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September Cycling Challenge 2013
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9/1 - 5.1 miles in the heat of the day.
9/2 - 7.5 miles. Hot, but at least it was cloudy today.
9/3 - rest day.
9/4 - 5.2 miles.
9/5 - 0 miles. Mowed instead.
9/6 - 0 miles. Mowed instead.
9/7 - 7 miles. Met a new person.
9/8 - 4 miles and mowed for 30 minutes.
9/9 - 5.6 miles.
9/10 - 4.7 miles.
9/11 - 3.9 miles. Hmmm. I think I need to reverse the current trend.
9/12 - 0 miles. Just overwhelmingly fatigued today.
9/13 - 7.4 miles.
9/14 - 4.6 miles and that puts me at exactly halfway to my goal for the month.
9/15 - 4.5 miles.
9/16 - Rest day.
9/17 - 0
9/18 - 5.8 miles.
9/19 - 6.5 miles.
9/20 - 4 miles.
9/21 - 0 Thoughts are with those killed or injured in New England century ride.
9/22 - 5.8 miles.
9/23 - 0
9/24 - 0
9/25 - 6.2 miles.
9/26 - 0
9/27 - 2.6 miles.
9/28 - 0
9/29 - 0
9/30 -
MTD - 90.4 miles.
Goal for September - 110 miles.
Remaining - 19.6 miles.
Wow. I'm not even going to get to 100 miles this month. Oh well. October will be better. Maybe.0 -
Tonight's ride pic: Trinity Park, Fort Worth
very impressive night ride, what lights do you use out of interest0 -
September 01, 2013 - Distance: 29.370 miles ♦ Max Speed: 25.4 ♦ Average Speed: 13.9
Time: 2:06:29 ♦ Temperature during ride: 78.3°F
September 03, 2013 - Distance: 10.220 miles ♦ Max Speed: 30.5 ♦ Average Speed: 13.5
Time: 45:15 ♦ Temperature during ride: 72.7°F
September 04, 2013 - Distance: 12.523 miles ♦ Max Speed: 30.2 ♦ Average Speed: 13.3
Time: 56:05 ♦ Temperature during ride: 79.5°F
September 06, 2013 - Distance: 8.125 miles ♦ Max Speed: 25.3 ♦ Average Speed: 14.9
Time: 32.44 ♦ Temperature during ride: 74.6°F
September 08, 2013 - Distance: 23.001 miles ♦ Max Speed: 29.8 ♦ Average Speed: 13.1
Time: 1:44:56 ♦ Temperature during ride: 74.3°F
September 10, 2013 - Distance: 9.125 miles ♦ Max Speed: 28.4 ♦ Average Speed: 13.7
Time: 39.58 ♦ Temperature during ride: 72.8°F
September 11, 2013 - Distance: 9.169 miles ♦ Max Speed: 32.7 ♦ Average Speed: 14.1
Time: 38.48 ♦ Temperature during ride: 73.9°F
September 12, 2013 - Distance: 9.093 miles ♦ Max Speed: 34.3 ♦ Average Speed: 13.6
Time: 40:06 ♦ Temperature during ride: 74.9°F
September 13, 2013 - Distance: 8.119 miles ♦ Max Speed: 25.0 ♦ Average Speed: 15.1
Time: 32:11 ♦ Temp: 74.3°F
September 15, 2013 - Distance: 19.052 miles ♦ Max Speed: 26.3 ♦ Average Speed: 14.8
Time: 1:16:47 ♦ Temp: 78.3°F
September 17, 2013 - Distance: 9.817 miles ♦ Max Speed: 23.5 ♦ Average Speed: 14.2
Time: 41:03 ♦ Temp: 71.8°F
September 18, 2013 - Distance: 10.283 miles ♦ Max Speed: 30.3 ♦ Average Speed: 13.8
Time: 44:27 ♦ Temp: 73.0°F
September 19, 2013 - Distance: 10.427 miles ♦ Max Speed: 28.4 ♦ Average Speed: 14.5
