February 2017 Biking Cycling Bicycling Challenge!
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January - Achieved 181.79 Miles - No target set.
1st Feb – 0 Miles
2nd Feb – 21.17 Miles on Rollers
3rd Feb - 11.08 Miles on Rollers
4th Feb - 26.10 Miles on Rollers
5th Feb - 35.12 Miles on the Road - Eastwood Town to Matlock Bath return.
6th Feb - 0 Miles
7th Feb - 14.03 Miles on Rollers
8th Feb - 0 Miles
9th Feb - 0 Miles
10th Feb - 31.04 Miles on Rollers
11th Feb - 0 Miles
12th Feb - 40.68 Miles on Rollers
13th Feb - 13.58 Miles on Rollers
Total so far 192.80 Miles
Target 300 Miles
107.20 Miles to go0 -
February 1st 8.53 Miles -- Duration 0:50:31 (MTB)
February 3rd 18.1 Miles -- Duration 1:00:01
February 5th 40.6 Miles -- Duration 3:05:57 (MTB)
February 6th 18.4 Miles -- Duration 1:13:18
February 9th 26.0 Miles -- Duration 1:30:00
February 11th 37.3 Miles -- Duration 2:33:09 (MTB)
February 13th 48.8 Miles -- Duration 4:00:04
February Total Miles: 197.63
February Total Duration: 14:13:590 -
_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »@Machka9 Wow, that's a really impressive ride! I can't even imagine riding up and down such a hugh mountain. Awesome job!cathyge6983 wrote: »@Machka9 Amazing, amazing, amazing!!
That descent probably would have terrified me.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks!
One of the reasons I started with MFP was to lose weight so I could climb hills. I'm a flatlander who moved to a very hilly area and all of a sudden my cycling just dropped off because I couldn't get up the hills.
This was my second time up Mt Wellington ... my first was last year ... and it feels great that I have lost the weight and am able to climb! 2 -
Review ...
(Distances include cycling + walking)
March: 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: 230.7 km (143.35 miles) = 32 hours 45 min
Aug: 211.3 km (131.3 miles) = 28 hours 8 min
Sep: 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: 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: 709 km (440.5 miles) = 60 hours 41 minutes
Aug: 775.9 km (482.1 miles) = 54 hours 52 minutes
Sep: 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
So ... the goal is more than February last year!
Feb 1 - 8.6 km (105 min) walking + 16 flights of stairs (13 min)
Feb 2 - 6 km (75 min) walking + 16 flights of stairs (13 min)
Feb 3 - 9.4 km (115 min) walking + 20 flights of stairs (16 min)
Feb 4 - 4.5 km (55 min) walking + 48 km (150 min) cycling with 728 metres of climbing
Feb 5 - 73.4 km (328 min) cycling with 1636 metres of climbing. Up Mt Wellington!
Feb 6 - 3 km (35 min) walking. Rest day.
Feb 7 - 6.6 km (80 min) walking + 24 flights of stairs (19 min)
Feb 8 - 6.7 km (80 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (20 min)
Feb 9 - 5.4 km (65 min) walking + 30 flights of stairs (24 min)
Feb 10 - 1.2 km (15 min) walking + 20 flights of stairs (16 min)
Feb 11 - 161.3 km (509 min) cycling ... my 100th century! 100 rides of 100 miles. I've cycled a century of centuries now.
Feb 12 - 3.2 km (40 min) hiking up the Stanley Nut. The town is Stanley, and the Nut is a great round land feature with great views from the top.
Feb 13 - 2.7 km (30 min) walking
Feb 14 - 7.6 km (95 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (20 min)
February Totals
Walking Distance (km): 64.9
Walking Time (min): 811.3
Cycling Distance (km): 282.7
Cycling Time (min): 988.9
Stairs Climbed Number: 176.0
Stairs Climbed Time (min): 140.8
Totals
Total Distance (km): 347.6
Total Distance (miles): 216.0
Total Time (min): 1941.0
Total Time (hr): 32:21:000 -
Having a bit harder time getting on the bike. I think the snow on the ground has affected my motivation.
