August Cycling Challenge 2014
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Just wanted to check and see if anyone of you all will be at the Hotter N' Hell 100 this weekend in Wichita Falls, TX?
Wish I could but about 8 states away. Best of luck though! Let us know how it goes.
Well, it was hotter than hell. I think it got up to 105 or something. It was 101 when I crossed the finish line. Finished the event in right around 5.5 hours for moving time. 6.5 actual time I think. 100.89 miles with a 17.9mph average. The goal was 18mph and I knew I didn't get it, but didn't think I was that close. Honestly thought I would be high 16s or low 17s because we had a 10-15 mph with 20-25mph gust for most of the last 30 miles. It was pretty brutal. Glad I did it though.
Congrats! That sounds like a great pace for such a long distance in the heat. Were you able to draft of friends/people or was it all solo riding like tri/time trials? How much climbing was there in the ride?0 -
I see some of you guys (implied guys and girls - no sexism here) putting up some incredible numbers (over 400 and up to 1k) in a month. How do you do that and not have muscle fatigue set in? I'm at 323 / 30 (miles riding / miles running) and find it pretty taxing with a 6 or 7 day a week schedule. Is it just a matter of diet and conditioning?
At any rate, I great to see so many people actually hanging in there regardless of the goal set. We are all at different places along the fitness scale.
I have tired riding everyday but found my legs were not able to recover between rides (even if some were slow/easy) so this month when I am trying to rack up lots of miles I am making sure to have a day or two between rides to recover and just go on longer rides when I do go out. I am also going at an easy(slow) pace. For me a fast 20 mile ride can be as tiring as a slow 60 mile ride.0 -
08/01 - 62 miles @ 16.7mph w/ 2,800' climbing
08/03 - 105 miles @ 15.9mph w 6,050' climbing
08/05 - 66 miles @ 15.4mph w/3,600' climbing
08/08 - 72 miles @ 16.2mph w/3,100' climbing
08/10 - 130 miles @ 15.5mph w/7,400' climbing
08/17 - 106 miles @ 15.7mph w/6,100' climbing
08/19 - 63 miles @ 17.5mph w/2,850' climbing
08/22 - 62 miles @ 16.2mph w/2,850' climbing
08/24 - 152 miles @ 15mph w 7,450' climbing - new single day distance record!!
Average speed and climbing is approximate as my Garmin cyclometer started malfunctioning at mile 75 (within 2 miles of where my derailer broke last week) so I started running strava on my phone but the battery died before I made it home.
August Total: 817 miles and 42,200 feet of climbing
Goal #1 for August: 400 miles with 20,000' climbing --- REACHED 08/10!!!
Goal #2 for August: 1,000 miles with 50,000' climbing0 -
8/3 - 1.3 miles at less than 10mph.
8/4 - 1.9 miles at 10.3mph.
8/5 - 3.0 miles at 10.1mph.
8/6 - 1.4 miles at 9.1mph.
8/7 - 1.2 miles at 9.2mph.
8/8 - 1.4 miles at 9.3mph.
8/10 - 1.5 miles at 10.2mph.
8/11 - 0.7 miles.
8/13 - 1.0 miles.
8/14 - 0.9 miles.
8/15 - 2.5 miles at 10.4mph.
8/16 - 0.5 miles.
8/17 - 0.7 miles. Almost all of these little trips are just cool downs from mowing or other yard work/gardening - which wear me out plenty.
8/18 - 2.9 miles at 10.2mph.
8/20 - 0.6 miles.
8/22 - 1.2 miles. (109 heat index yesterday, today, and tomorrow.)
8/24 - 1.3 miles.
8/25 - 1.7 miles at 10.1mph.
MTD = 25.7 miles.
Goal = 30.0 miles.
Still need to ride = 4.3 miles.0 -
Closing in on my goals. Just 216 miles and about 14,000ft left. I think I should just be able to make it.
