 2006
% of days rode that were rideable
Miles in 2006
Hours in 2006
Average time per ride for 2006
Total distance in 7 days in a row
Best miles in a month
Longest distance in one day
# of days in a row I did not ride
Best average speed per month
Best average speed day
# of days I rode between 20 and 29.9 miles
# of days I rode between 30 and 39.9 miles
# of days I rode 40 or more
# of days rode to work
The month I rode the most days
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12-29-06, 04:19 PM
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I used to keep track of my fastest time on a particular 50 km route until I got a ticket for not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign in the middle of a nature preserve where there isn't any cross traffic. Now I no longer care how fast I go on that particular loop.
This month I thought that I might be able to log 1000 miles, but it turns out that I will be a bit short. I'm a little over 840 miles or the month so I'm guessing that I'll be in the low 900's after Sunday. Some unexpected work put a damper on my post-semester riding before Christmas. (I'm a prof, if you didn't know.)
Now I just monitor what kind of ride I need to be doing. This time of year I need to be putting in rides to build up aerobic capacity, so the point isn't so much speed but working a bit below lactate threshold for reasonable distances. For me a 50 mile ride at 20 mph while riding on the hoods is about perfect and that perfectly describes today's ride. A bit later in the season I will start interval training to work on the anaerobic systems. The average speed and overall distances will go down on these rides, but the intensity level when really working will be much higher. I'll "kind of" keep track of these rides to make sure that I don't ramp it up too fast. During the Spring I normally get into a pattern of long aerobic rides on Sunday mornings, a recovery spin on Tuesdays, and intervals/hammer ride on Thursday. I also take my typical bike commutes every work day.
This month I thought that I might be able to log 1000 miles, but it turns out that I will be a bit short. I'm a little over 840 miles or the month so I'm guessing that I'll be in the low 900's after Sunday. Some unexpected work put a damper on my post-semester riding before Christmas. (I'm a prof, if you didn't know.)
Now I just monitor what kind of ride I need to be doing. This time of year I need to be putting in rides to build up aerobic capacity, so the point isn't so much speed but working a bit below lactate threshold for reasonable distances. For me a 50 mile ride at 20 mph while riding on the hoods is about perfect and that perfectly describes today's ride. A bit later in the season I will start interval training to work on the anaerobic systems. The average speed and overall distances will go down on these rides, but the intensity level when really working will be much higher. I'll "kind of" keep track of these rides to make sure that I don't ramp it up too fast. During the Spring I normally get into a pattern of long aerobic rides on Sunday mornings, a recovery spin on Tuesdays, and intervals/hammer ride on Thursday. I also take my typical bike commutes every work day.
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For the past couple years I've been using Cyclistats software to track my rides. It has a lot more features than I use but I like it.
Prior to that I only tracked mileage and average speed.
Prior to that I only tracked mileage and average speed.
12-29-06, 05:19 PM
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Oh, I keep track of everything thanks to my fancy garmin and sportracks. However, I really only look at miles/week and miles/month. I do once in awhile look at average speed, cadence, HR etc. But as most people find out you stay pretty consistent so there are no big suprises.
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I just track my miles.
Oh wait, I also check the obits each day for my name.
Oh wait, I also check the obits each day for my name.
12-29-06, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Bud Bent
I just track my miles.
Oh wait, I also check the obits each day for my name.
Oh wait, I also check the obits each day for my name.
12-29-06, 08:06 PM
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Cyclistats imported from my Polar 720i. It tracks everything, miles, HR, speed, cadence, altitude, calories, temperature, watts, and probably some I have not listed. By importing the data, no manual data is necessary.
12-29-06, 08:09 PM
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Take your pick of the stats you want to enter.
Take your pick of the stats you want to enter.
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I keep an Excel spreadsheet with these columns:
Bike, Date, Time, Distance, Avg. Speed, Cumulative time for Month, Cumulative distance for Month, Where I rode, YTD distance
These feed another spreadsheet that compares months and tracks mileage by bicycle.
Also keep track of mileage and time on Bikejournal.com.
Bike, Date, Time, Distance, Avg. Speed, Cumulative time for Month, Cumulative distance for Month, Where I rode, YTD distance
These feed another spreadsheet that compares months and tracks mileage by bicycle.
Also keep track of mileage and time on Bikejournal.com.
