2013 May Cycling Challenge Biking Bicycling

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  • misssalley
    misssalley Posts: 12
    Im in :)


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  • sajeffe
    sajeffe Posts: 850 Member
    All right! You guys are inspiring. It's chilly out there today, but I'll try to go a couple miles anyway.
  • Spatialized
    Spatialized Posts: 623 Member
    Shooting for 350 miles this month. Hoping to get the MTB out and spruced up to hit the trails, plus some training for a local ride/race in June on top the normal daily commutes. Should hit it just fine. Stretch goal will be to beat April's total of 402...

    As of this morning am at 43.3 miles.
  • sajeffe
    sajeffe Posts: 850 Member
    All right! You guys are inspiring. It's chilly out there today, but I'll try to go a couple miles anyway.

    I added a layer and managed to go 4 miles.

    5/1 - 4 miles
    5/2 - 4 miles - nearly bitten by little dog
    5/3 - 4 miles - on & off rain, wearing new helmet
    5/4 - 4 miles
    5/5 - 2 miles - too cold to go more
    5/6 - 4 miles



    Goal for month - 80 miles.
    MTD - 22
  • jehavin
    jehavin Posts: 316 Member
    Going out (and maxing out my soon-to-be-born baby's heart benefits) with a bang: 8 slow and hard miles this morning. Pretty stoked because I finished crocheting a "baby bike helmet" last night---he's going to look so cute in it and it will be a great keepsake to remember how influential cycling was on this pregnancy. Have a great time cycling in May and see you all in about a month! =)

    May Goal: ???
    May total: 20 miles
  • iysys
    iysys Posts: 524
    count me in!
    indoor only...i've no desire to be hit by a car.

    goal - 150 miles (edited to up the goal!)

    5/1 - 10 miles
    5/6 - 11 miles
  • agreenmess
    agreenmess Posts: 94
    Hey,

    Just done a quick ride out on my mountain bike to up my overall miles to 38.8km still feeling quite dodgy after my tummy bug weekend.

    4/5 - 25.4 km http://app.strava.com/activities/52329617
    7/5 - 13.4 km http://app.strava.com/activities/52949633
  • beckyinma
    beckyinma Posts: 1,433 Member
    10 more today, 54 for May, trying for 100. :) Loving this nice weather.
  • CricketKate
    CricketKate Posts: 3,657 Member
    Going out (and maxing out my soon-to-be-born baby's heart benefits) with a bang: 8 slow and hard miles this morning. Pretty stoked because I finished crocheting a "baby bike helmet" last night---he's going to look so cute in it and it will be a great keepsake to remember how influential cycling was on this pregnancy. Have a great time cycling in May and see you all in about a month! =)

    May Goal: ???
    May total: 20 miles

    I know that I've asked before, but when is that little guy due? Take care of both of you! Send picks of him in his helmet!
  • CricketKate
    CricketKate Posts: 3,657 Member
    I did a 9.3 mile ride this afternoon. I had my 10 year old along so it was agonizingly slow. But it was good for him to come with me so I'm hoping that I will benefit a little.
  • sajeffe
    sajeffe Posts: 850 Member
    Going out (and maxing out my soon-to-be-born baby's heart benefits) with a bang: 8 slow and hard miles this morning. Pretty stoked because I finished crocheting a "baby bike helmet" last night---he's going to look so cute in it and it will be a great keepsake to remember how influential cycling was on this pregnancy. Have a great time cycling in May and see you all in about a month! =)

    May Goal: ???
    May total: 20 miles

    Awesome! All the best to you and your baby.
  • sajeffe
    sajeffe Posts: 850 Member
    5/1 - 4 miles
    5/2 - 4 miles - nearly bitten by little dog
    5/3 - 4 miles - on & off rain, wearing new helmet
    5/4 - 4 miles
    5/5 - 2 miles - too cold to go more
    5/6 - 4 miles
    5/7 - 4 miles
    5/8 -
    5/9 -
    5/10 -
    5/11 -



    Goal for month - 80 miles.
    MTD - 26
  • jehavin
    jehavin Posts: 316 Member
    Going out (and maxing out my soon-to-be-born baby's heart benefits) with a bang: 8 slow and hard miles this morning. Pretty stoked because I finished crocheting a "baby bike helmet" last night---he's going to look so cute in it and it will be a great keepsake to remember how influential cycling was on this pregnancy. Have a great time cycling in May and see you all in about a month! =)

    May Goal: ???
    May total: 20 miles



    I know that I've asked before, but when is that little guy due? Take care of both of you! Send picks of him in his helmet!


    I am scheduled for my surgical delivery in about 32 hours! I figure having done my last ride 48 hours prior to birth isn't too crazy, right? lol Thanks for the well wishes!
  • brocksmom
    brocksmom Posts: 103 Member
    I added 5 miles today. My total for the month so far is 27 miles.

    Karen
  • Aello11
    Aello11 Posts: 312 Member
    5/3 8.6 miles
    5/5 7.6 miles
    5/6 7.2 miles
    5/8 6.3 miles

    May total 29.7
    shooting for a 200 mile month
  • sajeffe
    sajeffe Posts: 850 Member
    5/1 - 4 miles
    5/2 - 4 miles - nearly bitten by little dog
    5/3 - 4 miles - on & off rain, wearing new helmet
    5/4 - 4 miles
    5/5 - 2 miles - too cold to go more
    5/6 - 4 miles
    5/7 - 4 miles
    5/8 - 4 miles afternoon & 2 miles evening
    5/9 -
    5/10 -
    5/11 -



    Goal for month - 80 miles.
    MTD - 32
  • xsabrinalynn
    xsabrinalynn Posts: 146 Member
    Joining late but I'm in!! I rode outside today for the first time in 4+ years! Felt GREAT and I think I have fallen in love with bike riding.

