April 2016 Bike Bicycle Cycling Challenge

rachelr1116

I'd love to join all of you for May! My husband bought me a cruiser bike last year and I really want to start riding more. I also bought a vintage German cruiser that I'm hoping to get in ride-able condition soon. My son usually goes for rides with me and he likes to stop a lot and gets tired fast so it's hard for me to get in a lot of miles but we enjoy our slow rides

puglife456

So excited about all the new interest in this group ! Cycling has been my go-to excersize for years. Getting outside whenEver possible keeps me happy. Although I like running, too much of it can be bad for the joints, and I've never been great at it.
I've had an over-eating problem for as long as I can remember, and although it has negatively impacted my weight and health, it's also encouraged me to get into distance biking to work up a big calorie deficit. Now, I'm working on seeing food as a way to fuel and strengthen my body, not as a comfort to abuse when I'm feeling stressed or bored.
This group has been great, and a much needed inspiration to get out and ride in some chilly April weather. I'm 30 miles away from my goal, and it looks like I'll just make it looking forward to another great month with you all !!

wayneh73

Managed to make the most of the nice if somewhat breezy weather this morning with a 70 mile ride. Still on the winter bike but not long until the carbon comes out of hibernation
The best thing about riding a bike has got to be the cafe stops

tcaley4

Thunderstorms now and more in the forecast for tomorrow. Looks like I will be finishing out the month on the stationary bike at the fitness center today and tomorrow and come up a few miles short of my goal for the month.

04/03 - 42.51
04/06 - 14.52
04/07 - 14.26
04/08 - 19.51
04/09 - 17.25
04/12 - 14.19
04/14 - 17.74 - stationary bike indoors
04/16 - 14.40
04/18 - 14.42
04/19 - 17.98 - stationary bike indoors
04/20 - 17.75 - stationary bike indoors
04/21 - 14.48
04/22 - 19.19
04/23 - 16.00
04/24 - 33.42
04/25 - 14.48
04/26 - 14.26
04/27 - 14.45
04/28 - 14.47



April total: 345.28
Year to date: 1,218.16

Jan - 175.9
Feb - 343.3
Mar - 353.8

mph323

4/3 - 20.4 miles
4/6 - 15.6 miles
4/11 - 15.3 miles
4/17 - 32.2 miles
4/20 - 14.4 miles
4/24 - 19.2 miles
4/29 - 16.7 miles
Total - 133.8

I won't make my goal this month but I've pushed myself to do some extra miles I probably wouldn't have done otherwise :-)

wayneh73

April Roundup

Apr 04-10 168.6 miles
Apr 11-17 97.9 miles
Apr 18-24 119.1 miles
Apr 25-30 95.8 miles

April total 481.4 miles

Year to date 1,751miles

99 miles ahead of my 5000 miles/year pace

ssbeadlady

4/1- 2.81 miles
4/2- 4.31 miles
4/6 -4.31 miles
4/8- 4.31 miles
4/9- 2.81 miles
4/10-4.31 miles
4/13-2.81 miles
4/15-6.04 miles
4/16-6.04 miles
4/17-6.04 miles
4/18-6.04 miles
4/22-4.75 miles
4/23-2.81 miles
4/24-7.49 miles
4/25-7.12 miles
4/26-8.14 miles
4/27-7.49 miles
4/29- 6.04 miles
4/30-6.04 miles


April Total 99.22
Goal for April 75. exceeded my goal by 24.22 miles not bad for a 60 year old weighing 275 pounds. Next month will be 125 miles as my goal. Is that bike challenge posted yet?

cpanus

I'm in for 250 recumbent miles

04/02 - 12.00 miles
04/03 - 12.75 miles
04/04 - 12.50 miles
04/05 - 12.75 miles
04/06 - 12.30 miles
04/07 - 12.75 miles
04/09 - 12.30 miles
04/10 - 13.75 miles...101.10 so far
04/11 - 14.00 miles
04/12 - 13.00 miles
04/13 - 13.00 miles
04/14 - 15.00 miles
04/16 - 13.75 miles
04/17 - 12.25 miles...182.10 so far
04/18 - 13.00 miles
04/20 - 12.25 miles
04/21 - 12.50 miles
04/23 - 12.25 miles
04/24 - 12.50 miles...244.60 so far
04/25 - 12.50 miles
04/26 - 12.50 miles
04/27 - 12.75 miles
04/28 - 12.00 miles
04/30 - 12.50 miles...306.85 for April!

