Quarterly Report

Because it was raining today, and I had nothing better to do...

Number of lunch rides: 59
Days w/no lunch ride: 6
Total miles ridden: 1,120 miles
Total miles by entire group: 11,656 miles
Average ride mileage: 18.98 miles
Average speed of all lunch rides: 16.1 mph (obviously, based on my GPS; Pearson's would be um...different)
Fastest average speed on lunch ride: 17.6 (Sauerkraut & Vera Cruz; Fastest Tea: 18.7, Sauerkraut Long on 2-18)
Slowest average speed on lunch ride: 13.0 (Horsemen's Hollow)
Largest group: 22 riders
Smallest group: 2 riders
Average group size: 10.4 riders
Average Rodales on ride: 4.1
Average Nodales on ride 6.3
Number of different riders: 54
Number of different Rodales on rides: 20
Number of different Nodales on rides: 34
Number of different riders who touched Peter: 4 (with a total of 5 touches)
People w/most lunch rides: Brad (48; 927.5 miles); Steve (46; 899 miles); Beth (45; 880 miles)
Number of different routes ridden: 29
Most-ridden routes: Vera Cruz (7); Mill (4); Sauerkraut (4); VC Backward (4)
Approximate total elevation gain: 96,502 feet
Average elevation gain per ride: 1,635 feet
Warmest temp: 66 degrees (Feb. 6)
Coldest temp: 17 degrees (Jan. 3; w/o windchill)
Biggest swing in temp during ride: 13 degrees; (51-64 degrees on Jan. 7)
Highest wind speed on ride: 23 mph (w/35 mph gusts; Jan. 9)
My high heart rate on lunch rides: 187 bpm
My low heart rate on lunch rides: 59 bpm
My average heart rate on lunch rides: 136 bpm
Number of phantom signs won by Tkach: 5
YTD BMs (includes Shop and BLT): Brad (48; 1092.5), Paul (37; 963), Steve (43; 921.5), Brian (37; 926.5), Bill (36; 767.5)

YTD signs: Steve (30); Pearson (15); Brad (11); Ray (6); Beth (6); Yozell(5); Bill (4); Peter (3); Tkach (3); Plunkett (2); Heath (2); Ed (1); Taus (2); Xine (1); Jim (1); FME (1)
YTD bridge: Steve (8); Pearson (8); Brad (7); Taus (2); Ray (3); Bill (1); GeorgeV (1)
YTD bulldog: Brad (5); Taus (2); Pearson (2); Steve (1); Yozell (1);Ray (1); Plunkett (1)
YTD KOM: Pearson (10); Bill (4); Yozell (2); Brad (2); Cush (1); Laroo (1)
YTD flats: Bill (2); MattA (2); Steve (1); Ray (1); Beth (1);
YTD tickets for blowing a stoplight: GeorgeV

Halfway through 2008, and what's changed? Same number of lunch rides, same number of missed lunch rides. But the warmer temps saw our group size, ride mileage and average speed go up...while our average elevation gain went down. (What? No one wants to do Beverly Hills when it's 90 degrees?) Hard to believe that 71 different riders left the NS loading dock at noon this quarter alone. More stats for April/May/June as well as Year-to-Date:

Number of lunch rides: 59 (118 YTD)
Days w/no lunch ride: 6 (12 YTD)
Total miles ridden: 1,224 miles (2,344 YTD miles)
Total miles by entire group: 15,436 miles (27,092 YTD miles)
Average ride mileage: 20.75 miles (19.86 YTD miles)
Average time of lunch rides: 1:04:52
Overall average speed: 16.9 mph (16.6 YTD)
Fastest average speed on lunch ride: 18.5 mph (Sauerkraut on June 6)
Slowest average speed on lunch ride: 14.9 mph (YTD: 13.0 on Horsemen's Hollow)
Largest group: 23 riders (Powder Valley on April 22)
Smallest group: 2 riders (multiple occasions)
Average group size: 12.6 riders
Average Rodales on ride: 4.8
Average Nodales on ride: 7.8
Number of different riders: 71 (83 YTD)
Number of different Rodales on rides: 19 (20 YTD)
Number of different Nodales on rides: 52 (63 YTD)
Fastest documented flat change: AcuMatt (4:53)
Slowest documented flat change: Heath (7:33)
People w/most lunch rides this quarter: Beth (50 rides; 1,044 miles); Brian (48; 1,008); Christina (41; 867); Brad (40; 810); Steve (39; 815)
People w/most YTD lunch rides: Beth (95 rides; 1,924 miles); Brad (88; 1,737.5); Steve (85; 1,714); Brian (82; 1,675); Pearson (74; 1,472.5)
Number of different routes: 30 (39 YTD)
Most-ridden routes: Vera Cruz (9; 16 YTD); Sauerkraut (6; 10 YTD); Mill (4; 8 YTD)
Classic routes ignored this quarter: Veratoux, Churchview, Boathouse
Approximate total elevation gain: 84,312 feet (180,814 YTD)
Average elevation gain per ride: 1,429 feet (1,532 YTD)
Warmest temp: 93 degrees (June 10)
Coldest temp: 42 degrees (April 3) (YTD: 19 degrees on Jan. 3; w/o windchill)
Biggest swing in temp during ride: 9 degrees 64-73 on June 4 (YTD: 13 degrees: 51-64 degrees on Jan. 7)
Highest wind speed on ride: 16.1 mph on April 2 (YTD: 23 mph w/35 mph gusts; Jan. 9)
Highest relative humidity on ride: 100% (on June 4)
My high heart rate on lunch rides: 205 bpm
My low heart rate on lunch rides: 61 bpm
My average heart rate on lunch rides: 135 bpm
Number of naughty words spewed by Pearson to crazy truck driver man on April 2: 42
YTD BMs (includes Shop and BLT): Brian (83; 2,232); Brad (90; 2,028.5); Paul (70; 2,018); Christina (63; 1,926); Steve (82; 1,829)

YTD signs: Steve (61); Pearson (19); Brad (16); Ray (16); Yozell (9); Beth (10); Bill (9); Heath (8); Taus (6); Hans (5); Peter (5); Tkach (4); Jasen (4); Plunkett (3); X2 (3); Selene (3); Joachim (2); Xine (2); Christina (2); Brian (2); Laroo (1); Ed (1); JimW (1); AcuMatt (1); Rodney (1); Jorge (1); Claudio (1); JimK (1)
YTD bridge: Pearson (19); Steve (12); Brad (11); Ray (6); Bill (3); Taus (3); GeorgeV (1); Ben (1); DaveJ (1); X2 (1); Jasen (1); Duane (1)
YTD bulldog: Brad (7.5); Steve (5.5); Pearson (5); Taus (3); Ray (2); Plunkett (2); Yozell (1); Jasen (1)
YTD KOM: Pearson (15); Bill (8); Yozell (5); Jasen (3); DHart (3); Brad (3); Cush (3); Laroo (1); Ray (1); MattA (1); Claudio (1); Wes (1); Brian (1); Peter (.5)
YTD flats: Bill (2); MattA (2); Steve (2); Ray (1); Beth (1); KellyS (1); Hans (1); Heath (1); Taylor (1); Wes (1); AcuMatt (1)
YTD tickets for blowing a stoplight: GeorgeV

No one touched me during the entire second quarter!

Thanks for all your support.

Steak