September 2017 Biking Cycling Bicycling Challenge!
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Welcome to the September 2017 Cycling Challenge thread!
This is a continuation of the August thread.
This is a continuation of the August thread.
ohhim wrote:If you are new to posting on this thread, or if you are new to cycling, We welcome you! If you are returning from a previous thread, We welcome you, too.
This thread is for anyone who rides a bike. Do you bike to work? Do you pull your children to the park? So you ride weekends? Do you spin, at home or the gym? Do you race crits, ironman, or centuries? Or, are you just starting out and remembering how much fun you had biking when you were a kid? However you choose to push your pedal, you are welcome on this thread.
There's no set challenge across participants - this is a mixed-ability / mixed-experience / everyone welcome group. Just pick your own target that you want to achieve this month, post that when you join the thread, and post updates throughout the month as you're working towards your target.
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Not sure myself how far I can ride this month, since I'll be away from my bike for half the time...
Last month I rode 355km - maybe 200km will be doable, so I'll make that my goal.1 -
Hello,
I do some riding, mostly every day. I don't go all that far but I do like to get some climbing in. I have a couple of road bikes but these days I am pretty much obsessed with my mountain bike.
Don't know what to think in terms of a goal. Maybe I will just journal my riding until I can think of what a goal should be. I used to try for those Strava climbing goals. I might try something like that.
Maybe mostly we can reinforce each others biking interest and enthusiasm by talking bike rides.1 -
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bocasdelbadbob wrote: »Hello,
I do some riding, mostly every day. I don't go all that far but I do like to get some climbing in. I have a couple of road bikes but these days I am pretty much obsessed with my mountain bike.
Don't know what to think in terms of a goal. Maybe I will just journal my riding until I can think of what a goal should be. I used to try for those Strava climbing goals. I might try something like that.
Maybe mostly we can reinforce each others biking interest and enthusiasm by talking bike rides.
Hi! Mountain biker here too! I just joined this challenge in July and pretty much just guessed on a goal. I made mine hours instead of miles because a lot of times I ride with a group who chooses the route and some of the routes are a lot shorter but much more technical.
I'm new to mountain biking just this spring but am totally addicted!
Welcome!
For my goal this month I'm dropping down to 15 hours because I'm getting a puppy next week which will be keeping me busy!
September Goal - 15 hours2 -
First weekend of spring. Bit of a bicycle ride on Saturday.
We had everything out there ... cloud, lots of cloud, a few rays of sun, wind, rain ...
This was a 'route checking' ride for an event we're hosting at the end of October. There will be a few changes ... but this is why we like to ride these things in advance.
Nouveau Trois!
Distance: 161.9km
Elevation: 1,124m
Moving Time: 8:11:28
Elapsed Time: 9:23:27
Estimated Avg Power: 71w
Speed; Avg: 19.8km/h | Max: 51.1km/h
Heart Rate: Avg: 142bpm | Max: 166bpm
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Started off the month with a ride just under 40 miles but included a couple of nasty hills.
Funny how competitive and childish riders are!
(Yes that definitely includes me, one of my mantas is - You are never too old to be childish.)
On the long Staple Lane climb passed two young riders riding casually and chatting who suddenly perked up when this old fart overtook them. Their talking stopped, now standing up and breathing hard they re-passed me halfway up the steep bit. But my inner chimp escaped and I dug in and got them back and pushed hard right to to top. Gave a cheery "tough old climb this isn't it?" as I passed while desperately trying to hide how hard I was actually trying.
http://veloviewer.com/segment/628859/Staple+Lane
Then the nasty Crocknorth Road - a horrible hill that starts with no momentum at all and straight into an everlasting bottom gear grind, very scenic though. http://veloviewer.com/segment/629896
@Machka9
First unwelcome taste of Autumn for me today - dull, breezy and cool with spots of rain. Booo!
MTD
5 Hours - 75 miles - 14 Personal Records - 2 Activities
YTD
201 Hours - 3,308.2 miles - 392 Personal Records - 172 Activities2 -
I am off to kind of a slow start this month.
Went out for some hill repeats on the 1st but encountered mechanical problems.
Holiday intervened last two days. Owed my wife an outing. Each of us lost 5 pounds in August so we got to go to an antique hotel. Maybe I should put a picture of antique on here.
I think I will try and climb some tomorrow. Probably hill repeats.
