August 2016 Biking Cycling Bicycling Challenge
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8/1 - 5.35
8/2 - 5.02
8/5 - 5.22
8/6 - 6.04
8/8 - 6.75
8/9 - 6.64
8/11- 13.48
8/12 - 7.26
8/13 - 6.28
Total 62.03/120 mile goal0 -
Took yesterday off from biking, as I was commuting back to the south, and just had time for my long run. Ended up doing a middle distance ride this afternoon on the flats with an ugly headwind, that luckily persisted for my return trip as a tailwind to quickly whisk me home. With the power meter, I was able to keep my effort pretty consistent both ways which was reassuring, as seeing a slow outbound speed can get a bit discouraging otherwise.
Planning to get in a longer ride tomorrow, and maybe a full 100 Wednesday if I can convince a friend to join me for it.
8/1 - 15 miles (w. 10 mile solo time trial @ 23mph - out & back)
8/3 - 33 miles (tri team ride)
8/4 - 83 miles (solo long ride - 18.3mph / 143 watt avg)
8/5 - 11 miles
8/6 - 20 miles
8/7 - 11 miles
8/8 - 5 miles
8/9 - 23 miles
8/10 - 24 miles
8/11 - 11 miles
8/13 - 34 miles
Total: 270 miles
Goal: 621 miles
Remaining: 351 miles
2016 Races:
Granfondo FL century - 23.4mph TT segments
Ironman Florida 70.3 - 5:07 / 2:39 bike split (21mph)
Ironman Augusta 70.3 - 9/25
Ironman Florida - 11/5
@_nikkiwolf_ - Sorry to hear the screw for adjusting cleat tension was stripped. Sometimes a slightly larger allen/hex wrench (moving from metric to imperial if you have both types of sets) can get a grip, and usually spin counter-clockwise to loosen. Just make sure your cleats are also tightly installed on your shoe. If you need new pedals, usually wiggle/chainreaction has deals for roughly $25-$35 USD for basic shimano systems including double-sided pedals (I love my A530s), which just require a basic 15mm narrow wrench.
@jbliss1108 - Calorie calculations for biking can get a bit tricky, as I'm relatively fit, light, and when using a power meter + heart rate monitor, I'm anywhere from 20-35/mile. Most online calculators grossly overestimate burn which hurt me early on in my weight loss journey as I noticed I was losing about 1-2lb/week less than expected when religiously logging everything. Still, at your weight I'd guess you are closer to the 35-50/mile range, depending on your bike's efficiency and terrain (i.e. 35/mile on flat roads on an efficient road bike, 50/mile on a mountain bike trail on hilly loose gravel/dirt). Sometimes you can find deals for $10 ANT+ heart rate monitors if your phone has that type of antenna and you snag mapmyride/wahoo/etc.. (i.e. iphone, galaxy s5, see - 1 left @ $10 - https://www.amazon.com/Wahoo-Fitness-Heart-Monitor-iPhone/dp/B00526NF7W/ ).2 -
08/01 - 25 miles
08/02 - 13 miles
08/03 - 20 miles
08/04 - 16 miles
08/05 - 31 miles
08/06 - 31 miles
08/07 - 10 miles
08/08 - 16 miles
08/12 - 21 miles
08/13 - 35 miles
Goal: 621 miles
MTD: 217 miles
Goal to Go: 404 miles
YTD: 1,934 miles
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Last long ride done yesterday. 58 miles done in very hot, humid conditions. Wasn't too bad until I flatted at mile 40. Nothing like standing in the hot sun changing a tire to warm you up, lol!
Weekly total this week was 78 miles. Will have an easy week w/low mileage as I taper for a HIM race next Sunday.1 -
My goal will be 100 miles this month.
08/01 - 14.00 miles
08/04 - 15.00 miles
08/06 - 13.50 miles
08/13 - 13.75 miles
08/14 - 14.25 miles...70.50 miles so far.
