November 2015 Bike Bicycle Cycling Challenge

HopHead28

Welcome to our November Cycling Thread! 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? 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 are no rules to how or what you post. You may post miles, minutes, # of rides, what the scenery looks like, anything. Whatever will motivates you to get on your bike.

Cheers

HopHead28

This is the month where things usually start to get quite a bit more cold and snowy in MN. I'll try for
200 and see how that goal goes.

cpanus

I'll go for 200 recumbent miles this month.

11/1 - 12.26 miles

Chris

saphin

Haze seems to be over and work won't be distracting me this month so I'm in for 600km.

1st Nov: 39.04 km
2nd Nov: 29.68 km

Month to date: 68.72 km
Remaining: 531.28 km

SierraGolf223

Winter is coming and so is ski season. I'll aim for 200 miles and hopefully exceed that. I'll start first thing tomorrow.

Machka9

Review ...

March: 409.33 km (254.34 miles) = 21 hours 55 min
April: 384.15 km (238.7 miles) = 20 hours 35 min
May: 259.06 km (160.9 miles) + 45 min cycling inside
June: 493.53 km (306.6 miles) = 25 hours 31 min + 215 minutes (3 hours 35 min) cycling inside
July: 130 km in 405 min + 280 min cycling inside
Aug: 129.25 km in 474 min + 225 min cycling inside
Sep: 224.8 km in 697 min + 35 min cycling inside
Oct: 324.12 km in 1027 min

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Theoretically, we should be getting some nice spring weather this month.
As for goals ... more than October.

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Nov 1 - 98.5 km (316 min) cycling

The ride report:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Machka9/view/sunday-1-november-ranelagh-ramble-100k-773064

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Totals:
Nov Cycling Outside: 98.5 km (316 min)
Nov Cycling Inside: 0 min

SteveCro

I'm in, Goal 200 miles most likely will be a combination of road and indoor trainer with cold weather coming in.

11/1 - 10.11 miles, road bike, 43.26 minutes, 517 calories, 13.96 ave

m1xm0d3

500 miles is doubtful for November, but I will try.

11/01 - 20.02 @ 16.7 mph

MTD: 20.02
Goal: 500

tcaley4

I'll join in again. Don't think I'll set a definite goal, and just take what I can get with the days getting dark so early.
And I definitely start wimping out when it gets down to about 40 degrees F.

11/1 16.99

November total: 16.99
Total for year: 2010.69

saphin

Haze seems to be over and work won't be distracting me this month so I'm in for 600km.

1st Nov: 39.04 km
2nd Nov: 29.68 km
3rd Nov: 44.40 km

Month to date: 113.12 km
Remaining: 486.88 km

konagirl64

I'm in. November goals: 450 miles on recumbent bike, minimum 30 hours.

11/1--20.6 / 75 minutes
11/2--20.3 / 75 minutes

cpanus

I'll go for 200 recumbent miles this month.

11/1 - 12.26 miles
11/2 - 12.30 miles

Chris

Ohhim

Dropping from 550 miles in October to 500 miles for November as I'm increasing up my running mileage (from 184 to 220) in advance of a January marathon and need to trade off some time.

Got in a windy interval ride today. Lots of high power intervals, but I'll ease off on the intensity before my next race (Olympic Triathlon w. 40KM TT) on Sunday.

11/2 - 34 miles

Total: 34 miles
Goal: 500 miles
Remaining: 466 miles

SteveCro

I'm in goal 200 miles

11/1 - 10.11 miles, road bike, got 4 days of good warm weather coming this week,43.26 minutes,517 calories
11/2 - 12.99 miles, road bike, 11.94 ave. rode first 7.6 miles with the wife, 65.19 minutes, 761 caloreies.

MTD - Miles- 23.10,: Calories- 1278,: Minutes- 108.45

PaulBonham

I hope it is ok to ask this here, if not please let me know.

I'm a cyclist who's trying to lose some weight. However, when I go out for a good ride of say 50-60 miles in the morning, I am absolutely ravenous for the rest of the day and I end up struggling to stay within my extended calorie allowance; thereby negating the benefits of the exercise that I had done.

I have tried to cut out ‘recovery’ protein shakes recently due to calorie content, and thought it might be that, but I had one after this Sunday’s ride to see if it would suppress my appetite, unfortunately it didn't work…

All advice gratefully received!
Cheers,
Paul.

