On arrival back in the UK I find that, as Mum says ‘the bikes have taken over’. So whilst everyone runs around arranging stuff I have contributed by calculating some vital statistics…
We will be cycling 1050 miles over 18 days
This is an average of 58.3 miles per day (that’s 93.8 km). From what I have read on the web we will probably average around 12 miles per hour, taking us to around 5 hours of cycling per day.
Now for the best bit…. according to caloriecounter.co.uk we should lose 160 calories per twenty minutes of cycling, which is 480 per hour. This makes for a whopping loss of 2400 calories per day!
So with the 2000 calories I am meant to eat each day anyway, this gives an allowance of 4400 calories.
I am happy to share with you that this is the equivalent of:
- Almost 14 100g tubs of Belgian Chocolate Haagen – Dazs
- 10 Mars Bars
- 24 pints of beer
- 8 curries
- 26 slices of Domino’s Pizza
- or the healthy option…338 carrots, 2200 sticks of celery or 74 oranges!
I think I am starting to build an appetite for cycling.
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