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8/1: 28 miles
8/2: 22 miles
8/3: 28 miles
8/5: 28 miles
8/7: 12 miles
8/8: 23 miles
8/9: 18 miles
8/10: 23 miles
8/13: 7 miles
8/14: 21 miles: Triathlon today. My new motto: why suck at one sport when you can suck at 3?!?? Overall, it actually didn't suck - I really enjoyed it (even the running, which I was expecting to loathe) and will definitely be doing it again. 500 yard swim, 15.5 mile bike and 5k run. I crushed it on the bike (18.2 mph when I was expecting to do 17) without having done anything training wise other than my usual bike commuting, so I'm hoping to crush it even better if I actual do speed work and hills and whatnot. 18/145 in my age group on the bike, 132nd overall. Now, didn't fair as well in the swim or the run, was about 100/145 in my age group for those. BUT, that just means if I actual work on the swimming and the running I've got tremendous room for improvement come next year. The hope was to do it in under 2 hours, the super secret hope was 1:55-ish. Crushed it at 1:46. Ended up 355/855 overall
Month to date: 220 miles
Year to date: 2636 miles
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No particular goal this month apart from getting my old Roubaix back on the road - it was crunched by a myopic car driver last year. New forks and wheels on order to make it my "fast bike". Felt I hadn't spent enough money on my hobby this year!
My wife may not agree with my assessment.....
Also doing a little experiment by incorporating leg work back into my strength training, I don't tend to do any weights for my legs during the cycling season but would like to add some size and strength to my legs. Doing it at the start of the week so I get recovery time before my weekend rides.
Weights Monday and Wednesday and straight back to maxing out the leg press and leg curl machines despite not using them for 4 (?) months.
Tuesday - 21.1 virtual miles on eSpinning bike
Thursday - 24.2 virtual miles on eSpinning bike - time trial mode.
Saturday - 45.9 miles fairly fast.
Sunday - 43.4 miles, really hot, humid and windy.
Week 1 total = 134.6 miles.
Monday - "legs" in the gym. Jumped the weights up significantly.
Tuesday - squeezed in a short evening ride, 28.1 miles. Got a 5th place on a Strava segment, fast but "bumpy" ride.
Wednesday - more "legs" in the gym. Five days on the trot working my legs - feels like more than enough! Who put my quads through a mangle?
Thursday - gentle recovery ride (6.5 virtual miles) on a trainer in the gym to flush some blood through tired muscles.
Friday - Planned to do my first "permanent route" Audax today (solo ride not an organised event) - 204km / 126 mile circular route across the South Downs and Salisbury Plain. Day got off to a bad start - short / poor sleep and a splitting headache. Then loads of things to sort out at home meant a late start driving down to Winchester. Two horrendous traffic jams on the way and instead of a morning start I didn't get on the bike until 2pm. No chance to complete the course in the time before sunset and didn't fancy unlit, unfamiliar country roads after dark. So just had a taster - drop dead gorgeous scenery but not a fast route, constant changes of elevation rather than really big climbs, very hard to get a rhythm. 69 miles at a "touring speed" of 14.4mph, 3,960' of elevation. I will have to go back and do it properly.
Saturday - legs got a rest!
Sunday - local roads, 50 miler. Strength training seems to be having an impact - legs feeling very tired but I'm setting good times on uphill stretches and climbs without feeling like I'm really pushing hard. Got a big PR improvement (+2mph) on one long (8 minute) gentle rise.
Week 2 total = 153.6
Monthly total = 288.2
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UmmSqueaky wrote: »8/1: 8/14: 21 miles: Triathlon today. My new motto: why suck at one sport when you can suck at 3?!?? Overall, it actually didn't suck - I really enjoyed it (even the running, which I was expecting to loathe) and will definitely be doing it again. 500 yard swim, 15.5 mile bike and 5k run. I crushed it on the bike (18.2 mph when I was expecting to do 17) without having done anything training wise other than my usual bike commuting, so I'm hoping to crush it even better if I actual do speed work and hills and whatnot. 18/145 in my age group on the bike, 132nd overall. Now, didn't fair as well in the swim or the run, was about 100/145 in my age group for those. BUT, that just means if I actual work on the swimming and the running I've got tremendous room for improvement come next year. The hope was to do it in under 2 hours, the super secret hope was 1:55-ish. Crushed it at 1:46. Ended up 355/855 overall
Nice work in your first tri! Great result. Congrats, and fair warning: triathlon can be very addicting!
