July 2016 Bike Cycling Bicycling Challenge
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@_nikkiwolf_ Wow! Speedy! You'll be even faster with the clip in shoes!2
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Happy Birthday to me. A present from my wife. Took advantage of the Trek summer sale.
Trek Emonda tlr5
Aluminum frame, carbon fork, Shimano 105 drive train, 11 speed, 50/34 chain ring, 8.4 kg / 18.5 lbs
I actually had decided on an all carbon S5, but they didn't have one in my size anywhere in the nation. So I went with this bike, which is essentially the same bike as the S5 but only with an aluminum frame. Drive train is exactly the same. This one is actually a little over a pound lighter than the full carbon S5.6 -
Just a few more ballpark commuting and gym expresso miles today.
7/1 - 28 miles
7/3 - 51 miles
7/5 - 52 miles
7/6 - 35 miles
7/7 - 32 miles
7/8 - 46 miles
7/9 - 50 miles
7/10 - 13 miles
7/11 - 44 miles
7/13 - 33 miles
7/14 - 17 miles
7/15 - 30 miles
7/17 - 50 miles
7/18 - 7 miles
7/19 - 39 miles
7/20 - 24 miles
Total: 551 miles
Goal: 621 miles
Remaining: 70 miles3 -
7/1 18.01
7/2 20.28
7/3 36.20
7/5 20.08
7/9 17.95
7/10 41.82
7/12 13.26
7/17 11.76
7/18 23.84
7/19 5.42
7/20 21.42
MTD: 229.86
Jan: 49.93
Feb: 177.8
Mar: 279.94
Apr: 198.79
May: 110.02
June: 238.86
Total: 1285.201 -
_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »There aren't any numbers written on them either, so I always had to look down towards the chain ring and the gears to see where I was at and where I wanted to shift to
Finally back on the bike after my little contretemps with the car on Saturday, I was thinking about this as I was riding into work, this morning. Before I started converting over to higher cadence/lower gear riding ( 3 or 4 weeks ago now), my normal tactic was to increase speed as rapidly as possible, and click up through the gears until I ran out of gears and then keep going in that gear until/unless it got too hard because of hills or traffic, and then click down into a low gear.
Now that I'm not doing that, I've found myself looking down at the cassette quite often to figure out which gear I'm in. But... my revelation this morning is, that it doesn't matter! Basically, the tactic now is/should be to keep the cadence at a comfortable (fairly high) level, and shift up/down around that rather than worrying what gear I'm in.
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@tcaley4 Happy Birthday and enjoy that sweet new ride!
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I'm in for 250 miles again!
07/02 - 13.00 miles
07/03 - 15.00 miles
07/04 - 13.00 miles
07/07 - 12.25 miles
07/09 - 15.75 miles
07/10 - 12.00 miles...81.00 miles so far
07/12 - 15.00 miles
07/13 - 12.50 miles
07/14 - 13.75 miles
07/16 - 13.75 miles...136.00 miles so far
07/19 - 14.00 miles
07/20 - 15.00 miles
07/21 - 15.00 miles
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Stepping back today after a heavy training load yesterday, so cut back my trail run, and just did 19 miles of commuting and 30 minutes of easier spinning on the expresso (@ 185 watts).
7/1 - 28 miles
7/3 - 51 miles
7/5 - 52 miles
7/6 - 35 miles
7/7 - 32 miles
7/8 - 46 miles
7/9 - 50 miles
7/10 - 13 miles
7/11 - 44 miles
7/13 - 33 miles
7/14 - 17 miles
7/15 - 30 miles
7/17 - 50 miles
7/18 - 7 miles
7/19 - 39 miles
7/20 - 24 miles
7/21 - 19 miles
Total: 570 miles
Goal: 621 miles
Remaining: 51 miles1 -
7/5 - 21 miles.
7/6 - 23 miles
7/11 - 28 miles
7/12 - 27 miles
7/13 - 23 miles
7/14 - 10 miles
7/15 - 23 miles
7/18 - 28 miles
7/19 - 27 miles
7/20 - 17 miles
7/21 - 17 miles - hot and humid so I'm taking it easy. Wore a tank top for the commute today and was rewarded with a particularly disgusting bit of sexual harassment. Apparently it's impossible for a woman to exist in the public sphere without being commented on. Bah.
