May Cycling Challenge 2014

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  • blushpeonies
    blushpeonies Posts: 101 Member
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    19.38 miles today.
  • sajeffe
    sajeffe Posts: 850 Member
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    5/1 - 0 miles.
    5/2 - 1.5 miles.
    5/3 - 2.4 miles at 9.5mph listening to Haim on the Walkman (totally safe cuz I don't use headphones/earbuds).
    5/3 - 2.5 additional miles at 9.5mph listening to a variety.
    5/4 - 3.6 miles at 9.9mph listening to B.B. King and Badfinger.
    5/5 - 1.1 miles at 8.4mph.
    5/6 - 1.7 miles at 8.5mph.
    5/7 - 3.5 miles at 10.6mph listening to The Black Keys.
    5/8 - 4.0 miles at 10.4mph listening to Trombone Shorty & others. Need more days like this to reach my goal.
    5/8 - 1.2 more miles at 9.1mph.
    5/9 - 1.7 miles at 10.5mph.
    5/10 - 4.0 miles at 9.7mph listening to MGMT and others.




    Goal for May is 75.0 miles.
    MTD = 27.2 miles.
    Yet to Ride = 47.8 miles.
  • sajeffe
    sajeffe Posts: 850 Member
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    Yep, faugsu, I'll ride a couple miles for you. :smile: Good luck with your bike! Glad you didn't crash.
  • cowbellsandcoffee
    cowbellsandcoffee Posts: 2,975 Member
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    5/4 - 20.1 miles @ 16.6 mph
    5/5 - 15.6 @ 16 mph
    5/6 - 26.1 @ 15.3 mph
    5/7 - 17.6 @ 16.4 mph
    5/8 - 36.3 @ 14.7 mph (WINDY lol)
    5/10 - 25 @ 16.1 mph

    May total - 140.7
  • sajeffe
    sajeffe Posts: 850 Member
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    5/1 - 0 miles.
    5/2 - 1.5 miles.
    5/3 - 2.4 miles at 9.5mph listening to Haim on the Walkman (totally safe cuz I don't use headphones/earbuds).
    5/3 - 2.5 additional miles at 9.5mph listening to a variety.
    5/4 - 3.6 miles at 9.9mph listening to B.B. King and Badfinger.
    5/5 - 1.1 miles at 8.4mph.
    5/6 - 1.7 miles at 8.5mph.
    5/7 - 3.5 miles at 10.6mph listening to The Black Keys.
    5/8 - 4.0 miles at 10.4mph listening to Trombone Shorty & others. Need more days like this to reach my goal.
    5/8 - 1.2 more miles at 9.1mph.
    5/9 - 1.7 miles at 10.5mph.
    5/10 - 4.0 miles at 9.7mph listening to MGMT and others.
    5/10 - another 1.4 miles.




    Goal for May is 75.0 miles.
    MTD = 28.6 miles.
    Yet to Ride = 46.4 miles.
  • OPile
    OPile Posts: 104 Member
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    May 2: 13.6 mi
    May 3: 7.59 mi
    May 4: 14.78 mi
    May 5: 4.05 mi
    May 6: 18.83 mi
    May 9: 10.95
    May 10: 13.74

    Total. 82.64

    Goal is a bit optimistic at 250 mi.
    167.36 to go.
  • SingingSingleTracker
    SingingSingleTracker Posts: 1,866 Member
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    May 1 - rode 26.9 miles for a duration of 1:29:58
    May 2 - rode 21.58 miles for a duration of 1:46:48
    May 3 - rode 6.41 miles for a duration of 52:55
    May 4 - rode 16.4 miles for a duration of 1:47:03 (MTB race)
    May 6 - rode 20.1 miles for a duration of 1:17:05
    May 7 - rode 25.4 miles for a duration of 1:51:38
    May 8 - rode 28.8 miles for a duration of 1:48:56
    May 10 - rdoe 14.55 miles for a duration of 1:38:38 (MTB race)

    May totals: 160.14 miles - 12:33:01 hours

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  • e_smith06
    e_smith06 Posts: 65 Member
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    May 1 - 22.00mi @10.74mph
    May 5 - 30.00mi @10.57mph
    May 6 - 20.04mi @13.57mph
    May 9 - 11.08mi @11.52mph
    May 10- 22.48mi @13.90mph
    May 11- 21.80mi @13.40mph

    127.40mi for the month so far
  • fatninja111
    fatninja111 Posts: 24 Member
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    5/1 - 7.3 miles/8.9 avg. speed
    5/2 - 5 miles/8.7 avg. speed
    5/3 - 5.5 miles/8.9 avg. speed
    5/4 - 0 miles
    5/5 - 6.5 miles/8.9 avg. speed
    5/6 - 0 miles
    5/7 - 6.1 miles/9.2 avg. speed
    5/8 - 7.4 miles/9.6 avg. speed
    5/9 - 0 miles
    5/10 - 6.1 miles/8.9 avg. speed
    5/11 - 6.4 miles/9.2 avg. speed


    May Goal 100 miles total
    MTD - 50.3
    Left - 49.7
  • cofty
    cofty Posts: 11
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    I am lucky enough to live in a rural spot but it's hilly!

    I jump on my bike 4 or 5 times a week after work for an hour to an hour and a half. Normally my average speed - according to MapMyRide.com - is 12-14 mph.

