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So I'm new...I'll go post an intro soon. I've been injured, haven't really biked since December until this week, so trying to get back in slowly.
I went 7.29miles, about 32 minutes, burned approx 320 calories. I was on a road bike. Mostly flat, minimal hills, just because that's what we have around here!0 -
Good job! Take your time and don't over do it, yet...0
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TheBinYin- Thanks for sharing about the android apps...I have been using MapMyWalk, but setting it to cycling...I've now downloaded endomondo because it looks like a much better app!0
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TheBinYin- Thanks for sharing about the android apps...I have been using MapMyWalk, but setting it to cycling...I've now downloaded endomondo because it looks like a much better app!
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Okay - high time for a proper ride report from me.
Today's ride was a slightly different one to my normal road biking. To be honest, it'd rained all day yesterday, and only started to dry up a little by 1:00pm. So, rather than venture out on the roadbike, to roads that I know would be either full of impassable puddles or covered in thick mud (my regular loop is pretty rural most of the time, and at the moment a couple of the farmers are - ahem - muckspreading - so the roads are somewhat rendered in substances you don't want a face-full of :sick: - anyway - I dragged out the MTB instead. That way, even though I was still going to get filthy, I was going to be a) prepared for it, b) dressed to cope with it, and c) on a bike where I didn't care if it DID get a little muddy!
So - to the ride. Well - as with most of my riding, it's a out of the door ride - I don't tend to do much of the "drive somewhere then get the bike out" stuff. A quick half a mile or so on the road to the Village Green, and onto a old bridleway behind the Village Duckpond takes me out across a couple of fields and across a busy main road. Road Despatched and away again - this time on a narrow right of way that was basically created by the local miners walking from their homes to the pit. This skirts a couple of fields and again pops me out at the top of the next village, by the allotments. Next up is a mile or so on quiet roads until I can again turn aside to one of the country-parks that have sprung up on old defunct industrial workings (this one being a wildlife/wild bird reserve, based on a old opencast colliery) Half a Lap of the Lake - i'd have done a full one, but there were a large number of dog-walkers around, so I decided to get out with my shins un-nibbled - and down another quiet road, which again petered out into a bridleway through the woods in the grounds of Waterton Hall.
Old man Waterton was a bit of a character - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Waterton - and he left a large House, Lake, grounds (which now house a golf course among other things). The house has had an "interesting" past - at one point it was actually a maternity hospital - apparently, I was nearly born there, but there were complications and my Mother was taken to a "proper" hospital before I arrived.
Anyway - my route wound around the woods a little, then along the old Walton Canal, which again pops out at a normal road. Another quick road spin down a hill, and into another nature reserve - this time built on a former deep-shaft coal mine. I then progressed along, via a few trails and roads until hitting the village of Heath. A rather strange village - it's almost entirely composed of Large Victorian mansions. Basically, it was the nice suberb, where all the rich Victorian mill owners built their retreats.
(i'll finish the report in a second post, tomorrow if I may... Didn't realise what time it was when I started this :laugh:0 -
Right - where was I - oh yes. Heath Village. Lovely place - there's a bit of blurb on it at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~petyt/heath.htm.
Anyway - my route didn't really allow me to call for a pint at the Kings Arms, so I pressed on, across the large central village green, and towards Half Moon woods - so named because of the crescent shaped lake in its centre, which I believe is a meander of the nearby river which was cut off. The trail leads through the Woods, and under a railway line up to a splendid old Iron Bridge - imaginatively named "The Blue Bridge" - Wonder Why :laugh:
This Crosses the river, and deposits you on the bank of the Wakefield to Castleford branch of the Aire and Calder Navigation - a relatively quiet Canal, with a good solid towpath. I followed the towpath, Stanley Ferry (no relation to Bryan...) all the way through to the Altofts Basin, where I left and rejoined the road for a mile or so.
Stanley Ferry Aqueduct
By a combination of roadwork, and the odd cycle-path, I made it through Altofts and Normanton, and out to Warmfield - rather than taking the road home at this point, I again veered off, using a relatively new path that has again been created since the closing and re-landscaping of the grounds and environs of a former Colliery. The entire area that I live was built on, and in fairness, built for the purpose of removing Coal. When it was deemed "non-economically viable" to continue mining, the local mines were closed wholesale, leading to the near collapse of entire communities. 25+ years on, and the physical scars on the land have begun to heal - though the effects in the village communities are still felt - as is a sense of animosity to the Party of Government in power in the late 80's - it's probably one of the staunchest Labour voting areas in the Country - indeed a number of the Senior Shadow Cabinet members have seats around this area to ensure there is No Possibility of them being voted out!
Anyway - enough politics - lets finish the ride. After the landscaped curves of the new bridlepaths over the former colliery, it's a simple spin up "School Lane" - a metalled, but "impassible to vehicular transport" road - there's a railway bridge half way up, which is not rated for the weight of cars, so the road has been "bollarded off" and is gradually reverting to nature. And there I am, back in my village. Muddy - legs tingling from the Nettle Rash, and happy that the rain held off by and large...
