Cycling Challenge - February Biking Bike Bicycle

sajeffe

Hope your half-marathon went well today and all is good with your barking knee, Ohhim!

azrul_ipba

Hi everyone!
Just got myself a new bike early this year after almost 3 years of 'hibernation'. February is the busiest for me. I've clocked 80km this month. Yeah it is very little to the pros. But, like i said, I'm just re-starting and slowly building my fitness. Nice to have found this tread. Btw, I'm from Malaysia. Peace!

ErnManBiker

I just completed 555 miles so far this month. 1/2 of the miles came from my Spring Training camp in the Texas Hill Country, where for a 5 day window the weather was literally perfect. Before the month is out, I should be able to get another 100 miles on my indoor rollers. My goal would be 655 miles.

wildtxn

Wish I had the warmer weather some of you have. I did buy a wahoo kickr recently though so I can ride indoors during the winter more. Got about 80 miles in this week and working on improving my current ftp. Been using the sufferfest videos imported into trainer road and love them so far.

Ohhim

Did a short post-half-marathon recovery ride this afternoon for 6 miles. Left knee is shot from the race, but no pain when riding, so I'll do more of that vs. running this upcoming week. 222 miles left w. 6 days left in the month, but suspect 37 miles/day is doable as I'll be staying away from lacing up the running shoes.

2/2 - 13 miles
2/4 - 5 miles
2/6 - 50 miles
2/9 - 20 miles
2/10 - 17 miles
2/11 - 14 miles
2/12 - 13 miles
2/18 - 6 miles
2/19 - 2 miles
2/20 - 32 miles
2/22 - 6 miles

Total: 178 miles
Goal: 400 miles

cowbellsandcoffee

2/1 - 20 miles
2/2 - 20
2/4 - 15
2/5 - 15
2/6 - 21
2/7 - 10.1
2/8 - 20
2/9 - 25.2
2/10 - 17.6
2/12 - 20
2/13 - 25.1
2/14 - 12.2
2/15 - 22
2/16 - 20
2/17 - 13
2/19 - 37
2/20 - 20
2/21 - 22
2/22 - 45

Total - 400.2

Goal - 450

Remaining - 49.8

faugsu

Sajeffe, take care of yourself!!
ErnMan, you are tearing up February. That's a great month anytime IMHO.

kcjchang

2/1 - 38 miles
2/3 - 14.6
2/5 - 17.7
2/6 - 18.0
2/7 - 14.7
2/8 - 31.5
2/9 - 18.4
2/10 - 20.8
2/14 - 51
2/15 - 40.3
2/19 - 20.1
2/21 - 110.6 (first century! bad bad ride matrices - 7h35m on saddle; 7,040' climb)

Total: 395.7
Goal: 300
Remaining: 0

SingingSingleTracker

February 1 - rode 30.5 Kilometers for a duration of 01:05:00
February 3 - rode 30.17 Kilometers for a duration of 01:05:00
February 8 - rode 31.52 Kilometers for a duration of 01:05:00
February 10 - rode 31.45 Kilometers for a duration of 01:05:00
February 13 - rode 17.72 Kilometers for a duration of 00:35:00
February 16 - rode 5.5 Kilometers for a duration of 00:15:00
February 17 - rode 45 Kilometers for a duration of 1:40:00
February 19 - rode 29.13 Kilometers for a duration of 1:14:32
February 24 - rode 38 Kilometers for a duration of 1:30:00

February Totals: 258.99 Kilometers - 9:34:32 hours

Man this month stinks (as did last month) due to my job and winter weather. I need to log some miles this week and in March if I'm going to have a race season this year.

cowbellsandcoffee

2/1 - 20 miles
2/2 - 20
2/4 - 15
2/5 - 15
2/6 - 21
2/7 - 10.1
2/8 - 20
2/9 - 25.2
2/10 - 17.6
2/12 - 20
2/13 - 25.1
2/14 - 12.2
2/15 - 22
2/16 - 20
2/17 - 13
2/19 - 37
2/20 - 20
2/21 - 22
2/22 - 45
2/24 - 20

Total - 420.2

Goal - 450

Remaining - 29.8

SingingSingleTracker

February 1 - rode 30.5 Kilometers for a duration of 01:05:00
February 3 - rode 30.17 Kilometers for a duration of 01:05:00
February 8 - rode 31.52 Kilometers for a duration of 01:05:00
February 10 - rode 31.45 Kilometers for a duration of 01:05:00
February 13 - rode 17.72 Kilometers for a duration of 00:35:00
February 16 - rode 5.5 Kilometers for a duration of 00:15:00
February 17 - rode 45 Kilometers for a duration of 1:40:00
February 19 - rode 29.13 Kilometers for a duration of 1:14:32
February 24 - rode 38 Kilometers for a duration of 1:30:00
February 25 - rode 25.7 Kilometers for a duration of 1:40:16

