Monday, February 20, 2012

No Longer part of My "Eddington Cycling Number"

One's "Eddington Cycling Number" is most easily defined as that largest integer E which makes the following statement true:  "I have at least E rides that were at least E miles long."

(Here is the link to the Wikiweb for Arthur Eddington; the cycling number is at the very bottom of the article, and mathematically speaking, the definition of one's Eddington Cycling Number is so poorly worded as to be ... wrong; however, Wiki powers continue to insist on being wrong.  Wiki may be useful, but I wouldn't rely on it for anything of value.)


My Saturday, Feb-18 rando-adventure raised my Eddington Cycling Number to 83.  The following are links to several rides, epic at the time in terms of distance and/or other reasons, that recently fell off the "contributors to my Eddington Cycling Number list":

July 25, 2009:  79.8-mile "recon" ride to check out part of the planned Irregulars 200k later in 2009.

May 31, 2009:  A short, short report on mostly solo wandering about for 81.1-miles.

August 22, 2009:  82.3-mile modified "Shoofly Don't Bother Me".


I only have one ride on my resume that is at least 83-miles, but less than 84-miles:
August 29, 2009:  Some repeating climbing, but avoided the usual G-P-MVC finish.


Chart indicating the history of my Eddington Cycling Number:
Career statistics through:  
        year         rides        miles       m / r         long       E 
2004 38 1,176.2 31.0 53.4      26
2005 75 2,441.7 32.6 75.6      33
2006 133 4,926.6 37.0 75.6      42
2007 212 8,457.1 39.9 109.0      49
2008 294 12,222.4 41.6 109.0      54
2009 420 18,439.1 43.9 126.3      63
2010 532 25,998.6 48.9 300.3      71
2011 645 35,203.4 54.6 377.2      81
current 655 36,035.1 55.0 377.2      83

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