Chris

UmmSqueaky

4/1 - 17 miles
4/2 - 23 miles
4/3 - 2.5 miles
4/4 - 24 miles
4/5 - 16 miles
4/6 - 23 miles
4/7 - 9 miles
4/8 - 17 miles
4/9 - 18 miles
4/10 - 61 miles
4/11 - 17 miles
4/12 - 23 miles
4/13 - 24 miles
4/14 - 23 miles
4/15 - 23 miles
4/16 - 9 miles
4/17 - 21 miles
4/18 - 29 miles
4/19 - 23 miles
4/20 - 23 miles
4/21 - 10 miles
4/22 - 24 miles
4/23 - 13 miles
4/24 - 4 miles
4/25 - 4 miles
4/26 - 23 miles
4/27 - 17 miles
4/28 - 10 miles
4/29 - 23 miles
4/30 - 52 miles - took a Prince bike tour today. Biked up to First Ave, passed by Cedar Lake (that ain't Lake Minnetonka - the internet tells me that scene was probably shot on the north shore of Cedar Lake), then down to Chanhassan. I biked around the streets where Prince was often spotted on his bike, and then made my way to Paisley Park. After that, I headed back to Minneapolis (straight into a strong headwind booo), and ended up at the Sabathani Prince Block Party (currently a community center, formerly the junior high prince attended). I danced around a bit and headed out after an hour or so because I could feel my energy levels taking a dive (only had donuts for breakfast, probably should have brought something to eat along the way). Alas, I left a few minutes before Flava Flav took the stage. Bah!



And that's a wrap on #30daysofbiking! With this last long ride I broke 600 miles, woohoo! I'm taking my first day off in 30 days tomorrow, but will be back on the bike on Monday

Month to date: 605 miles
Year to date: 1171 miles

SingingSingleTracker

April 2: 61.9 Miles -- Duration 4:52:00 (Gravel Race)
April 3: 13 Miles -- Duration 1:44:27
April 5: 22.2 MIles -- Duration 1:53:35
April 7th: 8.76 Miles -- Duration 0:30:00
April 8th: 3.7 Miles -- Duration 0:25:00
April 10th: 28.9 Miles -- Duration 1:46:36
April 11th: 5.96 Miles -- Duration 0:40:54
April 12th: 5.9 Miles -- Duration 0:38:44
April 13th: 7.07 Miles -- Duration 0:58:04
April 14th: 7.92 Miles -- Duration 1:08:21
April 15th: 5.2 Miles -- Duration 0:30:00
April 16th: 6.46 Miles -- Duration 0:56:28
April 17th: 7.68 Miles -- Duration 0:38:27 (Race Warm-Up)
April 17th 18.7 Miles -- Duration 1:44:18 (Mtn. Bike Race)
April 19th 10.9 Miles -- Duration 1:00:00
April 21st 18.2 Miles -- Duration 1:18:25
April 23rd 31.3 Miles -- Duration 2:17:05
April 24th 12.5 Miles -- Duration 1:47:17
April 26th 9.9 Miles -- Duration 0:39:38 (Zone 5 T-Max Intervals)
April 28th 26.5 Miles -- Duration 1:28:59 (Zone 4 3 x 15 Intervals)
April 30th 19.8 Miles -- Duration 1:00:00

April Total Miles: 342.45
April Total Duration: 27:58:18

And that's a wrap for April! Mountain bike race tomorrow to start the month of May off right...

dbkyser

Had set a goal of 100 miles and got rained out today, checked my strava and I did 99 miles.

StephanieJane2

Very windy and stupid mapmyride turned off for a while, then got a puncture, so only logged 7 miles! Better tomorrow I hope.

2015Jason

I'm in for 400 miles this month.

UmmSqueaky

May thread is up (and of course I misspelled challenge. Thank god for the edit function). Happy May ya'll!

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10382090/may-2016-bike-bicycle-cycling-challenge

_nikkiwolf_

I made my goal!
Four rides to work this week. I had the good intentions of cycling to work each day, but Friday morning I got called in for a technical emergency after ~3 hours of sleep; I'm afraid I'm nor nearly bike-enthousiastic enough race through the cold rain in the middle of the night, took the car for that one. Still, four out of five ain't bad...