February Totals: 284.69 Kilometers - 11:14:48 hours

azrul_ipba

Can cycling daily w/o any rest day be negative to one's body?

cowbellsandcoffee

2/1 - 20 miles
2/2 - 20
2/4 - 15
2/5 - 15
2/6 - 21
2/7 - 10.1
2/8 - 20
2/9 - 25.2
2/10 - 17.6
2/12 - 20
2/13 - 25.1
2/14 - 12.2
2/15 - 22
2/16 - 20
2/17 - 13
2/19 - 37
2/20 - 20
2/21 - 22
2/22 - 45
2/24 - 20
2/25 - 21

Total - 441.2

Goal - 450

Remaining - 8.8

SingingSingleTracker

February 1 - rode 30.5 Kilometers for a duration of 01:05:00
February 3 - rode 30.17 Kilometers for a duration of 01:05:00
February 8 - rode 31.52 Kilometers for a duration of 01:05:00
February 10 - rode 31.45 Kilometers for a duration of 01:05:00
February 13 - rode 17.72 Kilometers for a duration of 00:35:00
February 16 - rode 5.5 Kilometers for a duration of 00:15:00
February 17 - rode 45 Kilometers for a duration of 1:40:00
February 19 - rode 29.13 Kilometers for a duration of 1:14:32
February 24 - rode 38 Kilometers for a duration of 1:30:00
February 25 - rode 25.7 Kilometers for a duration of 1:40:16
February 26 - rode 18.3 Kilometers for a duration of 1:29:02

February Totals: 302.99 Kilometers - 12:43:50 hours

SingingSingleTracker

azrul_ipba wrote: »

Can cycling daily w/o any rest day be negative to one's body?

The answer is yes (with caveats, of course). Recovery or easy rides where you pedal very easy and your heart rate remains quite low is not too taxing on one's body and is used as what we call "active recovery" between the harder efforts. Likewise, if you are using a bike as transportation for commuting/shopping/going somewhere with the pace low and not cranking out very much power - it won't be too negative on the body.

However, if one is continually hammering away at harder efforts without allowing enough recovery between hard sessions - including a rest day or active recovery day or two - it can be negative. I usually schedule two days of active recovery in my week as a bare minimum - sometimes three depending on how hard I go the other days.

Are you riding every day without any rest?

Ohhim

Had some extra semi-unexpected guests the past few days, so no time on the saddle. Put in a long day today, but it'll take 2 more long rides to make it to 400. Good to give it a shot now that I'm pretty well rested post-half marathon, and my knee is a bit happier.

2/2 - 13 miles
2/4 - 5 miles
2/6 - 50 miles
2/9 - 20 miles
2/10 - 17 miles
2/11 - 14 miles
2/12 - 13 miles
2/18 - 6 miles
2/19 - 2 miles
2/20 - 32 miles
2/22 - 6 miles
2/26 - 88 miles (avg 16.3 mph)

Total: 266 miles
Goal: 400 miles

cowbellsandcoffee

2/1 - 20 miles
2/2 - 20
2/4 - 15
2/5 - 15
2/6 - 21
2/7 - 10.1
2/8 - 20
2/9 - 25.2
2/10 - 17.6
2/12 - 20
2/13 - 25.1
2/14 - 12.2
2/15 - 22
2/16 - 20
2/17 - 13
2/19 - 37
2/20 - 20
2/21 - 22
2/22 - 45
2/24 - 20
2/25 - 21
2/26 - 22

Total - 463.2

Goal - 450

Remaining - 0

LEVEL UP ACHIEVED!!!

Ohhim

Plowed through another 60 today/tonight (with my new uber-bright headlamp), and forgot about a short 7 miler on my cruiser on Tuesday, so down to 67 miles tomorrow to hit my target. I guess I should have considered the length of February when setting my 400 mile goal.

2/2 - 13 miles
2/4 - 5 miles
2/6 - 50 miles
2/9 - 20 miles
2/10 - 17 miles
2/11 - 14 miles
2/12 - 13 miles
2/18 - 6 miles
2/19 - 2 miles
2/20 - 32 miles
2/22 - 6 miles
2/24 - 7 miles
2/26 - 88 miles
2/27 - 60 miles

Total: 333 miles
Goal: 400 miles

kazzac18

I'm on my mountain bike doing 13-25 miles a session while it's cold. I can't wait for the weather to change so I can get out on the road bike. I've had a garmin connect for Xmas, it's amazing it just downloads everything to strava and mfp instantly.

Machka9

Feb cycling total 271.46 km