NOVEMBER century plus CYCLING challenge

TDSeest

11-01-2011 - 130 Minutes - 24 Miles - 2728 Calories - Warm and windy.
11-01-2011 - 56 Minutes - 10 Miles - 881 Calories - Cool down ride.
11-02-2011 - 150 Minutes - 36 Miles - 3934 Calories - Hamel to Carlinville
11-04-2011 - 65 Minutes - 13 Miles - 1352 Calories - Warm and Windy - Tire blew out.
11-04-2011 - 116 Minutes - 21 Miles - 2413 Calories - Cold and calm
11-05-2011 - 148 Minutes - 26 Miles - 2862 Calories - Cold, and really windy.
11-06-2011 - 68 MInutes - 11 Miles - 1183 Calories - Cold and windy again.
11-07-2011 - 81 Minutes - 16 Miles - 1777 Calories - First ride on my new Kona Sutra.
11-09-2011 - 79 Minutes - 16 Miles - 1731 Calories - Another cold windy ride.
11-10-2011 - 69 Minutes - 15 Miles - 1436 Calories - Trainer
11-11-2011 - 80 Minutes - 18 Miles - 2054 Calories - Nice Sunny ride.
11-12-2011 - 117 Minutes - 26 Miles - 2925 Calories - Another cold, windy ride.
11-13-2011 - 113 Minutes - 28 Miles - 3059 Calories - 70 degrees, with a tail win. Doesn't get much better than that.
11-14-2011 - 100 Minutes - 16 Miles - 1653 Calories - Strong crosswinds tonight.
11-15-2011 - 100 Minutes - 16 Miles - 1624 Calories - Strong tail winds for the first half; strong head winds for the second half.
11-15-2011 - 45 Minutes - 9 Miles - 973 Calories - Needed 9 more to reach 300, so I rode in the fog.
11-17-2011 - 73 Minutes - 15 Miles - 1556 Calories - Clear, cold and windy.
11-18-2011 - 118 Minutes - 25 Miles - 2626 Calories - Clear, cold and windy again.
11-19-2011 - 121 Minutes - 28 Miles - 3037 Calories - Cloudy and windy.
11-20-2011 - 80 Minutes - 16 Miles - 1618 Calories - Cold, windy, and drizzle. 41 degrees.
11-21-2011 - 84 Minutes - 16 Miles - 1595 Calories - Cold, windy, drizzle...
11-22-2011 - 59 Minutes - 11 Miles - 1160 Calories - Cold, windy, wet pavement.
11-23-2011 - 79 Minutes - 16 Miles - 1666 Calories - Cold with a cross wind.
11-25-2011 - 111 Minutes - 27 Miles - 3035 Calories - Beautiful day for a epic ride.
11-26-2011 - 81 Minutes - 16 Miles - 1576 Calories - Midnight ride; supposed to rain later today.
11-27-2011 - 106 Minutes - 19 Miles - 1922 Calories - 38 degrees, and windy. Passed 3500 miles for the year.
11-28-2011 - 75 Minutes - 18 Miles - 1986 Calories - 38 degrees, with strong tail and cross winds.
11-29-2011 - 59 Minutes - 14 Miles - 1133 Calories - Rode the trainer; below freezing outside tonight.

November - 2573 Minutes - 521 Miles - 55505 Calories

januarygal

As I got ready for my day and planned my bike ride home today on the radio I heard of another cyclist hit in my city. This time they died. A semi with a trailer clipped the cyclist going around a corner on a city street.
I have only been riding for 6 months and I have had to avoid drivers many, many times but what do you do when that big truck is suddenly beside you much too close. I am freaked out and upset, this happened in an area I ride in and at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
Sad day for the family and friends of this cyclist :frown:

That was this morning and I did make my ride though I changed my route to avoid the 5 km I do on the highway. Having cars and trucks zip by me at 90 km/hr today just made me feel too nervous. My route is now longer by 5 km, but I do feel a little safer.

