October Cycling Challenge

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  • gregsonevans
    gregsonevans Posts: 232 Member
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    Only 10 miles today to try out the new painkillers for my back, pleased to say that they seemed to work :)
    Count:
    21 Activities
    Distance:
    438.01 mi
    Time:
    33:03:58 h:m:s
    Elevation Gain:
    15,681 ft
    Avg Speed:
    13.2 mph
    Avg HR:
    121 bpm
    Calories:
    32,202 C
    Max Distance:
    72.46 mi
  • CricketKate
    CricketKate Posts: 3,657 Member
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    Hello, Everyone. I'm still off of my bike. :explode: My husband is out on a deer hunt and I am home with 4 sick children.
  • djcon
    djcon Posts: 216 Member
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    Goal 100 miles

    10/3/12
    14.2 miles
    10/4/12
    15.3 miles
    10/13/12
    21 miles
    10/14/12
    5.5 miles
    10/16/`2
    10.3 miles
    10/17/12
    10.3 miles
    10/19/12
    10.3 miles
    10/20/12
    11.2 miles
    10/22/12
    18.2 miles

    I have met my 100 mile goal. Logging on this thread has helped me to do that. Will be anxious to see how many more I can get in this month...With the autumn leaves and beautiful weather, it has been easier to get motivated to get out there.
  • djcon
    djcon Posts: 216 Member
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    Hello, Everyone. I'm still off of my bike. :explode: My husband is out on a deer hunt and I am home with 4 sick children.

    Hopefully everyone will be better soon and you will be able to get out and cycle again. Thanks for starting this thread!
  • gregsonevans
    gregsonevans Posts: 232 Member
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    43 miles today sponsored by Ibuprofen :laugh:
    Count:
    22 Activities
    Distance:
    481.19 mi
    Time:
    36:16:57 h:m:s
    Elevation Gain:
    17,519 ft
    Avg Speed:
    13.3 mph
    Avg HR:
    122 bpm
    Calories:
    34,996 C
    Max Distance:
    72.46 mi
  • breza262
    breza262 Posts: 40 Member
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    I fell in love with biking last spring and was consistent to be on my bike every morning. Now with the cold weather setting in and the dark mornings playing with me, I have had no ambition to get up and go. I was up to 110 miles in August, and now slacking. Thinking I might need to invest in a trainer. Any thoughts or recommendations?
  • CINDYRN33
    CINDYRN33 Posts: 148 Member
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    Glad to find other cyclists on this site. I hope this is appropriate place to ask this question. so the other day i rode for (numbers might be sliglty off going from memory cant look right now) rode for hour and 13 minutes at 12-14 mph the exercise diary gave me like 950 calories. this seems extremely high. I like to eat back at least 1/2 of my earned exercise calories but i dont have a HR monitor. I am wondering in yalls opinion how accurate is the exercise diary in regards to calories earned. What I have been doing is taking what they say I earned and cutting it in half and then those are the calories i eat back. I dont know if that is right thing to do. I am curious what you all think the accuracy of exercise diary is????
  • Calantorntain
    Calantorntain Posts: 172 Member
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    Glad to find other cyclists on this site. I hope this is appropriate place to ask this question. so the other day i rode for (numbers might be sliglty off going from memory cant look right now) rode for hour and 13 minutes at 12-14 mph the exercise diary gave me like 950 calories. this seems extremely high. I like to eat back at least 1/2 of my earned exercise calories but i dont have a HR monitor. I am wondering in yalls opinion how accurate is the exercise diary in regards to calories earned. What I have been doing is taking what they say I earned and cutting it in half and then those are the calories i eat back. I dont know if that is right thing to do. I am curious what you all think the accuracy of exercise diary is????

    I agree, it does seem high! I'm 6', 260lbs, and MFP says that I burn 700+ calories during my daily hour long bike ride, which is only 10 miles. Seems off to me, so in my head I generally calculate it as 50 calories per mile biked. I hope it's accurate enough
  • gregsonevans
    gregsonevans Posts: 232 Member
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    I use a Garmin cycle computer with a chest strap heart monitor and Mfp's numbers are very close to what that tells me, if you are only eating half the calories back then I would use those numbers. Try it for a few weeks and if you find that you are not losing then simply adjust the numbers down slightly until you do start losing :smile: good luck
  • CINDYRN33
    CINDYRN33 Posts: 148 Member
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    Thanks for your responses I am new to mfp, had good losses both weeks so far and hope to keep that up. Thanks gregsoevans that is exactly what I wanted to know was if hrm would show close to the same numbers as mfp :)
  • deniseblossoms
    deniseblossoms Posts: 373 Member
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    Not so sunny, but at least it wasn't cold. Just damp....Still managed 14.5 according to bike computer. Endmondo is a bit off, not sure why, but i've been noticing for the first mile when I hit it, and according to them it's different everyday and I ride a pretty specific path at least to the park. My ride was a little crazy today, path was closed in a couple places and I couldn't use the bike trail at all, ground was very mushy.