Time: 43:02 ♦ Temp: 74.1°F
September 23, 2013 - Distance: 10.094 miles ♦ Max Speed: 23.8 ♦ Average Speed: 13.3
Time: 45:10 ♦ Temp: 63.7°F
September 24, 2013 - Distance: 11.223 miles ♦ Max Speed: 31.2 ♦ Average Speed: 14.4
Time: 46.57 ♦ Temp: 63.7°F
September 26, 2013 - Distance: 11.298 miles ♦ Max Speed: 30.5 ♦ Average Speed: 14.6
Time: 46.08 ♦ Temp: 67.3°F
September 27, 2013 - Distance: 9.8 miles ♦ Max Speed: 23.7 ♦ Average Speed: 13.3
Time: 44:09 ♦ Temp: 73.4°F
September 30, 2013 - Distance: 12.94 miles ♦ Max Speed: 32.0 ♦ Average Speed: 14.2
Time: 54:31 ♦ Temp: 63.7°F
MTD: 223.6790 -
Tonight's ride pic: Trinity Park, Fort Worth
very impressive night ride, what lights do you use out of interest
I have a Cygo Lite Rover II, which at this point is kind of obsolete. Most people seem to use Cygo Lites or NIght Riders.0 -
many thanks0
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9/28
50 miles 3 hrs flat...made the goal
MTD: 319 miles
AWESOME! I have a 50 mile ride coming up on Saturday, no way I'll be anywhere close to 3 hours! (Hoping for under 5 including stops.)
9/1 6.8 mi ride (On my brand new road bike!), 4.52 mi run/walk
9/2 366.7 mi (motorcycle- WOOHOO!)
9/3 6.2 mi run/walk, 2.0 mi walk
9/4 10.77 mi ride, 1.66 mi walk
9/5 14.41 mi ride
9/6 7.23 mi run/walk
9/7 30.39 mi ride
9/8 3.7 mi walk
9/9 6.12 mi run/walk, 2.57 mi walk
9/10 15.73 mi ride
9/11 dental surgery :-/
9/12 1.69 mi walk, 10.4 mi ride
9/13 3.56 mi run/walk
9/14 35.08 ride
9/15 Rest
9/16 6.17 mi run/walk
9/17 16.83 mi ride
9/18 3.45 mi run/walk
9/19 17.03 mi ride
9/20 Rest
9/21 3.1 mi run (DASH to Remember 5k)
9/22 40.13 ride
9/23 6.31 mi run/walk
9/24 18.2 mi ride
9/25 4.04 mi run/walk
9/26 11.31 mi ride
9/27 Rest
9/28 35.6 mi ride into the wind!
9/29 7.14 mi run/walk (my longest run so far)
Total: 332.14 mi0 -
1st Sept - 1,200m OW swim
2nd Sept - 34.61 miles
3rd Sept - REST
4th Sept - Walk - not feeling well
5th Sept - Walk - not feeling well
6th Sept - 34.62 miles
7th Sept - REST
8th Sept - 10km RACE
9th Sept - 34.65 miles
10th Sept - 34.73 miles
11th Sept - REST
12th Sept - 34.76 miles
15th Sept - RACE - Olympic dist Triathlon - 1500m / 42k (26.72 miles) / 10k
18th Sept - RUN - 5k
24th Sept - SWIM - 1500m
25th Sept - 34.75 miles
26th Sept - 21.22 miles
30th Sept - 17.47 miles
Total: 273.53 Cycle
Total: 25km Run
Total: 4,200m Swim
Target: 500 miles Cycle
Remaining: 226.47 *** Boo. Didn't hit target ***0 -
The goal this month is 180 miles
9/02--16.23 miles
9/05--11.09 miles
9/06--24.65 miles
9/08--12.08 miles
9/10--17.26 miles
9/11--24.66 miles
9/13--19.74 miles
9/15--20.44 miles
9/17--17.20 miles
9/20--16.66 miles
9/22--12.10 miles
9/24--17.28 miles
9/25--20.47 miles
9/30--17.33 miles
Total--247.19 miles:happy:0 -
