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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Are you sure about that number?

According to my tracker, I burn about 1000kcal per 60km, and I'm an normal dude. You probably won't average 50km/h over 2h or something.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Given weight and road grade plays a role, they don't need to average 50km/h necessarily. Still, 1kcal/hour seems quite intense for a regular exercise for me, but similarly large professional-level endurance athletes probably burn far more during serious training or competitions. 750kcal/hr seems manageable to me as a non-athletic person (supposedly I've burned 2340 calories over 2.7hours once... but I was totally wiped out afterwards IIRC). 1K/hr isn't something I could maintain for more than about 1.5 hours even on the best of days.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

The key here is elevation. I'm 183 cm and weigh 95 kilos, and I live in the Alps. For sure, I'm not always hitting those numbers, but throw a couple of big climbs in there and it starts to make sense.