2024 Cycling Challenge

wendsg
wendsg Posts: 754 Member
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Here we are, our third year running! Or, more appropriately, pedaling!

Like cycling? So do I! This challenge is a simple one - ride 2024 miles in 2024!

Type of cycle? Doesn't matter. Indoor, outdoor, don't care. As long as it has pedals (whether for feet or for hands) and wheels (virtual or real), it counts! Peleton? Zwift? Road? Mountain trails? Rouvy? Recumbents? Handcycles? e-Bikes? All are welcome!

Links to Strava or another fitness app are encouraged to keep each other motivated and show what we're up to.

Kicking off on January 1st, 2024.
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  • Sett2023
    Sett2023 Posts: 158 Member
    Hello, everyone!
    New to this challenge. I usually only walk, but I always liked cycling. For years, we went everywhere on bike (little town), and on Sundays we used to do pleasure trips in the country, but every year traffic is more horrible and so we almost quit. Then I saw this challenge and thought “What?! I want, I want, I want!”, so I dusted off my (very old, very battered - obviously no Strava nor tracker nor anything) cyclette and here I am: out there’s traffic, in house no 😊

    Counting in kilometres, so my total would be
    2024 miles = 3257,312 kilometres
    (have no idea if it’s reachable, for me, but let’s have fun in any case 😊 )

    Anyway, I started off 5 days ago to warm up, and oh, that was good! I'm soooo thrilled :smile:
    (Sorry for my English: as you have surely noticed, that's not my first language.)
  • Onewomanswalk
    Onewomanswalk Posts: 125 Member
    HI! What the heck, am I up for this? I haven't been on a bicycle for let's just say numerous years. I got an e-bike for Christmas and am rehabbing a new knee so I hope to be on the bike in a few weeks. I'm also retiring mid-year!! What a great way to start out this new chapter of my life. Approx. 40 miles per week will be tough at first, but I think it is doable.
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 754 Member
    @Sett2023 Hey, English not being your primary language isn't anything to apologize for - I typically am apologizing for being a single-language pleeb. :wink: Welcome to the challenge! I do hope you have a good time!!

    @Onewomanswalk Welcome to the challenge!! Pardon me while I sit and simmer in envy over new e-bikes - while I've got more than enough bikes in my garage, I've always been fascinated by them (and recumbents, shhhh). I hope you have a grand time with this challenge!
  • Sett2023
    Sett2023 Posts: 158 Member
    Three two one… gone!

    I'll go with the average suggested by internet, that is 20 km/hr. So:

    January 1st, Monday: 62 minutes, kms 20.

    Total progress: kms 20/3257,312
    See you tomorrow :smile:
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 754 Member
    First ride of the year, and it was a good ol' Zwift meetup! Love riding with this group.

    Ride - 39.01 miles
    Previous - 0.00 miles

    Total - 39.01 miles / 2023 miles

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/10475069895
  • Onewomanswalk
    Onewomanswalk Posts: 125 Member
    Nothing like starting the year off with a ride. Envious and happy for you!
  • ashleycarole86
    ashleycarole86 Posts: 6,302 Member
    Hi all! Back for year three of this challenge.
    2022: completed
    2023: fell short (901.24/2023 miles completed)
    2024: LET'S GO!

    I am riding later today so I'll be back with an update.
  • Sett2023
    Sett2023 Posts: 158 Member
    edited January 2
    [I go with the average suggested by internet, that is 20 km/hr. So:]

    January 1st, Monday: 62 minutes, kms 20
    January 2nd, Tuesday: 92 minutes: kms 30 (it's addictive :smiley: )

    Total progress: kms 50/3257,312
  • SavageMrsMoose
    SavageMrsMoose Posts: 631 Member
    Hello! I’m back again for the challenge!