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Ended up going out mid-day for a hot brick workout, and made it a longer ride than expected as I found a good route to a big state park, and with the temperatures in the low 90s wanted to postpone my run as long as possible. Got through the 71 miles at about 19mph with a 158 watt average power/174NP (12mph headwind which I lost most of by the time I turned around to return home). Post-ride run was OK, but kept it to an hour as I started cramping up.
It is interesting seeing similar sized pros achieve 27mph in the wind tunnel at 175 watts, as I'm curious how much of that sort of gap could be made up with position (more aggressive stem drop, closer bars), shaved legs/arms, equipment (full disc), and clothing (more aero helmet, skinsuit, etc..), as I'd kill to pick up 6mph from those sorts of changes. For my race, I'm planning to shave the legs/arms, run aero wheels, race tires/latex tubes, and race in a more aero outfit & helmet, but I suspect it'll probably only get me up to 21-22mph.
With the ride at a bit under the 4 hour mark, and my ironman 11 weeks away, I may still go out for a century on Wednesday (with a fast 35 miler in the middle with my tri-team), but I'll see how my legs will have recovered by that point and just drive to the team ride if I'm not feeling good.
8/1 - 15 miles (w. 10 mile solo time trial @ 23mph - out & back)
8/3 - 33 miles (tri team ride)
8/4 - 83 miles (solo long ride - 18.3mph / 143 watt avg)
8/5 - 11 miles
8/6 - 20 miles
8/7 - 11 miles
8/8 - 5 miles
8/9 - 23 miles
8/10 - 24 miles
8/11 - 11 miles
8/13 - 34 miles (18.9mph / 152 watts / 171NP)
8/14 - 71 miles (18.7mph / 158 watts / 174NP)
Total: 341 miles
Goal: 621 miles
Remaining: 280 miles
2016 Races:
Granfondo FL century - 23.4mph TT segments
Ironman Florida 70.3 - 5:07 / 2:39 bike split (21mph)
Ironman Augusta 70.3 - 9/25
Ironman Florida - 11/5
@ummsqueaky - Huge congrads on your triathlon! Definitely can become an addictive sport, and I'm glad you survived your first. As you get into longer distance races, the bike portion becomes much more important and does a good job of hiding a mediocre swim & run, but it is good to start easy and race faster over time!4 -
@Ohhim @Djproulx If I weren't going on vacation shortly, I'd probably sign up for another one in September! But for now, fixing a goal to work on running and swimming with an eye towards 2017. Might also venture outside my comfort zone and see about joining a group ride. I'm a solitary cyclist and groups intimidate me, but my dad seems to think that if I could draft I could do it. Also sitting on my hands and trying not to go out and buy ALL THE GEAR!!! I'd like to get a tri watch for swim/bike/run tracking, but I'm making myself do research first and not impulse buy something.
Alas, now back to work and the real world
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@UmmSqueaky - group riding can be a lot of fun, but so different from solo. Sounds elementary but practice riding in as straight line as possible. You need a good mirror, you can no longer turn your head to look for traffic at intersections on green. Where your head turns most of the time your bike veers that direction. All good pace line experiences has communication. Learn to communicate so if in the lead help others that can't see for other bikes. Car up, car back, shaking hand on right or left saying loose gravel, slowing, then stopping etc....
Try it and have fun with it.
A lady on our bike trip a couple weeks ago never rode pace line. She was looking all over swerving here and there and getting yelled at to drop to back and ride solo. You can sight see as we all did but the never look more than a 90 degree angle. The nose being the center point and no more than 45 degrees either direction. This lets you look but never loose the bike in front out of your peripheral vision.0 -
Mon 01 - 29.24 miles
Tue 02 - 31.63 miles
Wed 03 - rest
Thu 04 - 32.81 miles.
Fri 05 - 25.68.
Sat 06 - 15.45
Mon 08 - 29.22
Tue 09 - 28.84 miles
Wed 10 - rest
Thu 11 - 28.62 miles
Fri 12 - 25.29 miles
Sat 13 - 15.45 miles
Mon 15 - 27.58 miles
MTD 278.98 / 500, YTD 1417.93
Zoomed into work this morning at, if not exactly dawn, then decidedly earlier than I'm used to being around - quite enjoyed it - cold but hardly any traffic. Coming home wasn't wildly quick, but probably least afer-effect I've had after gym session. All in all, a good day
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@UmmSqueaky Great job on your Triathlon! Sounds like you did amazing, congratulations on the awesome time.