Feb 1-5: 42.1km
Feb 6-12: 125.8
Feb 13-19: 0km
Goal: 550km
KM left until Goal: 382.1km0 -
ending_start wrote: »Having a bit harder time getting on the bike. I think the snow on the ground has affected my motivation.
Are you riding indoors then? Do you have any videos or anything to follow?0 -
ending_start wrote: »Having a bit harder time getting on the bike. I think the snow on the ground has affected my motivation.
Feb 1-5: 42.1km
Feb 6-12: 125.8
Feb 13-19: 0km
Goal: 550km
KM left until Goal: 382.1km
Motivation is lacking for me as well largely because of the weather. Cold, dark, and wet instead of cold and snowy does it to me every time we have winters like the one we are having. Give me snow and I get outside and do things like snowshoeing or skiing. When it is wet and dark with just slush and ice, all I want to do is curl up on a comfy chair and read or watch videos.0 -
Mon 13 - 23.73 miles
Tue 14 - 26.33 miles: MTD 226.14 / 250, YTD 387.76 / 4000
Yesterday was horrible - really strong headwind in the morning, mixed with really unpredictable crosswind on the way home. Today wasn't bad at all - cold in the morning, but the evening was quite pleasant in comparison to the last couple of days.0 -
February 9th cycled on trainer for 30 minutes and 8.0 miles. Total 82 minutes 418 to go, and 22.5 miles 127.5 to go.rileysowner wrote: »I think my goal for February is 500 minutes, 150 miles on the trainer.
Starting today
February 6th cycled on trainer for 10 minutes and 2.8 miles. Total 10 minutes 490 to go, and 2.8 miles 147.2 to go.
February 7th cycled on trainer for 20 minutes and 5.8 miles. Total 30 minutes 470 to go, and 8.6 miles 141.4 to go.
February 8th cycled on trainer for 22 minutes and 5.9 miles. Total 52 minutes 448 to go, and 14.5 miles 135.5 to go.
February 14th cycled on trainer for 31 minutes and 8.0 miles. Total 113 minutes 387 to go, and 30.5 miles 119.5 to go.
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Very frustrated tonight. Cadence/speed sensor stopped working for no reason. Changed the battery. Nothing. Nada. Zip.
Ugh!
Had planned on riding 40 miles tonight.0 -
Is it to late to join? I would love to.1
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It's never too late to join! You can either make a commitment for the whole month, and figure out what you've done already, *or* you can just commit to doing some amount for the rest of the month and forget the first half entirely
You also have options on how to specify your commitment: You can go for time, or distance, or a combination. Me, for instance, I'm going with distance. I've got an indoor trainer with a speed sensor, which means I can track distance traveled indoors while enduring winter. Which method you choose is entirely up to you.
Just tell us how you're doing (I still need to log my miles for Feb so far myself), and we'll help you keep on track!1 -
I'm in.... Goal 200 again. Fell a little short last month.. Never know what the winter weather will be like.
I'm only counting my outdoor miles because that is all I can count on a LBS challenge.
2/1 - 20.58 miles 37*F
2/2 - 12.65 miles 25*F winds NNW @ 10 feels like 9 accordingly to weather bug lol.
2/6 - 18.18 miles 45*F
2/7 - 5.49 miles 52*F so windy 20 mph gust to 30+
2/9 - 8.38 miles 13*F winds 11 mph feels like 6*
2/10 - 14.95 miles
2/11 - 30.67 miles
2/14 - 10.53 miles
MTD - 121.46
YTD - 293.61
Jan - 172.150 -
cathyge6983 wrote: »Very frustrated tonight. Cadence/speed sensor stopped working for no reason. Changed the battery. Nothing. Nada. Zip.
Ugh!
Had planned on riding 40 miles tonight.
This happened to me. Make sure the sensor on your crank arm is still in alignment with the sensing unit. Moved it back into place and all was fine.