    5/8: 6.6 miles.


    Goal: 100 miles?
    Chicago weather is also temper-mental, today the high is 80 but Sunday the high is 52 so hopefully the weather cooperates :)
  • Austinetc
    Austinetc Posts: 74 Member
    5/6 and 5/7: Rain in San Diego!! Very unusual.

    5/8: 20 miles.

    Total for May: 110 miles. 390 to go.

    This is a racer's quote. I realize it doesn't apply within the context of simple health and fitness, but it sticks in my head: "It never gets easier, you just go faster." ~ Greg LeMond
  • autumnlily31185
    autumnlily31185 Posts: 279 Member
    Going out (and maxing out my soon-to-be-born baby's heart benefits) with a bang: 8 slow and hard miles this morning. Pretty stoked because I finished crocheting a "baby bike helmet" last night---he's going to look so cute in it and it will be a great keepsake to remember how influential cycling was on this pregnancy. Have a great time cycling in May and see you all in about a month! =)

    May Goal: ???
    May total: 20 miles


    You are in inspiration girl!! Hope for a happy and healthy little baby for you. =)


    I know that I've asked before, but when is that little guy due? Take care of both of you! Send picks of him in his helmet!


    I am scheduled for my surgical delivery in about 32 hours! I figure having done my last ride 48 hours prior to birth isn't too crazy, right? lol Thanks for the well wishes!
  • autumnlily31185
    autumnlily31185 Posts: 279 Member
    Well after the April challenge ended I hit a bit of a slump with my workouts and have only managed to get in one ride for May so far. I think I may have burned myself out for my first challenge =(

    But I am trying to get back into it, so I will make a small goal for May 100 miles (all stationary)

    5/1- 4.6 miles (20 mins)


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  • johnmn12
    johnmn12 Posts: 4 Member
    My goal this month is 250 miles.
    5-1-13 14.19 miles Riding in to work
    5-2-13 14.34 miles Riding home from work
    5-3-13 8.48 miles Downtown Detroit Waterfront
    5-4-13 32.23 miles BTT Ride Downtown Detroit
    5-8-13 8.98 miles Island Lake Blue Trail
    I track all my rides with an app on my phone, burned a total of 5370Kcal in 6.8 hours with a distance of 78.2 miles.
  • quiltlovinlisa
    quiltlovinlisa Posts: 1,710 Member
    I'm pleased as punch with the three miles I put in today and the three miles I put in Monday. That's what, seven miles total for May. I need to build up some serious endurance so I can get some longer rides in.
  • sajeffe
    sajeffe Posts: 850 Member
    5/1 - 4 miles
    5/2 - 4 miles - nearly bitten by little dog
    5/3 - 4 miles - on & off rain, wearing new helmet
    5/4 - 4 miles
    5/5 - 2 miles - too cold to go more
    5/6 - 4 miles
    5/7 - 4 miles
    5/8 - 4 miles afternoon & 2 miles evening
    5/9 - 4 miles afternoon & 2 miles evening
    5/10 -
    5/11 -
    5/12 -
    5/13 -
    5/14 -
    5/15 -
    5/16 -
    5/17 -


    Goal for month - 80 miles.
    MTD - 38
  • Austinetc
    Austinetc Posts: 74 Member
    15 miles today, 125 for the month.. A quarter of the way to 500. :glasses:

    "When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking." ~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • claytonmccord
    claytonmccord Posts: 19 Member
    I just finally pulled my bike out this week. I am hoping to get 1500 miles in between now and the end of my kids summer break in September. I think I'm well on my way. :-)
    5/6 - 12mi
    5/8 - 25mi
    5/9 - 22mi (towing a trail-a-bike AND a trailer)

    Total so far - 59mi
    Goal for the month - 200mi

    This is a picture from a couple years ago but you can see what I pull behind me on most of my rides.

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  • iysys
    iysys Posts: 524
    goal - 150 miles

    5/1 - 10 miles
    5/6 - 11 miles
    5/8 - 12 miles

    total - 35
  • claytonmccord
    claytonmccord Posts: 19 Member
    12 more miles today. Bringing my monthly total to 71.
  • sajeffe
    sajeffe Posts: 850 Member
    5/1 - 4 miles
    5/2 - 4 miles - nearly bitten by little dog
    5/3 - 4 miles - on & off rain, wearing new helmet
    5/4 - 4 miles
    5/5 - 2 miles - too cold to go more
    5/6 - 4 miles
    5/7 - 4 miles
    5/8 - 4 miles afternoon & 2 miles evening
    5/9 - 4 miles afternoon & 2 miles evening
    5/10 - 4 miles afternoon & 3 miles evening
    5/11 -
    5/12 -
    5/13 -
    5/14 -
    5/15 -
    5/16 -
    5/17 -


    Goal for month - 80 miles.
    MTD - 45
  • vcheval307
    vcheval307 Posts: 3
    05/10/13 Race Cycling 17.69 mi 58:46
    05/09/13 Race Cycling 13.91 mi 45:27
    05/08/13 Race Cycling 19.34 mi 1:03:47
    05/07/13 Race Cycling 22.16 mi 1:20:04
    05/05/13 Race Cycling 9.08 mi 31:38

    Monthly Goal: 500

    Current: 82.18
  • brocksmom
    brocksmom Posts: 103 Member
    May 10 5 miles
    May 11 14 miles



    Goal for the month 60 miles

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