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Review ... (Distances include cycling + walking)
March 15: 489.8 km (304.3 miles) = 38 hours 4 min
April: 491.94 km (305.6 miles) = 43 hours 6 min
May: 361.81 km (224.8 miles) = 35 hours 50 min
June: 569.53 km (353.9 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
July 2015: 230.7 km (143.35 miles) = 32 hours 45 min
Aug: 211.3 km (131.3 miles) = 28 hours 8 min
Sep 2015: 306.7 km (190.6 miles) = 35 hour 2 min
Oct: 441.82 km (274.5 miles) = 47 hours 43 min
Nov: 660.21 km (410.23 miles) = 60 hours 41 min
Dec: 499.91 km (282.8 miles) = 54 hours 56 min
Jan: 864.79 km (537.35 miles) = 65 hours 36 min
Feb: 470.53 km (292.4 miles) = 40 hours 39 min
March 16: 917.73 km (570.2 miles) = 66 hours 13 min
April: 417.83 km (259.6 miles) = 40 hours 23 min
May: 267.09 km (165.9 miles) = 36 hours 10 min
June: 552.1 km (343 miles) = 54 hours 48 min
July 2016: 709 km (440.5 miles) = 60 hours 41 minutes
Aug: 775.9 km (482.1 miles) = 54 hours 52 minutes
Sep 2016: 371.3 km (230.7 miles) = 32 hours 20 min
Oct: 649 km (403.3 miles) = 49 hours 46 min
Nov: 403 km (250.4 miles) = 52 hours 16 min
Dec: 511.05 km (317.55 miles) = 52 hours 2 min
Jan: 741.9 km (461.0 miles) = 70 hours 3 min
Feb: 600.5 km (373.1 miles) = 57 hours 30 min
Mar: 1113.2 km (691.7 miles) = 78 hours 25 min
Apr: 1181.9 km (734.4 miles) = 76 hours 45 min
May: 426.6 km (265.1 miles) = 39 hours 21 min
June: 575.7 km (357.7 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
July: 714 km (443.7 miles) = 52 hours 23 min
August: 475.8 km (295.6 miles) = 38 hours 41 min
In August, I ended up within the range I wanted to end up ... between my 2015 August and my 2016 August. I would have liked to get closer to my 2016 August, but a cold/flu/sinus infection kind of took me out of the game.
I see September has been a relatively low-exercise month the last two years ... ideally I'd like to improve on that and do slightly more this year.
Sept 1 - 1.4 km walking (15 min)
Sept 2 - 161.9 km cycling (510 min)
Sept 3 - 0
Sept 4 - 0
2017 Monthly September
Walking Distance (km): 1.4
Walking Time (min): 17.5
Cycling Distance (km): 161.9
Cycling Time (min): 511.3
Stairs Climbed Number: 0.0
Stairs Climbed Time (min): 0.0
Totals
Total Distance (km): 163.3
Total Distance (miles): 101.5
Total Time (min): 528.8
Total Time (hr): 8:48:461 -
Started off the month with a ride just under 40 miles but included a couple of nasty hills.
Funny how competitive and childish riders are!
(Yes that definitely includes me, one of my mantas is - You are never too old to be childish.)
On the long Staple Lane climb passed two young riders riding casually and chatting who suddenly perked up when this old fart overtook them. Their talking stopped, now standing up and breathing hard they re-passed me halfway up the steep bit. But my inner chimp escaped and I dug in and got them back and pushed hard right to to top. Gave a cheery "tough old climb this isn't it?" as I passed while desperately trying to hide how hard I was actually trying.
http://veloviewer.com/segment/628859/Staple+Lane
Then the nasty Crocknorth Road - a horrible hill that starts with no momentum at all and straight into an everlasting bottom gear grind, very scenic though. http://veloviewer.com/segment/629896
@Machka9
First unwelcome taste of Autumn for me today - dull, breezy and cool with spots of rain. Booo!
MTD
5 Hours - 75 miles - 14 Personal Records - 2 Activities
YTD
201 Hours - 3,308.2 miles - 392 Personal Records - 172 Activities
Good climbing!
Unfortunately our spring weather certainly didn't last long. We're now having the coldest and snowiest weather this year. Maybe next week will be better!1 -
Ok. I am on the board now with 1037 feet of climbing. Let me see if I can converge on an accounting format ...
9/4 - 1.3 hours - 10.4 miles - 1037 feet climbing
10 miles ain't nothing to write home about but the climbing ain't too slouchy. Maybe I will get out again tomorrow. My bike is still kind of funny mechanically. The crank arm isn't wanting to stay put. My tendency is wanting to wrench tighter and tighter. It is aluminum or some kind of soft alloy though. I can ruin that kind of stuff without thinking about it.
Heh, looking at Staple Lane and Crocknorth, man o man that is some climbing! I see some 18% grade in there. I will see if I can find me something like that tomorrow to punch around on.
Hill repeats in the neighborhood. Don't know what the grade is.