SteveCro

@ PaulBonham- I am not a authority on this just my own experience. I had this very issue and sometimes still do. One thing I found is I'm guilty of not drinking enough on rides sometimes it was a thirst hunger from dehydration rather than from food. I started a effort of drinking more and it helped. I started using Poweraid zero to reduce calories. Sometimes the aids we use to help us ride has caused an issue too. Shot Blocks, jel packs and such to give energy and high caffine sends the system into a frenzy coming off the sugar high. Tried to look at more natural protein and energy sources. Just some of the things I have noticed.

PaulBonham

Hi Steve, you could be right re drinking. Now that it's getting colder in the UK I am drinking a lot less, I will make an effort to keep it up. I use something called High5 Zero, sounds like a similar concept to what you are using.

I don't really use gels unless I'm doing 100+ miles, I try to use more natural products as you say.

Thanks for your response, I will definitely focus on the drinking.
Paul.

kcjchang

Trying for 30 hours this month if I can push past the hour plateau on the trainer.

11/1 - 13.7 an hour in the rain, AR
11/2 - 17.6 trainer

saphin

Haze seems to be over and work won't be distracting me this month so I'm in for 600km.

1st Nov: 39.04 km
2nd Nov: 29.68 km
3rd Nov: 44.40 km
4th Nov: 35.21 km

Month to date: 148.33 km
Remaining: 451.67 km

konagirl64

konagirl64 wrote: »

I'm in. November goals: 450 miles on recumbent bike, minimum 30 hours.

11/1--20.6 / 75 minutes
11/2--20.3 / 75 minutes

11/3--7.7 miles /30 minutes (so didn't want to ride today, hardest 30 minutes ever!!!)

m1xm0d3

11/01 - 20.02 @ 16.7 mph
11/03 - 50.34 @ 19.6 mph

MTD: 70.36
Goal: 500

cpanus

I'll go for 200 recumbent miles this month.

11/1 - 12.26 miles
11/2 - 12.30 miles
11/3 - 12.23 miles

Chris

m1xm0d3

11/01 - 20.02 @ 16.7 mph
11/03 - 50.34 @ 19.6 mph
11/04 - 06.49 @ 18.6 mph (AM Commute)
11/04 - 13.35 @ 19.4 mph (PM Commute)

MTD: 90.20
Goal: 500

cpanus

I'll go for 200 recumbent miles this month.

11/1 - 12.26 miles
11/2 - 12.30 miles
11/3 - 12.23 miles
11/4 - 12.05 miles

Chris

konagirl64

konagirl64 wrote: »

konagirl64 wrote: »

I'm in. November goals: 450 miles on recumbent bike, minimum 30 hours.

11/1--20.6 / 75 minutes
11/2--20.3 / 75 minutes

11/3--7.7 miles /30 minutes (so didn't want to ride today, hardest 30 minutes ever!!!)

11/4-- 19.9 miles / 75 minutes

SteveCro

I'm in goal 200 miles

11/1 - 10.11 miles, road bike, got 4 days of good warm weather coming this week,43.26 minutes,517 calories
11/2 - 12.99 miles, road bike, 11.94 ave. rode first 7.6 miles with the wife, 65.19 minutes, 761 caloreies.
11/4 - 17.76 miles, road bike, 14.75 ave., 72.14 minutes, 1007 calories.

MTD - Miles- 40.86,: Calories- 2285,: Minutes- 180.59 , Year- 1159.76

NotSoPerfectPam

Hi All - I'm in. Good to meet some cyclists here! So many runners and lifters, so few that love the bicycle. I can't run easily because of my bunions, but love to ride. I'll shoot for 250 this month! Does everyone here ride every day? Do you feel like you're loosing out on fitness or weight loss? For me, I can't get my heart rate up or drop as many calories doing anything else. Anyone want to share their weight or other workouts?

Nov. 3- 15 miles
Nov. 4 - 8 miles (also did a fitness 'boot camp' in the a.m.)

tcaley4

This will probably be the last ride I get in this week. Severe storms forecasted for my area this afternoon and tonight, and we will be out of town for the weekend.

11/1 16.99
11/2 14.00
11/4 16.88

November total: 47.87
Total for year: 2085.64

tcaley4

NotSoPerfectPam wrote: »

Anyone want to share their weight or other workouts?

We all post our rides whenever we have time to do them. Some are able to make a ride every day. I first starting posting to these with the October version of this thread.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10261744/october-2015-bike-bicycle-cycling-challenge/p1

You can look back at the previous thread, and kind of get an idea of how the month goes.

