May 2015 Bike Bicycle Cycling Challenge
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5/1 - 1/4hr spin - 4 miles
5/2 - 100.5miles @17mph with 4,600' climbing. First century of the season!!! I rode it solo in 5hr 56min moving and 6hr 34min total time. It was my fastest century ever by more then 1mph avg ! (It helped it was also my flattest century ever).
5/3 - 1/4hr spin - 4 miles.
5/4 - 31 miles @17mph w/ 1,450' climbing
5/5 - 24.5 miles @16.1mph w/1,300' climbing
5/6 - 1/4hr spin - 4 miles
5/7 - 28miles @15.5mph with 2,200' climbing. Went looking for some hills!
5/8 - 1/4hr spin - 4 miles
5/9 - 63miles @17.4mph with 2,800' climbing. Pace ride.
5/10 - 106miles @15.4 w/6,350' climbing. 'Icecream Century' - mile 58 stopped at darry farm with yummy real homemade Icecream. Legs were tired from Saturday's ride so took it slow.
5/11 - 21miles @14.6mph w/1,000 climbing. SLOW recovery ride. It was still too hot out though. Summer has arrived in full force!
5/12 - 31miles @17.7mph w/ 1,350' climbing. Attempt at speed.
5/13 - 1/4hr spin - 4 miles
5/14 - 31 miles @15mph w/2,400' climbing. Hill repeats.
May biking miles: 436
May goal: 600 miles
May climbing: 23,900'
May spinning miles:180 -
5/1 - 15.4 miles
5/2 - 23.3
5/3 - 44.3
5/4 - 10
5/5 - 2
5/6 - 7.2
5/7 - 50.5
5/8 - 20.3
5/9 - 11.1
5/10 - 21.3
5/11 - 10.3
5/12 - 10.3
5/13 - 10.3
5/14 - 1.3
Total - 237.50 -
May 3 - rode 18 Miles for a duration of 1:57:44 (warm up and 1st MTN Bike Race of 2015)
May 5 - rode 25.6 Miles for a duration of 1:34:49 (3 x 12 Zone 4 Intervals)
May 6 - rode 11.3 Miles for a duration of 1:00:00
May 7 - rode 17.3 Miles for a duration of 1:08:37 (4 x 4 Zone 5 Intervals)
May 9 - rode 9.66 miles for a duration of 1:12:58 (2nd MTB Race of 2015)
May 11 - rode 21.6 miles for a duration of 1:04:56
May 12 - rode 18.6 miles for a duration of 1:20:26
May 13 - rode 9.54 miles for a duration of 1:24:25 (Singlespeeding!)
May Totals: 131.60 Miles - 10:43:55 Hours[/quote]0 -
5/1 - 0.7 miles.
5/2 - 1.2 miles.
5/3 - 1.8 miles.
5/4 - 1.8 miles.
5/6 - 1.9 miles.
5/7 - 1.7 miles.
5/8 - 2.4 miles.
5/9 - 3.7 miles.
5/10 - 3.8 miles.
5/11 - 2.8 miles.
5/12 - 0.7 miles.
5/13 - 1.3 miles.
5/14 - 0.8 miles.
MTD = 24.6 miles.0 -
5/1 - 5.96 km (21:31 mins)
5/2 - 7.42 km (30:17 mins)
5/3 - 0 km
5/4 - 5.24 km (20:59 mins)
5/5 - 0 km
5/6 - 10.21 km (40:03 mins)
5/7 - 9.65 km (39.37 mins)
5/8 - 0 km
5/9 - 7.94 km (31:03 mins)
5/10 - 0 km
5/11 - 7.19 km (28:28 mins)
5/12 - 0 km
5/13 - 0 km
5/14 - 10.35 km (40:12 mins)
Current Total: 63.96 km / 100 km0 -
Man, where do you all live? I get worn down doing 12 miles at an average place of 14 mph, but the entire area I live in has nothing but huge hills. I doubt there is one flat surface anywhere. I love it!!!0
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Nicer weather in the UK this week, so I'll go back to extending the commute home a bit. Only gives me a few extra miles, but it all helps
After work is hard to fit in the time but this is exactly what I do. Direct to work but I stretch my ride back home out an additional 5 miles per commute.