Month to date: 244 miles
Year to date: 2286 miles1 -
Fri 01 - 4.77 miles
Mon 04 - 28.88 miles
Tue 05 - 35.34 miles
Wed 06 - 20.00 miles
Thu 07 - none
Fri 08 - 33.44 miles
Mon 11 - 33.68 miles
Tue 12 - 19.99 miles
Wed 13 - 41.56 miles.
Thu 14 - none
Fri 15 - 29.04 miles
Sat 16 - 17.99 miles
Mon 18 - no bike
Tue 19 - no bike
Wed 20 - unwell
Thu 21 - 31.05 miles. Finally!
Target for July: 500 miles - probably now going to hit about 425
MTD 295.74, YTD 992.69.0 -
Does anyone else track their rides via MapMyRide? The app updated last night and now my usual 15 mile route "only" burns 532 calories, instead of the 610-ish it usually records. Still probably overestimating the burn, but a bit closer to reality now. I wonder if it's something UA did across all their apps (MFP I'm looking at you and your overenthusiastic exercise calorie counts).0
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I guess you are right, it shouldn't matter - apart from the fact that on the (admittedly not very spectacular) climbs I keep trying to shift, and it doesn't get easier. And then I look down and realise I am already in the lowest gear, so I might as well stop flipping that leverNow that I'm not doing that, I've found myself looking down at the cassette quite often to figure out which gear I'm in. But... my revelation this morning is, that it doesn't matter! Basically, the tactic now is/should be to keep the cadence at a comfortable (fairly high) level, and shift up/down around that rather than worrying what gear I'm in.
My old cross bike has 52/39/30; the new road bike is a 53/39; so the range of gears feels much smaller; yet another thing to get used to...
@tcaley4 Wow, what a great birthday present! Enjoy it
@ UmmSqueaky I only use Strava. But I've noticed that there the calorie burn estimate depends a lot on the weight of the bike; maybe you don't have that entered in your settings and MMR changed the 'default' bike weight?
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21.07.2016 15.9 km home - work - sports store (that one didn't have any bike shoes either) - home
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July 2016: 146.9km (of 150km goal) done0 -
07/09 - 15.27
07/10 - 15.10
07/11 - 11.04
07/12 - 18.24
07/14 - 07.26
07/15 - 18.13
07/17 - 14.81
07/18 - 14.99
07/19 - 14.69
07/21 - 14.68
July total: 144.21
Goal for month: 300
Year to date: 2,087.7
Jan - 175.9
Feb - 343.3
Mar - 353.8
Apr - 363.4
May - 319.1
June - 316.20 -
Fri 01 - 4.77 miles
Mon 04 - 28.88 miles
Tue 05 - 35.34 miles
Wed 06 - 20.00 miles
Thu 07 - none
Fri 08 - 33.44 miles
Mon 11 - 33.68 miles
Tue 12 - 19.99 miles
Wed 13 - 41.56 miles.
Thu 14 - none
Fri 15 - 29.04 miles
Sat 16 - 17.99 miles
Mon 18 - no bike
Tue 19 - no bike
Wed 20 - unwell
Thu 21 - 31.05 miles
Fri 22 - 25.18 miles. Great ride this morning, really quick; but duff ride this evening, slow with masses of traffic and heavy legs. However, that takes me over 1000 miles for the year (starting in May), so I'll call that an overall win.
Target for July: 500 miles - probably now going to hit about 425
MTD 320.92, YTD 1017.871 -
I had a day off work today and decided to do some hill climbing - or more accurately a lot of hill climbing!
Did three of the top 100 UK hills including one that was over 30mins of climbing. But Whitedowns was the worst - a beast of a hill with an 18% gradient. It really encapsulates what inspires me to cycle - a real physical (and mental) challenge held in beautiful countryside.
http://cyclinguphill.com/100-climbs/whitedowns/0 -
7/5 - 21 miles.
7/6 - 23 miles
7/11 - 28 miles
7/12 - 27 miles
7/13 - 23 miles
7/14 - 10 miles
7/15 - 23 miles
7/18 - 28 miles
7/19 - 27 miles
7/20 - 17 miles
7/21 - 17 miles
7/22 - 28 miles - bit by a touch of madness so took the long way home, in spite of the 95 degree temperature. Probably about half the normal number of cyclists out on the greenway and only a handful along the parkway. I was really hoping to find a lemonade stand or 2 but alas all the kids were smarter than I and hanging out indoors.
