Pic Spocket

Finally, we had some very nice weather the last couple days. It’s just what we needed to start rollerblading again. Thursday evening, we met with our good friends Craig, Tracy (and of course Trails!!) at the river. While the girls walked the hairy little monsters (our dogs), me and Craig went for a few laps on the bike track following the Detroit River in Downtown Windsor, something we did several times last summer.

Last year, I was overweight and out of shape so I was almost dying just trying to follow Craig (and sometimes I had to give up). I would end up all red and out of breath with a crazy heart rate (up to 175).

The situation was quite different this year. The training paid off, and the amount of weight I have to carry around is greatly reduced (I’ll make an update on my weight loss soon) so the situation was almost reversed. Craig was far from suffering as much as I did last year (he rides his bike a lot, so he never really is out of shape), but he was the one panting at the end of the path. That felt good =).

I had my GPS Tracker with me, so I recorded the stats of the session.

Speed Graphic :

(click on the graph for larger version)

The track is about 5 km in length, so the speed dips at 5 and 10 km marks are breaks at each ends of the path. The last dip is when we stopped meeting with the girls again after a total ride of 13.7 km.

UPDATE 4/18/09 - One more Outing

I went alone  for one round trip on the riverside park with my rollerblades Saturday afternoon. We were going to the restaurant and wanted to spend a few calories before. Here are stats:

Broke the 3o km/h limit, on flat land. However, the wind was much stronger in one direction than in the other. This is easy to see in the graphic view of the run. See how the wind affects the average speed below, when you compare the going against the return trip.

(click on the graph for larger version)

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