2024 Cycling Challenge

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  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,101 Member
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    Previous 646.82miles
    27/04 10.22 miles

    Total 657.04/2024 miles

    Forgot to post my ride from Saturday morning
  • jjlbrick
    jjlbrick Posts: 236 Member
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    Hi group today is 1857 days of daily cycling.
    On the weight loss front in early January I set a goal that when I go on my Alaskan cruise in August I would be wearing a new wardrobe having lost so much weight none of my clothes fit. Well I’ve lost 34 lbs. I’m still obese but I had to buy a belt to keep my pants up.
    I have a part time job. I work with teenagers, last night I told a 16 year old my goal is to be overweight. I explained if you have been morbidly obese, overweight is a huge victory
    Last month during march madness basketball tournaments I wanted to watch Caitlyn Clarke and the Iowa women play. It was on ESPN. In my little town if you don’t get that channel you can go to bar I don’t drink. Or the fitness center, I rode for the entire game.they won. Sweet 16 I rode 23 miles inside they won, elite 8 I’m biking cheering, final 4 bike cheer. When they played that last game I get ABC so I parked my rear in my recliner put my feet up and they lost. If I’d kept biking who knows.
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 678 Member
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    Forgot to log yesterday's ride, so capturing it here. And today's meetup was absolutely /brutal/. Nothing like nearly 7,000 feet of elevation gain over 4 mountains. Even virtual, on a resistance trainer that /hurts/. I am going to soak for a while now.

    Ride 1 - 10.00 miles <- Zwift climb portal 4/29
    Ride 2 - 1.72 miles <- Outdoors to the pool 4/30
    Ride 3 - 1.70 miles <- Outdoors back from the pool 4/30
    Ride 4 - 56.04 miles <- Zwift meetup 4/30
    Previous - 722.00 miles

    Total - 791.46 miles / 2024 miles (2nd)
    (1st complete 3/29/24)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/11294059779
    https://www.strava.com/activities/11298728289
    https://www.strava.com/activities/11299277867
    https://www.strava.com/activities/11301946964
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,101 Member
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    Previous 657.04miles
    30/04 10.24 miles

    Total 667.28/2024 miles
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,101 Member
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    Previous 667.28miles
    01/05 10.22 miles

    Total 677.50/2024 miles
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 678 Member
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    Zwift ride in accordance with the new training plan I'm doing, outdoor ride with the boyfriend to test his brand new bicycle.

    Ride 1 - 10.00 miles <- Zwift workout
    Ride 2 - 6.83 miles <- Outdoors, short bike check
    Previous - 791.46 miles

    Total - 808.29 miles / 2024 miles (2nd)
    (1st complete 3/29/24)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/11310399406
    https://www.strava.com/activities/11311719306
  • RMUNTZ2
    RMUNTZ2 Posts: 120 Member
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    ZWIFT, Gravel Bike & Wahoo Kickr
    I rode
    April 29, 15.00 miles Zwift - The Muckle Yin in Scotland
    May 1, 17.69 miles Kensington Metropark circle ride X 2
    My 2024 YTD Total Cycling Distance is 762.37 mi.
    I need to do 180 mi/month to get to 2024. At the current pace by September.
    I rode 242.33 so far in April.
    I rode 17.69 so so far in May.
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,101 Member
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    Previous 677.50miles
    01/05 15.32 miles

    Total 692.82/2024 miles

    @RMUNTZ2 - I’m following a similar plan to u. I need at least 170 miles for the month to keep me on track.

    Congratulations on the new bike! @wendgs What did you go for
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 678 Member
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    @Mari33a He got himself a Specialized Allez Disc. He needed a 61cm frame, which simply isn't available unless you special order it! It's ridiculously huge lol - but what's funny is that the seat on my Panasonic is only an inch shy of his, but my handlebars are slammed WAY down (1986 race bike ftw) and his are elevated into a comfy endurance position. :lol:

    Today was a swim day and a day for Zwift Spring Training. Yippee! :wink:

    Ride 1 - 1.71 miles <- Outdoors to the pool
    Ride 2 - 1.75 miles <- Outdoors back home
    Ride 3 - 16.01 miles <- Zwift Spring Training ride
    Previous - 808.29 miles

    Total - 827.76 miles / 2024 miles (2nd)
    (1st complete 3/29/24)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/11315321491
    https://www.strava.com/activities/11315874239
    https://www.strava.com/activities/11316958793
  • RMUNTZ2
    RMUNTZ2 Posts: 120 Member
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    ZWIFT, Gravel Bike & Wahoo Kickr
    I rode
    May 3, 11.2 miles Zwift - Road to Sky

    My 2024 YTD Total Cycling Distance is 773.57 mi.