@sijomial Sorry your Friday ride didn't turn out as planned. Congratulations on the PR on your Sunday ride!
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@35dollars and @Ohhim Thanks for the advice on the cleats & pedals! I don't have any imperial allen keys; I tried wrapping my #3 key with tape, to make it a bit thicker, but still couldn't turn the screw. I don't think buying a slightly larger wrench would help, the screws are rounded pretty badly. After some googling, it seems I'm not the only one with these pedals to have that problem; and there aren't really any solutions apart from getting a rotary tool and trying to cut a new slit in the screw head... I tried unclipping with the current settings a few more times; until my ankles really hurt, but it never got any easier
Next thing I did was look for cleat covers; but it seems covers for Look Delta cleats aren't sold anywhere around here anymore. I would have to either order them from the US or Japan, or pay insane amounts of money!
After looking at those prices, I decided to give up on my current pedals and ordered a pair of Time RXS pedals, after lots of research yesterday. I read that the release tension for them is 2-4Nm (compared to 12-18Nm for the pedals I have now); and apparently the cleats are non-slippery and last much longer, you don't need any covers for those. Hope they will arrive before the weekend; for now, I did my "Monday crosstraining ride" in running shoes, like the past couple of weeks before.
1.8.2016: 4.3km + 16.9km to work, long detour home
4.8.2016: 4.3km + 8.9km to work, short detour home
8.8.2016: 6.0km + 21.0km to work, long detour home
9.8.2016 4.3km + 5.6 km to work & back home
11.8.2016 5.1km + 5.7km to work & back home
15.8.2016: 5.2km + 20.4km to work, long detour home
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108.2km of 200km August goal done3 -
8/1 - 5.35
8/2 - 5.02
8/5 - 5.22
8/6 - 6.04
8/8 - 6.75
8/9 - 6.64
8/11- 13.48
8/12 - 7.26
8/13 - 6.28
8/15- 7.02
Total 69.05/120 miles goal1 -
My goal will be 100 miles this month.
08/01 - 14.00 miles
08/04 - 15.00 miles
08/06 - 13.50 miles
08/13 - 13.75 miles
08/14 - 14.25 miles...70.50 miles so far.
08/15 - 14.25
Chris1 -
Went back to gym again tonight so adding another 7.02 for today.
8/1 - 5.35
8/2 - 5.02
8/5 - 5.22
8/6 - 6.04
8/8 - 6.75
8/9 - 6.64
8/11- 13.48
8/12 - 7.26
8/13 - 6.28
8/15- 14.04
Total 76.07/120 miles goal1 -
_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »Next thing I did was look for cleat covers; but it seems covers for Look Delta cleats aren't sold anywhere around here anymore. I would have to either order them from the US or Japan, or pay insane amounts of money!
After looking at those prices, I decided to give up on my current pedals and ordered a pair of Time RXS pedals, after lots of research yesterday. I read that the release tension for them is 2-4Nm (compared to 12-18Nm for the pedals I have now); and apparently the cleats are non-slippery and last much longer, you don't need any covers for those. Hope they will arrive before the weekend; for now, I did my "Monday crosstraining ride" in running shoes, like the past couple of weeks before.
As it sounds like your pedals were pretty knackered, that's probably for the best. FWIW, if anyone else is looking for look covers, they are available a lot cheaper than those ones you found eg from Wiggle for £4.99
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Thanks for looking into it. I saw those covers, but they are for the Look Keo cleats. I need Look Delta for my current pedals (yes, the bike/parts are 10+ years old - they apparently stopped making pedals for Delta almost 10 years ago...). Since I bought Keo cleats before I figured that out, I know that the shape is different. Similar, so with enough pushing and poking, the Keo covers might work for my Delta cleats, but I wouldn't bet on it._nikkiwolf_ wrote: »Next thing I did was look for cleat covers; but it seems covers for Look Delta cleats aren't sold anywhere around here anymore. I would have to either order them from the US or Japan, or pay insane amounts of money!