08-01 14.4 miles ridden at 15.0 mph avg. with 1,241ft climbing
08-02 45.7 miles ridden at 16.6 mph avg. with 2,526ft climbing
08-03 54.5 miles ridden at 15.2 mph avg. with 2,392ft climbing
08-05 56.8 miles ridden at 17.0 mph avg. with 2,871ft climbing
08-06 41.7 miles ridden at 13.5 mph avg. with 3,758ft climbing
08-07 19.6 miles ridden at 13.4 mph avg. with 1,099ft climbing
08-09 36.8 miles ridden at 15.9 mph avg. with 2,443ft climbing
08-12 25.6 miles ridden at 15.3 mph avg. with 1,788ft climbing
08-13 50.5 miles ridden at 15.4 mph avg. with 2,966ft climbing
08-14 29.2 miles ridden at 12.8 mph avg. with 2,063ft climbing
08-15 100.6 miles ridden at 13.2 mph avg. with 9,977ft climbing
08-16 32.4 miles ridden at 13.8 mph avg. with 1,483ft climbing
08-18 30.6 miles ridden at 15.4 mph avg. with 2,106ft climbing
08-19 33.8 miles ridden at 16.6 mph avg. with 1,949ft climbing
08-20 27.6 miles ridden at 15.9 mph avg. with 2,365ft climbing
08-21 54.7 miles ridden at 15.0 mph avg. with 2,934ft climbing
08-23 100.3 miles ridden at 13.0 mph avg. with 10,008ft climbing
08-24 39.1 miles ridden at 14.3 mph avg. with 2,719ft climbing
08-25 90.6 miles ridden at 14.6 mph avg. with 4,560ft climbing
MTD Totals
884.1 miles ridden at 14.5 avg and 61,272ft climbing
Goals
1,100 miles
75,000 ft climbing
14 mph avg0 -
8-1-14 20 miles
8-2 25
8-3 27
8-4 20
8-5 31
8-7 22
8-8 20
8-9 34
8-10 15
8-11 20
8-13 30
8-14 15
8-15 21
8-16 36
8-17 15
8-18 20
8-19 16
8-20 30
8-22 22
8-23 37
8-24 15
8-25 20 MTD 5110 -
Just wanted to check and see if anyone of you all will be at the Hotter N' Hell 100 this weekend in Wichita Falls, TX?
Wish I could but about 8 states away. Best of luck though! Let us know how it goes.
Well, it was hotter than hell. I think it got up to 105 or something. It was 101 when I crossed the finish line. Finished the event in right around 5.5 hours for moving time. 6.5 actual time I think. 100.89 miles with a 17.9mph average. The goal was 18mph and I knew I didn't get it, but didn't think I was that close. Honestly thought I would be high 16s or low 17s because we had a 10-15 mph with 20-25mph gust for most of the last 30 miles. It was pretty brutal. Glad I did it though.
Congrats! That sounds like a great pace for such a long distance in the heat. Were you able to draft of friends/people or was it all solo riding like tri/time trials? How much climbing was there in the ride?
You were able to draft a bit for the first 50 or so miles. After that everyone was too scattered. You were lucky to find 3 or 4 people to pace with. Most didn't really know how to ride in groups. The last 30 into the wind on this one was 90% on my own, and the few groups I was in, I did most of the work anyway. This ride is known for being a flat, windy, hot ride out here. Not a lot of climbing. I think it was 1900 feet in total.
Here is the start line. 13,000 riders willing to do this to themselves.....lol.
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August goal: 300 miles
8-1: 2.80 miles - test ride near bike mechanic
8-2: 61.8 miles - first metric century!
8-3: 5.50 miles
8-5: 26.7 miles
8-6: 15.4 miles
8-7: 22.0 miles
8-11: 22.6 miles
8-16: 71.8 miles
8-19: 10.9 miles
8-20: 16.2 miles - with a nasty crash - out for a few days.
8-25: easy 5 miles with the wife
Total: 260.7 miles0 -
Goal for August will be 250 and I will go for it!
8/20 - 4.7
8/23 - 36.1
8/24 - 5.5
Total so far 46.3
Has been another bad biking month.0 -
Hornsby, great ride & thanx for posting the pic!0
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August Goal 175 miles
8/2 17.3 miles @ 13.7 mph for 76 minutes
8/3 6.2 miles @ 16.1 mph for 23 minutes
8/3 10.8 miles @ 12.7 mph for 51 minutes
8/4 8.4 miles @ 13.9 mph for 35 minutes
8/5. Rest day legs are shot!
