MFP Cycling Club

TnTHawkins

I'm in. I rode 68 miles last week. I didn't have a goal. I would like to at least get at least 60 miles a week.


An easier way to track cycling milage is a site dailymile.com. You post workouts and it tracks milage cycling, running and other workouts. It is similar to MFP and facebook where you can post messages, comments, and how the workout went. It is just a thought. I setup an account and it is free. You can find me by my email address todd_hawkins@sbcglobal.net or my name Todd Hawkins. You can add friends and challanges.

skywalker

I'm in. I rode 68 miles last week. I didn't have a goal. I would like to at least get at least 60 miles a week.


An easier way to track cycling milage is a site dailymile.com. You post workouts and it tracks milage cycling, running and other workouts. It is similar to MFP and facebook where you can post messages, comments, and how the workout went. It is just a thought. I setup an account and it is free. You can find me by my email address todd_hawkins@sbcglobal.net or my name Todd Hawkins. You can add friends and challanges.

Welcome, Todd!!!
Thanks for the info! I'll definitely check it out!! :drinker:

Jax67

Well i am suitably impressed with my effort this week, i managed 57 miles this week, almost double my 'normal' amount.

I must admit that i haven't been to the gym this week, which normally accounts for a couple of evenings.

The weather has been so nice that i haven't wanted to be indoors and the countryside looks amazing from a bike!

I hope i will be able to clock up this many miles next week, i'll definately give it a go .

Jax x

csw5048

Keep it up guys- Building up a base in cycling takes quite a bit of time. Just gradually increase you base by 25 miles or so each month and keep progressing until you get where you want to be. Pros will do upwards of 20,000 km in a year :noway: As an amateur I do 4,000 miles or so a year and that keeps me busy enough.

csw5048

Also there is the Garmin cyclocomputer where you can upload/share your workouts with others- it's expensive, but probably my favorite thing I have on my bike.

TnTHawkins

I have a garming and upload all my rides and runs to the garmin connect. It is great at keeping track of my training, pace, and heart rate.

skywalker

Great job, everyone!:drinker:
I missed my 125m goal, but logged 95.05m for the week. I have some issues with my hip (thanks to a cycling crash a few years back). Whenever I step up my mileage it acts up. Just have to get used to it again and pedal through. Plus, life just got in the way this weekend and I didn't get to do the bigger rides that I had planned. Was hoping for 40 or 50 today, but time and weather became a factor. Oh well. I'll start over again tomorrow.:happy:

Happy pedaling!!! :drinker:

ClareRce

Hi everybody

Well done to you all, it's great to have these goals to aim for.

However ... I didn't make my goal this week (I think it was 110 miles). I managed 96.7 instead. This was due to me taking a day off cycling completely and just walking because my broken leg was playing up a bit . It's very proficient and tells me in no uncertain terms when I've done too much by aching like crazy, but I was also rather tired and it was raining (I won't ride in the rain just in case I have a nasty fall and damage my leg again).

But, the days I did cycle I upped my mileage to try and make up for it and I'm pleased to say it wasn't too bad. Today I did a 21 mile ride (down to the most beautiful beach, had a swim, an apple, and back on the bike for a cycle home in the evening sun; perfect) and I was pleased that I managed it quite easily. Knackered now though!

Have a wonderful week fellow cyclists and happy pedaling.


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dinos

I will certainly check the dailymile and the garmin sites. Riding 4,000 mi/year is a mythical number for me. Nevertheless I rode my 30 miles this week and taking into account that I was out of town for 3 days without access to a bike, I'm happy.
I'll make it a mini target for July, to have a 60+mile week.

dinos

Completed 62.7 km (39.2 miles) on the bike this week. A new high for me. :bigsmile:
This has been a very active week overall, as I burned on average 1,000 calories/day exercising. My waist shrunk by 1/2 inch. On the down side is that I tried to break through a weight plateau by exercising more, but I managed to build more muscle and gain a couple of pounds instead I will insist on the same plan and see what happens.
This week I'll try to keep cycling as an active part of my exercise routine AND follow the Tour de France of course.

