August Cycling Challenge 2013

8/01 - 12.57
8/02 - 12.40
8/03 - 12.11
8/04 - 13.08 (AM)
8/04 - 06.71 (PM)
8/05 - 23.10
8/06 - 12.06 [42:52 @ 16.9 mph]
8/07 - 06.18 [22:51 @ 16.2 mph] (AM)
8/07 - 10.18 [36:59 @ 16.5 mph] (Noon)
8/07 - 12.03 [43:59 @ 16.4 mph] (PM)
8/08 - 06.24 [26:21 @ 14.2 mph] (AM)
8/08 - 10.24 [37:06 @ 16.6 mph] (Noon)
8/09 - 12.02 [43:19 @ 16.7 mph]
8/12 - 06.18 [23:11 @ 16.0 mph] (AM)
8/12 - 09.74 [36:28 @ 16.0 mph] (Noon)
8/12 - 12.07 [43:59 @ 16.5 mph] (PM)
8/13 - 06.22 [25:00 @ 14.9 mph] (AM)
8/13 - 10.12 [38:32 @ 15.8 mph] (Noon)
8/14 - 06.18 [21:15 @ 17.5 mph] (AM)
8/14 - 10.15 [39:06 @ 15.6 mph] (Noon)
8/14 - 12.12 [43:09 @ 16.8 mph] (PM)
8/16 - 8/24 ***VACATION***
8/25 - 08.34 [33:27 @ 15.0 mph] (PM)
8/26 - 12.09 [43:27 @ 16.7 mph] (PM)
8/27 - 06.15 [23:00 @ 16.1 mph] (AM)
8/27 - 10.12 [38:11 @ 15.9 mph] (Noon)
8/27 - 07.24 [27:00 @ 16.0 mph] (PM)
8/28 - 12.09 [42:25 @ 17.1 mph] (Noon)
8/28 - 08.17 [28:42 @ 17.1 mph] (PM)
8/29 - 12.04 [45:28 @ 15.9 mph] (PM)




MTD - 297.94
GOAL - 300

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 - run 10k
16th Aug - run 5k
17th Aug - swim 1.5k
18th Aug - swim 1.75k
19th Aug - 34.73 miles
20th Aug - 34.77 miles
21st Aug - 34.66 miles
22nd Aug - run 10k
23rd Aug - REST
24th Aug - Gym
25th Aug - Swim
26th Aug - REST
27th Aug - 34.69 miles + 1750m swim
28th Aug - run
29th Aug - 34.67 miles
30th Aug - 17.39 miles

Total: 524.62 miles
Target: 500 miles
Remaining: +24.62 miles *** target reached 29th Aug somewhere on my way home ***

Well I never thought I'd be doing that many miles, this Challenge is great!! Don't think I'll get to this mileage again but I'll come back to it and tell my grandchildren all about it.... With Violins playing in the background and a tear in my eye.... OK OK OK a bit over the top.... Woop woop....

Feeling a little mentally sluggish right now. I've been struggling with a bike related (I think) problem and I thought, "I'll have to discuss that with the guys at the bike store when I go get my bike fixed (I broke the stem and can't pump it up)." Then I remembered that I have a wonderful community of cyclers right here that I can talk to. Over the last few weeks, I have been experiencing weakness in my left hand, specifically my thumb. After having blood pressure problems last summer, I was beginning to think that I was having a stoke. Weird, since I have very low blood pressure and am only 29ish. So I googled and came upon a term, Cyclers Palsy. It referrs to weakness or numbness in the hands caused by the wrist compressing the nerves while gripping handle bars. Have any of you experienced this and, if so, how did you treat it?

I always wear gloves, used not to but it definitely helps with the palms of your hand re pressure etc. Worth getting some. Mine are a bit smelly by now (I do wash them!), but wouldnt ride without them. For winter I've got some mega uber padded ones which should have heaters in each finger but they've got padding for the palms as well, LOVELY....

Monday I started to cycle to work 10km one way and back, one way took me 30 minuites. Tuesday and Wednessday the same.
Today I had free and drove by bike to my boyfriend it took me 70 minuites and now I am feeling pretty good and I am proud of myself. You can do it.

Riding to work is what got me cycling again after about 20 years away from it. I had about the same commute- 7 miles- and it was perfect. Then my office moved and it's 17 miles each way, so not so good. I'm still riding but not to work very often. It's a great way to fit exercise into your day though.

Cycling to work is definitely the way forward. It makes me cycle and think that it's an hour of free exercise of me racing against myself (and the squirrels trying to race me). And the smug look on my face when I get to the station where the fat suits are waiting for the train... I've got a 13mile ride each way with another 3 miles in London, it was an eye opener and hope to keep it up with the cold months coming up.
Well done all :drinker: :glasses:

I use mine for cycling to work and back, five days a week. It's a 10 and a half mile round trip, less then 20 on the way in and just over on the way back ('coz of the hills!!).

It's nice and quiet in the morning - I leave the house about 5.45 - and i enjoy it at that time. The way back is a bit more frantic, I'm in and about the city centre so lights, taxis and buses make it all interesting.