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Only another cautious half-hour this week. Lower back problems still continuing, but getting less intense. Maybe and hopefully this next week will be my “breakout week”(?).0
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February 1st 8.53 Miles -- Duration 0:50:31 (MTB)
February 3rd 18.1 Miles -- Duration 1:00:01
February 5th 40.6 Miles -- Duration 3:05:57 (MTB)
February 6th 18.4 Miles -- Duration 1:13:18
February 9th 26.0 Miles -- Duration 1:30:00
February 11th 37.3 Miles -- Duration 2:33:09 (MTB)
February 13th 48.8 Miles -- Duration 4:00:04
February 14th 5.94 Miles -- Duration 0:31:35
February 15th 12.4 Miles -- Duration 1:05:36 (MTB)
February Total Miles: 215.97
February Total Duration: 15:51:100 -
Wed 15 - 23.77 miles: MTD 249.91 / 250, YTD 411.53 / 4000
Just a nadgers short of the month's target, with 13 days to go 1 -
cathyge6983 wrote: »Very frustrated tonight. Cadence/speed sensor stopped working for no reason. Changed the battery. Nothing. Nada. Zip.
Ugh!
Had planned on riding 40 miles tonight.
This happened to me. Make sure the sensor on your crank arm is still in alignment with the sensing unit. Moved it back into place and all was fine.
Thanks for the advice @tcaley4 . We checked that this morning and it didn't work. Turns out that I was right that it needed a new battery, but... then the sensor needed to be "reset". And on some models there is no reset button......
FYI to all of you....what we needed to do was put the battery in backwards or the wrong way. (It was one of those little circle/disc batteries.) Anyway, you put it in the wrong way and close the compartment for 10 seconds. This resets the sensor. Then you put the battery in the correct way, put the sensor back making sure it is set the way that was described above, and you're set.
My husband will be returning the new sensor he bought tonight
. He was a sweetie for picking it up for me. It was the guy at the bike shop that mentioned the reset issue to him. My husband checked the website for the device and there it was - instructions on how to reset it using this "battery method".
Got 30 miles in tonight! [Doing the happy dance.]1 -
1.2.17 - 10.1km commute
2.2.17 - 5.3km (14min) indoor/rollers
3.2.17 - 12.7km commute
5.2.17 - 2.5km (8min) indoor/rollers
6.2.17 - 7.2km (20min) indoor/rollers
7.2.17 - 7.4km (20min) indoor/rollers
11.2.17 - 12.8km (38min) indoor/rollers "Half is Easy"
14.2.17 - 8.0km (23min) indoor/rollers "Igniter"
15.2.17 - 11.2km commute
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77.2km (of 150km goal)0 -
rileysowner wrote: »ending_start wrote: »Having a bit harder time getting on the bike. I think the snow on the ground has affected my motivation.
Feb 1-5: 42.1km
Feb 6-12: 125.8
Feb 13-19: 0km
Goal: 550km
KM left until Goal: 382.1km
Motivation is lacking for me as well largely because of the weather. Cold, dark, and wet instead of cold and snowy does it to me every time we have winters like the one we are having. Give me snow and I get outside and do things like snowshoeing or skiing. When it is wet and dark with just slush and ice, all I want to do is curl up on a comfy chair and read or watch videos.
Oh definitely. I tend to bike to work but our bike paths/lanes are the last to be cleared of snow and more often than not, filled with snow from the clearing of the main road. Today seemed like a better day, a few ice patches which got my nervous but I rode in.0 -
Alright, finally got onto my bike today for a commute into work. Pretty cold but at least the bike path was cleared of snow, though few ice patches. I do have an indoor trainer but have been lacking the motivation to ride. Maybe once my ANT+ reader comes in and I can move Zwift to the PC instead of my phone I might be more motivated to ride.