    Sometimes I plan my route, other times I turn left and right until I think it's about time to head towards home. On Friday I had my best session ever and it was totally made up at every junction.

    It was a mountain bike/hybrid when I bought it second-hand. By that I mean it's heavy but no suspension. I put road tyres on it, pumped them up to 65 psi and it made a massive difference.

    MapMyRide syncs calorie burn directly with MFP. Does anybody know if it's accurate?
  • e_smith06
    e_smith06 Posts: 65 Member
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    @Cofty: the calorie count on mapmyride seems to run on the high side in my opinion
  • sajeffe
    sajeffe Posts: 850 Member
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    5/1 - 0 miles.
    5/2 - 1.5 miles.
    5/3 - 2.4 miles at 9.5mph listening to Haim on the Walkman (totally safe cuz I don't use headphones/earbuds).
    5/3 - 2.5 additional miles at 9.5mph listening to a variety.
    5/4 - 3.6 miles at 9.9mph listening to B.B. King and Badfinger.
    5/5 - 1.1 miles at 8.4mph.
    5/6 - 1.7 miles at 8.5mph.
    5/7 - 3.5 miles at 10.6mph listening to The Black Keys.
    5/8 - 4.0 miles at 10.4mph listening to Trombone Shorty & others. Need more days like this to reach my goal.
    5/8 - 1.2 more miles at 9.1mph.
    5/9 - 1.7 miles at 10.5mph.
    5/10 - 4.0 miles at 9.7mph listening to MGMT and others.
    5/10 - another 1.4 miles.
    5/11 - 3.1 miles at 10.2mph listening to Fitz & the Tantrums and others.



    Goal for May is 75.0 miles.
    MTD = 31.7 miles.
    Yet to Ride = 43.3 miles.
  • sajeffe
    sajeffe Posts: 850 Member
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    @cofty, I always thought MapMyRide was more accurate than MFP because I thought MMR accounts for *where* you ride (hills/grades). I may be mistaken though. I don't really care about the accuracy as long as it's not waaaay off. For me it's all relative to how many calories I burn sitting on my couch watching baseball. I am quite sedentary because I'm disabled so any calories burned cycling is good enough for me. :smile:
  • cofty
    cofty Posts: 11
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    MapMyRide does seem quite generous with Cals. if you average above 12 mph it credits you roughly 300 KCal per 30 mins. Anyway I don't eat back more than a fraction of exercise cals so it's just a guide.

    Are there any other cycling apps that are worth looking at?

    Edited to add - As an example I rode 100 minutes on Friday at 13 mph average and it granted me 1300 Cals
  • SingingSingleTracker
    SingingSingleTracker Posts: 1,866 Member
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    May 1 - rode 26.9 miles for a duration of 1:29:58
    May 2 - rode 21.58 miles for a duration of 1:46:48
    May 3 - rode 6.41 miles for a duration of 52:55
    May 4 - rode 16.4 miles for a duration of 1:47:03 (MTB race)
    May 6 - rode 20.1 miles for a duration of 1:17:05
    May 7 - rode 25.4 miles for a duration of 1:51:38
    May 8 - rode 28.8 miles for a duration of 1:48:56
    May 10 - rdoe 14.55 miles for a duration of 1:38:38 (MTB race)
    May 11 - rode 34.5 miles for a duration of 2:00:58

    May totals: 194.64 miles - 14:33:59 hours

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  • cowbellsandcoffee
    cowbellsandcoffee Posts: 2,975 Member
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    5/4 - 20.1 miles @ 16.6 mph
    5/5 - 15.6 @ 16 mph
    5/6 - 26.1 @ 15.3 mph
    5/7 - 17.6 @ 16.4 mph
    5/8 - 36.3 @ 14.7 mph (WINDY lol)
    5/10 - 25 @ 16.1 mph
    5/11 - 19.3 @ 17.4 mph

    May total - 160
  • KettleTO
    KettleTO Posts: 144 Member
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    My riding plan for the summer is to commute to work by bike as much as the weather allows and to do some longer rides on the weekends. My ride to work is 11.25 km..

    My rides so far:

    May 1 - 22.5 km
    May 3 - 41 km
    May 5 - 22.5 km
    May 6 - 22.5 km

    So far it is giving me at least 600 extra calories to play with each day and not extending my commute much more.

    May 7 -22.5 km
    May 8 - 22.5 km
    May 9 - 22.5 km

    First week of riding to work and back every day!!

    May 10 42.7 km
    May 11 49.32 km
  • dancingj2
    dancingj2 Posts: 4,572 Member
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    Monthly goal 100
    Total so far 19.4

    5/10 - 13.0
    5/11 - 6.4

    How can over a week slip by and I did not ride. I did get out this weekend :)
  • tress29
    tress29 Posts: 614 Member
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    I've ridden a total of 17 so far, and I've ridden 5 days in a row.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
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    May 3 - 68 miles - 3:42:31 - 18.3mph
    May 6 - 18.9 miles - 1:03:12 - 18mph
    May 7 - 19 miles - 1:02:18 - 18.3mph
    May 8 - 28.5 miles - 1:33:38 - 18.3mph
    May 9 - 37.2 miles - 2:16:21 - 16.4mph
    May 11 - 19.1 miles - 1:04:53 - 17.6mph


    190.7 miles total so far.

    Wish the wind would stop. It's making it ridiculous on most days.

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