many thanks
Oh, and there is also something called a CREE light; I think the brand name product is Magicshine, but there are many knockoffs available; Amazon search: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_12?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=cree+bicycle+light&sprefix=cree+bicycle,aps,192
Those are probably the best bang for the buck in terms of light per cost. Some people swear by them, some think they're junk. I may try one for my next light.0 -
that's very kind of you to take the trouble to provide another recommendation. I appreciate it0
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On BikeForums.net, there is a whole forum dedicated to Lighting and Gadgets. You got the condensed version right there.0
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9/1: 0
9/2: 0
9/3: 25 miles
9/4: 28
9/5: 25
9/6: 31
9/7: 0
9/8: 23
9/9:17
9/10: 25
9/11: 15
9/12: 15
9/13: 0
9/14: 10
9/15: 30
9/16: 0
9/17: 40 (most awesome beautiful ride of the season)
9/18: 17
9/19: 15
9/20: 8
9/21: 10
9/22: 17 (if the kids weren't texting me asking for lunch I would have ridden forever)
9/23: 0
9/24: 25
9/25: 15
9/26: 15 (my legs felt like concrete slabs today)
9/27: 25
9/28:10
9/29: 0
9/30: 18
September total: 459 miles
I'm pretty happy with this total but hope to increase it to 550 or so for October.0 -
Tonight's ride pic: Trinity Park, Fort Worth
very impressive night ride, what lights do you use out of interest
I have a Cygo Lite Rover II, which at this point is kind of obsolete. Most people seem to use Cygo Lites or NIght Riders.
I use a cygolite turbo. LOVE IT.0 -
9/1 - 5.1 miles in the heat of the day.
9/2 - 7.5 miles. Hot, but at least it was cloudy today.
9/3 - rest day.
9/4 - 5.2 miles.
9/5 - 0 miles. Mowed instead.
9/6 - 0 miles. Mowed instead.
9/7 - 7 miles. Met a new person.
9/8 - 4 miles and mowed for 30 minutes.
9/9 - 5.6 miles.
9/10 - 4.7 miles.
9/11 - 3.9 miles. Hmmm. I think I need to reverse the current trend.
9/12 - 0 miles. Just overwhelmingly fatigued today.
9/13 - 7.4 miles.
9/14 - 4.6 miles and that puts me at exactly halfway to my goal for the month.
9/15 - 4.5 miles.
9/16 - Rest day.
9/17 - 0
9/18 - 5.8 miles.
9/19 - 6.5 miles.
9/20 - 4 miles.
9/21 - 0 Thoughts are with those killed or injured in New England century ride.
9/22 - 5.8 miles.
9/23 - 0
9/24 - 0
9/25 - 6.2 miles.
9/26 - 0
9/27 - 2.6 miles.
9/28 - 0
9/29 - 0
9/30 - 0
MTD - 90.4 miles.
Goal for September - 110 miles.
Remaining - 19.6 miles.
Well, I sure went out with a bang, right? I'm okay with it though because I got a whole lot of yard work done this week so I didn't need to bike. I hope to start October with a ride tomorrow, but I'm not promising myself because I'll be in a lot of pain from today's activities.
