2023 Cycling Challenge

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  • chris_in_cal
    chris_in_cal Posts: 2,238 Member
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    Mari33a wrote: »
    YTD 2102.01/2023 miles
    Impressive! Who knew you were multi-skilled. That is some serious milage (or kilometerage :)
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,103 Member
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    @chris_in_cal 😂🙈 I don’t think I am. I love to run but I’m not good at it & our weather is really unpredictable & makes it hard to get outside so 2019 I bought a spin bike & love it.
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 682 Member
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    @billbiggers06 Woah! It's been a while! Glad to see you back. :smile:

    Had a bit of an aquarium disaster over the last couple of days that put me right back into having makeup rides once more. Tomorrow should wrap those up if I can get two rides in. Gah. Nothing like having an 80 gallon aquarium decide to start pissing water out of itself. But it's resealed and is successfully maintaining a full water inventory right now - leaving it in a '24-hour hold' status over the course of the night before I dare get the gravel, the plants and the fish back in. It's been an interesting week off the bike lol

    Thank goodness for Zwift - been able to squeeze rides in between monitoring water levels and taking care of the house.

    Ride 1 - 2.02 miles <- Interrupted by aquarium emergency
    Ride 2 - 14.03 miles
    Ride 3 - 10.01 miles <- Make up from aquarium emergency pt. 1
    Previous - 1756.66 miles

    Total - 1782.72 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
    (1st run completed 5/6/23)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9893967475
    https://www.strava.com/activities/9906889161
    https://www.strava.com/activities/9907891947
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 682 Member
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    Almost don't want to jinx myself by proclaiming that I'm once again done with makeup rides... but I'm once again done with makeup rides. The aquarium's holding, too. Got its gravel back in it - now am holding while the filtration system and gravity do their thing and get the water clarity restored before I return the plants.

    Ride 1 - 13.04 miles
    Ride 2 - 10.02 miles <- Make up from aquarium emergency pt. 2
    Previous - 1782.72 miles

    Total - 1805.78 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
    (1st run completed 5/6/23)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9914380054
    https://www.strava.com/activities/9914603778
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 682 Member
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    Daily ride done with a workout in Zwift. Good times! Lots of fun on this map.

    Ride - 14.00 miles
    Previous - 1805.78 miles

    Total - 1819.78 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
    (1st run completed 5/6/23)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9920508057
  • billbiggers06
    billbiggers06 Posts: 53 Member
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    Well if it ain’t always something around here… I entered the wonderful world of atrial fibrillation on Sunday night, spending five hours in the ER, trying to get my heart rate back down. I seem to be back to normal now, but I cannot schedule the follow up tests because my medical provider is about to go on strike and they are not making any appointments. I may get on the bike anyways and just “take it easy“ but I’m sure that won’t be a popular decision around here. If I drop dead before the end of the year, I want to be strapped to my bike and rolled around a track until I hit my goal. Don’t forget to turn on Strava!7qdouvve2l56.png
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 682 Member
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    @billbiggers06 Oh holy heck!!! :worried: Dude! Please, please take care of yourself. If/when you get to pedaling again, definitely take it easy. I'm glad you're still kickin'!!

    On this front, did the daily 10 on the way to a swim (and took it really easy coming back to the house)... and I'd forgotten that Tuesdays and Thursdays are not only swim days, but also 'the significant other wants to work out' so get onto Zwift and pound out some miles on the pedals days. Yeesh. So three recorded rides today. None very long, but the last one was quite tough.

    Ride 1 - 11.99 miles
    Ride 2 - 3.16 miles
    Ride 3 - 15.02 miles
    Previous - 1819.78 miles

    Total - 1849.95 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
    (1st run completed 5/6/23)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9923998679
    https://www.strava.com/activities/9924366235
    https://www.strava.com/activities/9926821928
  • RMUNTZ2
    RMUNTZ2 Posts: 121 Member
    edited September 2023
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    It looks everyone has exceeded 2023 or is very close and I believe all will get there.

    Well, I have not been riding but have been walking. I have been working on the trailer I pull to cycling events and camping grounds and free camping sites, adding solar and battery system. I mounted my bike high on the wall to preserve floor space. I am mounting some light shelving to organize my battery, refrigerator and freezer. I have a changing area and clothes rack for convenience when you are at a campground or riding event. If I have water and food, I should be able to stay out for weeks before I need to go into town. I never go that long. You never know when you need a burger and beer!

    Its been 90 days since my Mom passed away and I wanted to ride. I loaded my bike but did not ride. I am finishing my trailer and plan to travel to two events still in the midwest before winter.

    Photos to follow completion of the trailer.

    My 2023 YTD Total Cycling Distance is 2,318.94 mi
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,103 Member
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    A few mores rides in.
    Previous 2102.01 miles
    25/09 10.11 miles
    26/09 10.59 miles
    27/09 10.38 miles

    YTD 2133.09/2023 miles

    @billbiggers06 - Take care and do listen to your body!
    @RMUNTZ2 - Your trailer sounds like such a freedom.
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 682 Member
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    Final stage of Pretzelfest in Zwift done today. Got a dental appointment and other shenanigans, so this'll be the only ride.