Today was my last ride of the month and I hit about the same mileage as last month at about 225 km. Next month I will be away for Xmas but I hope we will rent bikes and get a bit of riding down in sunny Arizona
Is there a challenge on for December, if so I am in.

cuatesmom

:flowerforyou: update added below

I'm in..the goal is 3 centuries by DEC 1
(i live in California and average 40 to 50 miles on sundays)

200 on the road bike (if it rains on my road ride day --sunday-- I will do my miles on the spin bike)

AND

100 on the spin bike

WEEK 1
Nov 1 9 miles spin 40 min
Nov 3 9 miles spin 40 min
Nov 6 12 mile spin 65 min
TOTAL this week 30 (ran a 10 k on saturday...took today as a recovery day instead of doing the longer 40-50 mile sunday ride)

WEEK 2
Nov 8 9 miles spin 40 m
Nov 9 9.5 miles ROAD ride 38 m --crazy strong wind
Nov 10 9 miles spin 40 m
Nov 12 12 miles spin 65 m
Nov 13 48.5 ROAD miles
TOTAL this week 88


WEEK 3
Nov 15 9 miles spin 40 min
Nov 17 9 miles spin 40 min
Nov 19 12 miles spin 65 min
Nov 20 21 miles 85 min-it did rain...so short ride...cold, windy and probably overtraining cuz i felt weak today
TOTAL this week 51

WEEK 4
Nov 22 9 miles spin 40 min
Nov 24 18 miles spin 90 min
Nov 26 12 miles spin 65 min
Nov 27 35 miles road ride 2.25 hours...cold out...did not feel like freezing my toes any further.

Nov 29 9 miles spin 40 min spin

GRAND TOTAL SO FAR 252 (2.5 centuries down, not quite the 3 i'd hoped for, blame it on the rain/cold and my week of having a cold--still very pleased with the total considering it IS NOVEMBER)


have a nice ride fellow Nov Challengers

thanks for posting the challenge...it motivated me to put in the miles and try to reach goal

TDSeest

I'm really shocked that this does not happen more often.

I find that the traffic itself, leads the drives of cars to be more attentive, than when I ride on our country roads. However, drivers also seem to take more risks while in heavy traffic.

As I got ready for my day and planned my bike ride home today on the radio I heard of another cyclist hit in my city. This time they died. A semi with a trailer clipped the cyclist going around a corner on a city street.
I have only been riding for 6 months and I have had to avoid drivers many, many times but what do you do when that big truck is suddenly beside you much too close. I am freaked out and upset, this happened in an area I ride in and at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
Sad day for the family and friends of this cyclist :frown:

That was this morning and I did make my ride though I changed my route to avoid the 5 km I do on the highway. Having cars and trucks zip by me at 90 km/hr today just made me feel too nervous. My route is now longer by 5 km, but I do feel a little safer.

Today was my last ride of the month and I hit about the same mileage as last month at about 225 km. Next month I will be away for Xmas but I hope we will rent bikes and get a bit of riding down in sunny Arizona
Is there a challenge on for December, if so I am in.

nerdieprofessor

januarygal, I'm so sorry. Cycling is dangerous and it's mostly dangerous because some driver's are careless. I've lost four cycling friends over the years to careless drivers. All you can do is ride smart, be attentive, wear brightly colored clothes, put lights on your bike, and avoid the obvious dangerous places (hard to avoid dangerous drivers, of course). One of my students was killed a few years ago, on a street I rode every day and considered very safe (low traffic, two lanes going each direction with a median, road didn't go much of anywhere really). In that case (and in many) it's not the road conditions, it's the particular careless driver.

Made my goal for the month. Pathetic, but done.