Month to date: 272 miles
Year to date: 2314 miles1 -
July 1st 50 Miles -- Duration 5:45:00 (Sovicille Loop to Radicondoli)
July 7th 28 Miles -- Duration 4:00:00 (Greve Loop to Radda)
July 9th 6.66 Miles -- Duration 00:57:39
July 11th 26.7 Miles -- Duration 1:50:55
July 15th 11.5 Miles -- Duration 1:00:22
July 16th 7.5 Miles -- Duration 00:51:41
July 17th 36.3 Miles -- Duration 2:47:31
July 18th 12.0 Miles -- Duration 1:08:20
July 20th 38.7 Miles -- Duration 2:37:04
July 21st 12.5 Miles -- Duration 1:08:52
July 22nd 18.8 Miles -- Duration 1:24:21
July Total Miles: 248.66
July Total Duration: 23:31:450 -
Just the ballpark commute tonight. Down to my last 40 miles.
7/1 - 28 miles
7/3 - 51 miles
7/5 - 52 miles
7/6 - 35 miles
7/7 - 32 miles
7/8 - 46 miles
7/9 - 50 miles
7/10 - 13 miles
7/11 - 44 miles
7/13 - 33 miles
7/14 - 17 miles
7/15 - 30 miles
7/17 - 50 miles
7/18 - 7 miles
7/19 - 39 miles
7/20 - 24 miles
7/21 - 19 miles
7/22 - 11 miles
Total: 581 miles
Goal: 621 miles
Remaining: 40 miles0 -
After getting a "kick my butt" summer cold - and not doing a single thing since a week ago last Monday - finally headed back out today for a light workout.1
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JULY CYCLING TOTALS
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01 - 15.40 Miles
04 - 14.72
05 - 14.24
11 - 12.27
Summertime Cold – 11 days off
23 – 15.87
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72.50 Cycling Miles - Total
All miles on the KATY, MKT, and Hinkson Creek Trails in Central Missouri.Total = 15.69 July Running Miles0 -
7/1 18.01
7/2 20.28
7/3 36.20
7/5 20.08
7/9 17.95
7/10 41.82
7/12 13.26
7/17 11.76
7/18 23.84
7/19 5.42
7/20 21.42
7/21 31.62
7/22 18.26
7/23 10.35
MTD: 290.09
Jan: 49.93
Feb: 177.8
Mar: 279.94
Apr: 198.79
May: 110.02
June: 238.86
Total: 1055.340 -
Done with my goal for the month with a bunch of commuting and a nice afternoon trail ride along the GAP (punctuated with an epic blind curve crash - which I thankfully escaped with a few small cuts, bruises, and road rash).
With over a week to spare, I may reevaluate my target, but I need to focus on my running mileage for now.
7/1 - 28 miles
7/3 - 51 miles
7/5 - 52 miles
7/6 - 35 miles
7/7 - 32 miles
7/8 - 46 miles
7/9 - 50 miles
7/10 - 13 miles
7/11 - 44 miles
7/13 - 33 miles
7/14 - 17 miles
7/15 - 30 miles
7/17 - 50 miles
7/18 - 7 miles
7/19 - 39 miles
7/20 - 24 miles
7/21 - 19 miles
7/22 - 11 miles
7/23 - 51 miles
Total: 632 miles
Goal: 621 miles
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July 15 - 3.1 km walking (35 min) + 30 flights of stairs (24 min)
Saturday 16 July -- 164.9 km training ride.
July 13 - 3 km walking (35 min) + 15 flights of stairs (12 min) + 50 min on my bicycle on the trainer + about 10 min of core work/weightlifting
July 9 - 100 km cycling (315 minutes)Happy Canada Day from a Canadian-Australian.
Saturday 2 July -- 1186 metres (3891.076) of climbing, in 81.8 km of cycling, completed within 5.5 hours (elapsed time) and 4:35 moving time for an average speed of 17.8 km/h (moving time).
The ride included a couple Category 4 climbs with various climbs in the 13-16% grade range.
Starting temperature 12°C with a high of 14.7°C halfway through the ride. We had a headwind on the way out and tailwind on the way back, for the most part, with some odd, very chilly gusts now and then. It was mostly cloudy and looked like it was going to rain several times, but fortunately, that didn't happen. On the way back we were sure we were going to get caught in a rain squall, but it passed behind us and we just got a small blast of it.
