August Cycling Challenge 2013

8/1 - 8.46 miles
8/2 - 8.61 miles
8/3 - 8.41 miles
8/4 - 9.35 miles
8/5 - 8.48 miles
8/6 - 8.41 miles
8/7 - 14.38 miles
8/8 - 14.58 miles
8/9 - 12.84 miles
8/10 - 0 miles
8/11 - 13.80 miles
8/12 - 10.72 miles
8/13 - 9.12 miles

Goal - 200 miles
MTD - 127.16 miles

August goal = 100 miles.


8/1 - 0
8/2 - 7.0 miles.
8/3 - 7.2 miles.
8/4 - 1.2 miles. I mowed today instead of riding.
8/5 - 1.0 miles. I finished mowing today instead of riding. Neighbor a couple doors down got hit on his bike Friday (hit & run). He didn't even fall, but wound up with a compound fracture of his left elbow. Be careful out there people. AND WEAR A HELMET.
8/6 - 5.4 miles outside on a rainy day. Found a farmer's dog dead on the side of the road. Sad.
8/7 - 6.2 miles.
8/8 - 5.5 miles. My first ride without my Walkman (external speakers, not earbuds). I require music.
8/9 - 0 miles. Rest day.
8/10 - 10.0 miles. That's my longest ever ride. I've done 10 miles before, but split in two. It was also my fastest ride, averaging 11.8mph. It was hard. I am a wimp. That is okay.
8/11 - 4.4 miles. Had to cut my route short because I was again attacked by dogs. Got my leg pretty good. The really scary thing about it is that since I'd never seen those dogs before on that route, they scared the crap out of me and I turned my bike such that if there had been a car coming from either direction (50 mph speed limit road), I would have been dead. I cannot ride fast enough to out-run the dogs. I almost cried.
8/12 - 6 miles (another new route).
8/13 - 4.9 miles between storms (barely got home in time).


Goal = 100 miles.
Accomplished MTD = 58.8 miles.
Remaining miles = 41.2 miles.

Man! I did NOT want to go for my ride this morning. I'm not sure why, usually I look forward to it. I rode 15 miles.

But you did it!! Well done

First month tracking rides in the forum

8/1 - 10.6 miles (std Thursday night ride on the 'Greenway'.
8/4 - 4.5 miles (was camping prior weekend - sore and tired)
8/5 - 6.3 miles (warm up spinning muscles - hope for long ride on Tuesday)
8/7 - 12.2 miles (15.9 mph avgerage over 12 miles)
8/9 - 15.2 miles (rode to work and back)
8/10 - 12.5 miles (14.4 avg mph)
8/11 - 6.5 miles
8/12 - 5 miles
8/13 - 11 miles

MTD = 73.8

01/08 - 3.73 miles (recumbent stationary)
02/08 - 5.56 miles (road)
06/08 - 16 miles (off-road)
08/08 - 10 miles (mixed road/off-road)
12/08 - 5.32 miles (road)
13/08 - 6.27 miles (road)

MTD = 46.88 miles
Remaining = 53.12 miles

I just found this thread! I'm so excited! I've been looking to get back into riding for fitness. My other half was an avid biker when he was younger and we want to do more together. This is perfect!

My question to some of you ladies (and gents) is what you bike on?? Stationary, road bikes, spin, or whatever?

Looking forward to getting started!

8/12 1.62 walk
8/13 1/57 ride (Finally got my 2 neighbors to join me- that's all they had!)
8/14 6.02 run/walk

Will get a longer ride in tomorrow!

Total so far: 100.77!

What a great thread. Please feel free to add me to your friends list too. Always looking for new cycling friends on this site.

8/3 - 12 miles (mtn)
8/11 - 54 miles (road)

August goal = 100 miles.