    Other than dropping about a mile in the distance I rode the stats between the two aren't too far off. Bike computer gave me an average of 11.3 and endmondo 10.91...so still puts me into that leisure cycle category.

    http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/



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  • EmmaM2211
    EmmaM2211 Posts: 536 Member
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    02/10 - 7miles (stationary bike)
    07/10 - 19miles (ave. 10mph - including 10min break halfway up a rather large hill!!)
    09/10 - 23miles (11.5miles each way to work)
    10/10 - 4.5miles (stationary bike)
    13/10 - 9miles (stationary bike)
    16/10 - 23miles (commute to work)
    20/10 - 10miles (stationary bike)
    23/10 - 5miles (stationary bike)

    Total = 100.5miles
    Goal = 100miles

    Yey!!! Hit my target!! Now lets see how much more I can fit in before the end of the halloween!!!
  • djcon
    djcon Posts: 216 Member
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    Goal 100 miles

    10/3/12
    14.2 miles
    10/4/12
    15.3 miles
    10/13/12
    21 miles
    10/14/12
    5.5 miles
    10/16/`2
    10.3 miles
    10/17/12
    10.3 miles
    10/19/12
    10.3 miles
    10/20/12
    11.2 miles
    10/22/12
    18.2 miles

    I have met my 100 mile goal.

    10/23/12
    14.3
  • ClarkeEJ
    ClarkeEJ Posts: 155 Member
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    16/10 8 Miles Stationary Bike
    17/10 6 Miles Stationary Bike
    18/10 6 Miles Stationary Bike
    20/10 6 Miles Stationary Bike
    22/10 12.5 Miles Stationary Bike
    24/10 6 Miles Stationary Bike

    Total for October: 44.5 Miles
  • gregsonevans
    gregsonevans Posts: 232 Member
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    Not sure how much longer I can ride for until I sort out some niggling health problems but I managed 27 miles this morning
    http://connect.garmin.com/activity/236632939
    Count:
    23 Activities
    Distance:
    508.81 mi
    Time:
    38:17:58 h:m:s
    Elevation Gain:
    18,562 ft
    Avg Speed:
    13.3 mph
    Avg HR:
    121 bpm
    Calories:
    36,914 C
    Max Distance:
    72.46 mi
  • MDLNH
    MDLNH Posts: 587 Member
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    Mountain Bike (or Spin Class) - all "outdoor" distances via mapmyride

    Oct. 1st: 14 miles (*Spin Class*)
    Oct. 5th: 14 miles (*Spin Class*)
    Oct. 10th: 15 miles (*Spin Class*)
    Oct. 12th: 16 miles (*Spin Class*)
    Oct. 17th: 14 miles (*Spin Class*)
    Oct. 19th: 16 miles (*Spin Class*)
    Oct. 22nd: 16 miles (*Spin Class*)
    Oct. 24th: 16 miles (*Spin Class*)

    Total (so far): 121 miles

    *I have not been able to get "outdoors" for some long rides, so it looks like I'm going to fall short of this month's goal :-(
  • DrMAvDPhD
    DrMAvDPhD Posts: 2,097 Member
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    24 miles this month, will be 28 at end of the day. Had to use my headlight and taillight this morning!
  • deniseblossoms
    deniseblossoms Posts: 373 Member
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    So my initial goal for October was 170 then I changed it to 200, and last week I decided to try for 300. I hit my 200 goal.

    214.4 as of today. I rode 31.2 miles mxs 17.9 mph/ avs 10.9 mph. Was able to get back on the trails a decent amount.

    Here comes 300:D
  • djcon
    djcon Posts: 216 Member
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    Goal 100 miles

    10/3/12
    14.2 miles
    10/4/12
    15.3 miles
    10/13/12
    21 miles
    10/14/12
    5.5 miles
    10/16/`2
    10.3 miles
    10/17/12
    10.3 miles
    10/19/12
    10.3 miles
    10/20/12
    11.2 miles
    10/22/12
    18.2 miles

    I have met my 100 mile goal.

    10/23/12
    14.3 miles
    10/24/12
    14.3 miles
  • tamaralaine1970
    tamaralaine1970 Posts: 18
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    Own a wickedly cool road bike, and it for the last month or so it has been hanging on my wall. Well starting this monday hope to join the group that does a slow paced ride 20 mi or so but, as I was doing 40 plus this is a good start over for me

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