“Up, Up, and Away”

I'm pleased to see that my performance has been steadily improving since I started riding in April.

Here's a graph of my performance, rated only by the average miles per hour of each ride. It doesn't take into account the number of miles I rode, what I had to eat, how hot and humid it was, or anything else that affects performance, so it's not quite as informative as you might think at first glance. Still, you can see that generally, my performance has been creeping up from the very beginning.

Note that this month I've been riding a new route, which is 26 - 28 miles long, versus last month's regular route which was only 18 - 21 miles long. So, while there was a slight drop in performance this month versus the end of last month, I think I'm still improving.

See the summary of my Cyclist's Diary, and the Cycling in August page, for more details. I'm 5 for 8 so far this month (remember my goal: 20 out of 31 by the end of the month).