The official Tour de France started on July 2nd and finished on July 24th. Lance won his seventh tour with a time of 82 hours 34 minutes 5 seconds over the 3608 km. That's an average speed of 43.7 km per hour. Now it is plainly unsafe to attempt those speeds in London traffic which is probably why I haven't been able to clock up the same number of kilometers as the pros during the three weeks of Le Tour. I did manage to do 699km during the same period of time, though, which isn't too bad considering I had to hold down a day job.
And as you can see by the chart, I kept going until I'd finished the total distance. It took me 124 days, 99 cycling days and 25 rest days, which is an average of 36km per cycling day.
Chris and Vicki,
If your pictures from folkfest are from Sunday night, then likely if the camera scans a little bit left in most of the beer garden pictures, my husband and I are standing in there gulping down a couple of beers just prior to Alison Krauss. So close yet so far! Hope you are having a great vacation!
Cheers,
Irene