5/02 - 18.07 @ 21.3 mph
5/02 - 13.28 @ 16.0 mph
5/03 - 06.10 @ 04.4 mph (Singletrack MTB)
5/04 - 06.35 @ 18.0 mph (AM Commute)
5/04 - 12.15 @ 18.3 mph (PM Commute)
5/05 - 06.43 @ 16.8 mph (AM Commute)
5/05 - 12.15 @ 18.7 mph (PM Commute)
5/06 - 07.03 @ 18.4 mph (AM Commute)
5/06 - 12.08 @ 17.8 mph (PM Commute)
5/07 - 07.10 @ 17.8 mph (AM Commute)
5/07 - 12.10 @ 17.8 mph (PM Commute)
5/08 - 06.32 @ 17.3 mph (AM Commute)
5/08 - 12.08 @ 17.4 mph (PM Commute)
5/09 - 07.28 @ 19.1 mph (HIIT Sprints)
5/12 - 06.31 @ 17.4 mph (AM Commute)
5/12 - 12.01 @ 17.6 mph (PM Commute)
MTD: 160.83
Goal: 450
They're some good times and distances.
I didn't extend mine yesterday, torrential rain and a strong headwind had crushed my spirit within 5 minutes!
I should be on target for 250 miles this Month if I keep the average up.
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cameron_henry wrote: »Man, where do you all live? I get worn down doing 12 miles at an average place of 14 mph, but the entire area I live in has nothing but huge hills. I doubt there is one flat surface anywhere. I love it!!!
Hills make a HUGE difference in average speed and effort required. So don't worry if you are not putting in as many miles as someone else as you are likely getting much stronger then those others at climbing!0 -
steffenson wrote: »cameron_henry wrote: »Man, where do you all live? I get worn down doing 12 miles at an average place of 14 mph, but the entire area I live in has nothing but huge hills. I doubt there is one flat surface anywhere. I love it!!!
Hills make a HUGE difference in average speed and effort required. So don't worry if you are not putting in as many miles as someone else as you are likely getting much stronger then those others at climbing!
Yup, average speed is usually not a great indicator of bike effort. When I ride outside on the hills (700 ft of elevation every 10 miles) near my house I have trouble doing more than 14 mph for an hour. Inside on my rollers I can do 18-19 mph for an hour. Unless you have a power meter, it's really hard to compare bike effort.
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cameron_henry wrote: »Man, where do you all live? I get worn down doing 12 miles at an average place of 14 mph, but the entire area I live in has nothing but huge hills. I doubt there is one flat surface anywhere. I love it!!!
You're lucky, I have to drive 40 minutes out to find hills.steffenson wrote: »Hills make a HUGE difference in average speed and effort required. So don't worry if you are not putting in as many miles as someone else as you are likely getting much stronger then those others at climbing!Yup, average speed is usually not a great indicator of bike effort. When I ride outside on the hills (700 ft of elevation every 10 miles) near my house I have trouble doing more than 14 mph for an hour. Inside on my rollers I can do 18-19 mph for an hour. Unless you have a power meter, it's really hard to compare bike effort.
A ride with 50ft/mile of climbing is considered to be a reasonably challenging ride—and very challenging for new cyclists. 75ft/mile is a tough ride for just about anyone, even the stronger ones (the stronger ones just recover more quickly). 100 ft/mile is a really tough ride. If you consider the Ft/Mile together with the distance, you'll get a sense of how tough that ride will be.
If you can, do ride in the flats also. The physical adaptation is slightly different. I can easily drop the guys I ride with on the flats but struggle to hold on with them in the hills. (They live in the foothills and ride hills daily). Pulling and holding at 20+mph for 2-3 hours is much easier for me than riding up slight inclines (<5%) at more than 16mph for a few minute. I ride hills in the weekends when permissible.0 -
Nicer weather in the UK this week, so I'll go back to extending the commute home a bit. Only gives me a few extra miles, but it all helps
After work is hard to fit in the time but this is exactly what I do. Direct to work but I stretch my ride back home out an additional 5 miles per commute.
They're some good times and distances.
I didn't extend mine yesterday, torrential rain and a strong headwind had crushed my spirit within 5 minutes!
I should be on target for 250 miles this Month if I keep the average up.