A typical British Summer Ride
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I had an awesome ride today! My church met up for a "short bike ride" followed by a grill out. The choices were 10.1 or 15.1....well I opted to push myself and do the 15.1, even though I hadn't gone more than 8 miles, since we had 2 hours to do it. There were only four of us on the longer loop. We stuck to some of the local trails, and went on our way (The local trails here are awesome!). Well...we trekked! At times I was coasting to not blast ahead of everyone, other times I was struggling to keep up, and then we all just kind of went our own speed and stayed within about 100yards of each other. Ended up finishing the 15.1 miles in 1:10:49...I'm VERY happy with that! We averaged 12.7 mph. I'm so happy with this ride...I felt great while doing it, and now know I can push myself distance/time wise. So...hoping to get in three more long rides before I leave town!0
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Went for the longest ride I've done since the century+ last August. 35 total miles on the W&OD trail in Northern Virginia outside of Washington, DC, where I live. It's a nice route. Fair number of street crossings in the early bits, but some nice long stretches later on. Took about 2.5 hours of riding time. I was happy to discover that my somewhat haphazard attempts at keeping up my conditioning have paid off a bit. I got winded some here and there on a couple up hill sections, but nothing terrible, and I recovered pretty quickly. Never felt like my stomach was trying to revolt
Was so nice to be out and rolling for a good stretch. This was the first of the "get time in the saddle" training rides for the century+ this August.... 0 -
Oi..So I went on the closest things to hill today...and just about died...I need to start doing that route more so I can build up!
Distance: 9.63
Time: 41:06
Avg Speed: 14.1
Max Speed: 29.6
Calories: 558
Overall Good workout!0 -
Got up at 5am to do my normal ride. Had to fight a 15-20mph wind, but I ride a loop so the wind only gets me half of the time.
21 miles
1:11:42
17.6mph avg.0 -
Almost didn't ride this morning because my shin was killing me after playing soccer with my son last night. Bruised it pretty good. But I took some Advil and rode anyway. Very glad I did, I always feel better after a ride.
18 miles
58:47
18.5mph0 -
Well - what a difference a day can make - yesterday I was completely useless on the bike - riding like a complete wet rag. Today, even though I'd done little or nothing different in preparation I felt great. And, as it turned out, it was just as well I was feeling good. You see, in my own small way, i've made a very minor contribution today to the British Cycling teams Training Preparation for the Olympics Road Race. Mid-ride I heard a motor-scooter behind me, the rider pulled beside me, and asked me if I could do him a favour... He was motor-pacing a couple of the Ladies from the B.C. squad, and needed to pull over and get some drinks out of the bike's top-box. So, "Could you just go "eyeballs out" along the road here for a mile or two with these two in your draft, until I catch back up?" What could I Say... Clicked it onto the big ring and gave it my all. I was pretty much dying on the bike by the time he caught up, but I'd held it at a decent enough pace for a while for them - it was certainly better than just stopping their training run at least. The guy on the bike caught me up, shouted his thanks, then I eased up and away they went. Didn't even have enough breath left to wish them well in August!. Sat up, and finished the ride at a decent pace, and rode the lactate out of my legs until I got home.0
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Well - what a difference a day can make - yesterday I was completely useless on the bike - riding like a complete wet rag. Today, even though I'd done little or nothing different in preparation I felt great. And, as it turned out, it was just as well I was feeling good. You see, in my own small way, i've made a very minor contribution today to the British Cycling teams Training Preparation for the Olympics Road Race. Mid-ride I heard a motor-scooter behind me, the rider pulled beside me, and asked me if I could do him a favour... He was motor-pacing a couple of the Ladies from the B.C. squad, and needed to pull over and get some drinks out of the bike's top-box. So, "Could you just go "eyeballs out" along the road here for a mile or two with these two in your draft, until I catch back up?" What could I Say... Clicked it onto the big ring and gave it my all. I was pretty much dying on the bike by the time he caught up, but I'd held it at a decent enough pace for a while for them - it was certainly better than just stopping their training run at least. The guy on the bike caught me up, shouted his thanks, then I eased up and away they went. Didn't even have enough breath left to wish them well in August!. Sat up, and finished the ride at a decent pace, and rode the lactate out of my legs until I got home.
That is FANTASTIC! Good for you!0 -
Well - what a difference a day can make - yesterday I was completely useless on the bike - riding like a complete wet rag. Today, even though I'd done little or nothing different in preparation I felt great. And, as it turned out, it was just as well I was feeling good. You see, in my own small way, i've made a very minor contribution today to the British Cycling teams Training Preparation for the Olympics Road Race. Mid-ride I heard a motor-scooter behind me, the rider pulled beside me, and asked me if I could do him a favour... He was motor-pacing a couple of the Ladies from the B.C. squad, and needed to pull over and get some drinks out of the bike's top-box. So, "Could you just go "eyeballs out" along the road here for a mile or two with these two in your draft, until I catch back up?" What could I Say... Clicked it onto the big ring and gave it my all. I was pretty much dying on the bike by the time he caught up, but I'd held it at a decent enough pace for a while for them - it was certainly better than just stopping their training run at least. The guy on the bike caught me up, shouted his thanks, then I eased up and away they went. Didn't even have enough breath left to wish them well in August!. Sat up, and finished the ride at a decent pace, and rode the lactate out of my legs until I got home.
