>>> dude people can WALK 4.6 miles in 1.2 hours!
>>
>> Er, yeah, right.
> 
> 4.6 miles in 1.2 hours is 3.8 MPH, that is brisk walking pace, I 
> guarantee you that most people would be able to manage that WALKING with 
> no prior training.  That is unbelievably slow for a bike, are you sure 
> you got those figures correct?

It might be 4.2 miles or 4.8 miles or something, but it was definitely 
just under 5 miles. And the time might not be exactly 1.2 hours, but it 
was a little over 1 hour.

I specifically remember computing my average speed and being 
dissapointed by it. (Especially since during the downhill parts, my 
speedometer registered 20 MPH or more.)

Indeed, every morning I'd get out of bed, have my breadfast, and be out 
of the door while my little sister lay sound asleep in bed. Half an hour 
later I'd cycle past her school and she'd be there on her bike chatting 
to her friends. I never could figure out how the hell she got there so 
fast, or how she got in front of my without passing me.

I think the problem is that the route is uphill in both directions. 
(Despite this obviously being physically impossible.) Perhaps it *would* 
in fact be faster to walk it. Cycling uphill is absurdly hard.

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