March Cycling Challenge

jehavin

Hit (and surpassed) my mini-goal of 25 miles this week by doing another 6.5

March/April Goal: 150 miles (before my due date in early May)
Goal Completed: 42.5 miles (28%)

March 5---10miles (50min stationary)
March 7---6 miles (30 min stationary)
March 10---6 miles (30 min stationary)
March 12---14 miles (70 min stationary)
March 14---6.5 miles (30 min stationary)

CricketKate

I got in 4 more miles this evening. I had forgotten how freeing it is to ride. I had also forgotten just how sore my bum could be. I've gotten really out of shape since my last ride 4 months ago. I'm looking forward to building my strength up.

jehavin

I got in 4 more miles this evening. I had forgotten how freeing it is to ride. I had also forgotten just how sore my bum could be. I've gotten really out of shape since my last ride 4 months ago. I'm looking forward to building my strength up.

Awesome!

snowbike

Goal 13 miles a day average (403 total) (off road)

Totals so far..
March 1st 0 miles
March 2nd 21.5 miles
March 3rd 13.8 miles
March 4th 13 miles
March 5th 23 miles
March 6th 8.5 miles
March 7th 6 miles
march 8th 8 miles
march 9th 22 miles
march 10th 17 miles
march 11th 8 miles
march 12th 8 miles
march 13th 9.6 miles
march 14th 10.7 miles

TOTALS 169.1 41.9% -12.9 miles


233 to go

Threw this all in spreadsheet so numbers are corrected now.

Managed 10.7 in 50 mins OFF ROAD yesterday.
Legs feeling that today. May need to back off a bit.
Hoping to get some big rides in at the weekend to catch up with myself

CDGolden

Thinking about 300 miles for March....

March 2....MFP Strade Bianchi...40 miles
March 4....Commute...31.25 miles
March 7....Commute...31.25 miles
March 8....Local Loop..20 miles
March 10...Work route...31.5 miles
March 14...Local Loop...20 miles
March 15...Local Loop...20 miles

Total miles....194

CricketKate

4.2 more miles for me

UncleRiotous

I got in 4 more miles this evening. I had forgotten how freeing it is to ride. I had also forgotten just how sore my bum could be. I've gotten really out of shape since my last ride 4 months ago. I'm looking forward to building my strength up.

Go for it. If you haven't got any get some padded shorts they make everything much more comfortable.

UncleRiotous

Great thread, really good to find it. I upped my mileage on the bike last summer as a way to help me loose weight (I lost the 50 lbs I needed to and am now trying to maintain that weight) so it'll be really good to be able to post here. Mostly I'm commuting on the road but I ride mountain bikes most weekends for fun. When I first got back on a bike seven years ago I was about 280 lbs and a couch potato, I initially lost about 85 lbs and then took my eye off the ball and let my weight wander a bit, currently I'm down to 167 and training hard.

So far in March I've done
3rd Mar - 12 miles mountain biking
4th-10th - 117 miles (14 miles mountain biking)
11th - 17th - 78 miles (9 miles mountain biking in rotten weather)

katozdad

Mileage so far is:

01/03/2013 - 31.4 miles - 2 commutes
02/03/2013 - 12.5 miles - for pleasure
04/03/2013 - 21.0 miles - 2 commutes
05/03/2013 - 31.5 miles - 2 commutes
06/03/2013 - 21.0 miles - 2 commutes
07/03/2013 - 9.0 miles - 2 commutes
08/03/2013 - 20.8 miles - 2 commutes
14/03/2013 - 20.9 miles - 2 commutes

Update:
17/03/2013 - 54.1 miles - for pleasure

Total so far 222 miles. YTD total is 826 miles.

aliciadalicia

We got hit by a snow storm while out of town, so we lost a few days.

Took a very wet, cold, rainy bike ride today, but we wandered around battling the offensive rain so I don't know how many km. I like distance better, but I might just record how many hours spent since it is recorded for me with my bike subscription.


Current Total: 6h17min
Goal: 12h

I hope everyone wants to do this next month too. Keeping track is showing me how much is plausible and how well I'm doing. Hopefully later I'll be able to keep better track of distance. I even thought of using a car GPS I have to track it.

jehavin

So great to see new joiners and hear everyone's progress!

My gym finally got a few bikes repaired. Hence, with the upright more available, my 25 miles/week goal has now become 30!