8/6 20.3 miles @ 13.3 mph for 91 minutes
8/9 19.2 miles @ 12.7 mph
8/10 10.1 miles @ 14.2 mph
8/11 rest day
8/13 3.9 miles @ 16.4 mph GOT A FLAT ARGHH!
8/15 11.8 miles @ 13.6 mph with 523' climbing
Going to try and work on climbing more!
8/16 6.5 miles @ 12.5 mph Ride with my daughter
8/17 24.7 miles @ 12.5 mph with 651' climbing
8/18 6.6 miles @ 15 mph with 186' climbing
8/21 11.6 miles @ 13.6 mph with 232' climbing
8/23 10.4 miles @ 12.8 mph
8/24 20 miles @ 13.7 mph with 758' climbing
8/25 19.3 miles @ 15.6 mph with 577' clbing
August Total: 207.1 miles
Goal met ill keep going!0 -
8/1 16.0 miles
8/2 16.5 miles
8/4 15.5 miles
8/5 16.15 miles
8/7 18.0 miles
8/8 20.0 miles
8/9 16.0 miles
8/11 18.0 miles
8/12 20.0 miles
8/13 23.0 miles
8/14 25.6 miles
8/15 17.3 miles
8/18 18.6 miles
8/19 25.6 miles
8/21 23.2 miles
8/22 21.2 miles
8/23 17.6 miles
8/25 22.3 miles
8/26 21.3 miles
MTD 371.850 -
August 1 - rode 11.5 miles for a duration of 00:45:20 (XC Race Warm-Up Practice)
August 2 - rode 6.95 miles for a duration of 00:35:00 (XC pre-ride lap)
August 3 - rode 21.71 miles for a duration of 1:52:02 (XC race)
August 5 - rode 8.61 miles for a duration of 47:30
August 8 - rode 44.02 miles for a duration of 2:48:46
August 9 - rode 18.7 miles for a duration of 1:09:44
August 10 - rode 18.5 miles for a duration of 1:19:23
August 12 - rode 17.33 miles for a duration of 1:53:20 (mountain bike taper training)
August 14 - rode 31.2 miles for a duration of 1:50:45
August 16 - rode 4 miles for a duration of 00:20:00
August 17 - rode 16.41 miles for a duration of 01:15:15 (XC Race**)
**Goal reached in yesterday's race as I got 1st Place. And I set a new threshold heart rate value during the race which bumps up my training zones a bit.
August 19 - rode 17.9 miles for a duration of 1:09:17 (taper rep intervals)
August 20 - rode 58.5 miles for a duration of 3:40:25 (practiced my endurance race nutrition/hydration)
Augus 22 - rode 17.3 miles for a duration of 1:13:13 (XC race warm-up practice)
August 23 - rode 18.5 miles for a duration of 1:17:38 (XC race pre-ride/leg openers)
August 24 - rode 42.2 miles for a duration of 3:10:43
August 25 - rode 17.8 miles for a duration of 1:11:34 (taper reps with Zone 3 & Zone 5 Intervals on the mountain bike)
August Totals: 371.13 miles for a duration of 26:19:55
***August Goals = race well in mountain bike races on my calendar for the 3rd, 17th, 24th, and the big "50 miler" on the 31st. That's a lot of mountain bike racing for one month meaning I will have to taper and recover as best as possible this month to pull it off.
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Thanks for the info strassenkoenigin and steffenson! Makes sense. Hornsby, that was an amazing pic! Thanks for posting that. How in the world did they get started without a massive pile-up.
MTD: 364 miles (met my goal, but it was way too low)
We are getting heat advisories quite frequently this month, so I've been going on more night rides. Not my favorite thing with the pot-holes in the area. Looking forward to some dryer air.
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Thanks for the info strassenkoenigin and steffenson! Makes sense. Hornsby, that was an amazing pic! Thanks for posting that. How in the world did they get started without a massive pile-up.