Very nice and good job. And yeah... headwind is a total crusher for me. I am a big guy (270lb) and tall (6'7") which creates a LOT of drag so when the wind hits it can darn near stop me dead in my tracks. Haaate that. It's not so bad now I have a 22lb road bike but I used to commute with a heavy steel MTB and man what a workout. Haha
5/02 - 18.07 @ 21.3 mph
5/02 - 13.28 @ 16.0 mph
5/03 - 06.10 @ 04.4 mph (Singletrack MTB)
5/04 - 06.35 @ 18.0 mph (AM Commute)
5/04 - 12.15 @ 18.3 mph (PM Commute)
5/05 - 06.43 @ 16.8 mph (AM Commute)
5/05 - 12.15 @ 18.7 mph (PM Commute)
5/06 - 07.03 @ 18.4 mph (AM Commute)
5/06 - 12.08 @ 17.8 mph (PM Commute)
5/07 - 07.10 @ 17.8 mph (AM Commute)
5/07 - 12.10 @ 17.8 mph (PM Commute)
5/08 - 06.32 @ 17.3 mph (AM Commute)
5/08 - 12.08 @ 17.4 mph (PM Commute)
5/09 - 07.28 @ 19.1 mph (HIIT Sprints)
5/12 - 06.31 @ 17.4 mph (AM Commute)
5/12 - 12.01 @ 17.6 mph (PM Commute)
5/13 - 06.31 @ 17.6 mph (AM Commute)
5/13 - 13.04 @ 17.0 mph (PM Commute)
5/14 - 06.88 @ 17.5 mph (AM Commute)
5/14 - 13.56 @ 18.2 mph (PM Commute)
5/15 - 06.40 @ 16.6 mph (AM Commute)
5/15 - 13.36 @ 17.9 mph (PM Commute)
MTD: 222.39
Goal: 450
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cameron_henry wrote: »Man, where do you all live? I get worn down doing 12 miles at an average place of 14 mph, but the entire area I live in has nothing but huge hills. I doubt there is one flat surface anywhere. I love it!!!
You're lucky, I have to drive 40 minutes out to find hills.steffenson wrote: »Hills make a HUGE difference in average speed and effort required. So don't worry if you are not putting in as many miles as someone else as you are likely getting much stronger then those others at climbing!Yup, average speed is usually not a great indicator of bike effort. When I ride outside on the hills (700 ft of elevation every 10 miles) near my house I have trouble doing more than 14 mph for an hour. Inside on my rollers I can do 18-19 mph for an hour. Unless you have a power meter, it's really hard to compare bike effort.
A ride with 50ft/mile of climbing is considered to be a reasonably challenging ride—and very challenging for new cyclists. 75ft/mile is a tough ride for just about anyone, even the stronger ones (the stronger ones just recover more quickly). 100 ft/mile is a really tough ride. If you consider the Ft/Mile together with the distance, you'll get a sense of how tough that ride will be.
If you can, do ride in the flats also. The physical adaptation is slightly different. I can easily drop the guys I ride with on the flats but struggle to hold on with them in the hills. (They live in the foothills and ride hills daily). Pulling and holding at 20+mph for 2-3 hours is much easier for me than riding up slight inclines (<5%) at more than 16mph for a few minute. I ride hills in the weekends when permissible.
Likewise. I am ashamed at how little time I can actually sprint before gassing out. So I am just now starting to incorporate sprints into my rides and commutes and the neighborhood I am in has just enough hills to do some HIIT but eventually I will surpass the challenge they offer and have to find something else. (Which is why I still MTB on the weekends).0 -
May 01-17.93 miles @ 15.51avg.
May 02-19.73 miles @ 16.01avg.
May 03-21.14 miles @ 16.03 avg.
May 04-19.84 miles @ 15.39 avg.
May 05-21.14 miles @ 15.84 avg.
May 07-21.14 miles @ 16.01 avg.
May 08-22.28 miles @ 16.00 avg.
May 09-21.61 miles @ 16.15 avg.
May 10-21.17 miles @ 16.04 Avg.
May 11-21.17 miles @ 16.05 Avg.
May 13-9.20 miles @ 15.28 avg.
May 14-28.71 miles @ 16.07 Avg.
May 15-21.66 miles @ 16.10 Avg.
May Total 266.72 Miles
May Goal 500 Miles
Mid 70s/Humid/feels like August!!
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42 more miles of flatland riding today. Wanted to get in a bit more mileage this week, but will deal with it over the next few weeks. My northern commuter has finally been tuned up so I'm curious how it'll ride once I return to the hilly northeast on Monday.
5/5 - 16 miles
5/6 - 12 miles
5/7 - 12 miles
5/8 - 12 miles
5/9 - 20 miles
5/10 - 12 miles
5/11 - 10 miles
5/13 - 17 miles
5/15 - 42 miles
Goal: 500 miles
Total: 153 miles
Remaining: 347 miles (/ 16 days = 21.7/day)0 -
Okay, I'm pretty envious of most of you guys. I look at your numbers and you seem like Superheroes.
For what it's worth, I'm down 40 from when I started and still have 50 to go. I finally felt like I wasn't having a heart attack anytime I did anything more than walk around the block, and it was a sunny day and I wanted to get outside...so I dug the bike out of the basement and started riding. I was sore, but I loved it. Now I'm doing it as much as I can. I was really excited when I got over 10 miles.
The local cycle shop does group rides every week, and they go about 20 miles. My goal is to be able to make it on one of those before the snow comes back.
