I'm Definitely Back!
 

So, rolled out this afternoon after putting up the lights on my huge freakin pine tree as fast as I could (to get a nice ride in). Pulled onto penny and saw another rider. We met at the light and he asked iif I wanted to ride together. I said ... sure; off we go.

Chit chat at fairly decent pace, 18-20 mph. I'm starting to breath hard and have to interrupt my talking and he doesn't. Hmm .. uh oh. I hadn't eaten lunch and started at 1:30 so now I'm thinking I need a gel real quick. We go along Penny and he says he used to do the Harper ride when he lived out here. Hmmm ... uh oh #2. We take it up over 36 mph on Bateman and he's right beside me the whole time. We aren't drafting, just riding side by side. Now I know I"m in trouble. Having not had a hard ride in 3 months and low on fuel ... this looks like a longshot.

We cruise some more and I finally grab a gel at Algonquin. More chit chat ... "So what cat are you?" I ask knowing damn well he's some kind of racer. "Cat 2". "cough ... wheeze ... cough" and I can see my life flashing before my eyes. I go ahead and empty the wheel barrow of excuses on him and we continue to cruise along. Thoughts of faking a crash or finding and trying to ride over glass go though my head.

He's not working very hard but being nice and waiting. I did pretty well on the first two hills up River Road but he gaps me pretty good on the third one, then is nice enough to soft pedal a bit till I can get me fat arse over the crest. We cruise some more and chit chatting. Says he's from Madison and I ask if he knows Tom Theissen (recursive). He says yea, used to race with him on his old team. We both laugh and continue on.

Get to another road asks how long I wanted to ride for. I said I'll try to hang with you as long as I can if you don't mind me slowing you down. He says no problem. So we take a left on some road and head across Rt. 14. This is the normal Harper ride route he explains. I'm still working hard and finally get to where I grab his wheel and he can pull for quite a while. I even tried one of my typical loser attacks on a hill after he pulled for 5 minutes and he had no trouble keeping up with me even though I buried it. Because I've lost so much fitness in the last 3 months my HR goes to the roof real easy now. :(

We chat some more, he's an ME at Wisconsin and I say shoot me your resume and I"ll see if I can help with a job. We finally get to where we're gonna split and I suggest talking to Tom (recursive) as I say he knows how to get a hold of me on bike forums. He say "I'm on bike forums." I say I'm colorchange and he says he's JPradun! LOL.

So, had my first real ride with a great guy and had a really good time. Hope to see him at my biker party (details coming soon).

Here are the numbers. Not impressive but from where I'm coming from, I'm pretty happy.

Data Value Unit
Duration 1:56:06
Sampling Rate 1 s
Cycling Efficiency 20.6 %

Energy Expenditure 1436 kcal
Number of Heart Beats 17649 beats
Recovery -38 beats
Minimum Heart Rate 65 bpm
Average Heart Rate 152 bpm
Maximum Heart Rate 169 bpm
Standard Deviation 13.4 bpm

Minimum Speed 1.2 mph
Average Speed 18.7 mph
Maximum Speed 36.8 mph
Distance 36.2 miles
Odometer 2611 miles

Minimum Cadence 30 rpm
Average Cadence 93 rpm
Maximum Cadence 128 rpm
Coasting Time 0:10:51 (9.3 %)
Coasting Distance 3.1 miles (8.5 %)

Minimum Altitude 686 ft
Average Altitude 761 ft
Maximum Altitude 840 ft
Ascent 820 ft
Descent 869 ft
VAM 424 ft/h

Minimum Power 1 Watts
Average Power 199 Watts
Average Power (0 W incl.) 178 Watts
Maximum Power 627 Watts
Pedaling Index Average 22 %
Pedaling Index Maximum 95 %
Left Right Balance Average L52 - 48R Left - Right
Left Right Balance Maximum L89 - 11R Left - Right


WKO
Entire workout (178 watts):
Duration: 1:56:07
Work: 1243 kJ
TSS: 118.9 (intensity factor 0.784)
Norm Power: 204
VI: 1.14
Pw:HR: 14.6%
Pa:HR: 4.98%
Distance: 36.226 mi
Elevation Gain: 1198 ft
Elevation Loss: 1217 ft
Grade: -0.0 % (-20 ft)
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 627 178 watts
Heart Rate: 65 169 152 bpm
Cadence: 30 128 93 rpm
Speed: 0 36.9 18.7 mph
Pace 1:38 0:00 3:12 min/mi
Altitude: 686 840 760 ft
Crank Torque: 0 734 164 lb-in