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September Goal - 15 Hours
Sept 4 - 13.6 Miles/2 hours
Wasn't able to ride any other time this weekend. Montana is on fire and our air quality has been horrible.
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Review ... (Distances include cycling + walking)
March 15: 489.8 km (304.3 miles) = 38 hours 4 min
April: 491.94 km (305.6 miles) = 43 hours 6 min
May: 361.81 km (224.8 miles) = 35 hours 50 min
June: 569.53 km (353.9 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
July 2015: 230.7 km (143.35 miles) = 32 hours 45 min
Aug: 211.3 km (131.3 miles) = 28 hours 8 min
Sep 2015: 306.7 km (190.6 miles) = 35 hour 2 min
Oct: 441.82 km (274.5 miles) = 47 hours 43 min
Nov: 660.21 km (410.23 miles) = 60 hours 41 min
Dec: 499.91 km (282.8 miles) = 54 hours 56 min
Jan: 864.79 km (537.35 miles) = 65 hours 36 min
Feb: 470.53 km (292.4 miles) = 40 hours 39 min
March 16: 917.73 km (570.2 miles) = 66 hours 13 min
April: 417.83 km (259.6 miles) = 40 hours 23 min
May: 267.09 km (165.9 miles) = 36 hours 10 min
June: 552.1 km (343 miles) = 54 hours 48 min
July 2016: 709 km (440.5 miles) = 60 hours 41 minutes
Aug: 775.9 km (482.1 miles) = 54 hours 52 minutes
Sep 2016: 371.3 km (230.7 miles) = 32 hours 20 min
Oct: 649 km (403.3 miles) = 49 hours 46 min
Nov: 403 km (250.4 miles) = 52 hours 16 min
Dec: 511.05 km (317.55 miles) = 52 hours 2 min
Jan: 741.9 km (461.0 miles) = 70 hours 3 min
Feb: 600.5 km (373.1 miles) = 57 hours 30 min
Mar: 1113.2 km (691.7 miles) = 78 hours 25 min
Apr: 1181.9 km (734.4 miles) = 76 hours 45 min
May: 426.6 km (265.1 miles) = 39 hours 21 min
June: 575.7 km (357.7 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
July: 714 km (443.7 miles) = 52 hours 23 min
August: 475.8 km (295.6 miles) = 38 hours 41 min
In August, I ended up within the range I wanted to end up ... between my 2015 August and my 2016 August. I would have liked to get closer to my 2016 August, but a cold/flu/sinus infection kind of took me out of the game.
I see September has been a relatively low-exercise month the last two years ... ideally I'd like to improve on that and do slightly more this year.
Sept 1 - 1.4 km walking (15 min)
Sept 2 - 161.9 km cycling (510 min)
Sept 3 - 0
Sept 4 - 0
Sept 5 - 4 km walking (50 min)
Sept 6 - 5.4 km walking (65 min) + 13 flights of stairs (10 min)
2017 Monthly September
Walking Distance (km): 10.8
Walking Time (min): 135.0
Cycling Distance (km): 161.9
Cycling Time (min): 511.3
Stairs Climbed Number: 13.0
Stairs Climbed Time (min): 10.4
Totals
Total Distance (km): 172.7
Total Distance (miles): 107.3
Total Time (min): 656.7
Total Time (hr): 10:56:400 -
September Goal - 15 Hours
Sept 4 - 13.6 Miles/2 hours
Sept 5 - 5.6 miles/1 hour
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Talking of challenges - here's a very extreme one!
Noticed that Jasmijn Muller's attempt on the Lands End to John O'Groats record has started today.
(For the non-Brits that's from one end of Great Britain to the other.)
The current Ladies record for LEJOG 843 mile trip is 52 hours and 45.
If that goes well Jasmijn will continue to try and capture the 1,000 mile record, which currently stands at 2 days, 16 hours.
Follow her progress at https://www.lejogrecord.co.uk/
Amazing and awe inspiring.1 -
Hill repeats in the neighborhood again. Not particularly exciting but better that couch potatoes.
Heh, Garmin says I did a couple of hundred feet better on climb than last session though.
I don't see how that could be. I did like 19 repeats each session. I wind the same pattern through the neighbor hood. Heck, I will take it though. GPS says what it says.
I ran my heart out a little bit tighter.
Yard work the next couple of days. Maybe no riding. Sigh.
9/4 - 1.3 hours - 10.4 miles - 1037 feet climbing
9/6 - 1.2 hours - 10.3 miles - 1260 feet climbing
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..........2.5 hours 20.7 miles 2300 feet climbing MTD
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Talking of challenges - here's a very extreme one!
Noticed that Jasmijn Muller's attempt on the Lands End to John O'Groats record has started today.
