I eagerly reviewed my Garmin Connect Insights to compare my own tracking from other Garmin users like me. In all honesty, I felt a wave of disappointment when I saw the default cycling graph (above). This graph tabulates all Garmin connect users' recorded cycling data in my 4-year age range. Interestingly enough, looking at just women or just men didn't change my standing more than a couple of percent points. I mean, biking is my thing, man, how can I be below the curve?!
But then I noticed there are other stats to look at! When it comes to distance- I am above the curve! I ride farther than 80% of users! Oh yeah! Now I can gloat properly!
Next I checked out time, and lo and behold, I spend more time riding than 95% of other Garmin users in my age range! Now I can really gloat! Big gloaty smiles all around!
Last I looked at activities, which is the number of times I logged a cycling event, and here's where it really got crazy. I ride more cycling events than 99% of other Garmin users! That's the kind of percentile I can be truely proud of. This sort of data reflects the kind of riding I do, though. Most of my riding is commutes to work. That's 2-3 separate rides a day. They are slow paced and take a long time. There are not a lot of other riders, commuters or not, who deal with riding in the winter. Either the weather is prohibitive (hello east coast and most of the west coast considering this year's storms) or it's too dark, or simply not fun. I am lucky to live in a place where rain and dark is my only obstacle.
The following charts surprised me. Cycling is my thing. I also do yoga, I do Zumba, I lift weights. And that's all I care about when it comes to physical activity. I have the move bar turned off and my steps and floor goals set so low I meet them every day. I don't care about walking or how many floors I climb. I enjoy hiking, but I haven't done much of that lately. I know for a lot of people, walking and taking the stairs is their thing, so I was surprised to see I rated so high in that category.
