July Cycling Challenge 2013

Laid down another 34 miles on a quick detour home from work, so by the time I've got to work tomorrow I'll have passed 1300 kilometers for the month!

7/1 - 9.09 miles
7/2 - 8.48 miles
7/3 - 5.95 miles
7/4 - 0.00 miles
7/5 - 5.96 miles
7/6 - 3.70 miles
7/7 - 0.00 miles
7/8 - 8.87 miles
7/9 - 6.95 miles
7/10 - 7.41 miles
7/11 - 6.94 miles
7/12 - 6.20 miles
7/13 - 0.00 miles
7/14 - 10.07 miles
7/15 - 6.12 miles
7/16 - 7.01 miles
7/17 - 10.45 miles
7/18 - 6.31 miles
7/19 - 6.96 miles
7/20 - 0.00 miles
7/21 - 6.88 miles
7/22 - 6.96 miles

Goal - 200 miles
MTD - 130.31 miles

I ended up having to take the weekend off of cycling and everything else. I blacked out on my ride thursday. Thankfully, I was off taking a break when it happened. After sitting for half an hour waiting for the dizziness to pass, I gave up in defeat and called my husband to come get me. Since then, I've had a little trouble getting my blood pressure back up. I think that I've had more powerade and sodium in the last 2 days than I have had in my whole life.

This morning, after my husband went to work, I snuck out and went for a ride. I kept it short, since I know he'll be grumpy with me.
6.2 miles

Not good =( Hope you are doing better. Try not to overdue it if your body is telling you to take a break

^^^ Funny. I think I need a motor on my bike. And, yeah, the moon has been breath-taking the last two nights. Really cool here because it's been kind of cloudy so you see the clouds drifting past the moon. I confess to going outside sometimes at 3am just to look at the sky.

This mileage is taking it's toll on my body. All aches and pains at the minute... still managing to crack a few personal bests though! There's a category 4 climb only 15 miles from work so I headed on up it on the way home last night - 3km at an average grade of about 8%! The new bike felt fast as hell on the way up which was nice!

Only problem I'm having is that I keep coming in around a thousand calories down on what I should be eating to sustain my weight, despite necking a pint of milkshake after each ride!

1,304km down, 376 to go! Not long left now!

7/1 - 5 miles outside.
7/2 - 5 miles outside.
7/3 - Rest day.
7/4 - 0
7/5 - 3 miles stationary.
7/6 - 5 miles outside, where it was only 77 degrees and cloudy.
7/7 - 3.2 miles stationary.
7/8 - 3 miles outside.
7/9 - 0
7/10 - 5 miles outside after a storm.
7/11 - 5.2 miles outside. I was bitten by a dog on today's ride. Not bad, but I had to pedal really hard when two dogs came after me. Cleaned it with isopropyl alcohol and I should be fine. One of the dogs on my old bike route was killed today because it bit somebody (I had to change routes because two dogs kept trying to bite me). We have leash laws, but people don't seem to care.
7/12 - 0
7/13 - 5.6 miles outside.
7/14 - 5 miles outside in between the downpours.
7/15 - 4 miles outside. Half way through the month and just not quite half way to my goal.
7/16 - 6 miles outside.
7/17 - 0
7/18 - 7 miles outside.
7/19 - 7 miles outside.
7/20 - 7 miles outside for the third day in a row. Woot. But unlike the other two days, today was during the heat of the day. Not good for me. Dusk is much better.
7/21 - 2 miles outside. Short ride since it was already dark out and I mowed too.
7/22 - 0
7/23 - 7 miles outside after the storms passed. Nice and cool. Though muggy.



MTD 85 miles.
Goal is 100 miles.
Remaining is 15 miles.

