JULY 2014 - Move Your @ss Challenge
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July 13: 8 miles walking and cycling
TTD: 130 miles
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Well I attempted to ride my first half century. I was riding my usual pal, my mountain bike. I failed. In the first 13 miles I went down 3 times, my shoe cleats were a total nightmare. In the 3 falls I pulled a muscle in my left hip. I rode an additional 25 miles before the twisted shoe cleat, pain and heat exhaustion finally claimed me. I was 14 miles short. My son finished the event, but medically they would not let me continue, not that I would have gotten far anyway. At lease I was able to ride across the finish line and get my cancer survivor gift. I am feeling real low today.
While you may feel low, you did something most people would never attempted. Failing is not finishing. You have failed when you never tried to begin with. You had some really bad circumstances so props to you for getting where you did.0 -
07/13 - 1.9mile walk w/ Cora
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adding 4.13 walking miles
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So sorry your ride didn't turn out well. I hope both your body and spirit heal quickly. Glad that your son was there with you and that you were able to get your survivor gift. Just signing up for the half century and doing it on a mountain bike is a big undertaking! Serious respect coming from here and many others I suspect!!Well I attempted to ride my first half century. I was riding my usual pal, my mountain bike. I failed. In the first 13 miles I went down 3 times, my shoe cleats were a total nightmare. In the 3 falls I pulled a muscle in my left hip. I rode an additional 25 miles before the twisted shoe cleat, pain and heat exhaustion finally claimed me. I was 14 miles short. My son finished the event, but medically they would not let me continue, not that I would have gotten far anyway. At lease I was able to ride across the finish line and get my cancer survivor gift. I am feeling real low today.
Some serious respect coming from here too!0 -
Adding 1.3 miles.
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7/1: bicycling 16.85km
7/3: bicycling 15.4km
7/4: bicycling 19.22km
7/5: bicycling 30.53km
7/6: bicycling 24.08km
7/7: bicycling 16.81km
7/8: running 2.51km
7/10: bicycling 31.92km
7/11: bicycling 28.18km
7/12: bicycling 17.33km
7/14: bicycling 17.33km
Total: 220.16km
Left: 79.84km
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A little progress...
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Adding 6 miles
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So sorry your ride didn't turn out well. I hope both your body and spirit heal quickly. Glad that your son was there with you and that you were able to get your survivor gift. Just signing up for the half century and doing it on a mountain bike is a big undertaking! Serious respect coming from here and many others I suspect!!Well I attempted to ride my first half century. I was riding my usual pal, my mountain bike. I failed. In the first 13 miles I went down 3 times, my shoe cleats were a total nightmare. In the 3 falls I pulled a muscle in my left hip. I rode an additional 25 miles before the twisted shoe cleat, pain and heat exhaustion finally claimed me. I was 14 miles short. My son finished the event, but medically they would not let me continue, not that I would have gotten far anyway. At lease I was able to ride across the finish line and get my cancer survivor gift. I am feeling real low today.
((hugs)) I don't think I would have made it through the first 25 miles myself, and I haven't had the same health challenges that you have. I know you really wanted this, but what you have accomplished is very impressive. :flowerforyou:0 -
07/13 - 2 miles
07/14 - 3 miles
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It looks like I took a break from posting this weekend. Added 14.5 miles over the last 3 days.
July total 91 miles. :bigsmile:
Deciding whether to dodge raindrops today. I think I might try.
Have a Good Monday Everyone!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:0 -
adding 10.17
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July: - Goal 450 (14.52 m/d average)
1st: 26.42 (23.4 bike)
2nd: 9.58 (2.6 bike)
3rd: 21.85 (16.9 bike)
4th: 16.54 (10.5 bike)
5th: 69.26 (67.8 bike)
6th: 11.3 (8 bike)
7th: 12 (9.5 bike)
8th: 14.11 (12.4 bike)
9th: 10.14 (5.5 bike)
10th: 21.41 (18.8 bike)
11th: 9.97 (4.2 bike)
12th: 17.65 (16 bike)
13th: 51.63 (50.2 bike) - Total: 291.84 / 158.16 to go (8.79 m/d average)
Finally bumped that daily mileage average down a few notches. Yesterday's ride I thought was ego deflating because I was dropped by the group before mile 4. But after reading Anaconda's post, my ride was ok. My hat is off to you Anaconda! I gave up my MTB because I couldn't push it around anymore. It was beating the heck out of my body. So that you were going for a half century riding one is amazing! Sorry to hear about all the falls and I hope you heal well and quickly.0 -
Updating...slow going this month. :ohwell:
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Another nice ride on the exercise bike on Saturday. Guess I underestimated by goal for the month. I'm not changing my goal, though. Just going to see how much I can get in this month.
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3.2 mile walk/run. Still testing out the hip. My form may be getting better - the little bunny on the side of the trail didn't go fleeing into the woods like it usually does. :bigsmile:
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So sorry your ride didn't turn out well. I hope both your body and spirit heal quickly. Glad that your son was there with you and that you were able to get your survivor gift. Just signing up for the half century and doing it on a mountain bike is a big undertaking! Serious respect coming from here and many others I suspect!!Well I attempted to ride my first half century. I was riding my usual pal, my mountain bike. I failed. In the first 13 miles I went down 3 times, my shoe cleats were a total nightmare. In the 3 falls I pulled a muscle in my left hip. I rode an additional 25 miles before the twisted shoe cleat, pain and heat exhaustion finally claimed me. I was 14 miles short. My son finished the event, but medically they would not let me continue, not that I would have gotten far anyway. At lease I was able to ride across the finish line and get my cancer survivor gift. I am feeling real low today.
Some serious respect coming from here too!
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I gave up my hybrid bike because I couldn't do longer distances and keep up with the road bikes. My mountain bike has been delegated to the trainer. I don't even take it out at all! I'd never consider longer distances on it!
Hoping for a speedy recovery!0 -
2 nice rides over the weekend for a total of 26ish miles
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Adding a 4 mile walk (in the sticky, yucky heat last night!) I will probably do my workout at the gym in the A/C today with our 100+ forecast
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