skywalker

Checking in at 103.64 for the week. At this rate I'm not going to make my 2000 mile goal:grumble: I keep saying I need to step it up, but my stupid hip keeps telling me to back off. D@mn that crash 2 years ago!! :mad: It was just me, my bike, and my hip against the pavement at 18mph. Luckily, nothing was broken except my helmet in 3 places :noway: ...Oh yeah... my head hit the pavement too. ALWAYS WEAR A HELMET!!! :laugh:
Sorry about the rant. I feel like I'm making excuses. I'm shooting for 110m this week.

Happy pedaling, everyone!!! :drinker:

ClareRce

Okay, I'm checking in at 100 miles this week, not the 110 which was my goal. To be perfectly honest I'm finding it quite difficult to cycle every single day as some days I just feel so exhausted (especially after riding a horse for an hour quite intensively on Tuesdays and Fridays). I think I'm going to stick to doing 100 miles a week for the next month or two, which in itself is quite an achievement I suppose after breaking my leg in October and not being able to walk until February of this year. I do need a goal though otherwise I just drift around and don't focus.

Have a great week everybody. Happy and very safe cycling to all and, to repeat Skywalker, ALWAYS WEAR A HELMET!!!

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dinos

Cheer up ladies. You are clocking these huge 3-digit mile figures every week and you're not happy? Give me a break

skywalker

Cheer up ladies. You are clocking these huge 3-digit mile figures every week and you're not happy? Give me a break

Sorry dinos. I guess I'm just frustrated that a previous injury is slowing me down. If I stop complaining, will you stop making that face at me? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

LisaKC

So glad I found this discussion thread. My husband and I both ride, though he is a much better rider than I am. We didn't get out much last week on account of frequent and torrential rain, but managed to get in a short ride (16 miles) this morning before the clouds moved in. We have been riding 3 or 4 times a week (weather permitting), usually between 20 - 35 miles per ride. I am working up to an average ride of 35 - 40 miles (not just riding that far, but being comfortable doing so!).

I haven't done a century, but have completed two metric centuries, and my husband rides his age on his birthday every year (he will be 65 this year). We do both the metric centuries and the birthday ride in the Fall.

If some of the more experienced riders could give me some tips on increasing my average speed, I'd appreciate it. I have been riding off and on for 10 years, and while I can certainly achieve sufficient endurance to stay on the bike for a long time, I am slow as molasses. I'm finally doing better on hills, but any suggestions are welcome. Right now, my average speed for a ride on a mix of flat and rolling hills is about 14.5 mph. If I'm on the flat only, I probably average 16 mph.

skywalker

Welcome Lisa!!! Congrats on your metric Centuries!! I like the birthday miles idea. I'll have to do mine on the trainer though. January in Pa. doesn't have the best weather for cycling :laugh: My personal best is 56 miles. I'm just trying to increase my long ride on the weekend by a few miles at a time. I have 2 friends that I ride with on the weekends (both IRONMAN triathletes) and they push me. They're my training program :laugh: Riding with stronger athletes is the best way I know to increase speed and endurance. When I ride alone, I'm much less likely to push myself.
The 2 friends I mentioned used a video series called Spinervals to train for their IRONMAN. I've done a few of those videos over the winter on my trainer and they ARE tough. I don't know if I've been any help here, but again... Welcome to the group!! :drinker:

tipusnr

Thanks for trhe invite to the group. This is my 3rd year in road cycling and I'm 55 years old. Last year I put 1,100 miles on my bike. This year my goal is 2,000 miles and I was worried about making it but now, with a minimum of 2 group rides a week, I think that I'm on track.

Last week I put on 88.92 miles including the 2 group rides. Temperature in the high 80s and 90s this week. We'll have to see how that affects things.

