Last week, I cycled about 340 km in Brittany France, starting from Brest in the west, and ending in the border between Brittany and Lower Normandy, visiting the Mont Saint-Michel. I anticipated and prepared for a week full of rain, hence the tour name "Brittany Rain Tour 2014", but throughout the week, I only received a few drops. I guess the Celtic sun god Belenos was with me.
As with previous tours, it was enjoyable to be out in the countryside and forget my e-mails for a week!
None of my blogs would be complete without a table or charts.
The following table shows the distance traveled each day, the time I was outside each day, the average speed (includes breaks) and average moving speed (only includes when I was cycling or walking).
Day
Tour step
Distance (km)
Time
Average speed (km/h)
Average moving speed (km/h)
Day 1
Brest – Landerneau
26.49
03:01:20
8.8
11.7
Day 2
Landerneau – Morlaix
44.10
05:50:36
7.5
12
Day 3
Morlaix – Lannion
42.34
04:39:46
9.1
13
Day 4
Lannion – Guingamp
44.82
04:48:58
9.3
14.4
Day 5
Guingamp – Saint-Brieuc
45.69
04:53:38
9.3
14.3
Day 6
Saint-Brieuc – Pléven
39.12
03:13:31
12.1
16.3
Day 7
Pléven – Saint-Malo
49.84
04:25:17
11.3
14.8
Day 8
Saint-Malo – Pontorson
50.06
05:56:20
8.4
14.6
Total
342.46
Average
42.81
04:36:11
9.3
13.9
Since I traveled more lightly on this tour than previous tours,
perhaps because I had a real bike pump to inflate my tires to maximum
recommended pressure, and probably because I paced myself better this
time, compared to other tours, my average moving speed was about 14 km/h.
My previous tours, in comparison:
2013: Crossing France: 1186 km, 9.3 km/h average, 12.9 km/h moving average
2012: Paris to London: 301 km, 8.8 km/h average, 11.0 km/h moving average
2011: Paris to Bordeaux: 665 km, 8.5 km/h average, 10.3 km/h moving average
After I accumulate a few more tours, I'll include a graph of this data.
As for this trip, I took it easy this time, only cycling about 45 km per day, compared to 60 or 65 on previous trips.
Fun stats
This tour was:
about the distance walked by backpackers to create this HD time-lapse video of Yosemite National Park.
a bit longer than the distance of the "Total 200", a route covered by crazy cyclists in one day (miles version), which will take place next weekend.
just longer than the distance of the "Tahoe 200", a running race around lake Tahoe this fall which must be completed in 100 hours (just over 4 days).
about the distance from Long Beach to San Diego and back.
the distance blind Australian Liam Haven walked from Sydney to Canberra, for which he was awarded the Guide Dogs Victoria's Freedom Award.
The tour was about 24 hours and 43 minutes of cycling time. Depending on the source, this corresponds to between 5100 - 8000 calories burned during cycling. This equals:
10 to 15.7 French Big Macs (or 9.2 to 14.5 American Big Macs).
108 to 170 McNuggets
453 to 711 Life Saver candies
almost my body weight in celery
Cows
When I was on the road, I couldn't include videos in this blog. Now that I'm at home, with a real computer, I can finally edit this blog normally. Here's a video of some cows eating (very exciting!):
And the sun and clouds each day of the trip:
Conclusion
That's it! Thanks to the people who followed along and commented. Where will the next tour be.....?
Awesome recap as usual :)
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