MFP Biking Group 7/21/2008

My goal this week is 100 miles.

Mon am - 11 miles & walked 3 miles

Rode 4 miles in record time without breaking a sweat. I realized that if you stick to roads the sound of cars wooshing by tends to speed you up.

Mon am - 11 miles & walked 3 miles
Mon pm - walked/ran 4.55 miles
Tuesday am - 12.2 miles & walked 3 miles

It is raining here today, which we are in great need of, but it makes riding a bike a little on the unpleasant side. It is supposed to be stormy all day. So I guess I will drag my butt to the gym tonight when my hubby gets home. I hate the gym...I would much rather be outside. Over cast days make me tired, crabby and want to eat all day. Maybe I should whine some more!!!!!!! :yawn:

I need to get out and ride but it is over 100 with an index of 108. I almost had a heat stroke last year in this weather and so I have learned my lesson. (saw stars and blacked out a moment) I have walked some and swum a little. Still losing weight. It is supposed to be down in the 80s this weekend here and I can hardly wait! If it gets in the low 90s out there then I will ride then. I have learned to pay attention to that heart rate monitor with the heat is really over 95 and I am over 45! I will be checking into the MS 150 in our area. I would suggest you guys look into it. Just google "MS 150" and your state to find your ride. I have done it with my boys twice. Looks like this year I will be alone - with 1600 other cyclists!

Hi all,

I would love to get started biking with y'all. I have signed up for an event to support our Wounded Warriors and trying to raise money for the organization. The big ride is on Veteran's Day (11/11). I've never been a biker so I guess the best place to start is just getting on the bike and riding. I have to give the group the total number of miles I plan to ride the day of the event. Any ideas how to determine that goal? Any suggestions on how to get started is appreciated? I'm having trouble sticking to a healthy lifestyle so I'm hoping this will help.

Get on and start. My first time out (on a huffy mtn bike) I rode 5 miles and was PROUD. It was hard too. Now I ride at least 10 miles a day and my max so far is 33 miles. I started riding in February. I plan of doing a ride for Parkinsons disease in Sept. I think we are signing up for the 60 mile ride. That will be a push for me but goals are set to be met and I think I will be able to do it.

I did not fall of the earth, just very busy.

My week starts Saturdays because of wrok schedule and because it just worked out like that.
This Saturday was a group ride with the local bicycle club. I worked 12 hours that night but was lucky that I had to sit 8 of them, i.e. I was not on my feet all the time. so I thought let's see how it goes. Just kinds wanted to test what I can still do when already tired. We rode 37 miles and I am honest, it was a little hard at the end. And hot!

Yesterday I had a 60 mile ride scheduled. I tend to ride in areas where I have already been so that some roads are familiar and extend my trip beyond that. So I choose Chesapeake City as a starting point and a nice loop all across the state and back. I printed the parts that I thought are critical and that I was not familiar with from mapquest. Got up early, and was a t my starting point at 6:30 am. Still nice and cool. I started riding, paced myself so I did not go to fast and rode the first 15 miles on roads that I knew from previous trip. After that it was pretty straight forward as far as following the map, so I had no problem. Most roads where nice quiet back country roads, very little traffic. The first 50 miles were really just nice quiet uneventful pedaling. Where I screwed up was at the end of the trip. Somehow that printout did not match what I saw in reality. That one road where I should have taken a right turn never came. Bummer! So here I am almost at the end of my trip (according to the computer) and no map. Hmmmm.... well, I k now which direction my starting point roughly is. And I know I can not miss the main road back there without dropping in the ocean. So I just keep riding. Mileage piling up. Darn it! 60 miles and no end in sight. Finally a road where I can turn right. I follow it. Horse country. A horse farm another horse farm Yet another horse farm..... but nice riding. Then I take a turn knowing that this direction will take me towards the main street if nothing else. After a few hundred yards I had to stop at a road construction. I asked the first human being I have seen since hours (that's what it felt like) for directions. He directed me in the right direction. I followed his direction and ride and ride... men I should be there by now! After a turn of the road I see the metal bow of the Chesapeake City bridge over the trees. So close I could almost grab it! I am there! I made it! Total of that adventure: 70 miles.

Today I wanted to see how far I can ride after the big ride yesterday. I was not sore and felt great. so i took the bike out for yet another ride. After 10 miles I still felt good, so I kept going. My favorite loop around the state park: 28 miles.

Makes a total of 135 miles so far.

Here is me and my bike. I know all of you are just sitting on the edge of your seats to see it!!! NOT! But here it is anyway.

Nice picture, Bamboo! I love my TREK... they make great bikes!

And in case anybody is following along. I'm currently riding my 1985 Peugeot but I have a 1989 TREK 1400 as well.

I feel so old ... both of my bikes are "vintage" and I can remember when I bought them new. :sad:

Mon am - 11 miles & walked 3 miles
Mon pm - walked/ran 4.55 miles
Tuesday am - 12.2 miles & walked 3 miles
Weds - no biking, went to the gym due to weather:frown: (I like the sunshine better)!
Thursday -10 miles

I am waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy behind on my goal of 100 miles this week. I will probably go out and ride this evening though. And we have a long ride planned for Saturday morning (weather permitting)

I rode my 6 miles yesterday. I'm playing with maps to discover new places to ride - that I can get to from home. I don't have a bike rack for the car, so I'm getting bored of the same subdivisions!:happy:
I'll ride again tomorrow and Saturday - still trying to hit the 20 mile mark for this week. I'm also walking 30-45 minutes on days I'm not riding my bike. My teen+ daughters are really surprised I'm keeping up wtih this. It's great to have a group to report to!
For a kick - visit You Tube and enter key words Newberry Family Bicycle 08 and watch the music video my family made this past June. I thought it'd be appropriate for a bicycling group! :blushing:

Mon am - 11 miles & walked 3 miles
Mon pm - walked/ran 4.55 miles
Tuesday am - 12.2 miles & walked 3 miles
Weds - no biking, went to the gym due to weather (I like the sunshine better)!
Thursday -22.9 miles