All this has been on the trainer.
11/7 - 30 minutes - 5.21 miles
11/8 - 31 minutes - 6.24 miles
11/11 - 32 minutes - 6.78 miles
11/15 - 26 minutes - 5.83 miles (flat tire shortened it a bit)
11/16 - 33 minutes - 7.53 miles
11/17 - 34 mintues - 8.11 miles
11/19 - 35 minutes - 8.78 miles

On the road (while at the Gulf Coast... love those winds!)
11/21 - 41 minutes - 9.21 miles (18 minutes with a lovely tailwind, then 23 minutes with a nasty headwind!)
11/22 - 47 minutes - 11.16 miles (crosswinds today)
11/23 - 53 minutes- 11.53 miles (crosswind and headwind)
11/24 - 59 minutes - 12.78 miles (26 minutes of tailwinds, the rest with headwinds)

On the trainer
11/28 - 28 minutes - 6.84 miles (we are back in the frigid winter...)
11/29 - 30 minutes - 8.64 (short and intense)
11/30 - 45 minutes - 10.96
Total so far: 119.59

Should have done four tenths more! HA!

TheBigYin

01/11/2011 - 13.17km - 13.17km total (8.18 miles) - 1094kcal - Turbo trainer session (bushido kept crashing!)
02/11/2011 - 24.29km - 37.46km total (23.28 miles) -1509kcal - 2603kcal total - normal road loop
03/11/2011 - 19.58km - 57.04km total (35.45 miles) - 1192kcal - 3795kcal total - abreviated local loop due to rainstorm
04/11/2011 - 26.34km - 83.38km total (51.82 miles) - 1905kcal - 5700kcal total - Bushido Trainer Session
06/11/2011 - 24.23km - 107.61km total (66.88 miles) - 1458kcal - 7158kcal total - Normal Road Loop
07/11/2011 - 24.79km - 132.40km total (82.28 miles) - 1820kcal - 8978kcal total - Bushido Trainer/Milan San Remo RLV
08/11/2011 - 33.50km - 165.90km total (103.10 miles) - 2285kcal - 11263kcal total - Bushido Trainer - Barlow Common VR Loop
10/11/2011 - 20.88km - 186.78km total (116.08 miles) - 1199kcal - 12462kcal total - MTB Ride around the MUDDY woods.
11/11/2011 - 24.27km - 211.05km total (131.16 miles) - 1410kcal - 13872kcal total - Local Loop, grey & drizzly
12/11/2011 - 24.29km - 235.34km total (146.25 miles) - 1433kcal - 15,305kcal total - Local Loop but Bright and Sunny
13/11/2011 - 26.87km - 261.21km total (162.95 miles) - 1365kcal - 16,670kcal total - Bushido Recovery Ride-West Bretton Loop
15/11/2011 - 24.16km - 285.37km total (177.96 miles) - 1387kcal - 18,057kcal total - Local Loop - Sunny but damp roads
16/11/2011 - 24.88km - 310.25km total (193.42 miles) - 1460kcal - 16,517kcal total - local loop with early "killer climb" added
17/11/2011 - 32.01lm - 342.26km total (213.31 miles) - 1977kcal - 21,494kcal total - West Bretton Loop in Bright Sunlight
18/11/2011 - 23.01km - 365.27km total (227.61 miles) - 1328kcal - 22,822kcal total - Local loop - progressively wetter as I rode.
20/11/2011 - 21.45km - 386.72km total (240.94 miles) - 1277kcal - 24,099kcal total - messing about on Bushido Trainer
21/11/2011 - 24.79km - 411.51km total (256.35 miles) - 1333kcal - 25,432kcal total - mud splattered wet feet and laughing like a fool
22/11/2011 - 23.87km - 435.38km total (271.18 miles) - 1380kcal - 26,812kcal total - another day, another mudbath
24/11/2011 - 23.98km - 459.36km total (286.08 miles) - 1398kcal - 28,,210kcal total - finally back on the roadbike
25/11/2011 - 22.55km - 481.91km total (300.09 miles) - 1133kcal - 29,343kcal total - Bushido Alpe D'Huez RLV
28/11/2011 - 23.87km - 505.78km total (314.92 miles) - 1347kcal - 30,690kcal total - Local Loop - cold but dry
29/11/2011 - 14.82km - 520.60km total (324.13 miles) - 796kcal - 31,486kcal total - short loop in rain and hail
30/11/2011 - 27.00km - 547.60km total (340.91 miles) - 1533kcal - 33,019kcal total - local loop with added water-tower hill climb