After looking at those prices, I decided to give up on my current pedals and ordered a pair of Time RXS pedals, after lots of research yesterday. I read that the release tension for them is 2-4Nm (compared to 12-18Nm for the pedals I have now); and apparently the cleats are non-slippery and last much longer, you don't need any covers for those. Hope they will arrive before the weekend; for now, I did my "Monday crosstraining ride" in running shoes, like the past couple of weeks before.
As it sounds like your pedals were pretty knackered, that's probably for the best. FWIW, if anyone else is looking for look covers, they are available a lot cheaper than those ones you found eg from Wiggle for £4.99
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ah, that would explain the extortionate price then... they're antiques
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Got a break in the constant rain. Rain quit, roads dried off for the most part, and I took advantage of that small window.
08/07 - 42.47
08/08 - 14.71
08/11 - 11.02
08/15 - 14.68
August total: 97.57
Goal for month: 200
Year to date: 2,207.12
Jan - 175.9
Feb - 343.3
Mar - 353.8
Apr - 363.4
May - 319.1
June - 316.2
July - 166.10 -
8/1 - 5.35
8/2 - 5.02
8/5 - 5.22
8/6 - 6.04
8/8 - 6.75
8/9 - 6.64
8/11- 13.48
8/12 - 7.26
8/13 - 6.28
8/15- 14.04
8/16 - 6.46
82.53/120 miles goal0 -
8/1: 28 miles
8/2: 22 miles
8/3: 28 miles
8/5: 28 miles
8/7: 12 miles
8/8: 23 miles
8/9: 18 miles
8/10: 23 miles
8/13: 7 miles
8/14: 21 miles
8/15: 23 miles
8/16: 16 miles - alas, thunderstorm on the way home, so I was rained out of both my evening ride and my open swim Only 3 more open swims this season then it's off to the pool with me
Month to date: 249 miles
Year to date: 2665 miles
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Got in a nice middle distance ride on my fixie today up to a local greek neighborhood for a gyro and galaktoboureko, taking it relatively easy. Going to try out a century training ride tomorrow as my tri team is doing a 35 mile ride about 30 miles away, and I've been wanting to ride there/back for the past few weeks and finally figured out a relatively safe route. Just hoping the winds cooperate for the outbound segment.
In other news, I'm going to give the Pittsburgh->DC GAP/C&O ride another whirl at the end of September, as I have a weekend off between my Ironman 70.3 and the Chicago marathon, and a few friends expressed interest in joining me for the ride. I did it in late October of 2014 over 3 days, which was gorgeous leaf gazing season, but I'm planning it a month earlier and spreading it over 4 days so it doesn't become a daily race against the sun. I've already reserved a bike spot on the return train back to Pittsburgh, and now that I know that most B&B's have laundry facilities, I'll stick with my small camelbak backpack with 1 day change of clothes as it'll avoid the need for hauling saddle bags/panniers.
8/1 - 15 miles (w. 10 mile solo time trial @ 23mph - out & back)
8/3 - 33 miles (tri team ride)
8/4 - 83 miles (solo long ride - 18.3mph / 143 watt avg)
8/5 - 11 miles
8/6 - 20 miles
8/7 - 11 miles
8/8 - 5 miles
8/9 - 23 miles
8/10 - 24 miles
8/11 - 11 miles
8/13 - 34 miles (18.9mph / 152 watts / 171NP)
8/14 - 71 miles (18.7mph / 158 watts / 174NP)
8/16 - 38 miles
Total: 379 miles
Goal: 621 miles
Remaining: 242 miles
2016 Races:
Granfondo FL century - 23.4mph TT segments
Ironman Florida 70.3 - 5:07 / 2:39 bike split (21mph)
Ironman Augusta 70.3 - 9/25
Ironman Florida - 11/5
@UmmSqueaky - For tri watches, I've been racing with my running watch for the past 2 years (as it is waterproof and has an integrated heart rate monitor which is waterproof), but finally bit the bullet and snagged a refurbished Garmin 910xt for $125 as I needed something that could communicate with my power meter (totally unnecessary purchase unless you get really serious) and better track swims. For group rides, most groups have A/B/C rides with differing levels of intensity and seriousness. If you can find a C-ride, it is a good way to get your feet wet, learn all of the usual etiquette, and I've found that I've needed to expend about half of the power in the back/middle of a paceline vs. when I've needed to pull - more than offsetting my fears about safety/difficulty. Taking that approach lets me ride in 27-30mph A+ pacelines with the same average effort it would take me to ride on my own at 22mph (aside from a handful of extremely painful pulls which have definitely helped my race times/speeds). If you can average 18 for a triathlon bike leg, you'd fit in fine in any C ride, and even some B rides depending on your club's level of fitness.2 -
Aug 10 - 2.2 km walking (25 min)
Aug 5 - 4.3 km walking (50 min) + 5 flights of stairs (4 min)
Aug 3 - 3.9 km walking (45 min) + 20 min weightlifting
Aug 1 - 1.8 km walking (20 min) + 20 min weightliftingReview ...
