Hello I am David and this is only my second post.
I am new to biking although I have always owned a bike and I just got my first road bike a little over a month ago and began riding some distance. I have a trek 1500 I guess a good intro bike perhaps. I am 5'9 160 pounds or 73 kilos, and 33 years old. I rode 30 miles yesterday on fairly smooth road where half of it was flat and half was rolling hills w/ average hill being 200 yards, and wind was around 5 to 10 miles per hour half of the time for me and half against me. My average speed was 17.9 mph, duration 1 hour 40 minutes, average heart rate was 164 which is 81% for me, average cadence was 91 per minute. I know it is very difficult to determine how well someone is performing even with this much info, but generally speaking is this ok or average? I plan on training throughout the winter and entering some races in the spring hoping just to finish with the pack. Your opinions will be greatly appreciated.
David
I am new to biking although I have always owned a bike and I just got my first road bike a little over a month ago and began riding some distance. I have a trek 1500 I guess a good intro bike perhaps. I am 5'9 160 pounds or 73 kilos, and 33 years old. I rode 30 miles yesterday on fairly smooth road where half of it was flat and half was rolling hills w/ average hill being 200 yards, and wind was around 5 to 10 miles per hour half of the time for me and half against me. My average speed was 17.9 mph, duration 1 hour 40 minutes, average heart rate was 164 which is 81% for me, average cadence was 91 per minute. I know it is very difficult to determine how well someone is performing even with this much info, but generally speaking is this ok or average? I plan on training throughout the winter and entering some races in the spring hoping just to finish with the pack. Your opinions will be greatly appreciated.
David