Te Araroa To Gisborne

Start: Te Araroa Holiday Park
End: Gisborne Hospital
Time: Too many hours 9:15 til crash
Ride Time: 6:11
Distance: 85.85km by bike ~100km by ambulance
Av Speed:13.8
Max Speed: 59.6
Max HR: 154
Total Ascent: 1049 m
Track Data:
Ride Description: Hard ride over 7 "hard" hills to Te Puia Springs, crashed on downhill out of Te Puia Springs, rode by ambulance from Te Puia Springs to Gisborne.

Waihau Bay to Te Araroa

Start:Waihau Bay Holiday park
End:Te Araroa Holiday Park
Time:5:20
Ride Time:3:03
Distance:47.38
Av Speed:15.4
Max Speed:57.1
Max HR: 167
Total Ascent:568m

Maraehako Bay To Waihau Bay

Start:Maraehako Bay Retreat
End:Waihau Bay Holiday Park
Time: 3:38
Ride Time:1:38
Distance:24.59
Av Speed:14.9
Max Speed:50.2
Max HR:160
Total Ascent: 229m
Ride Description: Several hills and directly along the coast to Waihau Bay.

Hawai To Maraehako Bay

Start:Hawai Bay Camping Ground
End:Maraehako Bay Retreat
Time:6:52
Ride Time: 4:00
Distance: 58.00
Av Speed: 14.4
Max Speed:54.9
Max HR: 156
Total Ascent: 605 m
Ride Description: Hilly ride from Hawai To Maraehako Bay, originally was going to stop at Te Kaha

Opotiki To Hawai

Start: Opotiki Holiday Park
End: Hawai Bay camp
Time: 2:27
Ride Time 1:41
Distance: 28.16km
Av Speed:16.6
Max Speed:55.8
Max HR:158
Total Ascent: 183
Ride Description:A short ride several "moderate"climbs. A little less than half the distance to Te Kaha.

Port Ohope to Opotiki

Start: Port Ohope Top 10 Holiday Park
End: Opotiki Holiday Park
Time: 3:45
Ride Time: 2:46
Distance: 42.23 km
Av Speed: 15.2
Max Speed: 56.5
Max HR: 157
Total Ascent: 228m
Track Data:
Ride Description: Port Ohope to Rt 35 to Rt 2 to Opotiki. A couple of largish hills, but mostly rolling until Rt 2, then relatively flat. Mostly to windward as it is still blowing hard from the SE.

Rotoma To Port Ohope

Start: Rotoma Holiday Park
End: Port Ohope Top 10 Holiday Park
Time: ~ 7 hrs
Ride Time: 4:30
Distance: 70.81
Av Speed: 15.7
Max Speed: 57.4
Max HR: 164
Total Ascent: 440
Track Data:
Ride Description: From Lake Rotoma to Port Ohope via Whakatane

Rotorua to Rotoma

Start: Rotorua (Starbucks Downtown)
End: Rotoma (Holiday Park)
Time: 3:03
Ride Time: 2:17
Distance: 36.71km
Av Speed: 16.0
Max Speed: 60.6
Max HR: 162
Total Ascent: 397m
Track Data:
Ride Description: Rode along Lake Rotorua to Rt 30 towards Whakatane. Only one sizable hill, but rolling much of the way.

Rotorua

Start: Rotorua (Thermal Holiday Park)
End: Rotorua (Thermal Holiday Park)
Time:
Ride Time: 1:30
Distance: 22.32
Av Speed: 14.7
Max Speed: 45.8
Max HR:
Total Ascent:
Track Data:
Ride Description:Ride around town

Okoroire to Rotorua

Start:Okoroire (Okoroire Hoel)
End: Rotorua (Thermal Holiday Park)
Time:7:25
Ride Time:
Distance: 60.52
Av Speed:
Max Speed:49.9
Max HR:
Total Ascent:528
Track Data:
Ride Description:

Matamata To Okoroire

Start: Matamat (Opal Hot Springs Holiday Park)
End: Okoroire (Okoroire Hotel and Campground)
Time: 5:15
Ride Time:1;45
Distance: 31.o4
Av Speed:17.7
Max Speed: 44.6
Max HR: 150
Total Ascent: 149 m
Track Data:
Ride Description: Mostly flat from Matamata to Hinuera then rolled to Okoroire

Te Aroha to Matamata

Start: Te Aroha (holiday park)
End: Matamata (Opal Hot Spings Holiday park)
Time: 3:47
Ride Time: 2:19
Distance: 39.96 km
Av Speed: 17.1 kph
Max Speed: 36.8 kph
Max HR: 150
Total Ascent: 65 m
Track Data:
Ride Description: Mostly flat roads through farm counrty. The last bit into Matamata on a main road--way too much traffic.