May 31, 2019

Mallorca, 9-25 May 2019

A family holiday to celebrate my retirement, we rented a large 5 bedroom villa on the outskirts of Puerto Pollensa. Denise and I, Russ, Rich, Nic, Freddie, Allegra, David and Dixie all flew from the UK to spend a couple of weeks in the sun. Russ entered the Ironman on the 11th so he took his Cervelo P3 (and also rented a road bike), me and David took our own bikes over and Rich rented a bike. We planned to do some cycling, Denise, Dixie and even Freddie rented a bike for a few days to get to the beach and back!
Overall, the weather was mostly sunny but it got quite windy every day so cycling the roads was a bit tough in the afternoons. The villa was a bit disappointing, lots of things broken or missing (or damp!) – the saving grace was that it had a large swimming pool and a sauna which improved mine and David’s chest conditions (we both had an infection).

Russ gets to his bike after his swim
All of us at the back of the villa ‘Vinya Gran’
David packing his bike up
At the top of Formentor climb outside of Puerto Pollensa
Campanet
Beach bar, Port d’Alcudia
Parking the girls’ bikes at Tolo’s
Formentor lighthouse
Old Pollensa
Palma
At the Blue lake ready for Sa Calobra
At the start of the descent
Russ wondering how we’re gonna get back up this lot!
Russ
Russ
Me
At the bottom of Sa Calobra
Just about to climb up Sa Calobra
Finished the climb! Back at the car
On the beer at Tolo’s cafe
Rich and Nic went for a dinner here

Some of the rides we did …

Elapsed Time Moving Time Distance Average Speed Max Speed Elevation Gain
01:08:18
hours
00:44:35
hours
11.44
mi.
15.39
mph
24.16
mph
75.46
ft.
Elapsed Time Moving Time Distance Average Speed Max Speed Elevation Gain
01:15:40
hours
01:11:47
hours
20.17
mi.
16.86
mph
31.76
mph
872.70
ft.
Elapsed Time Moving Time Distance Average Speed Max Speed Elevation Gain
01:09:20
hours
00:50:23
hours
11.64
mi.
13.87
mph
33.11
mph
751.31
ft.
Gradually getting some puff back ...
Elapsed Time Moving Time Distance Average Speed Max Speed Elevation Gain
02:39:55
hours
02:07:44
hours
34.45
mi.
16.18
mph
32.44
mph
1,158.14
ft.
Elapsed Time Moving Time Distance Average Speed Max Speed Elevation Gain
01:46:28
hours
01:02:53
hours
14.91
mi.
14.23
mph
24.38
mph
249.34
ft.
Elapsed Time Moving Time Distance Average Speed Max Speed Elevation Gain
02:50:00
hours
02:09:06
hours
27.82
mi.
12.93
mph
34.90
mph
2,814.96
ft.
Elapsed Time Moving Time Distance Average Speed Max Speed Elevation Gain
00:35:51
hours
00:35:51
hours
11.27
mi.
18.86
mph
27.74
mph
213.25
ft.
Elapsed Time Moving Time Distance Average Speed Max Speed Elevation Gain
03:24:47
hours
02:48:50
hours
39.43
mi.
14.01
mph
32.21
mph
3,061.02
ft.
Elapsed Time Moving Time Distance Average Speed Max Speed Elevation Gain
02:06:47
hours
01:21:37
hours
19.93
mi.
14.65
mph
32.66
mph
1,125.33
ft.


Elapsed Time Moving Time Distance Average Speed Max Speed Elevation Gain
02:47:17
hours
02:15:50
hours
36.32
mi.
16.04
mph
34.45
mph
1,026.90
ft.

Elapsed Time Moving Time Distance Average Speed Max Speed Elevation Gain
01:03:21
hours
00:44:41
hours
12.33
mi.
16.56
mph
27.51
mph
344.49
ft.


Elapsed Time Moving Time Distance Average Speed Max Speed Elevation Gain
02:20:55
hours
01:38:24
hours
16.93
mi.
10.32
mph
35.79
mph
2,795.28
ft.

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