May 2017 Biking Cycling Bicycling Challenge!

35dollars

Welcome to our May 2017 Cycling Thread!

ohhim wrote:

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? Do you race crits, ironman, or centuries? 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.

Previous thread is here

There's no set challenge across participants - this is a mixed-ability / mixed-experience / everyone welcome group. Just pick your own target that you want to achieve this month, post that when you join the thread, and post updates throughout the month as you're working towards your target.

35dollars

For May, I'm going to try to start upping my mileage (the main obstacle being my inability to get out of the house quickly in the mornings). I'm going to aim for 500 miles.

pedermj2002

Due to work requirements this month, I'm actually lowering my goals (I've got a whole week where I don't expect to get *any* miles). Once I get back, I'm going to get back into training programs and get my mileage back up, but for now, reduce it down to 225mi for the month.

Machka9

Review ... (Distances include cycling + walking)
March 15: 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 16: 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
Aug: 775.9 km (482.1 miles) = 54 hours 52 minutes
Sep: 371.3 km (230.7 miles) = 32 hours 20 min
Oct: 649 km (403.3 miles) = 49 hours 46 min
Nov: 403 km (250.4 miles) = 52 hours 16 min
Dec: 511.05 km (317.55 miles) = 52 hours 2 min
Jan: 741.9 km (461.0 miles) = 70 hours 3 min
Feb: 600.5 km (373.1 miles) = 57 hours 30 min
Mar: 1113.2 km (691.7 miles) = 78 hours 25 min
Apr: 1181.9 km (734.4 miles) = 76 hours 45 min

April's goal was 1000 km of cycling, and we did that ... May is a strength-building month.

ladyreva78

New biker here. I'm actually getting my bike middle of this week. This kinda means that I won't really have a target beyond "go out for a ride as often as I can and see how far I can get" for this month.

Machka9

Review ... (Distances include cycling + walking)
March 15: 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 16: 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
Aug: 775.9 km (482.1 miles) = 54 hours 52 minutes
Sep: 371.3 km (230.7 miles) = 32 hours 20 min
Oct: 649 km (403.3 miles) = 49 hours 46 min
Nov: 403 km (250.4 miles) = 52 hours 16 min
Dec: 511.05 km (317.55 miles) = 52 hours 2 min
Jan: 741.9 km (461.0 miles) = 70 hours 3 min
Feb: 600.5 km (373.1 miles) = 57 hours 30 min
Mar: 1113.2 km (691.7 miles) = 78 hours 25 min
Apr: 1181.9 km (734.4 miles) = 76 hours 45 min

April's goal was 1000 km of cycling, and we did that ... May is a strength-building month.

May 1 - 3.5 km walking (40 min) + 20.4 km spin bike (44 min) + 1.7 km rowing (12 min)


2017 Monthly May
Walking Distance (km): 3.5
Walking Time (min): 43.8
Cycling Distance (km): 0.0
Cycling Time (min): 44.0
Stairs Climbed Number: 0.0
Stairs Climbed Time (min): 0.0
Other Distance: 1.7
Other Time: 12.0

Totals
Total Distance (km): 5.2
Total Distance (miles): 3.2
Total Time (min): 99.8
Total Time (hr): 1:39:45

bluestarlight19

I would like to get back into it again. Mostly use my exercise bike during the week, but aim to get outside at least once a week, probably on weekends. I want to aim for (since I haven't biked in a while...) I'm going to aim for 100 miles for the month

JinnBee

I just got a new bike! My goal for May is to ride 15 out of 31 days, for at least 30 minutes each time, and to take my dog with me (she's trying to lose some weight too!)

cathyge6983

Welcome everyone to another month of riding!!!

I'm reducing my miles in May to 200. I hope to do a combination of indoor and outdoor, but will again be primarily riding indoors on a trainer (and using Zwift).

JetJaguar

I'm getting back into cycling after about a 2 1/2 year layoff, so I'll give this a try. My goals are time-based rather than by mileage because I split my time between road and mountain biking, and the pace on a technical trail is so much lower than on the road that the two aren't comparable.