Peak 5s (607 watts):
Duration: 0:05
Work: 3 kJ
TSS: n/a
Norm Power: n/a
VI: n/a
Pw:HR: -0.22%
Pa:HR: 2.75%
Distance: 267 ft
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Elevation Loss: 13 ft
Grade: -4.9 % (-13 ft)
Min Max Avg
Power: 584 627 607 watts
Heart Rate: 153 161 158 bpm
Cadence: 103 105 104 rpm
Speed: 36.4 36.5 36.4 mph
Pace 1:39 1:39 1:39 min/mi
Altitude: 774 787 777 ft
Crank Torque: 474 514 495 lb-in

Peak 10s (595 watts):
Duration: 0:10
Work: 6 kJ
TSS: n/a
Norm Power: n/a
VI: n/a
Pw:HR: -3.15%
Pa:HR: -3%
Distance: 524 ft
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Elevation Loss: 23 ft
Grade: -4.4 % (-23 ft)
Min Max Avg
Power: 549 627 595 watts
Heart Rate: 153 161 157 bpm
Cadence: 103 110 106 rpm
Speed: 33 36.5 35.7 mph
Pace 1:39 1:49 1:41 min/mi
Altitude: 774 797 783 ft
Crank Torque: 426 514 473 lb-in

Peak 20s (432 watts):
Duration: 0:20
Work: 9 kJ
TSS: n/a
Norm Power: n/a
VI: n/a
Pw:HR: -107.53%
Pa:HR: -31.95%
Distance: 917 ft
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Elevation Loss: 36 ft
Grade: -3.9 % (-36 ft)
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 627 432 watts
Heart Rate: 151 162 156 bpm
Cadence: 90 110 103 rpm
Speed: 17.2 36.5 31.2 mph
Pace 1:39 3:29 1:55 min/mi
Altitude: 768 804 789 ft
Crank Torque: 0 514 349 lb-in

Peak 30s (387 watts):
Duration: 0:30
Work: 12 kJ
TSS: 1.8 (intensity factor 1.487)
Norm Power: n/a
VI: n/a
Pw:HR: 23.47%
Pa:HR: 2.69%
Distance: 745 ft
Elevation Gain: 16 ft
Elevation Loss: 0 ft
Grade: 0.9 % (7 ft)
Min Max Avg
Power: 230 468 387 watts
Heart Rate: 143 161 153 bpm
Cadence: 92 104 98 rpm
Speed: 15.5 20.4 16.9 mph
Pace 2:56 3:52 3:33 min/mi
Altitude: 732 748 740 ft
Crank Torque: 203 425 335 lb-in

Peak 1min (316 watts):
Duration: 1:00
Work: 19 kJ
TSS: 2.5 (intensity factor 1.216)
Norm Power: n/a
VI: n/a
Pw:HR: -14.78%
Pa:HR: 16.02%
Distance: 0.293 mi
Elevation Gain: 33 ft
Elevation Loss: 0 ft
Grade: 2.1 % (33 ft)
Min Max Avg
Power: 259 482 316 watts
Heart Rate: 159 168 163 bpm
Cadence: 79 103 95 rpm
Speed: 14.9 21.6 17.6 mph
Pace 2:46 4:02 3:25 min/mi
Altitude: 758 791 771 ft
Crank Torque: 217 507 283 lb-in

Peak 2min (273 watts):
Duration: 2:00
Work: 33 kJ
TSS: 4.1 (intensity factor 1.111)
Norm Power: n/a
VI: n/a
Pw:HR: -12.66%
Pa:HR: 15.72%
Distance: 0.643 mi
Elevation Gain: 66 ft
Elevation Loss: 33 ft
Grade: 0.7 % (23 ft)
Min Max Avg
Power: 99 468 273 watts
Heart Rate: 143 168 159 bpm
Cadence: 86 105 94 rpm
Speed: 14.9 27.2 19.3 mph
Pace 2:12 4:02 3:07 min/mi
Altitude: 719 764 740 ft
Crank Torque: 93 425 243 lb-in

Peak 5min (250 watts):
Duration: 5:00
Work: 75 kJ
TSS: 8.1 (intensity factor 0.988)
Norm Power: 257
VI: 1.03
Pw:HR: 0.4%
Pa:HR: 1.19%
Distance: 1.612 mi
Elevation Gain: 72 ft
Elevation Loss: 13 ft
Grade: 0.7 % (59 ft)
Min Max Avg
Power: 131 482 250 watts
Heart Rate: 154 168 160 bpm
Cadence: 48 104 92 rpm
Speed: 12.7 24.7 19.3 mph
Pace 2:26 4:44 3:06 min/mi
Altitude: 745 804 760 ft
Crank Torque: 109 600 232 lb-in