(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
July 709 km (440.5 miles) = 60 hours 41 minutes
The Goal: More than last August.
Aug 2 - 5.3 km walking (65 min) + 5 flights of stairs (4 min) + 20 min weightlifting
**Still kind of babying my right knee and taking a little break from the cycling. Just a week. Planning to be back at it on Saturday.**
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Totals:
Aug Cycling Outside: 0 km (0 min)
Aug Cycling Inside: 0 min
Aug Walking: 7.1 km (85 min)
Aug Stairs: 5 flights (4 min)
Aug Weightlifting: 40 min
Aug Rowing: 0 km (0 min)
Aug Time Total: 89 min = 1 hours 29 min
Aug Distance Total: 7.1 km = 4.4 miles
Aug 4 - 3.7 km walking (45 min)
**Turns out I've sprained the medial collateral ligament in my right knee. No more stairs, running or jumping for a while. I can walk as long as I don't go too fast or twist it. There is one "weights" exercise I am to do. And ... happily ... I can continue to cycle! **
Totals:
Aug Cycling Outside: 0 km (0 min)
Aug Cycling Inside: 0 min
Aug Walking: 14.7 km (175 min)
Aug Stairs: 5 flights (4 min)
Aug Weightlifting: 60 min
Aug Rowing: 0 km (0 min)
Aug Time Total: 239 min = 3 hours 59 min
Aug Distance Total: 14.7 km = 9.1 miles
Aug 6 - 57.9 km cycling (180 min)
Aug 7 - 40.9 km cycling (130 min)
**Flat rides, low effort**
Totals:
Aug Cycling Outside: 98.8 km (313 min)
Aug Cycling Inside: 0 min
Aug Walking: 19 km (225 min)
Aug Stairs: 10 flights (8 min)
Aug Weightlifting: 60 min
Aug Rowing: 0 km (0 min)
Aug Time Total: 606 min = 10 hours 6 min
Aug Distance Total: 117.8 km = 73.2 miles
Aug 11 - 1.2 km walking (15 min)
Aug 12 - 26 km cycling (80 min)
Mainly taking it easy this week.
Totals:
Aug Cycling Outside: 124.8 km (393 min)
Aug Cycling Inside: 0 min
Aug Walking: 29.3 km (350 min)
Aug Stairs: 10 flights (8 min)
Aug Weightlifting: 60 min
Aug Rowing: 0 km (0 min)
Aug Time Total: 811 min = 13 hours 31 min
Aug Distance Total: 154.7 km = 95.7 miles
Aug 13 - 408 km cycling (1485 min) ... no, that's not a typo.
My husband and I rode a 400 km randonnee starting at 7 am on Saturday 13 August and finishing 24 hours and 45 minutes later. I have the story almost ready to post to my blog, but essentially ...
We've been training for this for the past two months and chose this particular one because it fit in our schedules and was relatively flat. We started strongly, but at the 200 km point, I broke a tooth (the tooth was in questionable condition to begin with) which made the remaining 200 km a little more challenging than I had hoped. Breathing through my mouth was painful, so I was reduced to breathing through my nose. And eating was painful, so I ran rather low on energy. I was hoping to finish within 24 hours, but I guess an extra 45 minutes wasn't too bad.
We rolled into the start location at 7:45 am on Sunday.
Aug 15 - 0.5 km walking (7 min) ... airport.
Aug 16 - 3 km walking (35 min) ... to the beach and back to stretch things out.