    Ride 1 - 14.01 miles
    Previous - 1849.95 miles

    Total - 1863.96 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
    (1st run completed 5/6/23)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9930657101
  • ashleycarole86
    ashleycarole86 Posts: 6,156 Member
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    Here is my ride catch up:

    Sun Sep 17
    45 min Power Zone Endurance 90s Ride (Peloton) - 13.73 miles

    Sun Sep 24
    45 min Power Zone Endurance Ride (Peloton) - 13.50 miles
    30 min Power Zone Endurance Ride (Peloton) - 9.03 miles

    Mon Sep 25
    30 min Power Zone Ride (Peloton) - 9.30 miles

    Previous: 699.52 miles
    YTD: 745.08/2023 miles complete
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 682 Member
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    Daily 10 done with a workout, plus some extra rides to get to places and to spend time away from the main portion of the house while the kiddo was in a virtual appointment that I want to provide her privacy in.

    Ride 1 - 1.83 miles
    Ride 2 - 1.61 miles
    Ride 3 - 13.00 miles
    Ride 4 - 7.03 miles
    Previous - 1863.96 miles

    Total - 1887.43 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
    (1st run completed 5/6/23)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9937099393
    https://www.strava.com/activities/9937465824
    https://www.strava.com/activities/9939502269
    https://www.strava.com/activities/9939707899
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,103 Member
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    Previous 2133.09 miles
    28/09 11.03 miles

    YTD 2144.12/2023 miles
    Have a good weekend everyone!
  • cszulc
    cszulc Posts: 39 Member
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    Have done 4 more indoor classes since last update. 86.8 miles - 3 were HIIT, one I kept it pretty much zone 3 ride.

    Rode outside yesterday, took a spill when I took a curve too fast slipped and rode off into the brush. I'm OK but my rear wheel took some damage. It didn't seem too bad but I took it in to bike shop (needed a tune up anyway) and they said it was beyond repair! I didn't think it was that bad...but they were able to do a warranty claim so getting it replaced. Made it 11 miles when this happened -- luckily I was near home as I was doing an out/back followed by an out/back and I was right in the middle of the two.

    Stats YTD:
    Indoor mileage - 2,206.00
    Outdoor mileage - 521.02
    Total - 2,727.02 (74% of 3,685 goal)
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,103 Member
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    Previous 2144.12 miles
    30/09 10.32 miles

    YTD 2154.44/2023 miles
  • ashleycarole86
    ashleycarole86 Posts: 6,156 Member
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    Sorry to hear about your crash and bike damage @cszulc
  • ashleycarole86
    ashleycarole86 Posts: 6,156 Member
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    Fri Sep 30
    30 min Power Zone Endurance Ride (Peloton) - 8.99 miles

    Previous: 745.08 miles
    YTD: 754.07/2023 miles complete
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 682 Member
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    @cszulc Oh yikes!!! Glad to hear that /you're/ okay - I had the exact opposite at the beginning of August in my crash. Bike was absolutely fine (it was my vintage Panasonic DX-3000 - that bike could likely survive a nuclear detonation), but I was absolutely battered. Right arm still hasn't finished recovery, and index finger still feels... wrong. Just wrong. Pain when utilized at times and not enough strength in it, plus still about 50% bigger than the index finger on my left hand and thicker overall than my middle finger. As said, wrong.

    I have yesterday to make up (ran out of hours in the day), but I'm going to do that tomorrow. That'll put me finishing the Zwift training plan tomorrow for a make up ride, and doing the Tour of Watopia for the daily ride. Gotta earn that double experience while I sweat all over my trainer, darn it!! (and who knows, maybe starting Monday I'll start rampaging around on that gravel bike some more just for fun - there's a few grassy trails I've seen around the neighborhood and I intend to see if they'll swallow my tires or not lol)

    Ride 1 - 12.01 miles
    Previous - 1887.43 miles

    Total - 1899.44 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
    (1st run completed 5/6/23)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9951380735
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 682 Member
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    Tour of Watopia doesn't start until tomorrow, so today ended up being a gravel bike day. No regrets. :smiley:

    Ride - 10.62 miles
    Previous - 1899.44 miles

    Total - 1910.06 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
    (1st run completed 5/6/23)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9958050686
  • ashleycarole86
    ashleycarole86 Posts: 6,156 Member
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    Sorry, had my Friday ride dated Sep 30 instead of Sep 29. I DID also ride Sep 30 and Oct 1:

    Sat Sep 30
    30 min Power Zone Ride (Peloton) - 9.03 miles

    Sun Oct 1
    45 min Power Zone Ride (Peloton) - 13.58 miles

    Previous: 754.07 miles
    YTD: 776.68/2023 miles complete

    After a rough start to the year motivation wise, I seem to be getting my mojo back. Feels good. Last year I easily completed the 2023 miles and this year I clearly won't BUT I am going to get a lot closer than I originally thought. Onwards and upwards!

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