Peak 10min (235 watts):
Duration: 10:00
Work: 141 kJ
TSS: 14.3 (intensity factor 0.925)
Norm Power: 240
VI: 1.02
Pw:HR: -0.74%
Pa:HR: 0.16%
Distance: 3.273 mi
Elevation Gain: 115 ft
Elevation Loss: 89 ft
Grade: 0.2 % (26 ft)
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 627 235 watts
Heart Rate: 149 168 158 bpm
Cadence: 43 110 93 rpm
Speed: 4.7 36.5 19.6 mph
Pace 1:39 12:52 3:03 min/mi
Altitude: 745 817 775 ft
Crank Torque: 0 600 213 lb-in

Peak 20min (225 watts):
Duration: 20:00
Work: 270 kJ
TSS: 28.5 (intensity factor 0.925)
Norm Power: 241
VI: 1.07
Pw:HR: 6.74%
Pa:HR: 1.5%
Distance: 6.748 mi
Elevation Gain: 217 ft
Elevation Loss: 210 ft
Grade: 0.0 % (7 ft)
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 627 225 watts
Heart Rate: 121 169 157 bpm
Cadence: 43 117 94 rpm
Speed: 3.8 36.9 20.2 mph
Pace 1:38 15:50 2:58 min/mi
Altitude: 722 817 772 ft
Crank Torque: 0 734 202 lb-in

Peak 30min (211 watts):
Duration: 30:00
Work: 379 kJ
TSS: 38.5 (intensity factor 0.878)
Norm Power: 228
VI: 1.08
Pw:HR: 16.41%
Pa:HR: 6.02%
Distance: 9.874 mi
Elevation Gain: 308 ft
Elevation Loss: 322 ft
Grade: -0.0 % (-13 ft)
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 627 211 watts
Heart Rate: 140 169 158 bpm
Cadence: 40 117 94 rpm
Speed: 3.8 36.9 19.7 mph
Pace 1:38 15:50 3:02 min/mi
Altitude: 722 820 779 ft
Crank Torque: 0 734 189 lb-in

Peak 60min (200 watts):
Duration: 1:00:00
Work: 720 kJ
TSS: 72.3 (intensity factor 0.85)
Norm Power: 221
VI: 1.11
Pw:HR: 7.05%
Pa:HR: 5.23%
Distance: 19.236 mi
Elevation Gain: 722 ft
Elevation Loss: 735 ft
Grade: -0.0 % (-13 ft)
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 627 200 watts
Heart Rate: 128 169 157 bpm
Cadence: 30 117 93 rpm
Speed: 0 36.9 19.2 mph
Pace 1:38 0:00 3:07 min/mi
Altitude: 686 820 758 ft
Crank Torque: 0 734 183 lb-in




This aught to make the people who think I spend too much time on numbers flip. :D

Thanks for the ride JPradun.

surprised to see anyone else out and about after the first chicago cold front. sounds like youre near scahumburg. im in oak lawn, but my girl firned lives in hoffman estates so i there all the time, we should ride one afternoon.

Absolutely. I ride in the area all the time. Let me know when.

What a cool coincidence. You met another bike forums member on the road!
It's a humbling experience to ride with the fast guys, eh? :D

Just last Sunday I was dropped on the rolling hills by the group I ride with on the weekend. Man oh man, do I ever suck.

:thumb:

Nice ride. I sent you a PM.

Be careful if you get caught by anyone in a Radio Shack kit ... It's probably the real deal and will try to talk you into riding all the way TO Madison! LOL Nice story.

Harley jackets and riding chaps required or optional? ;)

Cool story!

Rather than all of those cycling statistics, I'm really more interested in how you get the freakin lights on that super tall pine! Seriously, do you use a crane, throw them and pray from the upper level (would be my strategy)??? haha Congrats on being BACK!

hey guys, posting a little note here because i know you all ive in the area (and for some reaosn the new bikeforums wont let me post a new thread, ive contacted the administrator, but no reply)

i just joined this cycling study at providentcrc.com. its testing out a new sports drink, like Gatorade. they pay oyu $500 and you get a free max power test (ie: VO2 Max, max watts, heart rate etc). the study is over 4 weeks. check it out on the webiste.

again, sorry for highjacking the thread, but just thought some locals may be interested.

I use a 32' extension ladder and a long pole. And the girls wanted me to do the one on the other side of the house ... no way! I do it in honor of my grandpa ... old big bulbs and all. :)