Totals:
Aug Cycling Outside: 532.8 km (1878 min)
Aug Cycling Inside: 0 min
Aug Walking: 32.8 km (392 min)
Aug Stairs: 10 flights (8 min)
Aug Weightlifting: 60 min
Aug Rowing: 0 km (0 min)
Aug Time Total: 2338 min = 38 hours 58 min
Aug Distance Total: 565.6 km = 351.4 miles
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Tue 16 - 27.58 miles
MTD 291.11 / 500, YTD 6840.85
Quick ride into work and largely effortless ride home with none of the expected DOMS from the previous day's gym, until I hit the 2 steepest hills.
Also saw this, which made a real change from a long stream of anonymous car, car, car, lorry, car, bus, car, car, ... that I normally see on my commute
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Setting my goal at 300 this month.
8/1 - 31.23 miles
8/2 - 14.61 miles
8/3 - 20.09 miles
8/6 - 65.49 miles
8/9 - 6.87 miles
8/11 - 3.29 Had breakin a week ago, been busy contacting neighbors, tracking things down. Not much time for riding this week. Got kids yesterday but things not over yet.
8/16 - 3.30 miles shortened by the rain. Just won't stop!
MTD - 144.86
Jan - 170.47
Feb - 245.31
Mar - 409.88
Apr - 227.22
May - 332.92
June - 302.69
July - 505.53
YTD - 2338.871 -
Aug 10 - 2.2 km walking (25 min)
Aug 5 - 4.3 km walking (50 min) + 5 flights of stairs (4 min)
Aug 3 - 3.9 km walking (45 min) + 20 min weightlifting
Aug 1 - 1.8 km walking (20 min) + 20 min weightliftingReview ...
(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
July 709 km (440.5 miles) = 60 hours 41 minutes
The Goal: More than last August.
Aug 2 - 5.3 km walking (65 min) + 5 flights of stairs (4 min) + 20 min weightlifting
**Still kind of babying my right knee and taking a little break from the cycling. Just a week. Planning to be back at it on Saturday.**
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Totals:
Aug Cycling Outside: 0 km (0 min)
Aug Cycling Inside: 0 min
Aug Walking: 7.1 km (85 min)
Aug Stairs: 5 flights (4 min)
Aug Weightlifting: 40 min
Aug Rowing: 0 km (0 min)
Aug Time Total: 89 min = 1 hours 29 min
Aug Distance Total: 7.1 km = 4.4 miles
Aug 4 - 3.7 km walking (45 min)
**Turns out I've sprained the medial collateral ligament in my right knee. No more stairs, running or jumping for a while. I can walk as long as I don't go too fast or twist it. There is one "weights" exercise I am to do. And ... happily ... I can continue to cycle! **
Totals:
Aug Cycling Outside: 0 km (0 min)
Aug Cycling Inside: 0 min
Aug Walking: 14.7 km (175 min)
Aug Stairs: 5 flights (4 min)
Aug Weightlifting: 60 min
Aug Rowing: 0 km (0 min)
Aug Time Total: 239 min = 3 hours 59 min
Aug Distance Total: 14.7 km = 9.1 miles
Aug 6 - 57.9 km cycling (180 min)
Aug 7 - 40.9 km cycling (130 min)
**Flat rides, low effort**
Totals:
Aug Cycling Outside: 98.8 km (313 min)
Aug Cycling Inside: 0 min
Aug Walking: 19 km (225 min)
Aug Stairs: 10 flights (8 min)
Aug Weightlifting: 60 min
Aug Rowing: 0 km (0 min)
Aug Time Total: 606 min = 10 hours 6 min
Aug Distance Total: 117.8 km = 73.2 miles
Aug 11 - 1.2 km walking (15 min)
Aug 12 - 26 km cycling (80 min)
Mainly taking it easy this week.
Totals:
Aug Cycling Outside: 124.8 km (393 min)
Aug Cycling Inside: 0 min
Aug Walking: 29.3 km (350 min)
Aug Stairs: 10 flights (8 min)
Aug Weightlifting: 60 min
Aug Rowing: 0 km (0 min)
Aug Time Total: 811 min = 13 hours 31 min
Aug Distance Total: 154.7 km = 95.7 miles
Aug 13 - 408 km cycling (1485 min) ... no, that's not a typo. My husband and I rode a 400 km randonnee starting at 7 am on Saturday 13 August and finishing 24 hours and 45 minutes later. I have the story almost ready to post to my blog, but essentially ...