Feb 1-5: 42.1km
Feb 6-12: 148km
Feb 13-19: 7km
Goal: 550km
KM left until Goal: 352.9km1 -
Thu 16 - 23.94 miles: MTD 273.85 / 250, YTD 435.47 / 4000
Going well - looking to beat my month target by at least 100 miles0 -
Hi all. I'm new to the challenge. I'm shooting for 200 this month. Lost January to Pneumonia, but am getting back in the saddle again this week:
Mon, Feb 13, 2017 10:12 AM
Morning ride
Distance 40.3 mi
Moving Time 2:39:58
Avg Speed 15.1 mi/h
Avg Watts 153 W
Elev Gain 2,300 ft
Wed, Feb 15, 2017 1:35 PM
Afternoon ride
Distance 21.8 mi
Moving Time 1:27:26
Avg Speed 15.0 mi/h
Avg Watts 165 W
Elev Gain 1,699 ft
Ride3 -
I quit smoking 8 yrs ago and bought a bicycle. Best decision I could of made!! Sure enjoy riding, my favorite is my Fat Bike that I ride on our farm. It's perfect going through any terrain! Starting to hit the trails since warm weather is beginning!
Charlie from Texas3 -
February 1st 8.53 Miles -- Duration 0:50:31 (MTB)
February 3rd 18.1 Miles -- Duration 1:00:01
February 5th 40.6 Miles -- Duration 3:05:57 (MTB)
February 6th 18.4 Miles -- Duration 1:13:18
February 9th 26.0 Miles -- Duration 1:30:00
February 11th 37.3 Miles -- Duration 2:33:09 (MTB)
February 13th 48.8 Miles -- Duration 4:00:04
February 14th 5.94 Miles -- Duration 0:31:35
February 15th 12.4 Miles -- Duration 1:05:36 (MTB)
February 16th 11.0 Miles -- Duration 0:59:37
February Total Miles: 226.97
February Total Duration: 16:50:470 -
February 1st 8.53 Miles -- Duration 0:50:31 (MTB)
February 3rd 18.1 Miles -- Duration 1:00:01
February 5th 40.6 Miles -- Duration 3:05:57 (MTB)
February 6th 18.4 Miles -- Duration 1:13:18
February 9th 26.0 Miles -- Duration 1:30:00
February 11th 37.3 Miles -- Duration 2:33:09 (MTB)
February 13th 48.8 Miles -- Duration 4:00:04
February 14th 5.94 Miles -- Duration 0:31:35
February 15th 12.4 Miles -- Duration 1:05:36 (MTB)
February 16th 11.0 Miles -- Duration 0:59:37
February 17th 6.0 Miles -- Duration 0:32:22
February Total Miles: 232.97
February Total Duration: 17:23:090 -
Fri 17 - 24.81 miles: MTD 298.66 / 250, YTD 460.28 / 40000
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Set up a new ride in RideWithGPS today. Would have been a lovely ride for a summer evening, with loads of small lanes and riverside cycle paths, wending backwards and forwards over the Thames. However, riding it for the first time in the dark? Not so much.
Still, it becomes my longest single ride, even after I had to drastically redesign it in the middle to get home at a reasonable time
Sat 18 - 42.05 miles: MTD 340.71 / 250, YTD 502.33 / 4000
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February 1st 8.53 Miles -- Duration 0:50:31 (MTB)
February 3rd 18.1 Miles -- Duration 1:00:01
February 5th 40.6 Miles -- Duration 3:05:57 (MTB)
February 6th 18.4 Miles -- Duration 1:13:18
February 9th 26.0 Miles -- Duration 1:30:00
February 11th 37.3 Miles -- Duration 2:33:09 (MTB)
February 13th 48.8 Miles -- Duration 4:00:04
February 14th 5.94 Miles -- Duration 0:31:35
February 15th 12.4 Miles -- Duration 1:05:36 (MTB)
February 16th 11.0 Miles -- Duration 0:59:37
February 17th 6.0 Miles -- Duration 0:32:22
February 18th 30.9 Miles -- Duration 2:14:17
February Total Miles: 263.87
February Total Duration: 19:37:260 -
First I was dealing with back issues and then had some neck trouble but finally got out on my bike this month and enjoyed it so much! So, I made a slight inroads into my Feb. goal, which I think was 50 miles:
02/18/17 10 miles, 46 minutes2
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