LisaKC

@skywalker, thanks for the tip on the video. I'll check it out. I probably need to go on some club rides. You are right that you ride faster when with others. I probably need to let hubby set the pace more often, too. He rides faster, and I'm going to be outdone by this older man!!
@tipusnr, I don't know where you are, but the heat kills me. I'm in Florida, and we are trying to ride early in the day (weather permitting), because it's in the 90s by noon every day. It will be worse next month. Heat exhaustion is a real concern.

tipusnr

Hi Lisa. I'm in Central Ohio. The heat isn't a real problem for me as I used to run in the Orlando, New Orleans, and Arlington, TX areas as well as the middle east. It's the humidity that saps me big time.

My wife is considerably younger than me but doesn't have my physical background or determination (maybe ego) so doesn't ride anywhere near my speed so I know where you are coming from. She tries, but I'm glad we are part of a cycling club because as she gets stronger and faster...so do I. And I'm at an age where I loose muscle easier than gaining it so can't back off often.

ClareRce

Cheer up ladies. You are clocking these huge 3-digit mile figures every week and you're not happy? Give me a break

Sorry dinos. I guess I'm just frustrated that a previous injury is slowing me down. If I stop complaining, will you stop making that face at me? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Ha ha, you're right Dinos! We girls can do okay with the mileage!!!!

dinos

Cheer up ladies. You are clocking these huge 3-digit mile figures every week and you're not happy? Give me a break

Sorry dinos. I guess I'm just frustrated that a previous injury is slowing me down. If I stop complaining, will you stop making that face at me? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Ha ha, you're right Dinos! We girls can do okay with the mileage!!!!

You certainly are doing great with the mileage. Not to mention that you are both nursing injuries that slow you down .:noway: :grumble:
I tell you what: The week I manage to ride a metric century, I will post a picture wearing lycra shorts :bigsmile:

LisaKC

Rode 35 miles this morning with a break at the half-way point for breakfast ( I will always ride for food!). The best part is that I did MUCH better on the hills on the way back. I'm about done with the hills kicking my butt. Al dropped me on one hill, but only one. Big improvement.

skywalker

I tell you what: The week I manage to ride a metric century, I will post a picture wearing lycra shorts :bigsmile:

You're on !!!! :laugh:
And, dinos, the DAY I ride a century (not metric) I'll finally post a pic of my face. Fair enough? :bigsmile:

dinos

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You're on !!!! :laugh:
And, dinos, the DAY I ride a century (not metric) I'll finally post a pic of my face. Fair enough? :bigsmile:
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Cool . Beck, I think you're just looking for a good excuse not to post your picture

ClareRce

I tell you what: The week I manage to ride a metric century, I will post a picture wearing lycra shorts :bigsmile:

You're on !!!! :laugh:
And, dinos, the DAY I ride a century (not metric) I'll finally post a pic of my face. Fair enough? :bigsmile:

Promises, promises!

Not sure I want to see a photo in lycra shorts though. I don't think they do men any favours at all :noway:

skywalker

I think Lance looks pretty hot in them...:bigsmile: And have you seen Mark Cavendish?

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

dawnna76

I think Lance looks pretty hot in them...:bigsmile: And have you seen Mark Cavendish?

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

have I seen him.............................um yes!

:drool:

skywalker

I think Lance looks pretty hot in them...:bigsmile: And have you seen Mark Cavendish?

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

have I seen him.............................um yes!

:drool:

Right on, dawnna!! :laugh: Actually, Tom Boonen is even nicer to look at, but he's not in the Tour this year due to injury :frown:

ClareRce

I think Lance looks pretty hot in them...:bigsmile: And have you seen Mark Cavendish?

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

have I seen him.............................um yes!

:drool:

Blimey ladies! I never knew cycling could be so much fun. I've now googled Mark Cavendish (not being a follower of competitive cycling) and agree that he's a dish! Couldn't see any decent photos of his lycra shorts though. I'm still not convinced lyrca shorts are a particularly appetizing site, however I'm sure Dino looks just great in his! :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

dawnna76

this is for the girls!