179, 393, 29000

I noticed two things when I updated my excel log after Saturday's chill-fest ride: 

1:  179, 393, 29000

I need 179 more miles this month to make 6000 miles for the year (but that was not a "discovery"),
. . and I need 393 miles to make 10k km for the year (again, not a "discovery").

the first discovery when I updated my excel log after the ride was that . . .
. . somewhere on Saturday's ride, I rolled 29000 km since I started keeping track in 2004.

2:  From my Quartile Report of Short to Long Rides:

. . miles . . . # rides . tot miles . tot hrs . avg mph . avg miles

.LT., = 29.7 . . 30 . . . . 688.4 . . . 44.4 . . 15.5 . . . 22.9
29.7 - 45.5 . . .30 . . .1,120.4 . . . 71.1 . . 15.8 . . . 37.3
45.5 - 68 . . . . 29 . . .1,638.3 . . .103.8 . .15.8 . . . 56.5
68 - plus . . . . .29 . . .2,374.0 . . .149.2 . .15.9 . .. 81.9

total . . . . . .. 118 . . .5,821.1 . . .368.4 . .15.8 . . . 49.3

It is official -- at least so far this calendar year:  the farther I ride, the faster I go.

The above chart is a bit deceptive.  Can you guess why? 

I can think of three generic reasons for the strange avg pace pattern shown above.  Tune in again in a few days for the reasons.