My first ever 50 mile bike ride was yesterday. I made it all the way around Bear Lake (Utah and Idaho), but the distance was only 49.6 miles or so, so I made a U-turn and got another 0.2-ish miles before heading back. When I finished, I was at 50.15 miles.

Stats:

• Time: 4:06:36
• Average speed: 12.2 mph
• Fastest speed: 34.5 mph
• Estimated Calories burned: 2033
• 1076 feet ascent / descent

The last time I tried (3.5 years ago), I didn’t make it all the way around. The last seven miles killed my average this time, and last time I don’t think I would have continued somewhere in that stretch.

The hill that I thought of as huge last time, didn’t seem as big this time, so much so that I kept looking for the next big hill, and never got to it. Glad I tried to get a fast speed going down the last hill.