Here are some fun facts from my trip:
Total days on the trip – 153
Number of days cycling – 92
Number of days resting & sightseeing this grand country – 61
And some facts around the cycling portion of my trip:
Average moving speed – 15.65 km/hr
Average km travelled in a day – 65.24
Total km travelled – 6,002.28
Total metres climbed – 35,516
Number of days over 100km – 5
Time spent in the saddle – 390.25 hrs
Average time in the saddle per day – 4.5 hrs
Longest # of days in a row cycling – 7 days, covered 523.5km (Quebec City, QC to Campbellton, NB)
Warmest temperature – 41 degrees celsius (Grand Bend to Sarnia, ON)
Coldest temperature – 3 degrees celsius (Vancouver to Victoria, BC)
Maximum speed reached – 53 km/hr (Argentia to Holyrood, NFLD)
Maximum daily average speed – 22.1 km/hr (Brooks to Medicine Hat, AB) – the joys of a prairie tailwind!
Minimum daily average speed – 10.5 km/hr (Chaplin to Moose Jaw, SK) – the not so pleasant prairie headwind
Highest metres climbed in a day – 1,188 (Argentia to Holyrood, NFLD)
Maximum km travelled in a day 115.03 (Amherst to Seafoam, NS)
Minimum km travelled in a day – 6.46 (Downtown Winnipeg to Airport, MB)
Longest day in the saddle – 8.25 hrs (Chaplin to Moose Jaw, SK) – dreaded prairie headwind