Great job for September, everyone!0 -
9/1 - 10.08 miles
9/2 - 8.08 miles
9/3 - 10.32 miles
9/4 - 7.04 miles
9/5 - 8.49 miles
9/6 - Rest Day
9/7 - 10.10 miles
9/8 - 7.33 miles
9/9 - 7.33 miles
9/10 -3.95 miles
9/11 - 5.52 miles
9/12 - 7.33 miles
9/13 - Rest Day
9/14 - 7.28 miles
9/15 - Sick Day
9/16 - Sick Day
9/17 - 6.31 miles
9/18 - 7.04 miles
9/19 - 6.31 miles
9/20 - Rest Day
9/21 - 10.33 miles
9/22 - 8.32 miles
9/23 - 7.67 miles
9/24 - 8.31 miles
9/25 - 8.33 miles
9/26 - Walked after work
9/27 - Walked after work
9/28 - 8.22 miles
9/29 - 16.34 miles
9/30 - 8.08 miles
MTD - 187.93 miles
Goal - 200 miles0 -
9/3/2013
30 miles
9/5
31
9/7
35
9/9
30 AM & 16 PM
9/12
26
9/14
36
9/16
32
9/19
30
9/21
35
9/23
30 AM & 18 PM
9/26
30
9/30
29 END OF MONTH 408 MILES. CONGRATS TO ALL, & MAY OCTOBER BE A GREAT MONTH!!0 -
9/2/2013 28 miles road bike 2078 cals burned 2hrs 10 min
9/3/2013 6.01 miles stationary bike ~300 cals burned 20 min (16.58 mph 2278 ft climbed)
9/4/2013 19.34 miles road bike 1764 cals burned 1 hr 31 min
9/5/2013 7.52 miles stationary bike 446 cals burned 30 min (14.98 mph 2950ft)
9/9/2013 12.06 miles road bike 1088 cals burned 55 min
9/10/2013 12.05 miles road bike 1089 cals burned 55 min
9/11/2013 rest
9/12/2013 am ride 12.10 miles road bike 934 cals burned 58 min
9/12/2013 pm ride 7 milles road bike 719 cals burned 36 min
9/14/2013 22.47 miles road bike 1814 cals burned 1 hr 45 min
9/15/2013 9.39 miles road bike 861 cals burned 48 min
9/17/2013 12.10 miles road bike 1054 cals burned 1 hr
9/18/2013 12.10 miles road bike 1024 cals burned 1 hr
9/20/2013 12.05 miles road bike 1054 cals burned 1hr
9/21/2013 2.00 miles stationary bike ~200 miles 10 min
9/22/2013 15.85 miles road bike 1350 cals burned 1.33hr
9/26/2013 3.11 miles stationary bike 200 cals burned 15min
9/26/2013 6.85 miles road bike 522 cals burned 36 min ****met sept goal***
9/27/2013 3.11 miles stationary ~200 cals burned 15 min
9/28/2013 28.77 miles road bike 1154 cals burned 2 hrs 45min
9/29/2013 16.32 miles road bike 1404 cals burned 1 hr 21min
9/30/2013 6.85 miles road bike 522 cals burned 35 min
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9/30 - Good bye Sept., Hello Oct.. I love Oct. just wish I could be out riding more. I'm still pretty sore from surgery but will push through the natural tendencies to stay off my feet. I did make my revised Goal for Sept. of 275 miles. Looking forward to seeing what Oct. will bring.
AM ride 6.5 miles
MTD - 275.5 Miles
Goal - 275 miles
Average Daily Ride: 9.183 Miles0 -
9/03 - 06.22 @ 17.1 mph (AM)
9/03 - 10.07 @ 16.5 mph (Noon)
9/04 - 06.22 @ 17.0 mph (AM)
9/04 - 10.17 @ 16.5 mph (Noon)
9/05 - 06.20 @ 17.0 mph (AM)
9/05 - 10.03 @ 16.0 mph (Noon)
9/08 - 09.48 @ 14.2 mph (Noon)
9/09 - 06.07 @ 16.2 mph (AM)
9/09 - 10.09 @ 16.8 mph (Noon)
9/10 - 06.20 @ 16.1 mph (AM)
9/10 - 10.02 @ 16.1 mph (Noon)
9/12 - 06.20 @ 17.0 mph (AM)
9/12 - 10.05 @ 17.6 mph (Noon) *10 mile course new personal best*
9/13 - 06.20 @ 16.8 mph (AM)
9/13 - 10.02 @ 15.5 mph (Noon)
9/13 - 07.24 @ 17.3 mph (PM)
9/14 - 21.25 @ 16.0 mph (AM)
9/15 - 12.04 @ 16.1 mph (Noon)
9/16 - 06.21 @ 15.5 mph (AM)
9/16 - 10.02 @ 15.2 mph (Noon)
9/16 - 08.03 @ 16.8 mph (PM)
9/17 - 06.17 @ 17.1 mph (AM)
9/17 - 10.04 @ 15.9 mph (Noon)
9/18 - 06.21 @ 16.4 mph (AM)
9/18 - 10.02 @ 16.5 mph (Noon)
9/19 - 06.22 @ 15.8 mph (AM)
9/19 - 07.82 @ 16.8 mph (Noon)
9/20 - 06.21 @ 15.9 mph (AM)
9/20 - 10.06 @ 17.2 mph (Noon)
