January 2016 Bike Bicycle Cycling Challenge
HopHead28
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Happy New Year!
Welcome to our January 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
Welcome to our January 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
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I am shooting for 200-250 miles this month0
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It has been a busy past two weeks. Hoping to get back on the bike soon.0
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Its that time of year I'm going to go for 500 miles this month
Jan 1st 21.23 , HR average 127 , 60 min0 -
Push those pedals, Baby!0
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Haven't been on my bike for about a month....last year I rode 11 out of 12 months which is great for B.C. So hopefully the icy/frosty roads will clear and I'll get out there soon!0
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Looking forward to getting back on the bike this year. I had knee surgery in May 2015 and haven't gotten back on my bike yet
. My plan in 10 miles with weekend; I don't know if that's gonna be one 10m ride, 2-5m rides, or 5-2m rides around the block. And I don't care either, I just want to get back in the saddle. My goal is 60 miles in January, or 15 miles a week.
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I think I would like to join just as a way to push me to get back on my bike. It's been a while. So to start with, I'll shoot for 10 miles. Next month I'll increase it if I make it through!0
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No goal this month as my riding is mostly commute specific so weather will be key here. At least 400 miles though.
01/01 - 64.8 @ 17.5 mph (Metric Century)0 -
January 1: 6.24 Miles -- Duration 00:40:23
January Total Miles: 6:24
January Total Duration: 00:40:23
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This is my first challenge, so I want to set a very realistic goal so I can attain it. My goal it to bike commute daily for 6 miles a day. In addition, I want to ride 10 miles every weekend. This will make my January goal equal 176 miles. If I am not able to bike commute due to weather, I will use a stationary bike.
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Resolution Ride
2 hours spin class. Did one hour strong and some lady got off her bike and put on Ben Gay or some winter green products just behind me. I had to move to the other side of the room and have them open the door open. It burned my throat. Then she complains about the door being open so they closed the door partway and I just could not breath. Left the class and did the second hour on the workout floor sorta got chatty with too many friends. However burned 1,700 calories and stayed in a training range. Most of the classes I get 24 Keiser miles per hour. Not sure what that equals I did not look.
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I'm in for 250 miles in January!0
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Calliope610 wrote: »Looking forward to getting back on the bike this year. I had knee surgery in May 2015 and haven't gotten back on my bike yet . My plan in 10 miles with weekend; I don't know if that's gonna be one 10m ride, 2-5m rides, or 5-2m rides around the block. And I don't care either, I just want to get back in the saddle. My goal is 60 miles in January, or 15 miles a week.
That should read "My plan is 10 miles this weekend"...
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I'm in for 250 miles in January!
1/1 - 13.10 miles
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I'm in for 375 miles on recumbent stationary bike
01/01: 23.30 -
I'm in for 150 miles. Mostly on indoor bike on a trainer. Will sneak an outdoor ride if Indiana winter allows0
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January 1: 6.24 Miles -- Duration 00:40:23
January 2: 23.3 Miles -- Duration 1:24:58
January Total Miles: 29.54
January Total Duration: 02:05:21
WTF? After months and years on the Fitness & Exercise forum, we get bumped over to here?
C'est la vie...
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January 1: 6.60 Miles -- Duration 00:43:00
January Total Miles: 6.60
January Total Duration: 00:43:00
Goal: 176 miles0 -
I'm in for 250 miles in January!
1/1 - 13.10 miles
1/2 - 13.25 miles
Chris0 -
January 01: 06.60 Miles -- Duration 00:43:00
January 02: 10:49 Miles -- Duration 00:50:72
January Total Miles: 17.09
January Total Duration: 01:33:72
Goal: 176 miles
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SingingSingleTracker wrote: »January 1: 6.24 Miles -- Duration 00:40:23
January 2: 23.3 Miles -- Duration 1:24:58
January Total Miles: 29.54
January Total Duration: 02:05:21
WTF? After months and years on the Fitness & Exercise forum, we get bumped over to here?
C'est la vie...
Maybe next month I can change the title from challenge to something else.
I set this up under Fitness & Exercise. Surprised to see it got moved over.
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1/1 - 14.1mi
Total: 14.1 miles
Goal: 200-250 miles
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I'm in for 375 miles on recumbent stationary bike
01/01: 23.3 miles
01/02: 21 miles0 -
I "lost" this and other challenge threads! Didn't realise this forum existed ... anyway ...
Friday 1 January -- first ride of the new year! 38.4 km up the cycleway all the way to the end and back. Good, quick ride out with a decent tailwind. Bit of a slog coming back. Good workout.
