August 2017 Biking Cycling Bicycling Challenge!
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August 2017 Goal 18 hours
August 2 - 2 hours (Trail Miles 10)
August 8 - 2 hours (Trail Miles 10)
August 15 - 2 hours (Trail Miles 5.6)
August 17 - 1 hour (Trail Miles 8.5)
August 20 - 3 hours (Trail Miles 14.2)
August 22 - 1.5 hours (Trail Miles 5.1
August 25 - 1.5 hours (Trail Miles 9.5)
August 26 - 2 hours (Trail Miles 10)
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@sijomial Sorry to read about your back! I hope all is well now.
@AgileK9 You spend a lot of time riding on the trails, great!
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I managed to get at least close to my target, even if I won't reach it. A longer ride last Sunday, and a really long (distance PR) ride today, and now I'm at 311km for the month. Not quite 400km, but not a complete fail either
Wed, 02/08/2017 - 11.5km commute
Fri, 04/08/2017 - 25.9km commute & trip downtown
Sun, 06/08/2017 - 31.8km Sunday ride
Mon, 07/08/2017 - 11.5km commute
Thu, 10/08/2017 - 11.1 km commute
Mon, 14/08/2017 - 8.9km commute
Tue, 15/08/2017 - 11.5km ride to climbing gym
Wed, 16/08/2017 - 9.7km commute
Thu, 17/08/2017 - 21.4km commute & ride to climbing gym
Sun, 20/08/2017 - 62km Sunday ride (first half with a colleague, second half alone)
Tue, 22/08/2017 - 11.5km ride to climbing gym
Thu, 24/08/2017 - 11.5km ride to climbing gym
Sun, 27/08/2017 - 84.1km Tour du Canton de Genève (parcours argent)
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311km for August (of 400km goal)
You'd think that after an 84 km ride, I would have tons of calories left over at the end of the day, but it's impressive how much you can eat and drink while cycling. I just summed it up, logging the food and drink during the ride alone adds up to nearly a thousand calories! Well, there's still some pizza and ice cream left in the bugdet for today 4 -
@_nikkiwolf_
Getting there thanks.
Back to cycling and training now. I've been given one hell of a set of rehab exercises by my Osteo to try to build my core strength up to compensate for my damaged spine.
It's made me realise my core was strong in some planes but not in others. Two minute standard planks are fine but side planks are pure evil....1 -
Aug 5-1:10 hr, AV hr 138, mhr 168 , 18 mi flat
Aug 6 2:24 hr AV 139, mhr 175, 34.98 mi (cross bike)
Aug 12 1:06hr, AV 113, mhr 144, 16.33 mi (cross bike)
Aug 27 1:44 AV 130 hr mhr 159, 28.25 mi2 -
Getting back to normal and getting some nice rides in.No particular goal this month and no events to look forward to either.
Planned a social ride on Saturday with my work assistant and cycling protégé but the weather forecast intervened. He needs a little push to increase his mileage so promised to tow him home if he struggled.
Did the route solo today instead and it took in two Royal Palaces: Hampton Court and Windsor Castle. Lovely ride through Windsor Great Park.
Took me on roads I haven't ridden in ages and it was nice to set a whole load of PRs - quite satisfying to know I'm still improving despite my advanced years!
MTD
5 Hours - 91 miles - 41 Personal Records - 3 Activities
YTD
177 Hours - 2,919.5 miles - 363 Personal Records - 153 Activities
Three highlights this week....
1/ Getting a bit repetitive doing my local rides so slung the bike in the back of the car to ride some brand new roads. 60 miler centred on Liphook in Hamphire. Got lost repeatedly, GPS seemed very flaky, also managed to lose where I had parked the car, that's really handy when you are tired and out of water!
Didn't realise it was such a hilly area - 3,900' of climbing and constant changes of elevation. Found a beast of a hill, only 5% average gradient but the damn thing went on for 2 miles without a break (highlghted below). Far more of a challenge to ride strange roads and navigate when you don't have a mind map of the area.
2/ Broken the 3,000 barrier for the year.
3/ Decided to retire from work in four weeks time - going to be loads more opportunities to cycle.
MTD
12 Hours - 186 miles - 41 Personal Records - 10 Activities
YTD
184 Hours - 3,014.5 miles - 363 Personal Records - 160 Activities
Bad week!