Well, if you can get to the front of the pack you can start off relatively smoothly and get up to speed. My problem was that I was about 1/2 of the way back. The first riders started off at 7:05am and they let them go. Then you just kinda start inching your way at about 8mph to the line. The first 5-10 miles are very slow with not a lot of options. Next year, I will definitely try to get to the front and be in that group. The lead group and winner only finished with a 18.9mph average so that made my 17.9 not feel so bad. That was moving time though. I spent about 30 more minutes off the bike at rest stops then the leader did.
ETA: and there were a ton of pile ups. I witnessed 2 crashes and saw the aftermath of at least 5. Not sure how many happened in total. That combined with the massive amounts of flats, the sag wagons had their work cut out for them.0 -
Thanks for the info strassenkoenigin and steffenson! Makes sense. Hornsby, that was an amazing pic! Thanks for posting that. How in the world did they get started without a massive pile-up.
Well, if you can get to the front of the pack you can start off relatively smoothly and get up to speed. My problem was that I was about 1/2 of the way back. The first riders started off at 7:05am and they let them go. Then you just kinda start inching your way at about 8mph to the line. The first 5-10 miles are very slow with not a lot of options. Next year, I will definitely try to get to the front and be in that group. The lead group and winner only finished with a 18.9mph average so that made my 17.9 not feel so bad. That was moving time though. I spent about 30 more minutes off the bike at rest stops then the leader did.
ETA: and there were a ton of pile ups. I witnessed 2 crashes and saw the aftermath of at least 5. Not sure how many happened in total. That combined with the massive amounts of flats, the sag wagons had their work cut out for them.
That start up pic looks frightening. As I would never have a chance to get to the front of the pack, I avoid these mass events. Too many inexperienced riders and you risk getting yourself injured or your bike smashed. But you did really well. Was it at least some fun?0 -
Thanks for the info strassenkoenigin and steffenson! Makes sense. Hornsby, that was an amazing pic! Thanks for posting that. How in the world did they get started without a massive pile-up.
Well, if you can get to the front of the pack you can start off relatively smoothly and get up to speed. My problem was that I was about 1/2 of the way back. The first riders started off at 7:05am and they let them go. Then you just kinda start inching your way at about 8mph to the line. The first 5-10 miles are very slow with not a lot of options. Next year, I will definitely try to get to the front and be in that group. The lead group and winner only finished with a 18.9mph average so that made my 17.9 not feel so bad. That was moving time though. I spent about 30 more minutes off the bike at rest stops then the leader did.
ETA: and there were a ton of pile ups. I witnessed 2 crashes and saw the aftermath of at least 5. Not sure how many happened in total. That combined with the massive amounts of flats, the sag wagons had their work cut out for them.
That start up pic looks frightening. As I would never have a chance to get to the front of the pack, I avoid these mass events. Too many inexperienced riders and you risk getting yourself injured or your bike smashed. But you did really well. Was it at least some fun?
Actually the front of the pack are usually where the experience riders are so they usually know what they are doing. Back where i was at was a different story. So much cross wheeling and quick braking for no apparent reason. I blew by all the rest stops and didn't stop till mile 52 just so I could get out of the mess.
I did have a good time. The last 30 miles were definitely a mental battle due to the heat, wind and slow pace, but all in all, I had fun. I went with a friend of mine and we car pooled. I didn't even think about how much faster I was than him so when I completed around 2:15 pm, I didn't have his car keys so I had to wait for him to show up before changing and putting on some shoes and what not. He didn't end up finishing till 6:15pm. That made for quite a long day. Luckily they sold beer so I got pretty drunk since I did happen to have my wallet.
I just purchased the pictures from the event so I will post some of my pics up when I get home and get them downloaded. I just looked through them and I couldn't help but laugh. Nearly all of them I have this look of misery on my face if my head isn't completely down from being tired. Lol.0 -
Legs a bit tired today.