That is very cool. Not many people can say they paced Olympians!0 -
Hit the greenway, lots of hills and uneven pavement
9 miles
50 minutes
10.8 mph (on a hybrid)
402 calories burned0 -
Rolled little under 61 with my tri club this weekend. A few rollers and a bunch of good friends made it a blast. 2:30:39 time wise. Not sure who thought it was a good idea to roll close to race pace.0
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This is a good idea. Anyone on Strava or Garmin Connect? Here's my ride from Saturday:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/189518640
Cyclists / Mtn Bikers / Endurance Athletes please add me.0 -
This is a good idea. Anyone on Strava or Garmin Connect? Here's my ride from Saturday:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/189518640
Cyclists / Mtn Bikers / Endurance Athletes please add me.
I'm on both - perhaps you'd like to join the "GS MyFitnessPal" team ? :laugh:
http://app.strava.com/clubs/gs-myfitnesspal
oh and maybe sign up for the 21 Days in July - Tour De France Challenge - in the Century Plus Cycling Group...
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/3764-century-plus-cycling
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/619261-tour-de-france-challenge-21-days-in-july0 -
Saturday, 16/6/12 Got in a nice 42 mile ride with 5 friends. Averaged about 17 mph. Great ride until about 8 miles left and both quads cramped up. Slowing down and down shifting helped relieve the cramping, but my quads are still tight.0
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Friday 6/22. Out cruising on the fixie. 8.5 miles with a 16 avg.
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What a great weekend of cycling.
The whole family was invited over to my ex-manager/friend as I hadn’t seen her for a few months and we couldn’t get over for the jubilee celebrations as I was touring with my 13 yo daughter and the club I ride with.
So I suggest to same daughter, we could cycle over, it’s only around 60 miles….and she agreed!
I was expecting a headwind on the way out, but not quite as strong as it was. It was also hillier than I was expecting, but arrived in OK time with one knackered daughter. Sadly the wind changed directions over night so had to contend with the headwind again, just stronger. Again made good time, but it was a late finish as we didn’t start out until around noon.
So 129 windy miles later I have one nearly done in teenager, who has asked if she can ride with the club again this weekend as “I want to ride a century before I am 14”…I know where she gets her insanity from0 -
Out cruising again for 30 minutes. Chill ride.
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Saturday 6/29/12
25 miles
Time: 1 hr. 43 min.
4:20 min/mi pace
1162 calories burned
2 long hill climbs; 2359 ft ascent
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Place: Chappell Hill, TX
Time: 3:09:32
Distance: 58.47 miles
Summary: Chappell Hill is a pretty hilly area outside of Houston, well hilly for us flatlanders. Anyway ride was going very smooth until I got lost. I turned around to backtrack and got clipped by a truck's side view mirror and it sent me off road to into a muddy patch to the right. Bike is now stuck in the small chain ring. Back on the road I attempted to use my phone navigator to get me back to where I needed to be, but it decided to take me down a dirt road. LOL. The last hour of this ride was a calamity. A 48 mile ride turned into a 60 mile ride due to missing one turn. Oh well. Bike goes into the shop today and I should be good to go by mid week.0 -
It was hard to get up this morning, but I did and got in a nice ride.
21 miles
1:09:57
18mph avg.0 -
Rode around Oneida Lake. 2 hours 48 minutes, average speed 20 mph, 56 miles, very little wind to worry about, light traffic. It would be a lot more fun to ride with some other cyclists. I found that I'm pretty strong for the first 35 - 40 but then the fatigue starts easing in and it's a struggle to keep the 20 mph average.0
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I rode in the Utah Tour de Donut today. I won my AG (35-55) by riding pretty fast and eating 9 donuts.
The course is a flat, 7 mile loop. You ride three loops total, eating as many donuts as you can between loops 1 & 2 and 2 & 3. I just didn't have that 10th donut in me. But 9 was good enough for the gold donut! I'm not sure how I placed overall.
(hmmm, the image is on Photobucket, not sure why it isn't showing)0 -
Hi just completed my very 1st club sportive today
longest ride i have ever undertaken at 70 miles previous was 50
Delihted with results and i am totally hooked
alan harkens
07/08/2012 Club Run with Foyle
Ridden by alan harkens at 08:54am on Sunday, 07/08/2012 Add Ride Notes
111.3km
Distance
909m
Elevation (?)
04:03:06
Moving Time
2,191
Calories
Energy Output
135W Powermeter
Average Power
Time 04:03:06
Elapsed Time 04:36:37
Max Speed 58.1km/h
Avg Speed 27.5km/h
Cadence 78
Device Garmin Edge 500
Bike None Add Bike
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I think that MFP's powers that be have nobbled embedded code widgets like the strava link Alan...
It's a damned nuisance, I'd happily pay a couple of quid a year for a "premium" version that supports proper bbcode embedding and linking, and allows you to have a decent "signature block" rather than just a weight ticker.
Couple of nice rides BTW...
Nice loop today, but that club run looked a cracker 0
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