I'm frob. I live in FL. I am really going to try for 150 miles this month, but my minimum goal is 100 miles. There's a lot of reasons to think the higher number may not be doable. The daily afternoon thunderstorms can ruin a day. I have to watch my step-son for a week while his mom is away for a new job (he can't ride with me because it's not safe and he's not strong enough). I also have a busy couple weeks of work that tend to run late.

I'm still going to try.

I'm Megan, and I'm currently stuck in Utah. I love to bike, but unfortunately my "real" bike is between houses right now. I do, however, have my stationary bike and that has been my trusty friend since February. I had a few injuries earlier this year that stopped me from working out regularly, but I'd love to get back into the routine with this challenge!

I have another goal in here as well. My boyfriend and I are currently long-distance, and I log every mile I purposefully travel (via exercise). My ultimate goal is to reach 1,338 miles total. A bit silly, but it serves a dual purpose of motivating me to work out and making us feel closer every time I "travel".

Best of luck, everyone!

Aaron from Illinois here. I've been involved with bikes and biking for more than half my life. I ride road to keep some sort of base fitness and I race cyclocross in the Fall and Winter. I started racing two years ago and fell in love with it.

Hey, I'm Nikki. I live in the beautiful state of WV where you are either climbing out of a hollow or winding down into one. I love, love, love to ride and to teach others about it... I mostly road ride and am doing time trials for the first time ever this season. Odd hobby to pick up at 40, but we need some women racers in this state. I love riding with the boys, but i really want to encourage women to go for it and not sit back and think it is too much. I also teach cycling at the local Y and participate in a ton of social type rides usually riding sweep and chatting... I work full time have two great girls and run the youth programs at church. Hubby is a marathon runner so we tag team parent and are scheduled to within an inch of our lives, but we love it. Happy riding y'all!

My name is JJ. Another Iowan for the group. Being from Iowa, I am a RAGBRAI'er having done full or partials for the last 7 years. Riding is my stress reliever from my job as a state social worker and has helped me to lose about 70 pounds. It is easier than pounding the pavement after 5 knee surgeries.

Goal will be 350 miles for the month. I have one big ride on 8/30-the GranGable which is a 100 miler associated with the kickoff to the Iowa Football season.

Hello all, my name is Mandi! I'm very excited to join the challenge! I like to bike, and it's not to hard on my knees. I messed them up when I was young. So I'm all in, I really need to get to a better spot ( wanted to lose some pounds (80 lbs)

Good Morning, I live in Northern Illinois but am originally from the UK. I'm excited to join this group. I have enjoyed riding my bike this summer but have not been tracking mileage. I had a physical on Thursday and my doctor really wants me to lose 10-15lbs to see if this will improve my sleep apnea. It's time to get more serious about my health and I'm hoping this group will help motivate me.

Hi everyone. My name is Patty and I'm really glad I happened to find this forum on August 1st and joined! I live in Florida where we can pretty much cycle all year, except during hurricanes of course. :laugh: Although I've ridden bikes all my life (I'm 50) I've only been an avid cyclist for about the past 5 years. I have a road/city bike, a Trek 7.3 FX, and mainly use it to run local errands, commute to work on occasion, and long road rides. I do a lot of fitness activities but cycling is by far my favorite. One of my life goals is to ride every Rails-To-Trails route in the state. At last count, I'm up to 1. LOL. I'm looking forward to meeting this challenge and encouraging others to do the same.

Hi all :-)

I'm Sarah, 33 from Dorset in the UK. I've just recently taken up cycling again (about 6 weeks ago) after not going on a bike for nearly 20 years so it's been a bit of a steep learning curve. I've got about 100lbs to lose and have ME and Fibromyalgia so it's not as easy for me as I'd like, but I'm stubborn and enjoying it so am pretty chuffed with my progress so far. I'm aiming for 50 miles in August, with the first 8.6 being done today.

Look forward to getting to know you all!

Sarah
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Hiya

Thanks for finding me out and letting me know about the group. I've been on mfp for a while and lost 3 1/2 st. I was very intrested in triathlon and was training hard. I tripped over at work and damaged my knee which stopped me in my tracks. I put on a stone and decided to have another go. My knee is still causing me trouble and I'm due to see a specialist at the end of the month. The only thing that does'nt seem to cause me too much pain at the moment is cycling so I am very much on my bike at the moment. I recently moved jobs to a place 7 miles from home so I am building up to ride in every day. My goal this month is to do 150 miles. If I get going properly I will be doing 240 miles per month. The ride to work is intresting. I live in a village and my work is the other side of some forrest an moorland. I normally take the road by I can go cross country which is really lovely.. The only downdside (at the moment) is that I live 500 gt higher than where I work. In the morning it is fun but in the evenning it gets hard work espcially after a couple of days without a rest to let me legs recover. Not sure if I will make it by I am gonig to give it a go. Looking forward to getting to know people here as well., I missed yesterday but managed to get in today so I am on 14 miles at the moment :-)

Cheers
Dave

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