We started the ride about 12:30 pm so, since the sun sets at about 4:45, it was pitch black by the time we finished. A little night riding practice. For some reason climbing is so much more difficult in the dark.
And we stopped for lunch at the halfway point. I had been looking forward to that, but unfortunately they were out of many choices (busy day what with the federal election), and what we ate (paninis with lots of spinach) didn't sit well at all. I was about 1 km out of the town on the way back when I started feeling very unsettled. And then about 8 or 9 km later we started a long, long climb (one of the cat 4 climbs) and by the time I got to the top, I was not feeling at all well. Fighting to keep things down. However, I took an electrolyte tablet and a Zantac, and that eased things a bit.
The route mainly followed the coast so we had lots of beautiful views of water and green hills.
There were lots of birds around ... a large flock of black cockatoos filled a tree next to where we parked at the start of the ride and we had to dodge and weave between the pine cones they were dropping from the tree ... we were being bombed! And during the ride, I spotted herons, oyster catchers, small gulls, large Pacific gulls, a cormorant airing its wings ... and most spectacular was a massive wedge-tail eagle which took flight from a tree next to the road, and flew across, right in front of Rowan. I don't think I've ever seen them that close, but Rowan has because they come onto the property where he works. In fact, just yesterday, he rescued a young one which had flown through the net over the orchard, and then had become stuck inside.
Overall, it was a good, strenuous, training ride on a beautiful but quite hilly route.
Oh, and I wore my new winter cycling boots for the first time. They're very comfortable but I will have to do something about drafts coming in around my ankles. And ... I need to install a cleat!! I forgot all about that and so had to ride with my platform pedals the whole way!!
Elevation profile:
Machka9 wrote: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: 417.83 km (259.6 miles) = 40 hours 23 min
May: 267.09 km (165.9 miles) = 36 hours 10 min
June 552.1 km (343 miles) = 54 hours 48 min
Well, let's see ... last July my distance and time took a nose-dive. Hopefully this year will be better than that!
July 2 - 81.8 km cycling (250 min)
July 3 - 32.1 km cycling (100 min)
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Totals:
July Cycling Outside: 113.9 km (350 min)
July Cycling Inside: 0 min
July Walking: 2.5 km (30 min)
July Stairs: 30 flights (24 min)
July Time Total: 404 min = 6 hours 44 min
July Distance Total: 116.4 km = 72.3 miles
July 12 - 4 km walking (50 min) + 15 flights of stairs (12 min)+ 45 min on my bicycle on the trainer + about 5 min of core work/weightlifting
Last week, I was battling food poisoning acquired at lunch on the 81.8 km mentioned above ... and then an unrelated allergic reaction to an antibiotic. I had all sorts of plans for great workouts last week ... and barely managed to get some walking in.
Then we went up north for a 3-day weekend and were intending to do 3 days of cycling, but the weather had different plans. It's winter here and very wet, cold, and unpredictable. But we did get one good ride in! And it was a good ride ... the fastest 100 km I've done in years!
Back on the trainer this week.
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Totals:
July Cycling Outside: 213.9 km (665 min)
July Cycling Inside: 45 min
July Walking: 34.4 km (425 min)
July Stairs: 140 flights (112 min)
July Weightlifting: 20 min
July Time Total: 1267 min = 21 hours 7 min
July Distance Total: 248.3 km = 154.3 miles
July 14 - 1 km walking (12 min) + 30 flights of stairs (24 min) + 54 min on my bicycle on the trainer + about 10 min of core work/weightlifting
Me on my trainer and my husband on rollers ... at least we're getting some sort of cycling in.
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Totals:
July Cycling Outside: 213.9 km (665 min)
July Cycling Inside: 194 min
July Walking: 38.4 km (472 min)
July Stairs: 185 flights (148 min)
July Weightlifting: 40 min
July Time Total: 1519 min = 25 hours 19 min
July Distance Total: 252.3 km = 156.8 miles
We did a 200K mid-June, and wanted to do a long ride mid-July too, so we decided to ride a century today.
Plan A took us to a location that got snow earlier this week and then flooded. We decided to do a different route.
Plan B had us doing a Y-shaped route, starting at the bottom of the Y and going out the left side first, then the right, and back to the bottom of the Y. But mid-ride we changed our minds, and decided to do a section in the middle of the Y twice rather than the right segment. That worked out all right.
