December 2013 Cycling Challenge

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  • sajeffe
    sajeffe Posts: 850 Member
    12/1 - 0 miles.
    12/2 - 0 miles.
    12/3 - 6 miles.
    12/4 - 12/8 - 0 miles.
    12/9 - 2 miles stationary.
    12/10 - 1.1 miles stationary.
    12/17 - 3.0 miles outside. Sunny and mild, but the wind was rough.


    MTD - 12.1 miles.
    Goal - 50 miles.
    Remaining - 37.9 miles. I have no illusions about making it. I'll be lucky to get to 20 miles.
  • PaulHalicki
    PaulHalicki Posts: 576 Member
    12/1 - 27*
    12/4 - 28*
    12/15 - 24
    12/17 - 18*

    Total: 97 miles

    * fixed gear rides

    Finally got riding again after all that frozen stuff. We had our Night Rider Christmas Party on Sunday, and afterward I rode over to the tree downtown before heading home. I rode my commuter bike. Later in the ride I hit a muddy trail so now it's a big mess.
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    Downtown by doohickie@ymail.com, on Flickr

    Tonight, back to the fixed gear bike. This pic is in a sketchy industrial area. I didn't stop long and get a perfect shot.
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    Fuzzy Fixie by doohickie@ymail.com, on Flickr
  • PaulHalicki
    PaulHalicki Posts: 576 Member
    12/1 - 27*
    12/4 - 28*
    12/15 - 24
    12/17 - 18*
    12/18 - 26*

    Total: 123 miles

    * fixed gear rides

    Rollin' on the River: I had to work late tonight, so I couldn't do my normal Wednesday group ride. So I got 26 miles in solo. I stopped along the way at the bar where the Night Riders finished their ride and had a bite to eat with them, but for the ride was strictly solo.

    The homeward leg of the ride was into a wicked headwind.

    Bonus haiku describing the weather:

    Heavenly zephyr
    Caressing my back outbound
    Hellish ride homeward
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  • popflying
    popflying Posts: 24
    At 96.18 miles as of today. Runkeeper is having problems for me and seems to lose the GPS signal halfway through my ride and doesn't measure my distance properly :( I have to see if I can fix that. Thankfully my cyclocomputer does keep an accurate distance of my ride.
  • sajeffe
    sajeffe Posts: 850 Member
    12/1 - 0 miles.
    12/2 - 0 miles.
    12/3 - 6 miles.
    12/4 - 12/8 - 0 miles.
    12/9 - 2 miles stationary.
    12/10 - 1.1 miles stationary.
    12/17 - 3.0 miles outside. Sunny and mild, but the wind was rough.
    12/19 - 3.1 miles outside.


    MTD - 15.2 miles.
    Goal - 50 miles.
    Remaining - 34.8 miles. I have no illusions about making it. I'll be lucky to get to 20 miles.
  • PaulHalicki
    PaulHalicki Posts: 576 Member
    At 96.18 miles as of today. Runkeeper is having problems for me and seems to lose the GPS signal halfway through my ride and doesn't measure my distance properly :( I have to see if I can fix that. Thankfully my cyclocomputer does keep an accurate distance of my ride.

    It seems like different apps work better or worse for different people, maybe depends on which phone you have. I got tired of Sports Tracker and Endomondo always messing up the altitude data. Strava gets it right, but they don't have a Windows Phone app. Runtastic does and it gets the altitude right. In my experience, it's reasonably tenacious in keeping track of my position. If I need to go into a building, though, I make sure I pause it. When I restart it, I make sure I have a good GPS sync first.
  • Jkowals123
    Jkowals123 Posts: 133 Member
    This looks like a fun challenge! I spin at
    The YMCA. I don't own a bike not
    Running right now because I am burnt
    Out and need a break! Also do Pure Barre
    Classes!
  • PaulHalicki
    PaulHalicki Posts: 576 Member
    12/1 - 27*
    12/4 - 28*
    12/15 - 24
    12/17 - 18*
    12/18 - 26*
    12/22 - 21*


    Total: 144 miles

    * fixed gear rides

    This is what Night Riders look like. A group shot from tonight's chilly ride. That's me in the lower left in the yellow jacket.
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  • mwhite61451
    mwhite61451 Posts: 209 Member
    738 minutes this month

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