Still building my endurance back up so I'm not really sure what I'm capable of at the moment, but I'll aim for a minimum of 15 hours of riding for the month, with an objective goal of 20 hours.

mugwortmayd

I'd like to jump in if I may! I've been cycling sporadically for the last couple of years, but I’d really like to get more serious about it this year. I’m looking forward to being capable of some longer rides again. This month I am aiming for 200 miles.

Melonpaul

Hello All, I'm getting back into the swing of things and would love to join this challenge, I'm going to aim for 150 miles for the month of May. Good luck everyone!

twenaj

January - Achieved 181.79 Miles - No target set - Duration 08:01:34
February - Achieved 353.62 Miles - Target 300 Miles - Duration 17:57:35 - Target Achieved
March - Achieved 238.67 Miles - Target 350 Miles - Duration 12:13:25 - Target Missed
April - Achieved 221.12 Miles - Target 350 Miles - Duration 15:35:39 - Target Missed

Target for this month I will leave at 350 even though I've missed it for the last 2 months because of too many other things going on, but I will give it my best shot anyway as always.

Good luck to every one with your targets.

35dollars

Great to see loads of new people on the thread this month - welcome all

35dollars

Off the mark for May

Wed 03 - 24.05 miles: MTD 24.05 / 500, YTD 1325.51 / 4000

_nikkiwolf_

I'm in again! Since I managed to ride 200km in April instead of my 150km goal, I'll see if I can repeat that in May.

It's great to see many people joining this thread, happy riding to all of you!


3.5.2017 - 15km commute
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15km of 200km May goal

35dollars

Copied from last month's thread, a plus for the most excellent CycLeagues (online cycling leagues, but not just for boy/girl-racers)

Jakess1971 wrote: »

Any of the cyclists in here interested in a Summer Challenge?

When: 1st June to 30th September.

What rides will count? Turbo & Outdoor rides all valid via the Strava Club feed where I fetch the data automatically using a system called CycLeagues which you can login to at any time to view the live league standings.

Basically this will be the Summer version of this:

http://cycleagues.blogspot.co.uk/…/cycleagues-winter-challe…

1 point per 50km + 1 point per 500m + 1 point per hour in the saddle.

At the risk of bankruptcy I'll be creating and sending out in the post some real life badges for the Summer Challenge Champion and the winners of the Summer Inter-Cat Cup that will take place during the final two weeks.

Places are not limited, everyone is welcome to play and I encourage you to invite your friends along for the challenge fun.

People are also welcome to join in at any time, the only limitation for new members is that only the last several days worth of activities will count from the point of joining in, everyone from the very casual to the ultra competitive nut job is welcome.

This will be our second year of running this and after an excellent Winter Challenge I'm hoping this will also be a good competitive challenge for all involved.

Interested in joining? Just do the following two things:

1. Join this Facebook group, this is our community for banta and the central point for challenge information:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/118072208643394/

2. Join this Strava group:

https://www.strava.com/clubs/CycLeagues

We have 50 cyclists taking part so far but more is most welcome.

Here are a few screen shots from the system we use.


The leaderboard is separated into cats:



We have a top gear style 'biggest distance' over the challenge date period you can compete on.



You can see how you figure over the full leaderboard



And we even have something for the speed demons



We also compete monthly but the Summer Challenge is a big challenge coming up so I thought I'd offer an open invite before things kick off on June 1st.

Here are the cyclist participants for the month of April:

35dollars

Thu 04 - 24.05 miles: MTD 48.1 / 500, YTD 1349.56 / 4000

tcaley4

Between work and spring stormy weather, I hope May is better. I only got just over 100 miles last month, way under my goal.

cwolfman13

Shooting for 60 miles per week at the moment...so about 300 miles this month including the first 3 days of June.

ladyreva78

ladyreva78 wrote: »

New biker here. I'm actually getting my bike middle of this week. This kinda means that I won't really have a target beyond "go out for a ride as often as I can and see how far I can get" for this month.

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