March/April Goal: 150 miles (before my due date in early May)
Goal Completed: 50 miles (33.3%)

March 17---7.5 miles (35 min upright stationary)
March 14---6.5 miles (30 min recumbent stationary)
March 12---14 miles (70 min mixed stationary)
March 10---6 miles (30 min stationary)
March 7---6 miles (30 min stationary)
March 5---10miles (50min stationary)

Frannybobs

March goal = 125 miles

4/3 = 14.74 miles (2 commutes)
5/3 = 14.74 miles ( 2 commutes)

Flu followed by chesty cough has kept me off the bike for nearly 2 weeks, first ride back today...

17/3 = 22.11 miles

Total so far = 51.59 miles

TheBigYin

I'm in for 805km for march (per my training diary)

1/3/2013 - 42.96km - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/278898899 - IF 0.661 (easy day)
2/3/2013 - 104.06km - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/279277532 - IF 0.892 (less easy :laugh:)
3/3/2013 - rest day
4/3/2013 - 49.30km - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/280364896 - IF 0.707 (moderate)
5/3/2013 - 32.89km - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/280735236 - IF 0.703 (moderate)
6/3/2013 - rest day
7/3/2013 - 42.90km - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/281418555 - IF 0.775
8/3/2013 - 14.64km - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/281743669 - IF 0.808 (indoor trainer)
8/3/2013 - 7.95km - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/281742901 - IF 0.916 (indoor trainer)
8/3/2013 - 24.51km - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/281742335 - IF 0.653 (indoor trainer)
9/3/2013 - 43.03km - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/282115211 - IF 0.831 (large portion of rules #5 and #9 required)
10/3/2013 - rest day
11/3/2013 - 23.94km - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/283203911 - IF 0.698 (MTB in baltic conditions!)
12/3/2013 - 42.98km - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/283560844 - IF 0.771
13/3/2013 - rest day
14/3/2013 - 49.29km - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/284230120 - IF 0.873
15/3/2013 - rest day
16/3/2013 - rest day (fettling bike ready for Classics Challenge)
17/3/2013 - 110.37km - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/285734257 - IF 0.934 (OUCH!!)

Running Total - 588.82km (73% of target)

Wooken3

Mar 17: 10.1 miles bike
Mar Total: 171.1 miles
Mar Goal: 250
% of Total: 68.4%

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

cicisiam

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Persephone7676

This cold snap is killing my mileage. I have only done one other spin class to get another 25 miles. I started doing more treadmill thinking I would get some 'real' riding in soon enough :-)

I'm only at 142 of my 400.... grumble grumble grumble

Scott15Fit

Goal is 400km mainly riding to work
As of 18th March
2nd March - 30.95km
5th March - 32.69km
6th March - 33.08km
8th March - 32.72km
11th March - 17.46km
13th March - 32.79km
15th March - 32.69km

Current Total 212.38km (53.1%)
Expected Progress (58%, 4.9% behind target)

CDGolden

Thinking about 300 miles for March....

March 2....MFP Strade Bianchi...40 miles
March 4....Commute...31.25 miles
March 7....Commute...31.25 miles
March 8....Local Loop..20 miles
March 10...Work route...31.5 miles
March 14...Local Loop...20 miles
March 15...Local Loop...20 miles
March 17...MFP Milano-Sanremo...26 miles

Total miles....220

snowbike

Goal 13 miles a day average (403 total) (off road)

Totals so far..
March 2nd 21.5 miles
March 3rd 13.8 miles
March 4th 13 miles
March 5th 23 miles
March 6th 8.5 miles
March 7th 6 miles
march 8th 8 miles
march 9th 22 miles
march 10th 17 miles
march 11th 8 miles
march 12th 8 miles
march 13th 9.6 miles
march 14th 10.7 miles
march 15th 10.7 miles
march 17th 10.7 miles

TOTALS 196.1 48.5% -24.9 miles

206.9 to go

weather conspired to stop me doing a longer ride at the weekend.
Need to get out in the evening a couple of times this week to catch up.

katozdad

We got hit by a snow storm while out of town, so we lost a few days.

Took a very wet, cold, rainy bike ride today, but we wandered around battling the offensive rain so I don't know how many km. I like distance better, but I might just record how many hours spent since it is recorded for me with my bike subscription.


Current Total: 6h17min
Goal: 12h

I hope everyone wants to do this next month too. Keeping track is showing me how much is plausible and how well I'm doing. Hopefully later I'll be able to keep better track of distance. I even thought of using a car GPS I have to track it.

I don't think the car GPS would suit a bike hey tend to be quite power hungry, but I might be wrong depending upon the model. If you have an Android phone, or one of the alternative (very expensive) fashion bricks, you can download an app that will track your route, distance, time and much much more. I just chuck my phone in my bag or back pocket. A lot of people track their routes using Strava.