In the 2005 Tour de France with 189 starters, here’s the profile of the average rider:
* Height — 1.79 meters (5 feet, 10.4 inches)
* Weight — 71 kilograms (156.2 pounds)
* Resting heart rate — 50 bpm
* Lung capacity — 5.69 liters (1.48 gallons)
Me:
–Height: 5 feet, 9.5 inches (?) [it’s been a while since my last laser measurement)
–Weight: 156 pounds (per doctor’s visit this week)
–Resting heart rate: the machine at Wal-Mart said it’s 39, but it has to be wrong. Last time I checked manually it was in the 48-50 bpm range
–Lung capacity: I have no idea
So there you have it, I’m the mirror image of a Tour de France rider. All I need to do is to be able to ride a tiny bit faster (easy enough said) and next year I can be ridding down the Champs-Elysées.