Pam3

nov 1.....42.0
nov 2.....-0-
nov 3......44.0
nov 4......24.4
nov 5......31.1
nov 6......41.1
nov 7......13.3
nov 8......26.0
nov 9......-0-
nov 10....27.1
nov 11....29.1
nov 12....30.6
nov 13....37.3(really not into it today)
nov 17....21.1
nov 18....26.2
nov 21....21.6
nov 23....20.0
nov 24...30.0
nov 25...23.1
nov 26...18.5
nov 27....25.0
nov 28....23.6
nov 29....21.0
nov 30.....-0-

576.1/600

did not make my goal:sad:

YTD: 2312.1(spinning miles)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING to my US pals, have a great day

Ant_M76

Goal: 600 miles (lol, yeah right!)

01/11/2011 - Nothing (very sore legs from first spinning class)
02/11/2011 - Nothing (very sore legs from first spinning class)
03/11/2011 - 21.95 miles (road)
04/11/2011 - 23.55 miles (road) & 14 miles (spinning)
05/11/2011 - 2.8 miles (road)
06/11/2011 - Nothing (very sore legs from second spinning class)
07/11/2011 - 21.07 miles (road)
08/11/2011 - 21.09 miles (road)
09/11/2011 - 21.07 miles (road)
10/11/2011 - 21.13 miles (road)
11/11/2011 - Nothing (resting before night ride)
12/11/2011 - 86.32 miles (road)
13/11/2011 - 2.43 miles (road)
14/11/2011 - 21.08 miles (road
15/11/2011 - 21.1 miles (road)
16/11/2011 - 21.12 miles (road)
17/11/2011 - 10.48 miles (road)
18/11/2011 - 13.06 miles (road) & 14 miles (spinning)
19/11/2011 - 2.43 miles (road)
20/11/2011 - Nothing (rest day)
21/11/2011 - 21.1 miles (road)
22/11/2011 - 21.09 miles (road)
23/11/2011 - 23.47 miles (road) &14 miles (spinning)
24/11/2011 - 23.47 miles (road)
25/11/2011 - 24.43 miles (road) &14 miles (spinning)
26/11/2011 - 30.23 miles (road)
27/11/2011 - 2.42 miles (road)
28/11/2011 - 23.56 miles (road)
29/11/2011 - 21.07 miles (road)
30/11/2011 - 23.49 miles (road) &14 miles (spinning)

Grand total for Nov - 596.9 miles

Lol, so I came in 3.1 miles short of my target, *sigh* If it wasn't for those damn missed commutes in early Nov, with sore legs, would have hit it!