7/1 - 5 miles outside.
7/2 - 5 miles outside.
7/3 - Rest day.
7/4 - 0
7/5 - 3 miles stationary.
7/6 - 5 miles outside, where it was only 77 degrees and cloudy.
7/7 - 3.2 miles stationary.
7/8 - 3 miles outside.
7/9 - 0
7/10 - 5 miles outside after a storm.
7/11 - 5.2 miles outside. I was bitten by a dog on today's ride. Not bad, but I had to pedal really hard when two dogs came after me. Cleaned it with isopropyl alcohol and I should be fine. One of the dogs on my old bike route was killed today because it bit somebody (I had to change routes because two dogs kept trying to bite me). We have leash laws, but people don't seem to care.
7/12 - 0
7/13 - 5.6 miles outside.
7/14 - 5 miles outside in between the downpours.
7/15 - 4 miles outside. Half way through the month and just not quite half way to my goal.
7/16 - 6 miles outside.
7/17 - 0
7/18 - 7 miles outside.
7/19 - 7 miles outside.
7/20 - 7 miles outside for the third day in a row. Woot. But unlike the other two days, today was during the heat of the day. Not good for me. Dusk is much better.
7/21 - 2 miles outside. Short ride since it was already dark out and I mowed too.
7/22 - 0
7/23 - 7 miles outside after the storms passed. Nice and cool. Though muggy.
7/24 - 7 miles outside between thunderstorms. I'm getting good at reading radar. There's a 100 mile ride going on here Saturday. I'll be happy to get my 100 miles for the month. The ride goes almost right by my house but I won't be up in time to cheer them on.



MTD 92 miles.
Goal is 100 miles.
Remaining is 8 miles.

I am not sure if this is the correct place to post. I have a good bike. I tried using it about a year ago and got such terrible butt burn from it..
how do you get over that? I would like to cycle, when I was younger it's how i got all my exercise in.. but the last couple times I've tried to ride after not riding for years it hurt so much on the saddle.

How can I get back into cycling?

July 1 - 5.34 miles (road)
July 3 - 4.79 miles (road)
July 6 - 12 miles (off-road)
July 8 - 5.52 miles (road)
July 9 - 5.52 miles (road)
July 10 - 5.52 miles (road)
July 11 - 3.85 miles (stationary recumbent)
July 12 - 5.76 miles (road)
July 13 - 6.61 miles (road)
July 14 - 5.59 miles (road)
July 16 - 5.19 miles (road)
July 17 - 5.52 miles (road)
July 18 - 2.49 miles (stationary recumbent)
July 19 - 6.53 miles (road)
July 22 - 5.52 miles (road)
July 25 - 7.43 miles (road) - had a few days off cos I just had a root canal done :-/

MTD: 93.18 miles
Remaining: 6.82 miles

Nearly there, might do some stationary recumbent at the gym tomorrow, else I should be going on a big cycle with the OH on Saturday which should take me to goal just in time, yey!!

As of this morning after my ride to work, 139.49 miles. Which will become 150 miles after I get back home.

12.4 miles this morning, including 2 hills that I have been avoiding.

Woohoo! Doesn't it feel awesome to conquer a climb you've avoided for a few weeks? I've had a few of those myself, lately (:

7/1 - 9.09 miles
7/2 - 8.48 miles
7/3 - 5.95 miles
7/4 - 0.00 miles
7/5 - 5.96 miles
7/6 - 3.70 miles
7/7 - 0.00 miles
7/8 - 8.87 miles
7/9 - 6.95 miles
7/10 - 7.41 miles
7/11 - 6.94 miles
7/12 - 6.20 miles
7/13 - 0.00 miles
7/14 - 10.07 miles
7/15 - 6.12 miles
7/16 - 7.01 miles
7/17 - 10.45 miles
7/18 - 6.31 miles
7/19 - 6.96 miles
7/20 - 0.00 miles
7/21 - 6.88 miles
7/22 - 6.96 miles
7/23 - 10.92 miles
7/24 - 7.67 miles
7/25 - 8.66 miles

Goal - 200 miles
MTD - 157.56 miles

12.4 miles this morning, including 2 hills that I have been avoiding.

Good job! I don't do hills. Ever. (I'm disabled and just pleased that I can ride a fairly flat route.)