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Length of route: 2,141 miles, or 346 times around Central ParkOK
Vertical distance covered: 11.5 miles, or climbing Mount Everest twiceOK
Calories Armstrong will burn: 75, 634, or 128 Big Macs, or 45 pounds ofpasta
Number of times his heart will beat over 21 days of riding: about 952,000Somewhat misleading. This is not the total number of times his heart beats
Number of beats for average person during that time: 230,000No! For the same 86.3 hr, this comes out to 44 beats per minute, which is
Water he'll lose: more than 157 poundsPossible, but it seems high. A quick web search suggests 1-3 L/hr water
His weight: 157 poundsPerhaps, but two websites I checked list him at 165 lb.
His water consumption: 20 gallons: 215 20-ounce water bottles215 bottles * 20 oz/bottle * 1 gal/128 oz = 33 gal
Power he will generate: 97.2 million watts, enough to light his hometownof Austin for 2 hours and 18 minutes