08-01 14.4 miles ridden at 15.0 mph avg. with 1,241ft climbing
08-02 45.7 miles ridden at 16.6 mph avg. with 2,526ft climbing
08-03 54.5 miles ridden at 15.2 mph avg. with 2,392ft climbing
08-05 56.8 miles ridden at 17.0 mph avg. with 2,871ft climbing
08-06 41.7 miles ridden at 13.5 mph avg. with 3,758ft climbing
08-07 19.6 miles ridden at 13.4 mph avg. with 1,099ft climbing
08-09 36.8 miles ridden at 15.9 mph avg. with 2,443ft climbing
08-12 25.6 miles ridden at 15.3 mph avg. with 1,788ft climbing
08-13 50.5 miles ridden at 15.4 mph avg. with 2,966ft climbing
08-14 29.2 miles ridden at 12.8 mph avg. with 2,063ft climbing
08-15 100.6 miles ridden at 13.2 mph avg. with 9,977ft climbing
08-16 32.4 miles ridden at 13.8 mph avg. with 1,483ft climbing
08-18 30.6 miles ridden at 15.4 mph avg. with 2,106ft climbing
08-19 33.8 miles ridden at 16.6 mph avg. with 1,949ft climbing
08-20 27.6 miles ridden at 15.9 mph avg. with 2,365ft climbing
08-21 54.7 miles ridden at 15.0 mph avg. with 2,934ft climbing
08-23 100.3 miles ridden at 13.0 mph avg. with 10,008ft climbing
08-24 39.1 miles ridden at 14.3 mph avg. with 2,719ft climbing
08-25 90.6 miles ridden at 14.6 mph avg. with 5,427ft climbing
08-26 30.5 miles ridden at 14.7 mph avg. with 2,077ft climbing
MTD Totals
914.6 miles ridden at 14.5 avg and 64,216ft climbing
Goals
1,100 miles
75,000 ft climbing
14 mph avg0 -
8-1-14 20 miles
8-2 25
8-3 27
8-4 20
8-5 31
8-7 22
8-8 20
8-9 34
8-10 15
8-11 20
8-13 30
8-14 15
8-15 21
8-16 36
8-17 15
8-18 20
8-19 16
8-20 30
8-22 22
8-23 37
8-24 15
8-25 20
8-26 15 MTD 5260 -
8/3 - 1.3 miles at less than 10mph.
8/4 - 1.9 miles at 10.3mph.
8/5 - 3.0 miles at 10.1mph.
8/6 - 1.4 miles at 9.1mph.
8/7 - 1.2 miles at 9.2mph.
8/8 - 1.4 miles at 9.3mph.
8/10 - 1.5 miles at 10.2mph.
8/11 - 0.7 miles.
8/13 - 1.0 miles.
8/14 - 0.9 miles.
8/15 - 2.5 miles at 10.4mph.
8/16 - 0.5 miles.
8/17 - 0.7 miles. Almost all of these little trips are just cool downs from mowing or other yard work/gardening - which wear me out plenty.
8/18 - 2.9 miles at 10.2mph.
8/20 - 0.6 miles.
8/22 - 1.2 miles. (109 heat index yesterday, today, and tomorrow.)
8/24 - 1.3 miles.
8/25 - 1.7 miles at 10.1mph.
8/26 - 1.6 miles.
MTD = 27.3 miles.
Goal = 30.0 miles.
Still need to ride = 2.7 miles.0 -
You were able to draft a bit for the first 50 or so miles. After that everyone was too scattered. You were lucky to find 3 or 4 people to pace with. Most didn't really know how to ride in groups. The last 30 into the wind on this one was 90% on my own, and the few groups I was in, I did most of the work anyway. This ride is known for being a flat, windy, hot ride out here. Not a lot of climbing. I think it was 1900 feet in total.
Here is the start line. 13,000 riders willing to do this to themselves.....lol.
Wow. There you are!!!
Well done.
Wow. So many people.0 -
August goal: 300 miles
8-1: 2.80 miles - test ride near bike mechanic
8-2: 61.8 miles - first metric century!
8-3: 5.50 miles
8-5: 26.7 miles
8-6: 15.4 miles
8-7: 22.0 miles
8-11: 22.6 miles
8-16: 71.8 miles
8-19: 10.9 miles
8-20: 16.2 miles - with a nasty crash - out for a few days.