9/21 - 14.13 @ 15.9 mph (Noon)
9/22 - 12.35 @ 15.7 mph (Noon)
9/23 - 06.31 @ 16.5 mph (AM)
9/23 - 10.02 @ 15.3 mph (Noon)
9/24 - 06.22 @ 16.0 mph (AM)
9/24 - 10.03 @ 15.8 mph (Noon)
9/25 - 06.24 @ 16.1 mph (AM)
9/25 - 10.06 @ 16.6 mph (Noon)
9/27 - 06.23 @ 16.3 mph (AM)
9/27 - 10.07 @ 16.0 mph (Noon)
9/29 - 08.83 @ 15.1 mph (Noon)
MONTHLY TOTAL = 351 miles0 -
9/1 - 8
9/1 - 26*
9/4 - 11
9/5 - 25*
9/6 - 32*
9/7 - 9
9/8 - 32*
9/10 - 29*
9/12 - 19*
9/14 - 50*
9/15 - 33*
9/17 - 36*
9/18 - 16*
9/18 - 5
9/22 - 26*
9/23 - 14*
9/25 - 32*
9/27 - 31
9/28 - 5
9/29 - 37*
9/30 - 27*
Total 503 miles. Most I've done in a month in two years.
*fixed gear rides.
Tonight's ride pic: The edge of town. This road was just built, they included bike lanes right out of the box.0 -
Some totally awesome MTDs! Congratulations to all! Runtastic tells me that I did 229 miles in September. My 2nd month on my bike so I'm pretty excited.0
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Some totally awesome MTDs! Congratulations to all! Runtastic tells me that I did 229 miles in September. My 2nd month on my bike so I'm pretty excited.
I've been riding for several years, and that's a better total than I had 4 months this year. 229 is great for a beginning rider.0 -
great effort to achieve that.....more importantly I'm sure your 'heart' would like to say thank you if it could0
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Sept. 10
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I set up a bike desk for working at and managed to bike 375 miles for the month of September.0
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9/1 6.8 mi ride (On my brand new road bike!), 4.52 mi run/walk
9/2 366.7 mi (motorcycle- WOOHOO!)
9/3 6.2 mi run/walk, 2.0 mi walk
9/4 10.77 mi ride, 1.66 mi walk
9/5 14.41 mi ride
9/6 7.23 mi run/walk
9/7 30.39 mi ride
9/8 3.7 mi walk
9/9 6.12 mi run/walk, 2.57 mi walk
9/10 15.73 mi ride
9/11 dental surgery :-/
9/12 1.69 mi walk, 10.4 mi ride
9/13 3.56 mi run/walk
9/14 35.08 ride
9/15 Rest
9/16 6.17 mi run/walk
9/17 16.83 mi ride
9/18 3.45 mi run/walk
9/19 17.03 mi ride
9/20 Rest
9/21 3.1 mi run (DASH to Remember 5k)
9/22 40.13 ride
9/23 6.31 mi run/walk
9/24 18.2 mi ride
9/25 4.04 mi run/walk
9/26 11.31 mi ride
9/27 Rest
9/28 35.6 mi ride into the wind!
9/29 7.14 mi run/walk (my longest run so far)
9/30 21.5 mi ride
Total: 353.64 mi!0 -
I set up a bike desk for working at and managed to bike 375 miles for the month of September.
You mean you set up a desk so you can work from your stationary bike?0 -
I finished September with a grand total of 1 ride of 20 miles. I always under estimate the demands that children in school and after school activities place on my time. Okay, my whine is over.0
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http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1109009-october-cycling-challenge-2013
Here is the link for October.
I hope that all of you will come over to the new thread. Please know that, even if you don't see me on as much, I am still thinking of all of you and cheering you on!0 -
A poor month for me as I have been looking after my grandchildren and I moved house, hopefully be able to start clocking up some miles again in October
Count:
24 Activities
Distance:
463.92 mi
Time:
34:50:45 h:m:s
Elevation Gain:
16,934 ft
Avg Speed:
13.3 mph
Avg HR:
124 bpm
Calories:
31,628 C
Max Distance:
59.85 mi0
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