2023 Cycling Challenge

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  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 702 Member
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    Finished a makeup ride today with a trip to and from McDonalds with some extra milage thrown in. Huzzah. :smile:

    Ride - 10.09 miles
    Previous - 780.36 miles

    Total - 790.45 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
    (1st run completed 5/6/23)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9446471318

    Looks like tomorrow, I'm going over the 800 mile mark. Yay!
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,137 Member
    edited July 2023
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    Previous 1505.63 miles
    10/07 21.41 miles
    13/07 21.52 miles

    YTD 1548.56/2023

    @wendsg - thanks for the advice. My husband & I took the whole thing apart and found the axel to be fine. It seems the problem is the right crank arm had loosened and there is now wear on the treads so the nut keeping on the arm isn't staying tight. He's going to put 'lock-tight' glue on it to keep the nut tight and see if that works for a while.
  • ashleycarole86
    ashleycarole86 Posts: 6,189 Member
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    Thurs Jul 13

    Short commuting ride - 0.78 miles

    Previous: 577.69 miles
    YTD: 578.47/2023 miles complete

    We are going out to a trail today so I'll be back with some miles later on!
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 702 Member
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    @Mari33a That may work for a bit, but it may not be able to handle much in the way of wattage. Fortunately if it's the bearing arrangement I talked about earlier the axel is very cheap and easy to replace (you can get it on ebay for, like, 30 bucks). If it's a more modern setup where the axel comes off the chainring crank and goes through a press fit bearing to the left crank... nngh. Recommend ordering a new one and having it on standby for when the locktite eventually fails. Sorry to be the bearer of potentially bad news, but that sucks. :(

    Zwifting today because 95F outside with 55% humidity is not friendly cycling weather. Died on a virtual mountain. The Col du Platzerwasel can eat my entire butt.

    Ride 1 - 10.02 miles
    Ride 2 - 13.01miles
    Previous - 790.45 miles

    Total - 813.48 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
    (1st run completed 5/6/23)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9452075963
    https://www.strava.com/activities/9452477082
  • SavageMrsMoose
    SavageMrsMoose Posts: 631 Member
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    @RMUNTZ2 Sorry about your mom. Hoping for a quick and full recovery

    @ashleycarole86 Congratulations on your race!

    Got hit with a terrible stomach bug or food poisoning a week ago. Finally recovered and got good news about my injured shoulder, although the cortisone shot wiped me out for an afternoon. Feeling better today but trying to resist the urge to make up all my missed workouts from the week.

    Back in Houston and even walking outside made me nauseous from the heat. It’s Peloton and treadmill for me here for the foreseeable future.

    7/16. Peloton 31.68

    Previous 1120.51

    YTD: 1152.19/2023
  • ashleycarole86
    ashleycarole86 Posts: 6,189 Member
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    @SavageMrsMoose That sounds terrible... sorry you had to go through that

    Fri Jul 14

    Outdoor gravel ride on the Myra Canyon Trestle trail - 13.74 miles

    Previous: 578.47 miles
    YTD: 592.21/2023 miles complete
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 702 Member
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    @SavageMrsMoose Gah, I hope you recover quickly!! Yikes.

    Forgot to log yesterday's ride. Got in a ride today plus a makeup ride. Only 3 more makeup rides to go - and I've finally finished all the climbs in the Zwift Climb Portal, so yay for that!!!

    Will say that while Col du Tourmalet is terribly long, it didn't feel quite as horrid as Puy de Dome. But holy cats, was it a slog!!! (not as bad as Ventoux, though. Nothing in Zwift is worse than Ventoux in my opinion.)

    Ride 1 - 10.03 miles
    Ride 2 - 16.05 miles
    Ride 3 - 23.13
    Previous - 813.48 miles

    Total - 862.69 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
    (1st run completed 5/6/23)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9465030086
    https://www.strava.com/activities/9469069172
    https://www.strava.com/activities/9470531178
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,137 Member
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    Previous 1548.56 miles
    14/07 23.08 miles
    16/07 21.32 miles
    17/07 21.37 miles

    YTD 1614.33/2023

    @SavageMrsMoose - Hope your feeling better, that sounded rough.

    @wendsg - Its the 2nd type of axel you mentioned. I'll do some checking online and get something ordered. Thanks for ur advice!
  • SavageMrsMoose
    SavageMrsMoose Posts: 631 Member
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    I’ve been trying to get from Houston to NYC for days! Yesterday our flight was delayed by 8 hours so we rebooked for today. Just got delayed by 2 hours! At least I got my peloton in this morning! And I’ve recovered from my stomach bug!