Our route started with a long climb up and over the hill into the city. Then the middle section of the route was relatively flat, by comparison. And the route ended with a long climb up and over the hill to our suburb.
It was about 12.5°C when we started, got to a high of 16.4°C, and then cooled down to 8.3°C by the end of the day ... with some particularly cold spots on the last climb and during that descent, after dark. But, for a change, it was sunny all day! In fact, it had something of a spring-like feel. It's still the middle of winter, but after all the cold and miserable weather we've had, it's nice to have a spring-like day. But it was windy ... 22-30 km/h with gusts as high as 48 km/h.
We started the ride about 8:30 am, after the 7:00-8:10 am recap of last night's live coverage of the TDF Time Trial. Priorities!
Moments after we started, I had trouble with my cassette shifters. Sometimes I couldn't shift ... the shifter would move freely but nothing would happen. Sometimes when I would try to shift into a smaller ring, both shifters (brake and shifter) would move, and nothing would happen. More frequently, I could do the shift, but the shifter wouldn't return. I decided I would just deal with it until we got into the city.
We climbed up and over into the city and stopped for a quick break before riding out the Cycleway. Shortly after we got going on the Cycleway, we stopped at a hardware store to get oil to see if that would help my shifters. It might have made some difference, but then Rowan turned one little screw, and it was all good!
For some reason, people like smashing bottles on the Cycleway Friday nights, so we had to dodge patches of broken glass here and there.
But on the bright side, there were a lot of cyclist on and near the Cycleway today. I don't know if I've ever seen so many cyclists out and about. I guess everyone decided to get out and enjoy our brief glimpse of spring! In fact, one cycled and chatted with Rowan for some distance.
We continued on to New Norfolk, across the bridge and along the rather flooded Derwent river for about 12 km before pulling a U-turn and returning to New Norfolk. I like that stretch of road along the Derwent ... it's scenic, and we could see snow covered mountains in the distance. We had lunch in New Norfolk - both of us had cauliflower and cheese pies (one of my favourites) and Rowan had a sort of custard pie with fruit for dessert while I had mud cake.
There had been a headwind all the way out to where we turned around, so going back was great! We flew along (and set several personal bests on Strava). Next thing we knew, we were back on the Cycleway and flying back to the start of the Cycleway.
We stopped there, again, and made up bottles of Ensure. Part of the training ride was to try out possible nutrition solutions for long stretches of longer rides with no services. The Ensure worked well ... tasted good and provided energy and electrolytes.
Back to the end of Cycleway, against the wind, and back to the start again, with a tailwind .... but a dying tailwind, so we weren't flying anymore.
And then it was homeward bound. Through the city, and then up and up and up. The sun set while we were making our way through the city, and so partway up, we stopped so I could take a ginger tablet. I have found that climbing in the dark makes me feel a bit sea sick with the swaying light. Ginger tablets work for other "sea sick" situations, so we thought I might try one for this ... and it seemed to work. I climbed the hill in the dark, and no sea sick feeling.
Then a quick descent into our suburb, another climb as we cycled through the suburb, and another descent to home.
Distance: 164.9km
Moving Time: 8:54:36
Total time: 10:17:33
Elevation Gain: 1,767m
July 16 - 164.9 km cycling (520 min) (see above)
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Machka9/view/164-9-km-training-ride-883674
July 17 - 3.5 km walking (40 min)
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Totals:
July Cycling Outside: 378.8 km (1185 min)
July Cycling Inside: 194 min
July Walking: 45 km (547 min)
July Stairs: 215 flights (172 min)
July Weightlifting: 40 min
July Time Total: 2138 min = 35 hours 38 min
July Distance Total: 423.8 km = 263.3 miles
Sunday -- 100.1 km ride in the afternoon and evening (after dark) | 725 metres (2378.6 feet) of climbing | Total time: 6 hours 19 minutes | Moving speed: 18.9 km/h
The wind wasn't too bad and the sun came out now and then. The high for the day reached 9.5C ... and then dropped to 2.1 by the end of the ride. That was a little chilly!
This was a training ride as we're adjusting things and testing things for longer rides.- Our new reflective vests worked well.
- My new boots worked well ... until the temp dropped below 4C.
- My gloves aren't quite warm enough under 4C either.
- Our clothing layers were good.