Monday 12.2 km work/back
Tuesday 9.8km work/back
Wednesday 13.3 km work/back
Thursday 9.7 km work/back
Saturday 6.0km grocery shopping

April: 124.5km of 100km goal done


I'd like to say thank you for this challenge. It's really impressive to see how far others go, and great to see all the nice pictures. My rides to work are not very exciting compared to that, but I'm starting to enjoy them anyway - I actually took some slightly longer routes on the rare sunny days this week, just for fun!

tristramtrent

Adding in my pathetically small total - but my first ever month of cycling! It included a 10 day trip to Europe without a bike and ended in an illness, but hey. I had a great time and I'm looking forward to May. Thanks to everyone else in the challenge, it was fun reading all your adventures.

4/3 - 6.3 miles indoor
4/4 - 3 miles outdoor
4/5 5.7 miles out
4/6 4.8 miles in
4/7 4.9 miles in
10/4 3.5 miles outdoor
11/4 4 miles outdoor
12/4 6.9 outdoor
13/4 6.2 miles indoor
14/4 7.7 outdoor
27/4 8.4 indoor

dbkyser

I know this challenge is over and I cam up 1 mile short of my goal but did sneak in 13.5 miles before the storm today.

mph323

mph323 wrote: »

4/3 - 20.4 miles
4/6 - 15.6 miles
4/11 - 15.3 miles
4/17 - 32.2 miles
4/20 - 14.4 miles
4/24 - 19.2 miles
4/29 - 16.7 miles
Total - 133.8

I won't make my goal this month but I've pushed myself to do some extra miles I probably wouldn't have done otherwise :-)

4/30 - 26.7
Total: 160.5
Goal: 200 miles

Machka9

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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
Jan: 864.79 km (537.35 miles) = 65 hours 36 min
Feb: 470.53 km (292.4 miles) = 40 hours 39 min
March: 917.73 km (570.2 miles) = 66 hours 13 min

April probably won't be as ambitious as March was because I have three major uni assignments due before the middle of the month and won't be as active. But if I could do what I did last April, that would be nice.
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April 2 - 21.43 km (65 min) cycling
April 3 - 30.4 km (95 min) cycling
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Totals:
Apr Cycling Outside: 51.83 km (160 min)
Apr Cycling Inside: 0 min
Apr Walking: 4 km (50 min)
Apr Stairs: 0 flights (0 min)
Apr Time Total: 210 min = 3 hours 30 min
Apr Distance Total: 55.83 km = 34.6 miles

April 9 - 24 km (75 min) cycling
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Totals:
Apr Cycling Outside: 75.83 km (235 min)
Apr Cycling Inside: 0 min
Apr Walking: 42.1 km (517 min)
Apr Stairs: 170 flights (135 min)
Apr Time Total: 887 min = 14 hours 47 min
Apr Distance Total: 117.93 km = 73.3 miles

OK, where was I? I've been through an insane week of assignments, exams, courses, work, etc.

April 16 - 21 km (65 min) cycling
April 17 - 27 km (85 min) cycling
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Totals:
Apr Cycling Outside: 123.83 km (385 min)
Apr Cycling Inside: 0 min
Apr Walking: 59.1 km (722 min)
Apr Stairs: 200 flights (159 min)
Apr Time Total: 1266 min = 21 hours 6 min
Apr Distance Total: 182.93 km = 113.6 miles

ANZAC Weekend:
April 23 - 61.3 km (190 min) cycling
April 24 - 55.8 km (175 min) cycling
April 25 - 50 km (155 min) cycling
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Totals:
Apr Cycling Outside: 290.93 km (905 min)
Apr Cycling Inside: 0 min
Apr Walking: 74.7 km (914 min)
Apr Stairs: 323 flights (257 min)
Apr Time Total: 2076 min = 34 hours 36 min
Apr Distance Total: 365.63 km = 227.2 miles

I'm a bit behind where I wanted to be ... behind last April ... but this month has been hectic! I've hardly had a second to think let alone cycle or walk. Plus, my husband had an accident at work and cracked his ribs, so he hasn't been able to get out as much either.

April 30 - 40 km (125 min) cycling

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Totals:
Apr Cycling Outside: 330.93 km (1030 min)
Apr Cycling Inside: 0 min
Apr Walking: 86.9 km (1064 min)
Apr Stairs: 413 flights (329 min)
Apr Time Total: 2423 min = 40 hours 23 min
Apr Distance Total: 417.83 km = 259.6 miles

AliceAxe

drat this says april and now its May. I'll add this anyway. I have a stationary bike I can do about 3 minutes on at low resistance. I dont have the stamina to do more. I have a mountain bike Id love to try riding but I dont have money to repair it i guess if I could only ride it for 3 minutes that wouldnt be very far but it would still be fun