Back went into a major spasm on Monday (took an hour to get myself off the kitchen floor...) and it sidelined me completely.
Only back to exercise today with a steady ride avoiding potholes but did have a little sprint on a few Strava segments for fun.
MTD
14 Hours - 219 miles - 45 Personal Records - 11 Activities
YTD
186 Hours - 3,048.1 miles - 367 Personal Records - 161 Activities
Today was lovely - hot & sunny on a Bank Holiday, that can't be right?
Did a moderate effort 46.5 mile fairly flat ride including some nice woodland sections which were lovely and cool.
MTD
22 Hours - 355 miles - 56 Personal Records - 15 Activities
YTD
194 Hours - 3,184.3 miles - 378 Personal Records - 165 Activities1 -
Last Week (still cannot push past 8 hour weekly saddle time ). Back indoors this week to avoid the heat.
Duration: 8:23:46
Time Moving: 7:53:56
Distance (miles): 131
Activities: 5
Elevation Gain (feet): 631
MTD
Duration: 34:46:39
Time Moving: 33:33:39
Distance (miles): 513
Activities: 21
Elevation Gain (feet): 7,199
YTD
Duration: 159:02:16
Time Moving: 155:44:54
Distance (miles): 2,340
Activities: 120
Elevation Gain (feet): 133,625
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From one of my rides this weekend. Love peoples bike shots!
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August 1 - 4.7 km (55 min) walking + 12 flights of stairs (9 min)
Back again for August! Despite the fact that it is still winter ... I hope to get something relatively close to last year's 54 hours of exercise.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 2015: 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 2016: 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
May: 426.6 km (265.1 miles) = 39 hours 21 min
June: 575.7 km (357.7 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
July: 714 km (443.7 miles) = 52 hours 23 min Let's get started!
August 2 - 5.4 km (65 min) walking + 20 flights of stairs (16 min)
August 3 - 3.3 (41.25 min) walking + 14.25 km (45 min) cycling indoors + 14 flights of stairs (11 min)
August 4 - 1.80 (22.50 min) walking
August 5 - 121.00 km (382.11 min) cycling outside ... hilly and strenuous partially gravel ride. Tough tough ride.
August 6 - 1.6 km (20.00 min) walking
August 7 - 5.20 km (65 min) walking + 5 flights of stairs (4 min)
Blech ... ill. Coughing, sore throat, no voice ...
August 8 - 0
August 9 - 0
August 10 - 0
August 11 - 0
August 12 - 1.0 km (12.50 min) walking
August 13 - 52.60 km (166.11 min) cycling outside. Much nicer ride than last week.
August 14 - 3.10 km (38.75 min) walking + 23 km (54 min) spinning class
August 15 - 4.50 km (56.25 min) walking
August 16 - 1.40 km (17.50 min) walking
August 17 - 3.6 km (45 min) walking + 7 flights of stairs (5 min)
August 18 - 1.4 km (17 min) walking
August 19 - 183.8 km (575 min) cycling ... an event this weekend.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10366563/ultradistance-cycling#latest
And then my cold turned into a sinus infection which took me off my bicycle entirely.
August 20 - 0 km
August 21 - 5.2 km (65 min) walking
August 22 - 1.8 km (20 min) walking
August 23 - 2 km (25 min) walking + 8 flights of stairs (6 min)
August 24 - 5 km (60 min) walking
August 25 - 7.2 km (90 min) walking + 10 flights of stairs (8 min)
August 26 - 4 km (50 min) walking
August 27 - 1.2 km (15 min) walking
August 28 - 7 km (85 min) walking
August 29 - 2 km walking (25 min)
2017 Monthly August
Walking Distance (km): 72.4
Walking Time (min): 905.0
Cycling Distance (km): 394.2
Cycling Time (min): 1226.1
Stairs Climbed Number: 76.0
Stairs Climbed Time (min): 60.8
Totals
Total Distance (km): 466.6
Total Distance (miles): 289.9
Total Time (min): 2191.9
Total Time (hr): 36:31:512 -
@Machka9 Sorry to hear that - I hope you get over the sinus infection quickly and can go back to riding soon!
@kcjchang 8 hours per week is already a lot, great!