(For the non-Brits that's from one end of Great Britain to the other.)
The current Ladies record for LEJOG 843 mile trip is 52 hours and 45.
If that goes well Jasmijn will continue to try and capture the 1,000 mile record, which currently stands at 2 days, 16 hours.
Follow her progress at https://www.lejogrecord.co.uk/
Amazing and awe inspiring.
Good for her!!
That's a ride on my "bucket list" ... although probably not at a record-breaking pace.
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Talking of challenges - here's a very extreme one!
Noticed that Jasmijn Muller's attempt on the Lands End to John O'Groats record has started today.
(For the non-Brits that's from one end of Great Britain to the other.)
The current Ladies record for LEJOG 843 mile trip is 52 hours and 45.
If that goes well Jasmijn will continue to try and capture the 1,000 mile record, which currently stands at 2 days, 16 hours.
Follow her progress at https://www.lejogrecord.co.uk/
Amazing and awe inspiring.
Good for her!!
That's a ride on my "bucket list" ... although probably not at a record-breaking pace.
I might have to wait for my next incarnation for that one.1 -
First group ride since shoulder surgery last November and wasn't too squirrely.
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One week into Sept and I have 331 miles towards my goal of 1,000.2
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Review ... (Distances include cycling + walking)
March 15: 489.8 km (304.3 miles) = 38 hours 4 min
April: 491.94 km (305.6 miles) = 43 hours 6 min
May: 361.81 km (224.8 miles) = 35 hours 50 min
June: 569.53 km (353.9 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
July 2015: 230.7 km (143.35 miles) = 32 hours 45 min
Aug: 211.3 km (131.3 miles) = 28 hours 8 min
Sep 2015: 306.7 km (190.6 miles) = 35 hour 2 min
Oct: 441.82 km (274.5 miles) = 47 hours 43 min
Nov: 660.21 km (410.23 miles) = 60 hours 41 min
Dec: 499.91 km (282.8 miles) = 54 hours 56 min
Jan: 864.79 km (537.35 miles) = 65 hours 36 min
Feb: 470.53 km (292.4 miles) = 40 hours 39 min
March 16: 917.73 km (570.2 miles) = 66 hours 13 min
April: 417.83 km (259.6 miles) = 40 hours 23 min
May: 267.09 km (165.9 miles) = 36 hours 10 min
June: 552.1 km (343 miles) = 54 hours 48 min
July 2016: 709 km (440.5 miles) = 60 hours 41 minutes
Aug: 775.9 km (482.1 miles) = 54 hours 52 minutes
Sep 2016: 371.3 km (230.7 miles) = 32 hours 20 min
Oct: 649 km (403.3 miles) = 49 hours 46 min
Nov: 403 km (250.4 miles) = 52 hours 16 min
Dec: 511.05 km (317.55 miles) = 52 hours 2 min
Jan: 741.9 km (461.0 miles) = 70 hours 3 min
Feb: 600.5 km (373.1 miles) = 57 hours 30 min
Mar: 1113.2 km (691.7 miles) = 78 hours 25 min
Apr: 1181.9 km (734.4 miles) = 76 hours 45 min
May: 426.6 km (265.1 miles) = 39 hours 21 min
June: 575.7 km (357.7 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
July: 714 km (443.7 miles) = 52 hours 23 min
August: 475.8 km (295.6 miles) = 38 hours 41 min
In August, I ended up within the range I wanted to end up ... between my 2015 August and my 2016 August. I would have liked to get closer to my 2016 August, but a cold/flu/sinus infection kind of took me out of the game.
I see September has been a relatively low-exercise month the last two years ... ideally I'd like to improve on that and do slightly more this year.
Sept 1 - 1.4 km walking (15 min)
Sept 2 - 161.9 km cycling (510 min)
Sept 3 - 0
Sept 4 - 0
Sept 5 - 4 km walking (50 min)
Sept 6 - 5.4 km walking (65 min) + 13 flights of stairs (10 min)
And then winter came back and the weather has not been nice ... sadly our plans to cycle in the evening went out the window ...
Sept 7 - 2.2 km walking (25 min) + 16 flights of stairs (12 min) + weights
Sept 8 - 1.7 km walking (20 min) + 20 flights of stairs (16 min)
2017 Monthly September
Walking Distance (km): 14.7
Walking Time (min): 183.8
Cycling Distance (km): 161.9
Cycling Time (min): 511.3
Stairs Climbed Number: 49.0
Stairs Climbed Time (min): 39.2
Totals
Total Distance (km): 176.6
Total Distance (miles): 109.7
Total Time (min): 734.2
Total Time (hr): 12:14:131
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