    2022. 2022 KM, ran two marathons so I couldn’t quite get in the mileage on the bike. Not enough hours in the day or energy in my body
    2023. Success! But only did two half marathons….
    2024. Back again- going yo try for both 2 full marathons and 2024 miles


    I’m 12 days out from the Houston Marathon so I’ll start the year slow…I do 99 percent of my miles on the Peloton, but might venture out on the streets this year
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 754 Member
    @ashleycarole86 Welcome back!! I know you'll crush it this year. :smiley:

    @SavageMrsMoose Welcome back to you as well!! I do hope you succeed, especially with doing full marathons. Wow, is all I have to say to that!

    Today was an easy day - it was a 'recovery from the New Year festivities' ride for my meetup today, as well as riding to and from the pool (it's bitterly cold (feel free to laugh all of you who live in snowy climates, but for a lady used to extreme heat 40F/4.5C is terrible), but at least it isn't soggy).

    Ride 1 - 1.73 miles
    Ride 2 - 1.70 miles
    Ride 3 - 11.01 miles
    Previous - 39.01 miles

    Total - 53.45 miles / 2023 miles

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/10479611101
    https://www.strava.com/activities/10480171056
    https://www.strava.com/activities/10480759633
  • ashleycarole86
    ashleycarole86 Posts: 6,302 Member
    @wendsg As someone from a very cold place, I don't ride outside in that weather myself, so way to go!

    Jan 2:
    30 min Power Zone Endurance Motown Ride (Peloton) - 8.57 miles

    Previous: 9.05 miles
    MTD: 17.62 miles
    Remaining: 2006.38 miles
  • Sett2023
    Sett2023 Posts: 158 Member
    @SavageMrsMoose wowwww, congratulations for your marathons/half and everything, you're great!

    And now, my humble performance:smiley::smiley::smiley:

    [I go with the average suggested by internet, that is 20 km/hr. So:]

    January 1st, Monday: 62 minutes, kms 20
    January 2nd, Tuesday: 92 minutes: kms 30
    January 3rd, Wednesday: 62 minutes, kms 20

    Total progress: kms 70/3257,312
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,262 Member
    Hi Everyone,

    Back for another round. Only got my first ride this morning so:

    Previous: 0
    03/01 10.11 miles
    Total: 10.11/2023miles
  • martinez0701
    martinez0701 Posts: 15 Member
    I have a recumbent bike at home and I love to ride and watch tv.
    1/2 10 miles
    1/3 25 miles broken into 2 rides
  • SavageMrsMoose
    SavageMrsMoose Posts: 631 Member
    Happy New Year Everyone!

    I live in the cold here in Telluride, Colorado, maybe not as cold as @ashleycarole86, but too cold and icy to ride outside in the winter. I’ve never tried a snow bike though. A lot of people ride here in the summer. I have a bike in Houston (in storage lol) but thinking of getting cruisers for myself and my husband this summer. We can drive to a state park about an hour away that has some really nice paths for running or biking. It’s also about 2000 feet lower in elevation an is along a river and flat- or as flat as it gets anywhere in Colorado.

    I logged my first ride of the year!

    1/3. 45 minutes of peloton, 12.5 miles
  • Sett2023
    Sett2023 Posts: 158 Member
    [I go with the average suggested by internet, that is 20 km/hr. So:]
    January 1st, Monday: 62 minutes, kms 20
    January 2nd, Tuesday: 92 minutes: kms 30
    January 3rd, Wednesday: 62 minutes, kms 20
    January 4th, Thursday: 76 minutes, Kms 25
    Total progress: kms 95/3257,312
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,262 Member
    Previous 10.11 miles
    4/01 10.12 miles
    Total 20.23/2023miles

    I got a 3.5 mile run yesterday evening too and this evening my daughter wants me to go to gym with her so I’ll use the treadmill. Not been on one in years so this will be interesting & hopefully not like a scene in a comedy
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 754 Member
    LOL No worries, @Mari33a ! Treadmill running's like riding a bike. ;) (and coincidentally, that's what I'm doing tomorrow after my bike ride - have a Zwift 'cyclist to 10k' run that needs doing.)