When I started riding, I was 228 pounds. Now I am down to 192, with still a long way to go.

kcjchang

NotSoPerfectPam wrote: »

Anyone want to share their weight or other workouts?

I started May 2014 around 212# and been at 163# since summer (5'8"). I need to drop another 10# but it's been hard with the intensity I'm doing; I got tired being constantly dropped on group rides so been focusing on power at expense of weight loss. Over the winter I'm switching gears and hopefully get down to my old racing weight. This is probably not the best place to look up stats. If you are really interested, take a look at Strava.

NotSoPerfectPam wrote: »

Does everyone here ride every day? Do you feel like you're loosing out on fitness or weight loss?

I don't and probably will not even if I can afford it. I'm one those that can't ride easy enough on easy days so I take days off. I ride 5-6 days a week and average about 9 hours a week. Please note it really depends on your intensity and duration, there is nothing wrong riding every days as long as you allow sufficient time for rest. A few days of not riding will not impact your fitness but if it's more than two weeks it will drag it down. I was off for 3 weeks in September and I'm still trying to regain my prior fitness. As far as weight loss, initially I used my rides to offset the calorie intake, eating basically at maintenance and using the rides as the deficit. It's much harder since summer when I switched gear to improve my guns and keep up with the Jones.

NotSoPerfectPam wrote: »

I can't get my heart rate up or drop as many calories doing anything else

You are working harder while cycling than you are doing other aerobic activities. Max HR for cycling is roughly 5-10% lower than running. It's a gravity thing. If you mix activity category, strength and cardio, it almost meaningless as two reflect very different things that are happening. DO NOT use HRM for strength training (e.g. weight lifting, push up, lunges, etc.). HR recorded is reflective of the muscle contraction rather than response to the need for oxygen and explosion of waste.

I wouldn't get to caught up on a single matrix. HRM tell you only one thing, how many times your heart is beating. Read up on TRaining IMPulse (TRIMP), Bannister et al in 1975, if you are interested. TRIMP is a way of calculating training volume verse intensity for endurance training based on heart rates or heart rate zones. It NOT a good model when applied to "recreational" volumes and intensities. The calories reported from HRM is probably just as accurate as MET (https://sites.google.com/site/compendiumofphysicalactivities/) which means if you are not similar to the study sample, which most of us are not, take it with a grain of salt. For most people, a HRM is a waste of time. Once I switch to a power meter, I ditched mine.

When I restarted riding after a 23 year hiatus, I used the HRM as if I was still racing collegiate (TRIMP) but I was so out of shape the data was more or less useless. I'm probably at the same point when I first got interested in the sport. The use of HRM did not start being worthwhile until my third season of amateur racing (forth training regularly). I have just under 5.9k this year. If I maintain that level next year, TRIMP might be applicable in 2017. But, as mention earlier, I ditched mine.

Ohhim

Got in another longish ride yesterday, doing some higher intensity stuff in the first half, breaking for lunch, then riding home at a more moderate pace.

On the plus side, scored a spot this morning for IM Florida next November via registering for it & IM Augusta 70.3, so psyched about finally getting to race over 100 miles! Pretty happy to get a spot today as general registration opens up Saturday when I'm racing an Olympic triathlon, and IM Florida sells out fast, and a good friend in Augusta is having a kid so I'll be able to visit and see their newborn.

@NotSoPerfectPam

Re Daily Rides: If you commute by bike, you can ride every day, still, it'll be a lower intensity ride as you don't want to go into the office sweaty. I'll commute to every ballgame (go to about 90/year) by bike w. includes a steep climb home, and go out for more leisurely rides with neighbors/friends, but only do 2 more intense workouts/week on my own. Still, I have a big surplus of free time, and generally run 5+ days/week, lift twice, and swim twice.

Re HR: I'll max out at about 165/average for a sprint triathlon bike segment, but will get up to 175-180 (vs. 190 max) on the run segment. There is only so much cardio you can put into your legs before the muscles run out of steam, even if you spin faster. For my longer more intense training rides, I'll get up to 150BMP, but for my longer fun rides, it'll be rare to be above 125 for very long as it is pretty flat in my area, and I'm just trying to build up mitochondrion/endurance. I stay away from group rides for the most part as I'm trying to spend more time on my tri bike.

11/2 - 34 miles
11/4 - 39 miles

Total: 73 miles
Goal: 500 miles
Remaining: 427 miles