    I need to do 180 mi/month to get to 2024. At the current pace by September.
    I rode 28.89 so so far in May.
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 678 Member
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    Argh, did an hour challenge today. That /hurt/. Not in a physical 'my joints are screaming' way, but in a 'my entire body wants me to lay down and lets my spirit force-eject itself into the ether' way.

    Recommended if you want to really test your fitness lmao

    Ride 1 - 26.00 miles <- Zwift hour challenge
    Previous - 827.76 miles

    Total - 853.76 miles / 2024 miles (2nd)
    (1st complete 3/29/24)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/11324591368
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 678 Member
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    Forgot to log yesterday, but did a climb of virtual Mt. Fuji. Today was a training plan workout day.

    Ride 1 - 34.00 miles <- Zwift Mt. Fuji climb portal, 100% gradient
    Ride 2 - 12.02 miles <- Zwift workout
    Previous - 853.76 miles

    Total - 899.78 miles / 2024 miles (2nd)
    (1st complete 3/29/24)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/11333269789
    https://www.strava.com/activities/11340251096
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 678 Member
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    Race day today! Legs behaved themselves enough to maintain an average of 3.4 w/kg (over 200 watts) for the entire effort. I might be bottom-rung in my category, but I'm proud of my effort, darn it. :wink:

    Ride 1 - 13.07 miles <- Zwift Race
    Previous - 899.78 miles

    Total - 912.85 miles / 2024 miles (2nd)
    (1st complete 3/29/24)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/11345436215
  • RMUNTZ2
    RMUNTZ2 Posts: 120 Member
    edited May 6
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    @wensg, It's great you do Zwift races!.
    I am going to start racing this fall. It sounds hard but also a great workout!
    I rode,
    May 6, 11.68 miles Zwift ERG Mode Training Ride - Norweigan 4 x 4 HIIT at Threshold Power.
    My 2024 YTD Total Cycling Distance is 785.25 mi.
    I need to do 180 mi/month to get to 2024. At the current pace by September.
    I rode 40.57 so so far in May.
    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/11345887805
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 678 Member
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    @RMUNTZ2 I'll say that I actually enjoyed Zwift racing when I was C category, even though there were a bunch of sandbaggers in those races putting out A and B category power - however, I could consistently get middle of the pack and within top 3 for females. But now that I'm in B? There's a couple guys who use bots to win (I have seen '400watts' more times than I care to count), and while there's less sand bagging it's significantly harder to even get to the middle of the pack. It's a real challenge!

    Forgot to log yesterday because birthday wine wiped all thoughts of updating straight from my brain lol - catching up here.

    Ride 1 - 1.71 miles <- Outdoors, to the pool, 5/7
    Ride 2 - 1.73 miles <- Outdoors, back from the pool, 5/7
    Ride 3 - 9.00 miles <- Zwift meetup, 5/7
    Ride 4 - 10.02 miles <- Zwift training plan workout, 5/8
    Previous - 912.85 miles

    Total - 935.31 miles / 2024 miles (2nd)
    (1st complete 3/29/24)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/11352981034
    https://www.strava.com/activities/11353722021
    https://www.strava.com/activities/11354363428
    https://www.strava.com/activities/11363668153
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 678 Member
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    Only one ride today, being a Zwift workout effort while the kiddo did some telehealth stuff.

    Ride 1 - 15.00 miles
    Previous - 935.31 miles

    Total - 950.31 miles / 2024 miles (2nd)
    (1st complete 3/29/24)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/11372576357
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 678 Member
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    Just goofing around today for my daily 10. Taking the run workout today more seriously than the rides.

    Ride 1 - 10.03 miles
    Ride 2 - 3.01 miles
    Previous - 950.31 miles

    Total - 963.55 miles / 2024 miles (2nd)
    (1st complete 3/29/24)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/11379028886
    https://www.strava.com/activities/11379102851
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,101 Member
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    Previous 692.82miles
    08/05 10.22 miles
    10/05 10.22 miles

    Total 713.26/2024 miles

    2 rides to report since last logged in

    Back in 2014 my husband bought a Specialized Hybrid bike. He only used it for about 2 years & now it sits in our spare room looking beautiful.
  • billbiggers06
    billbiggers06 Posts: 53 Member
    edited May 11
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    Beautiful spring weather in Northern California for riding early and often. 22 miles today with my riding partner and his 20-something kid who pushed us hard. 22 miles and 1681’ and it’s only 9:00 am. The hammock calls.
    YTD 893 miles and 57,001’
    https://strava.app.link/WBeoSul2vJb
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  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 678 Member
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    Climbed virtual Mt. Fuji today at 125% real-world gradient. Took the QoM and smashed expectations - I was aiming for <2 hours, and got it in 99 minutes and change.

    Ride 1 - 34.00 miles
    Previous - 963.55 miles

    Total - 997.55 miles / 2024 miles (2nd)
    (1st complete 3/29/24)

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/11387896922

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