8-25: easy 5 miles with the wife
8-26: 10.9 miles
Total: 271.6 miles0 -
August goal: 250 miles and 15 cycling days
So far:
8/2: 17.84 miles.
8/5: 20.80 miles
8/9: 8.49 miles
8/13: 16.39 miles
8/14: 15.33 miles
8/16: 17.49 miles
8/22: 11.47 miles
8/24: 11.99 miles
8/26: 29.74 miles
To go: 100.46 miles and 6 days.
I've been focused more on running this month due to a half marathon last weekend, but now I'm going to make an effort to catch up on my biking miles (I'll probably end up 2 days short, however). One of these days I'll figure out how the balance the two.0 -
Ok - doing lots of maintenance on my city/beater bike this week (new tires, strapless toe clips, tightened the bottom bracket, tuned the derailleur), but it is working out well as it can now consistently maintain 17mph on flats without too much effort on the new tires (vs. 18mph w. similar effort for my pricier 10lb lighter road bike). Given goal for the city bike was to have a sub-$200 commuter road bike that rides well, is a bit more comfortable (700x32s), would survive on trails, and I wouldn't be paranoid about being stolen, I'll call it a win.
5 days to go, and hitting 400 miles looks like it is in the bag with my 5 commutes left. Suspect that 500 miles is doable for September, as I might want to sign up for a century or half-ironman to get myself working a bit harder.
8/26 - 13 miles
8/25 - 18 miles
8/21 - 6 miles
8/20 - 24 miles
8/19 - 36 miles
8/18 - 13 miles
8/17 - 12 miles
8/16 - 17 miles
8/15 - 8 miles
8/14 - 31 miles
8/13 - 25 miles
8/12 - 10 miles
8/11 - 7 miles
8/10 - 38 miles
8/8 - 22 miles
8/7 - 20 miles
8/6 - 10 miles
8/5 - 9 miles
8/4 - 10 miles
8/2 - 17 miles
8/1 - 3 miles
Total so far: 349 miles0 -
Got some pics from the race
Thought I would post.
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Got some pics from the race Thought I would post.
Dang! Kudos to you for wearing a black helmet in that type of climate. I would have gone for all white, or as light of colors as I could wear to keep my head and my core temp down.
Regardless - great job in the sufferfest!0 -
Got some pics from the race Thought I would post.
Dang! Kudos to you for wearing a black helmet in that type of climate. I would have gone for all white, or as light of colors as I could wear to keep my head and my core temp down.
Regardless - great job in the sufferfest!
I only have one helmet. Not sure that I would call it kudos. More like I am just a cheapskate and don't want to buy another one...lol.0 -
Is it bad when working out if extreme hatred helps me exercise more and make me more motivated to keep running or doing exercise i find when people put me down well i am working out I work out harder is that a bad thing ? I mean I think if I had someone all day yelling at me saying I wasn't good enough or i am to fat I'd literally work out all day long!!! maybe you guys can help me with this!!!!0
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8/1 16.0 miles
8/2 16.5 miles
8/4 15.5 miles
8/5 16.15 miles
8/7 18.0 miles
8/8 20.0 miles
8/9 16.0 miles
8/11 18.0 miles
8/12 20.0 miles
8/13 23.0 miles
8/14 25.6 miles
8/15 17.3 miles
8/18 18.6 miles
8/19 25.6 miles
8/21 23.2 miles
8/22 21.2 miles
8/23 17.6 miles
8/25 22.3 miles
8/26 21.3 miles
8/27 24.2 miles
MTD 396.050 -
I achieved my goal last month for 125 miles.
This month i will try for 175 miles.
Anyone who is using Strava and is looking for more friends send me a PM and ill give you my Strava username.
Would be great to follow more beginner cyclists on Strava like myself.
Good luck guys.
Hi
I'm a beginner cyclist and would be more then happy for yourself and anyone else here to add me on Strava.
http://www.strava.com/athletes/4884595
Thanks.0
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