Ant_M76

BTW

Pam - you rock! Unlucky with the target... almost made it

TDSeest

11-01-2011 - 130 Minutes - 24 Miles - 2728 Calories - Warm and windy.
11-01-2011 - 56 Minutes - 10 Miles - 881 Calories - Cool down ride.
11-02-2011 - 150 Minutes - 36 Miles - 3934 Calories - Hamel to Carlinville
11-04-2011 - 65 Minutes - 13 Miles - 1352 Calories - Warm and Windy - Tire blew out.
11-04-2011 - 116 Minutes - 21 Miles - 2413 Calories - Cold and calm
11-05-2011 - 148 Minutes - 26 Miles - 2862 Calories - Cold, and really windy.
11-06-2011 - 68 MInutes - 11 Miles - 1183 Calories - Cold and windy again.
11-07-2011 - 81 Minutes - 16 Miles - 1777 Calories - First ride on my new Kona Sutra.
11-09-2011 - 79 Minutes - 16 Miles - 1731 Calories - Another cold windy ride.
11-10-2011 - 69 Minutes - 15 Miles - 1436 Calories - Trainer
11-11-2011 - 80 Minutes - 18 Miles - 2054 Calories - Nice Sunny ride.
11-12-2011 - 117 Minutes - 26 Miles - 2925 Calories - Another cold, windy ride.
11-13-2011 - 113 Minutes - 28 Miles - 3059 Calories - 70 degrees, with a tail win. Doesn't get much better than that.
11-14-2011 - 100 Minutes - 16 Miles - 1653 Calories - Strong crosswinds tonight.
11-15-2011 - 100 Minutes - 16 Miles - 1624 Calories - Strong tail winds for the first half; strong head winds for the second half.
11-15-2011 - 45 Minutes - 9 Miles - 973 Calories - Needed 9 more to reach 300, so I rode in the fog.
11-17-2011 - 73 Minutes - 15 Miles - 1556 Calories - Clear, cold and windy.
11-18-2011 - 118 Minutes - 25 Miles - 2626 Calories - Clear, cold and windy again.
11-19-2011 - 121 Minutes - 28 Miles - 3037 Calories - Cloudy and windy.
11-20-2011 - 80 Minutes - 16 Miles - 1618 Calories - Cold, windy, and drizzle. 41 degrees.
11-21-2011 - 84 Minutes - 16 Miles - 1595 Calories - Cold, windy, drizzle...
11-22-2011 - 59 Minutes - 11 Miles - 1160 Calories - Cold, windy, wet pavement.
11-23-2011 - 79 Minutes - 16 Miles - 1666 Calories - Cold with a cross wind.
11-25-2011 - 111 Minutes - 27 Miles - 3035 Calories - Beautiful day for a epic ride.
11-26-2011 - 81 Minutes - 16 Miles - 1576 Calories - Midnight ride; supposed to rain later today.
11-27-2011 - 106 Minutes - 19 Miles - 1922 Calories - 38 degrees, and windy. Passed 3500 miles for the year.
11-28-2011 - 75 Minutes - 18 Miles - 1986 Calories - 38 degrees, with strong tail and cross winds.
11-29-2011 - 59 Minutes - 14 Miles - 1133 Calories - Rode the trainer; below freezing outside tonight.
11-30-2011 - 79 Minutes - 16 Miles - 1669 Calories - Sunny and cold out.

November - 2652 Minutes - 537 Miles - 56174 Calories

Great riding this month by everyone; see you next month...

Tiggerrick

Hey cyclists, PM me your totals for the month. Let's see how we did.

hawkeyegal1995

Ended up with 204 miles between the spin bike and training stand. Goal was 125 miles so I'll take that total.

budkid

Got 220 miles in November. Took 2 weeks off for a trip to Mexico. Drinking certainly affected my mileage:)

BryanAir

I made 352 miles this month. That ended up being a lot of riding in the fog, which actually added a bit to my mileage. There are a few routes I can take that are longer but have more bike paths, but are much safer in the fog.

RMinVA

I only clocked around 50...will get the exact total tonight. And I think all of that was on the stationary bike!! I thought we would get in a couple of longer rides this month, but that didn't happen.

Tiggerrick

Hey sitting duck... You're kidding, right??? 3.1miles... sigh.... whatever. You cycled almost 600miles!!!!!

Ant_M76

Lmao, close but no cigar

Spinning sessions have been an hour (with warm up), so I'm undoubtedly doing more than 14 miles each time. Prob nearer to 20, so I imagine I have done more like 630 in Nov but no matter...

Tiggerrick

These are to totals I have: OK GUYS, this month (November) 24 riders reported cycling a total of 5526.55miles. This makes the average of 230.27miles per rider. Since I started these challenges in August, the number of riders reporting miles has remained about the same. A few have joined, a few have dropped. However, the total miles cycled during these 4 months have been: 27283.86!!!!!! That's a little over one time around the circumference of the earth. Way to go guys :drinker: :drinker:

TDSeest

These are to totals I have: OK GUYS, this month (November) 24 riders reported cycling a total of 5526.55miles. This makes the average of 230.27miles per rider. Since I started these challenges in August, the number of riders reporting miles has remained about the same. A few have joined, a few have dropped. However, the total miles cycled during these 4 months have been: 27283.86!!!!!! That's a little over one time around the circumference of the earth. Way to go guys :drinker: :drinker:

That is just wonderful...