8/1 - 0
8/2 - 7.0 miles.
8/3 - 7.2 miles.
8/4 - 1.2 miles. I mowed today instead of riding.
8/5 - 1.0 miles. I finished mowing today instead of riding. Neighbor a couple doors down got hit on his bike Friday (hit & run). He didn't even fall, but wound up with a compound fracture of his left elbow. Be careful out there people. AND WEAR A HELMET.
8/6 - 5.4 miles outside on a rainy day. Found a farmer's dog dead on the side of the road. Sad.
8/7 - 6.2 miles.
8/8 - 5.5 miles. My first ride without my Walkman (external speakers, not earbuds). I require music.
8/9 - 0 miles. Rest day.
8/10 - 10.0 miles. That's my longest ever ride. I've done 10 miles before, but split in two. It was also my fastest ride, averaging 11.8mph. It was hard. I am a wimp. That is okay.
8/11 - 4.4 miles. Had to cut my route short because I was again attacked by dogs. Got my leg pretty good. The really scary thing about it is that since I'd never seen those dogs before on that route, they scared the crap out of me and I turned my bike such that if there had been a car coming from either direction (50 mph speed limit road), I would have been dead. I cannot ride fast enough to out-run the dogs. I almost cried.
8/12 - 6 miles (another new route).
8/13 - 4.9 miles between storms (barely got home in time).
8/14 - 7.5 miles (took neighbor with me for the first 2 miles, then on my own).


Goal = 100 miles.
Accomplished MTD = 66.3 miles.
Remaining miles = 33.7 miles.

August goal 266 miles

8/1 -6.5 miles (30 mins)
8/2 -14.5 miles (70 mins)
8/4 -10 miles (46 mins)
8/5 -11.5 miles (51 mins)
8/6 -10 miles (45 mins)
8/7 -15 miles (70 mins)
8/8 - Rest Day
8/9 - 5 miles (21 mins)
8/10- Rest
8/11- Walked around at a Flea Market
8/12- 8 miles (37mins) Caught a cold from my husband but had to get something in or I will not make goal.
8/13 -Rest, slight fever
8/14 - 8 miles (36mins)

1st Aug - 34.72 miles
2nd Aug - 21.12 miles
3rd Aug - day off
4th Aug - day off
5th Aug - 34.61 miles
6th Aug - 34.78 miles
7th Aug - 34.66 miles
8th Aug - 34.80 miles
9th Aug - 34.67 miles
10th Aug - day off
11th Aug - day off
12th Aug - 34.65 miles
13th Aug - 34.68 miles
14th Aug - 34.72 miles
15th Aug - day off from cycling - ran 10k instead

Total: 333.41 miles
Target: 400 miles
Remaining: 66.59 miles

Count:
13 Activities
Distance:
382.17 mi
Time:
29:16:30 h:m:s
Elevation Gain:
9,710 ft
Avg Speed:
13.1 mph
Avg HR:
127 bpm
Calories:
25,625 C
Max Distance:
62.10 mi

8-2 12 miles
8-3 12
8-5 26
8-7 26
8-9 26
8-11 13
8-12 27
8-14 27 my birthday - maybe I should have ridden 62......

August goal 266 miles

8/1 -6.5 miles (30 mins)
8/2 -14.5 miles (70 mins)
8/4 -10 miles (46 mins)
8/5 -11.5 miles (51 mins)
8/6 -10 miles (45 mins)
8/7 -15 miles (70 mins)
8/8 - Rest Day
8/9 - 5 miles (21 mins)
8/10- Rest
8/11- Walked around at a Flea Market
8/12- 8 miles (37mins) Caught a cold from my husband but had to get something in or I will not make goal.
8/13 -Rest, slight fever
8/14 - 8 miles (36mins)
8/15 -15 miles (68 mins)

Today was a very off day was not in the mood to go biking, still pushed myself to do something did not get very far at all. I was also wondering is there a way of calculating your calories burned when your riding against the wind. I know I sweat a heck of a lot more the windy days than the days there is little to no wind. I guess I would have to purchase one of those HRM monitors to get more accurate reading for calories burned.

08/01 - 9.06 miles - 590 calories
08/02 - 0.00 rainy day no biking today
08/03 - 0.00 rainy day
08/04 - 0.00 rainy day no biking again
08/05 - 0.00 rainy day, love this season, its killing me - did 3 miles on the treadmill.
08/06 - 0.00 not feeling well - took the day off
08/07 - 14.27 miles - 929 calories
08/08 - 11.31 miles - 737 calories
08/09 - 19.80 miles - 1290 calories - Woo-Hoo longest ride and most calories burned
08/10 - 0.00 rest day
08/11 - 0.00 rest day
08/12 - 10.13 miles - 660 calories
08/13 - 14.63 miles - 953 calories
08/14 - 12.58 miles - 820 calories
08/15 - 6.20 miles - 404 calories - not a good day.