Now if I could just get the bike to work properly........seriously, it's jinxed :sad:

01/08 - 3.73 miles (recumbent stationary) - at the gym
02/08 - 5.56 miles (road)
06/08 - 16 miles (off-road) - on holiday
08/08 - 10 miles (mixed road/off-road) - on holiday
12/08 - 5.32 miles (road) - cycled to the gym
13/08 - 6.27 miles (road)
16/08 - 5.32 miles (road) - cycled to the gym
19/08 - 8.05 miles (road)
21/08 - 4.35 miles (recumbent stationary) - at the gym
23/08 - 7.94 miles (road)
26/08 - 7.43 miles (road)
27/08 - 7.79 miles (mixed road/off-road)
28/08 - 5.96 miles (mixed road/off-road)
29/08 - 5.96 miles (mixed road/off-road)
30/08 - 6.52 miles (road)

MTD = 106.2 miles
Target = 100 :happy:

Phew, it was a tight one this month but I'm glad I made it!!

8/1 16.56 mi ride
8/2 6.24 mi run/walk
8/3 8.47 mi ride
8/4 6.55 mi run/walk
8/5 13 Mi ride
8/6 6.36 mi run/walk
8/7 10.06 Mi ride
8/8 14.79 Mi ride
8/10 3.2 Mi Ran my first 5k!
8/10 3 mi ride
8/12 3.33 mi run/walk
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
8/14 2.55 walk
8/15 13.67 ride
8/16 6.54 ride
8/17 6.56 run/walk
8/18 27.12 ride
8/19 13.95 ride
8/20 6.84 run/walk
8/21 4 mi walk
8/22 12.05 ride
8/23 3.71 mi run/walk
8/24 25.35 mi ride
8/25 7.00 mi run/walk
8/26 3 mi walk
8/27 6.88 mi run/walk
8/29 14.66 mi ride
8/30 7.02 mi run/walk

Total: 261.67 mi

Like the fool that I am I have decided to try for the thousand
Count:
37 Activities
Distance:
968.62 mi
Time:
73:08:32 h:m:s
Elevation Gain:
26,859 ft
Avg Speed:
13.2 mph
Avg HR:
126 bpm
Calories:
65,269 C
Max Distance:
100.12 mi

Goal is 1000km (621.4 miles) this month.

As of today I've done 594.5 miles and averaged 17.52mph. 18,816 feet of climb. Normal rides I'm averaging around 19.5mph but there were a few rides this month with some slower folks killing my speed for the month. Other than that, I'm pretty happy so far. Should wrap up my 1000km tomorrow morning easily with only 27miles left to go.

Year-to-Date (Began riding April 1)
Distance: 2,307.4mi
Time: 135hr 24m
Elev Gain: 67,730ft
Rides: 108

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)
8/16 -8 miles (37mins)
8/17 -4hours of walking at aquarium/market
8/18 -12 miles (52mins)
8/19 -13 miles (57mins)
8/20 -20 miles (90mins)
8/21 -15 miles (66mins)
8/22 - Rest Day
8/23 -15 miles (65mins) so unmotivated during this entire workout and really wanted to quit, but i am proud that i didnt
8/24 - Family get together, swam a little bit
8/25 -5.5 miles (23mins) Didn't get home til 9 after a busy day, but needed to get something in.
8/26 -17 miles (72mins)
8/27 -10 miles (44mins)
8/28 -11 miles (48mins)
8/29 -16.5 miles (71mins)





one more long ride tomorrow

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).
8/15 - 3.3 miles (short ride cuz I had to mow too).
8/16 - 0 miles. Mowed instead. Finally found out that the dog that bit me is up to date on shots.
8/17 - 0 miles. Too fatigued.
8/18 - 0 miles. 45 minutes of mowing soggy yard instead.
8/19 - 2.5 miles in the dark. Way too many bugs at night on rural route. Ewww.
8/20 - 5.9 miles. I felt sluggish, but the numbers tell me I did okay.
8/21 - 5.9 miles.
8/22 - 6.3 miles.
8/23 - 5.2 miles. Would have liked to go a little more, but I rode faster than usual and it was 92 degrees outside.
8/24 - 0 miles. Stormy day.
8/25 - 8.2 miles. Longest ride since the dog bite (still healing). I felt sluggish, but still managed to average 10.3 mph which is satisfactory for me. Saw two dead snakes along the way. Ewww.
8/26 - 0 miles. Mowed instead.
8/27 - 1 mile. Haha. I mowed instead.
8/28 - 0 miles. Happy Birthday, meeeeeeeee.
8/29 - 6.5 miles.
8/30 - 6.6 miles.


Goal = 100 miles.
Accomplished MTD = 117.7 miles.
Remaining miles = 0. Goal reached on 8/25.

8/4 17.25mi road 1hr 1416 cals burned
8/5 7.25mi stationary 30min 580 cals burned
8/7 10.75mi stationary 40 min 780 cals burned
8/11 12mi road 54min 1120 cals burned
8/12 12 mi road 55min 1120 cals burned
8/14 5mi stationary 15min (tread mill 15min; swim 20min) total cals~ 950
8/17 18mi hybrid bike on Raritan & Canal Trail 2 hours ~1500 cals
8/19 6.85mi road 37min 633 cals
8/20 10.58 mi road 1014cals
8/28 16.01 mi stationary 1019 cals pace 16mph 5966 ft climbed
8/29 12.0 mi road 1093 cals burned
8/30 7.45 mi road 643 cals burned

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My Birthday 39 Years Young

8/30 7.45 mi road 643 cals burned

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My Birthday 39 Years Young

Happy Birthday to youuuuuuuuu. :flowerforyou:

Happy Birthday mlove351!! Hope you had a good day