Saturday 2 January -- 52.06 km with 613 metres of climbing. Plus wind. Plus ... surprisingly chilly. My feet were quite cold when I got in.
Sunday 3 January -- 32.8 km!! And that brings 8 days in a row of cycling to an end.
I was kind of hoping to do a flat route, and the first 20 km wasn't too bad, but then it got hilly. Oh well, I'm starting to get used to that.
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SingingSingleTracker wrote: »January 1: 6.24 Miles -- Duration 00:40:23
January 2: 23.3 Miles -- Duration 1:24:58
January Total Miles: 29.54
January Total Duration: 02:05:21
WTF? After months and years on the Fitness & Exercise forum, we get bumped over to here?
C'est la vie...
Maybe next month I can change the title from challenge to something else.
I set this up under Fitness & Exercise. Surprised to see it got moved over.
I think it is fine here. MFP is just trying to keep things organized and created this forum for all challenges which have been moved over here from various other forums. As long as we all know where to find it, we're good. I just wasn't aware until I went searching for it yesterday to post my ride yesterday and couldn't find what happened to it on the Fitness and Exercise forum.
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SingingSingleTracker wrote: »SingingSingleTracker wrote: »January 1: 6.24 Miles -- Duration 00:40:23
January 2: 23.3 Miles -- Duration 1:24:58
January Total Miles: 29.54
January Total Duration: 02:05:21
WTF? After months and years on the Fitness & Exercise forum, we get bumped over to here?
C'est la vie...
Maybe next month I can change the title from challenge to something else.
I set this up under Fitness & Exercise. Surprised to see it got moved over.
I think it is fine here. MFP is just trying to keep things organized and created this forum for all challenges which have been moved over here from various other forums. As long as we all know where to find it, we're good. I just wasn't aware until I went searching for it yesterday to post my ride yesterday and couldn't find what happened to it on the Fitness and Exercise forum.
I think it's OK too ... now that I've found it (thanks SingingSingleTracker). And it is kind of interesting looking at all the challenges and things all in one place.0 -
01/01 - 64.8 @ 17.5 mph (Metric Century)
01/02 - 22.2 @ 22.1 mph
MTD: 87 miles0 -
This isn't entirely applicable to this particular thread, but it is all about cycling distances ...
I added it up ...
Over the Christmas holiday week (Dec 27-Jan3: 8 days), I cycled outside every day. That's the first 8-day stretch I've done since Sep 27-Oct 4, 2012.
I wanted to do this for a number of reasons including:
-- I miss cycling regularly. Because we live in such a hilly area, it can be difficult to get up the motivation to ride after work, so we end up riding on weekends and maybe one day during the week. I had the time off and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to ride as much as possible.
-- I wanted to ride all the possible (plausible) routes from home to a) get comfortable with them, and b) see if I could find a good one or two to do in an evening. I may have found one decent 20 km route, and would still like to explore a few other options on coming weekends.
-- I wanted to challenge myself.
One of the following rides was relatively flat, the rest varied between about 400 and 600 metres of climbing per ride.
21.500
33.180
27.200
26.300
42.230
38.400 - flat ride
52.060 - 613 metres of climbing
32.800
Total: 273.670 km
Today, I am back at work, so I'll rest a bit ... but I'm actually looking forward to riding again soon and keep adding to my January totals.
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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
Looking forward to an active January!First bicycle ride of the New Year!! 38.4 km ... should be almost enough to burn off all the cinnamon rolls I made and ate.Machka9 wrote:Saturday 2 January -- 52.06 km with 613 metres of climbing. Plus wind. Plus ... surprisingly chilly. My feet were quite cold when I got in.
Plus 0.6 km walk to get shortbread cookie making supplies.
Sunday 3 January -- 32.8 km!! And that brings 8 days in a row of cycling to an end.
I was kind of hoping to do a flat route, and the first 20 km wasn't too bad, but then it got hilly. Oh well, I'm starting to get used to that.
Plus 1 km walk.
Totals:
Jan Cycling Outside: 123.26 km (380 min)
Jan Cycling Inside: 0 min
Jan Walking: 1.6 km (19 min)
Jan Stairs: 0 flights (0 min)
Jan Time Total: 399 min = 6 hours 39 min
Jan Distance Total: 124.86 km = 77.6 miles
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January 1: 6.24 Miles -- Duration 00:40:23
January 2: 23.3 Miles -- Duration 1:24:58
January 3: 28.19 Miles -- Duration 2:16:15
January Total Miles: 57.73
January Total Duration: 04:21:360
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