Whiteface Mountain and Me

For all of the chart and data geeks out there here is the details on my ride up Whiteface Mountain. You may also appreciate the equipment selection as well. Gear: Clothing kit included arm warmers and wind vest tucked into the back pocket of my jersey. I need these on the ride down as the air was still cool and the speeds caused the sweat to chill the body. GT ZR3000 road bike with Flashpoint 60 wheels, 11-23 cassette and 53/39 cranks. I was in the 39/23 combination for the entire climb....no way around it. What do you expect when the average grade is 8.4% for 8 miles. I used Google Earth and the BIM Active data to figure out the average grades per mile. I changed the table to reflect the grades for the climb. The data doesn't show it but I topped out at 4585 feet elevation after starting the official climb at 1040 feet. That's 3545 feet of pure non-stop climbing. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 1984 ft Location: Jay, NY Elev. Gain: +9 ft Date: 07/21/07 Up/Downhill: [+4812/-4803] Time: 06:19 AM Difficulty: 4.6 / 5.0 Weather: Fair 63F temp; 83% humidity 63F heat index; winds Calm Performance Distance: 32.92 miles Time: 2:39:48 Speed: 12.3 mph Pace: 4' 53 /mi Calories: 1092 Map Elevation (ft.) Speed (mph) Splits Mile GRADE Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual actual +/- avg 1 11.0 -1.3 +174 ft 2 13.0 +0.7 +142 ft 3 24.1 +11.8 -114 ft 4 12.4 +0.1 +206 ft 5 16.0 +3.7 -92 ft 6 4.0 11.2 -1.2 +210 ft 7 9.4 7.0 -5.3 +495 ft 8 9.0 5.5 -6.8 +475 ft 9 7.1 7.8 -4.5 +374 ft 10 9.5 6.7 -5.6 +501 ft 11 9.0 6.6 -5.7 +475 ft 12 9.4 6.4 -5.9 +495 ft 13 7.3 7.9 -4.4 +387 ft 14 5.5 -6.8 -298 ft 15 11.5 -0.8 -436 ft 16 25.3 +13.0 -521 ft 17 24.0 +11.7 -518 ft 18 27.8 +15.5 -410 ft 19 36.0 +23.7 -446 ft 20 36.8 +24.4 -508 ft 21 9.1 -3.3 -331 ft 22 16.0 +3.7 +147 ft 23 26.9 +14.6 -151 ft 24 17.5 +5.2 +49 ft 25 20.0 +7.7 -105 ft 26 26.1 +13.8 -193 ft 27 22.6 +10.3 -20 ft 28 19.7 +7.4 -27 ft 29 18.9 +6.6 +42 ft 30 14.2 +1.9 -7 ft 31 21.9 +9.6 -36 ft 32 19.9 +7.6 +26 ft end 14.3 +2.0 +23 ft Versus average of 12.3 mph

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