    Peloton

    7/17. 8.5
    7/18 17.9 - record output for a 60 minute ride

    Total: 26.4 miles

    Previous-
    1152.19

    YTD. 1178.59/ 2023
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 702 Member
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    @Mari33a I hope things work well for you! I hate sounding like a bike-parts shill (trust me, I do things as cheaply as possible!!) but sometimes you just absolutely have to bite the bullet. LokTite is great, but it's definitely not a safe, permanent solution when it comes to parts that are under cyclic stress on a bicycle. :(

    @SavageMrsMoose So glad you've recovered from your stomach bug! Do wish you luck on getting to NYC. Yeesh, travel issues are the worst.

    Rode to and from the pool in another development today - did enough extra milage to count as the daily 10 and a makeup ride. Only 2 makeup rides left to go - officially done with the vacation ones, now time to make up the two that were 'I had so many chores and other random nonsense that I ran out of time and/or motivation' days. :)

    Ride 1 - 10.65 miles
    Ride 2 - 10.48 miles
    Previous - 862.69 miles

    Total - 883.82 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
    (1st run completed 5/6/23)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9474663013
    https://www.strava.com/activities/9476196653
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 702 Member
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    Only 1 more makeup day after this, and that'll get knocked out tomorrow. Huzzah!!

    Today did both rides in Zwift - one a simple 10 miles with a robopacer, the other a climb in the climb portal with the cooldown being with the slowest robopacer (first time using the 'teleport' feature, and I think I'm in love lol)

    Ride 1 - 10.01 miles
    Ride 2 - 10.01 miles
    Previous - 883.82 miles

    Total - 903.84 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
    (1st run completed 5/6/23)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9483475431
    https://www.strava.com/activities/9483896640
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 702 Member
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    Didn't get that makeup ride today - ran out of hours. But there's always tomorrow to get it done!

    Just the daily 10 accomplished today amongst a ton of chores.

    Ride - 10.02 miles
    Previous - 903.84 miles

    Total - 913.86 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
    (1st run completed 5/6/23)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9488880269
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 702 Member
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    Finally done with makeup rides! And took advantage of a little... exploit in Zwift. Will be doing this again. Repeatedly. Until the end of the month. Daily 10s in the climb portal are so ON.

    Ride 1 - 10.04 miles
    Ride 2 - 10.05 miles
    Previous - 913.86 miles

    Total - 933.95 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
    (1st run completed 5/6/23)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9495596697
    https://www.strava.com/activities/9495985186
  • SavageMrsMoose
    SavageMrsMoose Posts: 631 Member
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    Finally got to NYC. Had a couple really nice runs in Central Park and some fantastic pizza! Return to Houston was much easier.

    Still staying on track with the bike mileage. Hopefully I’ll get a few extra the rest of this month. Too hot to do anything outside other than walk here.

    7/21 Peloton 13.8 miles

    Previous 1178.59 miles

    YTD: 1192.39/2023
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 702 Member
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    Daily 10, taking advantage of the Zwift Climb Portal experience exploit. Going to do a grand fondo this month doing nothing but looping a segment here to see how much exp I can get because why the heck not?

    Ride - 10.00 miles
    Previous - 933.95 miles

    Total - 943.95 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
    (1st run completed 5/6/23)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9503187771
  • SavageMrsMoose
    SavageMrsMoose Posts: 631 Member
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    7/23 peloton 21.2 miles

    Previous: 1192.39

    YTD: 1213.59/ 2023
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 702 Member
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    Missed yesterday's ride due to running out of hours - will hit a makeup ride tomorrow.

    Got today's daily 10 done, though! More Zwifting for more easy experience points.

    Ride - 10.07 miles
    Previous - 943.95 miles

    Total - 954.02 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
    (1st run completed 5/6/23)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9515487011
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 702 Member
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    Couldn't load yesterday's due to a construction crew hitting the fiber cables in our neighborhood and taking down the internet in the evening. So this is a combination between yesterday’s rides (to and from the pool and then an evening ride with a ride partner) and today’s rides (a Zwift event and another evening ride with the same ride partner).

    Ride 1 - 2.18 miles
    Ride 2 - 10.79 miles
    Ride 3 - 12.14 miles
    Ride 4 - 17.01 miles
    Ride 5 - 7.41 miles
    Previous - 954.02 miles

    Total - 1003.55 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
    (1st run completed 5/6/23)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9518665312
    https://www.strava.com/activities/9519245573
    https://www.strava.com/activities/9521911466
    https://www.strava.com/activities/9527467930
    https://www.strava.com/activities/9527911941
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,137 Member
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    It must be a week since I posted my cycles. Life has has been just too busy.

    Previous 1614.33 miles
    21/07 21.37 miles
    22/07 5.71 miles
    24/07 21.37 miles

    YTD 1662.77/2023
  • SavageMrsMoose
    SavageMrsMoose Posts: 631 Member
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    More peloton

    7/25. 16.57

    7/26. 8.3

    7/27. 26.28

    Previous: 1213.59

    YTD: 1264.74/ 2023

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