- The chocolate Ensure provided most of our energy quite adequately.
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Work got in the way of any proper rides in the week but luckily the best weather landed on the weekend - yay!Five weekends in July so should be a big mileage month! No particular target apart from a solo century ride from Winchester. Maybe next weekend, weather permitting.
Saturday was (yet another...) changeable weather day so the planned long ride got a bit time-squeezed. Ended up getting hot, then wet & cold (cold enough to trigger my Raynauld's and lost all feeling in hands & feet for a while - in July!), then wet & hot when rain jacket turned into a sauna suit. Bit of sun, dull at times, calm then windy with wind direction constantly changing as showers rolled in.
You know you have upset the weather gods when you get a headwind on the same stretch of road in opposite directions!
45.6 miles @ 17.1 mph
Today (Sunday) is a far better day. Did a couple of hills (working on my weak point), climb to Newlands Corner gave a spectacular view of Surrey's North Downs (The Downs are actually ups not downs...) 1 mile steady climb at 5% average.
Pleased with a PR on Combe Lane which is just under a mile, averages 7% but gets really steep (17%) near the top.
cyclinguphill.com/100-climbs/combe-lane/
55.4 miles @ 16.4 mph
101 miles for the weekend.
Got three rides in this week:
Took Thursday off work and headed to Surrey's well known Box Hill to have a play on quiet roads up/down/round the hill. Pleased to get PRs up and down Zig Zag Road.
Beautiful weather and stunning views.
cyclinguphill.com/box-hill/
41.3 miles and 2300' of elevation.
62.8 miles on Saturday into high woodland - including seeing and hearing a guy in the middle of a clearing all by himself playing the bagpipes. Very surreal moment.
22.2 local ride just to enjoy a nice summer Sunday evening.
126.3 miles for the week.
227.3 miles for the month.
Monday - 4.8 miles local trip on my hybrid.
Wednesday - 20.5 virtual miles doing hill intervals on an eSpinning bike. 2:30 minute intervals of fast flat, seated climb, standing climb.
Saturday Part 1 - 39.4 miles into some fairly gentle hills.
Saturday Part 2 - I found myself near the office I worked at five years ago and remembered I never quite managed to hit my goal of cycling home from there in under an hour. Reset Strava and gave it some welly!
That goal's now ticked off, 16.6 miles in 56 minutes. Still improving when I "should" be getting slower. Ridiculously satisfied for something so trivial and pointless (I'm just a teensy bit self-competitive......).
Sunday - 60.2 miles. Really hot and humid - had to stop to buy an extra litre of fluids but still feel dry. Gorgeous day to be out in the countryside.
141.5 miles for the week
368.8 miles for the month
Tuesday - 22.2 local evening ride
Wednesday - 21.8 virtual miles on eSpinning bike
Friday - 76.7 very hilly miles
Sunday - 100.3 miles
I've had a goal of doing a century ride in under six hours for quite a while.... Today was supposed to be a stepping stone towards that by doing a four hour training ride at 17mph. But felt good so pushed on..... YEEEESSSSS!!!! 100 miles in 5:54
221 miles for the week
589.8 miles for the month.
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I'm in... oh boy what should I go for? I have my week long bike trip this month and should be over 300 miles.
Setting my goal at 550 miles.
7/1 - 8.61 miles
7/2 - 31.72 miles
7/6 - 19.39 miles
7/7 - 14.27 miles
7/8- 16.71 miles
7/9 - 24.49 miles
7/10 - 16.33 miles
7/18 - 63.31 miles
7/19 - 56.51 miles
7/20 - 50.28 miles
7/21 - 58.70 miles
7/22 - 68.00 miles
7/23 - 52.94 miles
A great bike trip, Michigan has so many grate bike trails.
MTD - 481.97 miles
Jan - 170.47
Feb - 245.31
Mar - 409.88
Apr - 227.22
May - 332.92
June - 302.69
YTD - 2170.461 -
tcaley4- That's a great bike! You will love it... That is the same bike I ride and love it but mine is a 2007 called pilot. Happy belated birthday by the way been on my trip kind of out of the loop here.
Cricketkate = great ride to hit 20 miles, your getting stronger and doing great!