12-29-06, 09:48 PM
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If you're interested I have an Excel spreadsheet that works pretty well. You can email me and I'll send you a copy.
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Write down the odometer reading on my two primary bikes before riding on January 1st.
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Originally Posted by cruzMOKS
What do you keep track of?
Nothing anymore...other than making sure I ride at least once every third day. Nice looking numbers on a notebook page don't motivate me like they used to!
12-30-06, 04:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Big Paulie
Nothing anymore...other than making sure I ride at least once every third day. Nice looking numbers on a notebook page don't motivate me like they used to!
I am just glad that I can keep riding. Just look around at your neighbours or work colleagues and see how many of them do any thing physical or anything at all worthwhile as a hobby. Some of my neighbours play golf and I have though about joining them in ruining a good walk but that would encroach into my riding time.
Jppe- Ruining a good walk is not true as I am a non playing Golfer. I love the sport.
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After 25 seasons, I've boiled it down to miles/day, miles/month and miles/year. If a ride is out of the ordinary for weather or average speed, I'll note that, too.
In my racing days, many moons ago, I kept track of everything including calories, HR, subjective feelings, and even sexual events.
In my racing days, many moons ago, I kept track of everything including calories, HR, subjective feelings, and even sexual events.
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Originally Posted by daredevil
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Take your pick of the stats you want to enter.
Take your pick of the stats you want to enter.
usually get bored and stop somewhere around june-ish...
the scariest numba - 339,499 Kcals (not countin 2day & 2morra)
...how many slices is that?
Edit - I need to add 2 columns - "NITES I WAKE UP AT 2AM and can't get back to sleep!" , and you can guess what the other one is...
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Weather conditions,max. temp.,wind speed and direction,bike ridden. Monthly total and year to date. Also wind chill in winter and humidity in summer.
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Date
Distance
Average Speed
Time
Average Heart rate
Max. Heart rate.
Distance
Average Speed
Time
Average Heart rate
Max. Heart rate.
12-30-06, 09:17 AM
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I've honed it down to the one value that most impacts my ability to enjoy cycling...
...number of vacation days remaining.
...number of vacation days remaining.
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12-30-06, 09:33 AM
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I use Cyclistats and bikejournal.com.
I mostly check weekly and monthly miles.
I mostly check weekly and monthly miles.
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Originally Posted by Beverly
For the past couple years I've been using Cyclistats software to track my rides. It has a lot more features than I use but I like it.
Prior to that I only tracked mileage and average speed.
Prior to that I only tracked mileage and average speed.
12-30-06, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by DnvrFox
Her is my spreadsheet for next year. It just takes a "yes" or a "no" in each column each day.
after riding almost 25 years, this is about what I keep. Heck, 2 of my bikes don't even have computers.....
12-30-06, 06:32 PM
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Just sat down and did an annual review from my spreadsheet. I have some of the info below:
Number of Miles in 2006-6271 miles
Avg Speed-17.9
Max Speed-49.1
Number of rides-129
Number of 100+ centuries-17
Fastest Century-4hr 49 min
Slowest Century-8hr 6 min
Number of Metric centuries-24
Total Riding Time-351 hours
Avg riding time-2hr 43 min
Avg Hours per ride-
Time with HR > 170 bpm-966 mins (ouch!!)
Avg HR-144
Max HR-189
Calories Burned-350,000 (estimated)
Feet climbed-287,044
Avg Distance/ride-49 miles
Longest ride-106 miles
Highest Elevation-9200'
Most miles in a month-681
Most & least rides in a month-14 and 7
Number of pictures taken-not sure.....
Number of Miles in 2006-6271 miles
Avg Speed-17.9
Max Speed-49.1
Number of rides-129
Number of 100+ centuries-17
Fastest Century-4hr 49 min
Slowest Century-8hr 6 min
Number of Metric centuries-24
Total Riding Time-351 hours
Avg riding time-2hr 43 min
Avg Hours per ride-
Time with HR > 170 bpm-966 mins (ouch!!)
Avg HR-144
Max HR-189
Calories Burned-350,000 (estimated)
Feet climbed-287,044
Avg Distance/ride-49 miles
Longest ride-106 miles
Highest Elevation-9200'
Most miles in a month-681
Most & least rides in a month-14 and 7
Number of pictures taken-not sure.....