San Francisco for the millionth time ...

I went by Caltrain to SF, but it was foggy and I wasn't inspired to take photos. So instead you have some maps and graphs from Runkeeper. Runkeeper is an iPhone app that tracks where you are, what speed you are doing and what elevation you are. I'm using it when I go on bike rides and it tells you every 5 minutes how far you have come, what pace you are doing and what your average speed is. I am finding it very motivating to not let my pace or average speed drop during the ride.

Anyway, I tracked the Caltrain itself to SF and was surprised that it reached 110 km/h.



The green is the elevation and the blue is the speed on the graph down the bottom. The highest speed was 113.7 km.h on the last 'bump' in the graph. I think it burned more than 1191 calories, (pronounced cal-ories not kel-ories)

I then rode around the waterfront to Fort Point, which I've visited before.


Maximum speed was 28.2 km/h, again on the last bump in the graph and the maximum elevation was 41 m. Slightly slower than the Caltrain but twice as high !

There were some surfers on the point, catching the waves as they came around the corner. A slightly bizarre place to surf.








There was also a ship in at Pier 35.


After leaving Fort Point and grabbing a bite at the Warming Hut, I put my windproof jacket on and cycled to the Marin Headlands.


The 0m elevation is the bridge, apparently I missed it and cycled on water. The next flat bit is through the tunnel at 100m. Max speed was 35.6 km/h on the thrid last bump.

I then cycled all the way back to Broadway, looking for a pizza place that serves sea urchin pizzas. It was closed.


Max speed was right near the start down a big hill, 52.9 km/h. The hill dropped from 61m to 8m. I then rode up to 106m just before the tunnel.

I took 2 more photos on the way home, the sun just peaking through the cloud onto the bottom of the Golden Gate bridge.


And just the sun just touching SF and Alcatraz island.


After stopping for a burger at Gott's, I rode back to the Caltrain and went home.