February Cycling Challenge 2014

After six months back on my '75 Raleigh Super Course (which was showing it's age, just like me), I finally invested in a new bike. Missed the first week and half of February out of town, but since then I've put 223 miles on my new CAAD10 105. I've got at least one more ride in me this month so I will hopefully be able to hit 250 for the month.

I'm just soloing it close to home, but I was able to increase my avg speed over an hour+ ride from 18 to 20 mph with the CAAD10. The 105 shifters are a dream compared to my down tube shifters. Wow. Definitely loving the new bike.

As always, I'm blown away by the people in this forum. Talk about inspiring. Keep on riding.

2/2 - 18.39 spinning
2/6 - 21.54 spinning
2/9 - 19.51 spinning
2/10 - 14.51 spinning
2/13 - 22.54 spinning
2/16 - 21.53 spinning (with new shoes!)
2/18 - 15.60 spinning
2/ 20 - 25.54 spinning
2/23 - 20.15 spinning
2/26 - 20.05 spinning


Total for week - 40.20
Total for month - 178.36

Goal - 275/mo (not sure i am going to make it at this pace...but I have new shoes!!)

03/02 - 19 miles spinning
04/02 - 20 miles spinning
05/02 - 20 miles spinning
07/02 - 12 miles
10/02 - 20 miles spinning
11/02 - 20 miles spinning
12/02 - 30 miles
13/02 - 26 miles
17/02 - 20 miles spinning
18/02 - 20 miles spinning
19/02 - 30 miles
21/02 - 30 miles
23/02 - 25 miles
25/02 - 20 miles spinning
26/02 - 12 miles MTB

February 4: 4.70 mi spinning (got sick, cut it short)
February 8: 11.0 mi spinning
February10 11.1 mi spinning
February11 11.2 mi spinning
February16:11.2 mi spinning
Fenruary17:11.3 mi spinning
February23 11.6 mi spinning
February24 11.6 mi spinning
February27 11.8 mi spinning

February 1 - rode 29.8 miles for a duration of 91 minutes
February 2 - rode 47.2 miles for a duration of 150 minutes
February 3 - rode for 30 minutes recovery spin (not counting for miles) and did weights
February 4 - rode for 19 miiles for a duration of 60 minutes
February 5 - rode for 10.1 miles for a duration of 30 minutes and did weights
February 6 - rode for 29.6 miles for a duration of 90 minutes (included 5 x 6 minute L4 intervals)
February 8 - rode for 28.4 miles for a duration of 90 minutes
February 9 - rode for 40 miles for a duration of 120 minutes
February 10 - rode for 3 miles for a duration of 10 minutes and did 60 mintues of weights
February 11 - rode for 18.6 miles for a duration of 60 minutes
February 12 - rode for 10.4 miles for a duration of 30 minutes and did weights
February 15 - rode for 28.2 miles for a duration of 90 minutes
February 16 - rode for 8.6 miles for a duration of 30 minutes
February 17 - 21 - Got SICK!!! Took 5 days off the bike, but did short weight lifting sessions instead.
February 22 - rode for 9.9 miles for a duration of 30 minutes
February 23 - rode 22 miles for a duration of 60 minutes
February 25 - rode 20.1 miles for a duration of 60 minutes
February 26 - rode 10.1 miles for a duration of 30 minutes
February 27 - rode 23.6 miles for a duration of 75 minutes

**Total for month of February: 358.5 miles/18:25 hours




**I am training for the 2014 XC Mountain Bike Racing Season. Goal is to increase my 2013 monthly duration by 10% (and get a bit more lean and mean to improve my power/weight ratio).

2/01/14--13.32 miles
2/07/14--20.16 miles
2/08/14--11.04 miles
2/10/14--9.02 miles
2/12/14--12 miles
2/13/14--10.27 miles
2/16/14--12.13 miles
2/18/14--13.74 miles
2/27/14--7.72 miles

Total--109.41 miles

total for the month 165.75..I didnt really have a goal but wanted to track for a month and see what I was at..now for better weather and more riding outside..

2/5 - 11.6 mi (45 min)
2/9 - 7.9 mi (30 min)
2/12 - 5.1 mi (20 min)
2/15 - 7.8 (30 min)
2/18 - 5.2 (20 min)
2/21 - 7.7 (30 min)
2/22 - 8.1 (30 min)

Total - 53.3 mi

I did not meet my goal of 80 miles. This month just sucked for so many reasons and I let a lot of emotional crap get in the way of my goals. It's a learning process for sure.

Got into cycling a few weeks ago
So far

Feb approx 150 miles
March so far 16 miles

Bought my bike on Feb 12 2014
By the last day of the month I had done:

142.77 miles
12 hours 17 minutes
7170 cals burned

over 13 rides