    Forgot to log yesterday because I'm just like that - it was a nice little climb on Zwift's climb portal. Today was riding to and from the pool, and then a Zwift meetup on their high rolling resistance off-road map..


    Ride 1 - 10.00 miles <- this one’s from yesterday, d’oh
    Ride 2 - 1.74 miles
    Ride 3 - 1.80 miles
    Ride 4 - 17.00 miles
    Previous - 53.45 miles

    Total - 83.99 miles / 2023 miles

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/10487892297
    https://www.strava.com/activities/10492631363
    https://www.strava.com/activities/10493117407
    https://www.strava.com/activities/10493820304
  • martinez0701
    martinez0701 Posts: 15 Member
    1/2 10 miles
    1/3 25 miles broken into 2 rides
    1/4 10 miles
  • ashleycarole86
    ashleycarole86 Posts: 6,302 Member
    Jan 4:
    30 min Power Zone Endurance Ride (Peloton) - 8.92 miles

    Previous: 17.62 miles
    MTD: 26.54 miles
    Remaining: 1997.46 miles
  • Sett2023
    Sett2023 Posts: 158 Member
    edited January 5
    [I go with the average suggested by internet, that is 20 km/hr. So:]
    Previous: 95 kms, since here cycled every day (in 2024) - 5 including today
    January 5th, Friday: minutes 76, kms 25 (wow, very proud of myself today, I rode faaaast – for my standards, obv 😊 )
    Total progress: kms 120/3257,312
    Remaining: 3137,312
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 754 Member
    @martinez0701 Welcome to the challenge! Good start so far. :)

    Just one ride today (have a run coming up that promises to be brutal, and tomorrow's run isn't going to be something to sneeze at either). Tour de Zwift is going on, so I did the long route. Lots of climbing around jolly old virtual London.


    Ride 1 - 26.01 miles
    Previous - 83.99 miles

    Total - 110.00 miles / 2023 miles

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/10499163499
  • Sett2023
    Sett2023 Posts: 158 Member
    [I go with the average suggested by internet, that is 20 km/hr. So:]
    Previous: 120 kms
    Days cycling (in 2024) – 6 including today
    January 6th, Saturday: minutes 62, kms 20
    Total progress: kms 140/3257,312
    Remaining: 3117,312
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,262 Member
    Previous 20.23miles
    05/01 10.13 miles
    Total 30.36/2023miles

    I should have had more miles but had to work late & ran out of time.
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 754 Member
    Only one ride today because today also featured a workout run which was absolutely brutal and made me question all of my life choices.

    But the ride was great! :lol:


    Ride - 20.01 miles
    Previous - 110.00 miles

    Total - 130.01 miles / 2023 miles

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/10506611551
  • Sett2023
    Sett2023 Posts: 158 Member
    [I go with the average suggested by internet, that is 20 km/hr. So:]
    Previous: 140 kms
    Days cycling (in 2024) – 7 including today
    Yesterday (Jan 7) rest day.
    Today, January 8th, Monday: minutes 61, kms 20
    Total progress: kms 160/3257,312
    Remaining: 3097,312
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 754 Member
    Forgot to log yesterday's effort, so capturing it here. A virtual climb that was tons of fun, and a meetup with some friends.


    Ride 1 - 10.00 miles <- yesterday’s that I forgot to log
    Ride 2 - 16.01 miles
    Previous - 130.01 miles

    Total - 156.02 miles / 2023 miles

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/10515428967
    https://www.strava.com/activities/10519205008
  • Sett2023
    Sett2023 Posts: 158 Member
    edited January 9
    Previous: 160 kms
    Days cycling (in 2024) – 8 including today
    Today, January 9th: minutes 62, kms 20
    Total progress: 180 kms /3257,312
    Remaining: 3077,312
    [I go with the average suggested by internet, that is 20 kms/hr.]
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,262 Member
    Previous 30.36miles
    07/01 10.06 miles
    08/01 10.15 miles
    10/01 10.12 miles
    Total 60.69/2023miles

    3 rides to log, Sunday, Monday and this morning

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