August Biking Challenge!!!
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Went out of town for the long weekend but went out again tonight for 12 miles. Nice ride! That brings my total to just 22 miles for the month.0
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Rode 15 miles yesterday for a total of 115 for the month (started 8/2). Feeling good , but the hills and afternoon heat sap the energy a bit.0
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I am hoping to hear from my doc today and thin get on my bike and ride ride ride. It is going to be very hot today but no wind so with lots of fluid I should be fine.0
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I was finally able to fit in another bike ride tonight!
8-08-10 2.60 miles
8-11-10 7.04 miles0 -
15 miles yesterday
130 for the month
Keep riding!0 -
8-08-10 2.60 miles
8-11-10 7.04 miles
8-12-10 1.57 miles Its WAY too hot out, so I came back & now just gonna workout in the a/c! Please go away humidity!0 -
It rained here yesterday, so no biking. I did some rowing and eliptical at the gym, though. Every little bit counts!0
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Just found out that I am pregnant!!! Not hitting the pavement as hard as before but still managed to get it in 8 miles. Total for the month= 30 miles. I can still bike for a while just not as hard and long so I am going to keep checking in and logging my miles. Thanks for everyone else logging in- it keeps me motivated to stay healthy!0
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First ride in 6 weeks. Got in 12.5 miles. It was over 90 degrees out and we had a head wind all the way back, plus I forgot my fluids so had to share hubbies but it was great. I missed my bike big time. We are riding the next 3 days but the I start back to working nights. I love riding.0
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I've been doing some casual biking with my teenage kids. You're challenge makes me want to start keeping a record to see just how many miles I'm covering. I should be able to find an Android phone app to help. Thanks for the challenge.
Check out Endomondo. I'm on a Blackberry but my two bosses are on Android phones and they were the ones who told me about it. The app is free is runs off of the GPS on your phone so it tracks your location by GPS and uploads it to their website. When you're done, you can go check out how far you've gone, look at your route on google maps, see how fast you were going when, and otherwise track your workouts!
Having said that, yay, I found a thread on cycling! Count me in as another who has converted to the bike from running. The running soothes my inner masochist but I LOVE MY BIKE(s). I have the road bike that I take out on the weekends for "me" time. I have a hybrid that I'll ride around town and attempt to commute to work with.
Goals? Long ride on the weekends. I just did a 30 mile ride today. I'm also trying to bike to work (6 miles, with hills, each way) at least one day a week but the weather hasn't been cooperating since it keeps raining.0 -
Another 6.5 miles tonight for 36.5 for the month!0
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I only was able to do 60 miles last week because of the rain. That give me a total of 160 for the month.
MapMyRide is a great website for tracking and mapping your riding. It can also give you an estimate of how many cals you burned. It is fairly accurate compared with my HRM.0 -
Ladies please don't feel guilty for leaving your family for a little while to do some exercise and take some much needed time for yourself. I know you will come back feeling clearer and ready to parent even more than before you left. I love my solitary bike ride times for this reason and my family is alway super understanding. In fact my kids even told me that they were proud of me for how long I have been biking lately!! Sometimes I will come home and my 7 year old son will be waiting for me with his bike and I'll keep going on with him for even longer!!0
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17 miles tonight and it burned enough calories to let me eat dinner. Yay!
I'm finding that I have spent way too much time staring at the radar map on weather.com this year. There seems to be a constant threat of thunderstorms.0 -
Thunderstorms can be an almost daily problem during the summer. I checked the radar after work and there was a bid thunderstorm nearby, but it passed just to the south, missing us by just a mile or two.
I did 15 miles yesterday for a total of 175 for the month. That's about 2 lbs of fat burned off in just 2 weeks. I'll take it!0 -
8-08-10 2.60 miles
8-11-10 7.04 miles
8-12-10 1.57 miles
8-17-10 2.32 miles
13.53 total for the month so far :grumble: I just haven't had the time that I normally do to get my riding in! Wanted to go more today, but what I did do was in the rain!
Its either ungodly hot out or now raining! :mad: Oh well...I still have a few weeks to get it done! 0 -
15 miles yesterday, for a total of 190 for the month. All this riding is really leaning out my body--finally!0
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Got another 7 miles in. My month total is at 43.5 miles for the month.0
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15 miles testerday, 205 for the month!0
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Just saw this post and was glad to seet it. I'm part of a running challenge group but cross train on the bike and can't include my miles there. My bike miles for August so far are 108.4 miles.
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15 more last evening for a total of 220 for the month.0
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8-08-10 2.60 miles
8-11-10 7.04 miles
8-12-10 1.57 miles
8-17-10 2.32 miles
8-21-10 3.49 miles
Total so far: 17.02 miles0 -
I'm new to biking and am thinking of a mileage goal to start out with. I think the 40 is too low for me. Well actually I know it is too low for me, since I'm already at 30.74 since this past Monday. So I average about 6 miles a day.0
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Got in a quick 9.43 miles tonight which brings my monthly total to 117.83 m iles.0
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Just 5 miles tonight. So- 48.5 miles for the month.0
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15 miles yesterday for a total of 235 for the month.0
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I can't believe I missed this thread!
I'm glad I found another thread on cycling!
I also wanted to say Congrats to twojurfin!!Just found out that I am pregnant!!!
Wonderful news!
I really enjoy cycling, I'm an avid cyclist, or was but I took about a 15 year break :noway:
I'm happy to say I'm back at it again!
I live in Tokyo Japan and my wife and I run her family's liquor shop, I do the neighbourhood deliveries with my old Cannondale MTB and a trailer I built. I get some miles in each day with this, but I also go for longer rides when I can.
My bike and trailer set up with some bottles of sake ready for a delivery.
I had the goal of hitting 500Km this month, but I'm not going to get there, the month got away from me :bigsmile:
On the topic of fitness, total fitness from cycling is decent, but to build upper body muscle I think it would be best to hit the gym, you don't need much, 30 minutes should do it.
I ride in Tokyo traffic everywhere, very hard to escape this metropolis, so water is not a problem for me, I can just about find a vending machine on every street corner.
You guys and gals who can ride out of the city, in the countryside, I envy you, I'm constantly fighting cagers, and traffic lights :grumble:
Still, it beats the heck out of the train!:bigsmile:
Glad I found you all here.
Cheers! :drinker:0 -
28.7 miles in this morning bringing my monthly total to 146.53 miles.0
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It rained hard today, but I got a break this afternoon. Did another 15 miles for a total of 250.0
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I added another 7km today doing deliveries, pulling my trailer, a couple of times it was really FULL of stuff too, close to 150 lbs.0
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