@AgileK9 and @crumpin0828 Awesome photos! I don't have a bike pic from my ride this weekend, but here's two photos from the last few weeks:
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Wed, 02/08/2017 - 11.5km commute
Fri, 04/08/2017 - 25.9km commute & trip downtown
Sun, 06/08/2017 - 31.8km Sunday ride
Mon, 07/08/2017 - 11.5km commute
Thu, 10/08/2017 - 11.1 km commute
Mon, 14/08/2017 - 8.9km commute
Tue, 15/08/2017 - 11.5km ride to climbing gym
Wed, 16/08/2017 - 9.7km commute
Thu, 17/08/2017 - 21.4km commute & ride to climbing gym
Sun, 20/08/2017 - 62km Sunday ride (first half with a colleague, second half alone)
Tue, 22/08/2017 - 11.5km ride to climbing gym
Thu, 24/08/2017 - 11.5km ride to climbing gym
Sun, 27/08/2017 - 84.1km Tour du Canton de Genève (parcours argent)
Tue, 29/08/2017 - 43.5km commute, external meeting & ride to climbing gym
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355km for August (of 400km goal)
Didn't quite reach my goal, but I came closer than I thought possible in the middle of the month 1 -
August 2017 Goal 18 hours
August 2 - 2 hours (Trail Miles 10)
August 8 - 2 hours (Trail Miles 10)
August 15 - 2 hours (Trail Miles 5.6)
August 17 - 1 hour (Trail Miles 8.5)
August 20 - 3 hours (Trail Miles 14.2)
August 22 - 1.5 hours (Trail Miles 5.1
August 25 - 1.5 hours (Trail Miles 9.5)
August 26 - 2 hours (Trail Miles 10)
August 29 - 1.5 hours (Trail Miles 7)
16.5 hours
Hoping to ride tonight which will have me reaching my goal despite looking like I wasn't going to.
It's been really smokey here in MT with all the fires going on in the state. We had a couple Red days here in Billings which is Unhealthy for everyone rating.0 -
Getting back to normal and getting some nice rides in.No particular goal this month and no events to look forward to either.
Planned a social ride on Saturday with my work assistant and cycling protégé but the weather forecast intervened. He needs a little push to increase his mileage so promised to tow him home if he struggled.
Did the route solo today instead and it took in two Royal Palaces: Hampton Court and Windsor Castle. Lovely ride through Windsor Great Park.
Took me on roads I haven't ridden in ages and it was nice to set a whole load of PRs - quite satisfying to know I'm still improving despite my advanced years!
MTD
5 Hours - 91 miles - 41 Personal Records - 3 Activities
YTD
177 Hours - 2,919.5 miles - 363 Personal Records - 153 Activities
Three highlights this week....
1/ Getting a bit repetitive doing my local rides so slung the bike in the back of the car to ride some brand new roads. 60 miler centred on Liphook in Hamphire. Got lost repeatedly, GPS seemed very flaky, also managed to lose where I had parked the car, that's really handy when you are tired and out of water!
Didn't realise it was such a hilly area - 3,900' of climbing and constant changes of elevation. Found a beast of a hill, only 5% average gradient but the damn thing went on for 2 miles without a break (highlghted below). Far more of a challenge to ride strange roads and navigate when you don't have a mind map of the area.
2/ Broken the 3,000 barrier for the year.
3/ Decided to retire from work in four weeks time - going to be loads more opportunities to cycle.
MTD
12 Hours - 186 miles - 41 Personal Records - 10 Activities
YTD
184 Hours - 3,014.5 miles - 363 Personal Records - 160 Activities
Bad week!
Back went into a major spasm on Monday (took an hour to get myself off the kitchen floor...) and it sidelined me completely.
Only back to exercise today with a steady ride avoiding potholes but did have a little sprint on a few Strava segments for fun.
MTD
14 Hours - 219 miles - 45 Personal Records - 11 Activities
YTD
186 Hours - 3,048.1 miles - 367 Personal Records - 161 Activities
Today was lovely - hot & sunny on a Bank Holiday, that can't be right?
Did a moderate effort 46.5 mile fairly flat ride including some nice woodland sections which were lovely and cool.
MTD
22 Hours - 355 miles - 56 Personal Records - 15 Activities
YTD
194 Hours - 3,184.3 miles - 378 Personal Records - 165 Activities
Weather turned wet so headed indoors and used a WattbikePro for some more technical training - I find it useful to push really hard indoors to rediscover that I'm not actually going to die even though sometimes it feels that way....