Here's what I have so far:
18-Apr - 1.7 @ 6.7 mph
19-Apr - 8.0 @ 7.5 mph
26-Apr - 6.1 @ 9.4 mph
27-Apr - 5.9 @ 10.8 mph
28-Apr - 3.0 @ 10.1 mph
29-Apr - 4.7 @ 9.8 mph
29-Apr - 7.1 @ 11.7 mph
30-Apr - 11.4 @ 11.6 mph
1-May - 4.9 @ 11.9 mph
1-May - 10.3 @ 8.9 mph
2-May - 2.2 @ 8.5 mph
3-May - 16.4 @ 9.1 mph
4-May - 10.9 @ 11.0 mph
5-May - 13.7 @ 9.2 mph
6-May - 13.0 @ 8.6 mph
7-May - 7.4 @ 8.9 mph
8-May - 8.6 @ 9.8 mph
9-May - 9.6 @ 8.3 mph
13-May - 14.0 @ 10.5 mph
14-May - 8.3 @ 10.0 mph
15-May - 9.9 @ 9.6 mph
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5/1 - 1/4hr spin - 4 miles
5/2 - 100.5miles @17mph with 4,600' climbing. First century of the season!!! I rode it solo in 5hr 56min moving and 6hr 34min total time. It was my fastest century ever by more then 1mph avg ! (It helped it was also my flattest century ever).
5/3 - 1/4hr spin - 4 miles.
5/4 - 31 miles @17mph w/ 1,450' climbing
5/5 - 24.5 miles @16.1mph w/1,300' climbing
5/6 - 1/4hr spin - 4 miles
5/7 - 28miles @15.5mph with 2,200' climbing. Went looking for some hills!
5/8 - 1/4hr spin - 4 miles
5/9 - 63miles @17.4mph with 2,800' climbing. Pace ride.
5/10 - 106miles @15.4 w/6,350' climbing. 'Icecream Century' - mile 58 stopped at darry farm with yummy real homemade Icecream. Legs were tired from Saturday's ride so took it slow.
5/11 - 21miles @14.6mph w/1,000 climbing. SLOW recovery ride. It was still too hot out though. Summer has arrived in full force!
5/12 - 31miles @17.7mph w/ 1,350' climbing. Attempt at speed.
5/13 - 1/4hr spin - 4 miles
5/14 - 31 miles @15mph w/2,400' climbing. Hill repeats.
5/15 - 31.5 miles @16.6mph w/1,450' climbing.
May biking miles: 467.5
May goal: 600 miles
May climbing: 25,350'
May spinning miles:180 -
Not doing to great, only 10 rides in this month so far. On the bright side I made my 5 mile goal today. Hopefully, I can get at least another 10 more rides in before the end of the month.0
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Okay, I'm pretty envious of most of you guys. I look at your numbers and you seem like Superheroes.
For what it's worth, I'm down 40 from when I started and still have 50 to go. I finally felt like I wasn't having a heart attack anytime I did anything more than walk around the block, and it was a sunny day and I wanted to get outside...so I dug the bike out of the basement and started riding. I was sore, but I loved it. Now I'm doing it as much as I can. I was really excited when I got over 10 miles.
The local cycle shop does group rides every week, and they go about 20 miles. My goal is to be able to make it on one of those before the snow comes back.
Here's what I have so far:
18-Apr - 1.7 @ 6.7 mph
19-Apr - 8.0 @ 7.5 mph
26-Apr - 6.1 @ 9.4 mph
27-Apr - 5.9 @ 10.8 mph
28-Apr - 3.0 @ 10.1 mph
29-Apr - 4.7 @ 9.8 mph
29-Apr - 7.1 @ 11.7 mph
30-Apr - 11.4 @ 11.6 mph
1-May - 4.9 @ 11.9 mph
1-May - 10.3 @ 8.9 mph
2-May - 2.2 @ 8.5 mph
3-May - 16.4 @ 9.1 mph
4-May - 10.9 @ 11.0 mph
5-May - 13.7 @ 9.2 mph
6-May - 13.0 @ 8.6 mph
7-May - 7.4 @ 8.9 mph
8-May - 8.6 @ 9.8 mph
9-May - 9.6 @ 8.3 mph
13-May - 14.0 @ 10.5 mph
14-May - 8.3 @ 10.0 mph
15-May - 9.9 @ 9.6 mph
You're already going some notable distances so just keep pushing yourself and eventually the speed will come. Use your gears if you have them and try standing and pedaling for short periods (this will also relieve some pressure and restore circulation). Also, MPH is highly dependent on if you are riding on hills or flat as well as headwinds. Keep it up!0 -
Could this be tracked with a Garmin Connect, Strava or MapMyRide community setup?0
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DesertGunR wrote: »@47Jacqueline now that is dedication.
Hopefully you got a good deal on it. So are you going to pawn it back or pack it for home?
@DesertGunR - they have a 30 day return policy. I'm returning it tomorrow. I already have two bikes.
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