June Cycling Challenge 2014

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  • cowbellsandcoffee
    cowbellsandcoffee Posts: 2,975 Member
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    6/3 33.2 miles

    June total - 33.2

    June goal - 650
  • ashleythompson1988
    ashleythompson1988 Posts: 12
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    good ride today total 35 miles 5 miles to and 5 miles home from 25 mile timetrial
    new pb 25 miles 63.49 mins 23.62 avg

    goal for the month 700 miles



    1/6/2014 31 miles 90.30 mins 20.5 avg.
    2/6/2014 10 miles 35 mins 17.2 avg
    3/6/2014 25 miles 63.49 mins 23.62 avg
    3/6/2014 10 miles 35 mins 17.2 avg

    junes mtd 76 miles
  • faugsu
    faugsu Posts: 330 Member
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    6-1-14 20 miles
    6-3 20 MTD 40
  • sajeffe
    sajeffe Posts: 850 Member
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    6/1 - 0 miles.
    6/2 - 5.1 miles at 10.2mph listening to a variety of artists on my Walkman with external speakers (no earbuds or headphones).
    6/3 - 4.9 miles at 10.4mph listening to Supertramp and Tegan & Sara.


    MTD = 10.0 miles.
  • SingingSingleTracker
    SingingSingleTracker Posts: 1,866 Member
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    June 2 - rode 34.7 miles for a duration of 2:01:28
    June 3 - rode 43.3 miles for a duration of 2:59:48

    June totals: 78 miles / 5:01:16 hours
  • Irishlaurie
    Irishlaurie Posts: 6 Member
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    June 1st 13.72 miles in 2 hours
    June 3rd 13.22 miles in 2 hours

    June totals: 26.44 / 4 hours

    A quick question. I have been riding every other day to give my body a chance to rest/recover. Do you guys ride every day? I am not sure my body could take that.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
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    June 1--26.18 miles
    June 3--1.41 miles (flat tire when already running late, had to fix that evening)
    June 4--10.55 miles (maybe more tonight, but probably not)

    Total=38.14 miles; 186.85 miles to go.
  • faugsu
    faugsu Posts: 330 Member
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    June 1st 13.72 miles in 2 hours
    June 3rd 13.22 miles in 2 hours

    June totals: 26.44 / 4 hours

    A quick question. I have been riding every other day to give my body a chance to rest/recover. Do you guys ride every day? I am not sure my body could take that.

    I wouldn't recommend riding on consecutive days. Many do ride every day but alternate hard/easy. Sometimes situations influence riding [weather, work, other obligations] meaning you ride when you can. My experience is my body fails after 3 or 4 consecutive hard days. Mixing it up also keeps you fresher mentally.
  • runningagainstmyself
    runningagainstmyself Posts: 616 Member
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    Only just found out about this! Rode yesterday for the first time in over a year -- 13(ish) miles in under 2h.
  • cowbellsandcoffee
    cowbellsandcoffee Posts: 2,975 Member
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    A quick question. I have been riding every other day to give my body a chance to rest/recover. Do you guys ride every day? I am not sure my body could take that.

    I try to do six days a week. Now mind you, these are not all hard six days, some days I just cruise and do what's comfortable.

    Sometimes I may take two or three days off from a long block to recover.
  • dapunks
    dapunks Posts: 245 Member
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    June 1 - 52 km (145 mins)
    June 3 - 50 km (140 mins)
  • celphiee
    celphiee Posts: 11 Member
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    Just started, love it! We go every couple of days,

    June 1- we did 29 km in 1 hour and 49 minutes
    June 2- 14.50 km in 52 minutes
  • DeliriumCanBeFun
    DeliriumCanBeFun Posts: 313 Member
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    I got 455 in May, and I'm going for 500 in June. I ride for under an hour really early most mornings before work, and I get a long one in on Saturday morings and whenever else I can squeeze one in. I've spent an immense amout of time this year on the trainer, but I started this month with doing my short predawn weekday rides on the road. Continually pushing my limits is my goal every month. I welcome FR's from all types of cyclists. I love following what everyone else is doing and getting advice and ideas.

    6/2 - 12 miles (19.3 km) - 43 min
    6/4 - 15 miles (24.1 km) - 53 min

    ETA km
  • sajeffe
    sajeffe Posts: 850 Member
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    6/1 - 0 miles.
    6/2 - 5.1 miles at 10.2mph listening to a variety of artists on my Walkman with external speakers (no earbuds or headphones).
    6/3 - 4.9 miles at 10.4mph listening to Supertramp and Tegan & Sara.
    6/4 - 4 miles at 10.4mph listening to Trombone Shorty and Taco. :)


    MTD = 14.0 miles.
  • SingingSingleTracker
    SingingSingleTracker Posts: 1,866 Member
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    June 2 - rode 34.7 miles for a duration of 2:01:28
    June 3 - rode 43.3 miles for a duration of 2:59:48
    June 4 - rode 19.1 miles for a duration of 1:17:32

    June totals: 97.1 miles / 6:18:48 hours
  • SingingSingleTracker
    SingingSingleTracker Posts: 1,866 Member
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    A quick question. I have been riding every other day to give my body a chance to rest/recover. Do you guys ride every day? I am not sure my body could take that.

    You need recovery days and rest days - as well as recovery weeks (every 3rd or 4th week) if one is training hard to allow the body to supercompensate so you can experience growth and come back stronger.

    Also, even if one did ride every day - the "recovery days" are what is called "active recovery" where one can ride for 60-90 minutes, maybe even up to 2+ hours or so spinning in recovery or Zone 1 training zone which counts as an easy, low stress/effort ride - but for a trained cyclist is really a minimal effort ride.

    Explained here...

    http://home.trainingpeaks.com/blog/article/power-training-levels

    I usually try and take 1 - 2 days totally off the bike per week depending on where I am in the training season.
  • cowbellsandcoffee
    cowbellsandcoffee Posts: 2,975 Member
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    6/3 33.2 miles
    6/4 5.2

    June total - 38.4

    June goal - 650

    Remaining - 611.6
  • headless1991
    headless1991 Posts: 9
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    I love getting out and riding! My ex and I use to ride several miles every day and we were always riding over the bridge to the beach.
    I need to get my tires aired up and I can start riding again through my neighborhood.
  • mstripes
    mstripes Posts: 151 Member
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    6-4 33.7 miles including an 11 mile time trial where I set a pr.
  • mstripes
    mstripes Posts: 151 Member
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    June 1st 13.72 miles in 2 hours
    June 3rd 13.22 miles in 2 hours

    June totals: 26.44 / 4 hours

    A quick question. I have been riding every other day to give my body a chance to rest/recover. Do you guys ride every day? I am not sure my body could take that.

    At the pace you are riding you should perhaps scale it back to an hour every day and two hours every third or fourth day. This is making the assumption that you are riding on fairly flat ground. The amount of rest and recovery depends on not just your goals but also your effort. <10 mph on a bike is a leisure pace that is not putting much of a load on your heart or muscles unless you are battling winds or hills or a stop light every block. If you are not breathing hard you should not need rest days unless the distance is great or the time in saddle is long(2 hours is not long). I do not agree with the recommendation above to take rest weeks for a fitness cyclist. Unless you are doing all out workouts or races once or more a week active recovery with occasional total rest days should be fine for constant improvement. As you gain fitness, strength and speed it takes more effort, speed, and possibly distance or time to get the same benefit.

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