THIS PAGE IS DEDICATED TO ALL YOU DATA COLLECTION FREAKS (LIKE ME) OUT THERE. HERE YOU WILL FIND DATA ASSOCIATED WITH MILEAGE, CALORIES, WEIGHTS, AND COSTS.

YOU'LL FIND THE DAILY NUMBERS ON THE JOURNAL PAGES

I'VE ALSO INCLUDED A SEPARATE GRAPH OF OTHER STATS DEALING WITH WEIGHTS AND COSTS FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE INTERESTED.

 

WEEK	TOTAL MILES	AVE MPH	CALORIES BURNED *
2-8 JUN	332	10.5	29460
9-15 JUN	254	9.5	27300
16-22 JUN	275	10.2	28400
23-29 JUN	356	11.5	33000
30-6 JUL	291	10.8	29300
7-13 JUL	275	12.4	34100
14-20 JUL	337	14.9	32300
21-27 JUL	387	12.2	36050
28-3 AUG	311	13.7	33500
4-10 AUG	333	13.2	31500
11-17 AUG	333	13.2	31850
18-25 AUG	586	13.1	40100 **

* Calories consumed are meant to be a rough estimate of the exertion level for that day. I took a calorie table meant for regular "day riding on a flat surface with no wind" and extropolated the values to include the extra weight of the bike on cross country trips.

** this week contains eight days and includes 6300 calories from the last day of the trip

MY ORIGINAL INTENTION WAS TO TRY AND MAKE THIS TRIP FOR UNDER $25 PER DAY. OBVIOUSLY I DID NOT ACHIEVE THAT GOAL. WHAT I FAILED TO CALCULATE WAS THE HIGH COST OF FILM, PHONE, HOTEL, AND POSTAGE. HAD I TRIMMED THOSE EXPENSE BY HALF, MY PER DAY COST WOULD HAVE COME DOWN TO $30. IF I HAD CHOSEN TO EAT FEWER TIMES IN RESTAURANTS, THEN I AM SURE THAT COST WOULD FALL BELOW $25 BUT, WHAT THE HELL, IT'S ONLY MONEY, RIGHT?

TOTAL COST FOR 87 DAYS TO INCLUDE RETURN FARE BY AMTRAK	$3074.00		ROUGH BREAKDOWN OF LARGER EXPENSES
PER DAY COST	$35.33
			POSTAGE	$73
			PHONE	$145
			HOTEL	$438
			REPAIR	$101
			RETURN EXPENSE	$389
			FILM	$268
			MISC	$125

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