Hopefully that "confidence" carries over to outdoor rides tackling big hills and long climbs.
20 minute FTP test to push my HR then 45 minutes zone 3 afterwards.
381 miles for the month.2 -
August 2017 Goal 18 hours
August 2 - 2 hours (Trail Miles 10)
August 8 - 2 hours (Trail Miles 10)
August 15 - 2 hours (Trail Miles 5.6)
August 17 - 1 hour (Trail Miles 8.5)
August 20 - 3 hours (Trail Miles 14.2)
August 22 - 1.5 hours (Trail Miles 5.1
August 25 - 1.5 hours (Trail Miles 9.5)
August 26 - 2 hours (Trail Miles 10)
August 29 - 1.5 hours (Trail Miles 7)
August 30 - 1.5 hours (Trail Miles 9)
18 hours - I made it! Yeah!2 -
August 1 - 4.7 km (55 min) walking + 12 flights of stairs (9 min)
Back again for August! Despite the fact that it is still winter ... I hope to get something relatively close to last year's 54 hours of exercise.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 2015: 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 2016: 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
May: 426.6 km (265.1 miles) = 39 hours 21 min
June: 575.7 km (357.7 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
July: 714 km (443.7 miles) = 52 hours 23 min Let's get started!
August 2 - 5.4 km (65 min) walking + 20 flights of stairs (16 min)
August 3 - 3.3 (41.25 min) walking + 14.25 km (45 min) cycling indoors + 14 flights of stairs (11 min)
August 4 - 1.80 (22.50 min) walking
August 5 - 121.00 km (382.11 min) cycling outside ... hilly and strenuous partially gravel ride. Tough tough ride.
August 6 - 1.6 km (20.00 min) walking
August 7 - 5.20 km (65 min) walking + 5 flights of stairs (4 min)
Blech ... ill. Coughing, sore throat, no voice ...
August 8 - 0
August 9 - 0
August 10 - 0
August 11 - 0
August 12 - 1.0 km (12.50 min) walking
August 13 - 52.60 km (166.11 min) cycling outside. Much nicer ride than last week.
August 14 - 3.10 km (38.75 min) walking + 23 km (54 min) spinning class
August 15 - 4.50 km (56.25 min) walking
August 16 - 1.40 km (17.50 min) walking
August 17 - 3.6 km (45 min) walking + 7 flights of stairs (5 min)
August 18 - 1.4 km (17 min) walking
August 19 - 183.8 km (575 min) cycling ... an event this weekend.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10366563/ultradistance-cycling#latest
And then my cold turned into a sinus infection.
August 20 - 0 km
August 21 - 5.2 km (65 min) walking
August 22 - 1.8 km (20 min) walking
August 23 - 2 km (25 min) walking + 8 flights of stairs (6 min)
August 24 - 5 km (60 min) walking
August 25 - 7.2 km (90 min) walking + 10 flights of stairs (8 min)
August 26 - 4 km (50 min) walking
August 27 - 1.2 km (15 min) walking
August 28 - 7 km (85 min) walking
August 29 - 2 km walking (25 min)
August 30 - 4.5 km walking (55 min)
August 31 - 4.7 km walking (55 min) + 10 flights of stairs (8 min)
2017 Monthly August
Walking Distance (km): 81.6
Walking Time (min): 1020.0
Cycling Distance (km): 394.2
Cycling Time (min): 1226.1
Stairs Climbed Number: 94.0
Stairs Climbed Time (min): 75.2
Totals
Total Distance (km): 475.8
Total Distance (miles): 295.6
Total Time (min): 2321.3
Total Time (hr): 38:41:15
And that's August.1 -
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MTD*
Duration: 32:40:42
Time Moving: 31:26:51
Distance (miles): 513
Activities: 22
Elevation Gain (feet): 11,457
YTD*
Duration: 150:56:19
Time Moving: 147:38:06
Distance (miles): 2,279
Activities: 118
Elevation Gain (feet): 137,883
* Corrected, forgot to remove planned rides1 -
Did not make my goal this month but I gave it a go. 3 more rides this week. All on the road.
Sunday 8.1 miles
Tuesday 7.2 miles
Wednesday 7.2 miles
Goal: 125 road miles/ 40 trail miles
MTD: 99.7 road miles/ 32.6 trail miles
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