Reflections

I've just totted up a few numbers from the last couple of weeks of riding.

• I covered just shy of 600 kilometres. 
• I climbed nearly 14,000 meters, which is over 1.5 times the height of Everest.
• I expended nearly 18,000 calories while riding. I'm pretty sure this is accurate as it's based on data from my power meter. It just goes to show how efficient cycling is, since this is not a lot of energy when compared with the average intake for a male, of 2500 calories per day. I rode on 10 days in total.
• My maximum speed while descending, naturally, was a shade under 65 kilometres per hour.
• In total, I turned the pedals 110,647 times.