We've been training for this for the past two months and chose this particular one because it fit in our schedules and was relatively flat. We started strongly, but at the 200 km point, I broke a tooth (the tooth was in questionable condition to begin with) which made the remaining 200 km a little more challenging than I had hoped. Breathing through my mouth was painful, so I was reduced to breathing through my nose. And eating was painful, so I ran rather low on energy. I was hoping to finish within 24 hours, but I guess an extra 45 minutes wasn't too bad.
We rolled into the start location at 7:45 am on Sunday.
Aug 15 - 0.5 km walking (7 min) ... airport.
Aug 16 - 3 km walking (35 min) ... to the beach and back to stretch things out.
Totals:
Aug Cycling Outside: 532.8 km (1878 min)
Aug Cycling Inside: 0 min
Aug Walking: 32.8 km (392 min)
Aug Stairs: 10 flights (8 min)
Aug Weightlifting: 60 min
Aug Rowing: 0 km (0 min)
Aug Time Total: 2338 min = 38 hours 58 min
Aug Distance Total: 565.6 km = 351.4 miles
The blog report of our 400K:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Machka9/view/red-gum-400k-northern-victoria-august-13-2016-887260
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@Ohhim Thanks for the feedback! I've been using my phone to track my biking and running, but can't use the phone during a USAT race, so I figure I should get a swim/bike/run tracker that I can use both in training and in a race. Definitely want something to track my swims, as I went into the tri completely blind as to time/speed (unsurprisingly it was slow, but it would be nice to know how slow). Probably don't need to track anything beyond the speed/distance but all the shiny gadgets, add ons and features are so tempting!
Now I just need to suck it up and gain some courage to join a group ride. There's a women only one based out of my LBS that I've been meaning to try all summer but alas they're all done for the season. Maybe I'll make it my goal for next year.
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Ended up finding a good route to my team's group ride, but was running early, so took a longer detour there, then tried an interesting route home, making it a full 112 mile ride (same distance as my ironman). Felt OK after the ride, and held an 18 mph average for my solo riding + 33 miles in the middle with my group at 22mph (for an overall 19.1 average). Didn't do a ton of pulling for the group, but did my usual share at 24mph, which definitely reinforced the dangers of over-exerting myself mid-race (which the power meter should be good at discouraging). Still, as I was finishing the 112 miles, I started questioning my sanity as I'd then need to run a marathon at my ironman.
Overall it was a good experience, gave me some good feedback on nutrition (I think bonk breakers + cliff bars will win out for my solid food options mid-race as once my iced coffee, zone perfect bar, and gatorade heated up my stomach revolted), and I think I'll give another 2-3 of these a shot before November to try to get my nutrition and pacing sorted out.
8/1 - 15 miles (w. 10 mile solo time trial @ 23mph - out & back)
8/3 - 33 miles (tri team ride)
8/4 - 83 miles (solo long ride - 18.3mph / 143 watt avg)
8/5 - 11 miles
8/6 - 20 miles
8/7 - 11 miles
8/8 - 5 miles
8/9 - 23 miles
8/10 - 24 miles
8/11 - 11 miles
8/13 - 34 miles (18.9mph / 152 watts / 171NP)
8/14 - 71 miles (18.7mph / 158 watts / 174NP)
8/16 - 38 miles
8/17 - 112 miles (19.1mph / 142 watts / 160NP)
Total: 491 miles
Goal: 621 miles
Remaining: 130 miles
2016 Races:
Granfondo FL century - 23.4mph TT segments
Ironman Florida 70.3 - 5:07 / 2:39 bike split (21mph)
Ironman Augusta 70.3 - 9/25
Ironman Florida - 11/51 -
My goal will be 100 miles this month.
08/01 - 14.00 miles
08/04 - 15.00 miles
08/06 - 13.50 miles
08/13 - 13.75 miles
08/14 - 14.25 miles...70.50 miles so far.
08/15 - 14.25 miles
08/17 - 14.50 miles
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