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I think you guys are the pros. I'm at 45 miles for the month of July, 35 biking and 10 walking. I just started riding a bike after about 30 years or more. I did take a ride about 4 years ago but that was that. I was more into walking. However, things change and I hurt my knee. Turns out biking is great for knees and especially knees of fat accountants. I'm on a fixie currently but hope to pick up a Cannondale or Giant in the future. We'll see. I may use the fixie this year and grab a better bike this winter.1
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JULY CYCLING TOTALS
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01 - 15.40 Miles
04 - 14.72
05 - 14.24
11 - 12.27
Summertime Cold – 11 days off
23 – 15.87
24 – 15.86
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88.36 Cycling Miles - Total
All miles on the KATY, MKT, and Hinkson Creek Trails in Central Missouri.
Total = 15.69 July Running Miles
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UmmSqueaky wrote: »Does anyone else track their rides via MapMyRide? The app updated last night and now my usual 15 mile route "only" burns 532 calories, instead of the 610-ish it usually records. Still probably overestimating the burn, but a bit closer to reality now. I wonder if it's something UA did across all their apps (MFP I'm looking at you and your overenthusiastic exercise calorie counts).
I track my rides using MapMyRide. However I didn't know they updated. Usually MapMyRide calorie burn was higher than MFP for me. Maybe now they are more inline with MFP.0 -
Work got in the way of any proper rides in the week but luckily the best weather landed on the weekend - yay!Five weekends in July so should be a big mileage month! No particular target apart from a solo century ride from Winchester. Maybe next weekend, weather permitting.
Saturday was (yet another...) changeable weather day so the planned long ride got a bit time-squeezed. Ended up getting hot, then wet & cold (cold enough to trigger my Raynauld's and lost all feeling in hands & feet for a while - in July!), then wet & hot when rain jacket turned into a sauna suit. Bit of sun, dull at times, calm then windy with wind direction constantly changing as showers rolled in.
You know you have upset the weather gods when you get a headwind on the same stretch of road in opposite directions!
45.6 miles @ 17.1 mph
Today (Sunday) is a far better day. Did a couple of hills (working on my weak point), climb to Newlands Corner gave a spectacular view of Surrey's North Downs (The Downs are actually ups not downs...) 1 mile steady climb at 5% average.
Pleased with a PR on Combe Lane which is just under a mile, averages 7% but gets really steep (17%) near the top.
cyclinguphill.com/100-climbs/combe-lane/
55.4 miles @ 16.4 mph
101 miles for the weekend.
Got three rides in this week:
Took Thursday off work and headed to Surrey's well known Box Hill to have a play on quiet roads up/down/round the hill. Pleased to get PRs up and down Zig Zag Road.
Beautiful weather and stunning views.
cyclinguphill.com/box-hill/
41.3 miles and 2300' of elevation.
62.8 miles on Saturday into high woodland - including seeing and hearing a guy in the middle of a clearing all by himself playing the bagpipes. Very surreal moment.
22.2 local ride just to enjoy a nice summer Sunday evening.
126.3 miles for the week.
227.3 miles for the month.
Monday - 4.8 miles local trip on my hybrid.
Wednesday - 20.5 virtual miles doing hill intervals on an eSpinning bike. 2:30 minute intervals of fast flat, seated climb, standing climb.
Saturday Part 1 - 39.4 miles into some fairly gentle hills.
Saturday Part 2 - I found myself near the office I worked at five years ago and remembered I never quite managed to hit my goal of cycling home from there in under an hour. Reset Strava and gave it some welly!
That goal's now ticked off, 16.6 miles in 56 minutes. Still improving when I "should" be getting slower. Ridiculously satisfied for something so trivial and pointless (I'm just a teensy bit self-competitive......).
Sunday - 60.2 miles. Really hot and humid - had to stop to buy an extra litre of fluids but still feel dry. Gorgeous day to be out in the countryside.
141.5 miles for the week
368.8 miles for the month
Tuesday - 22.2 local evening ride
Wednesday - 21.8 virtual miles on eSpinning bike
Friday - 76.7 very hilly miles
Sunday - 100.3 miles
I've had a goal of doing a century ride in under six hours for quite a while.... Today was supposed to be a stepping stone towards that by doing a four hour training ride at 17mph. But felt good so pushed on..... YEEEESSSSS!!!! 100 miles in 5:54
221 miles for the week
589.8 miles for the month.
Congratulations!
I'm hoping to do something close to that this coming summer. It's been YEARS since I've been able to do that ... and really, I'll be happy with anything under 7 hours!
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