October Cycling Thread 2014

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  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
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    Goal: 225 miles.

    10/3: 15.56 miles.
    10/5: 35.74 miles
    10/6: 8.09 miles
    10/7: 7.57 miles
    10/12: 18.54 miles

    To date: 85.50. Remaining: 139.50.
  • sajeffe
    sajeffe Posts: 850 Member
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    10/2 - 4.0 miles at 10.1mph listening to Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack on my Walkman (which has external speakers).
    10/5 - 1.8 miles. The wind was fun. Not.
    10/7 - 3.8 miles at 9.4mph listening to Cheap Trick, Live at Budokan.
    10/8 - 3.6 miles at 10.2mph listening to Joe Bonamassa's new album. Adjusted route mid-ride due to unexpected dog. Had to ride on busy highway for a short time. Ugh.
    10/9 - 3.9 miles at 9.6mph listening to Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack.
    10/12 - 1.8 miles at a slow pace. Listened to Joe Bonamassa again.



    Goal for October = 40 miles.
    MTD = 18.9 miles.
    Still want to accomplish = 21.1 more miles.
  • cowbellsandcoffee
    cowbellsandcoffee Posts: 2,975 Member
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    10/1 - 25.2 miles
    10/3 - 17.1
    10/6 - 20.3
    10/7 - 17.2
    10/11 - 6 (cx race)

    Total - 85.8

    Goal - 700+

    Remaining - 614.2
  • kristydi
    kristydi Posts: 781 Member
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    kristydi wrote: »
    10/2 3.6 miles
    10/3 3.5 miles
    10/5 3.5 miles
    10/6 3.5 miles

    14.1 miles total
    Was supposed to get in a longer ride without the kids yesterday, but my his husband had some unexpected work so I didn't get to. Hopefully this afternoon.

    10/8 8.9 miles
    10/12 4.5 miles

    Total 27.5 miles
    Man, fall has been crazy busy. Fall festivals for schools, helping my brother renovate his new house, family birthdays. These are killing my time to ride. Hoping that life calms down a bit and I can carve out some more time on the bike.

    Hey do y'all use an app on your phone to keep track of your rides? Which ones do you like? I've been using My Tracks mostly because it's free, but I was curious what others liked or disliked.
  • kcjchang
    kcjchang Posts: 709 Member
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    Goal: 450 miles

    10/01 24.76 mi
    10/02 24.53 mi
    10/05 29.49 mi
    10/06 23.92 mi
    10/08 25.10 mi
    10/10 39.44 mi
    10/12 50.01 mi

    MTD - 217.75
  • kcjchang
    kcjchang Posts: 709 Member
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    kristydi wrote: »
    Hey do y'all use an app on your phone to keep track of your rides? Which ones do you like? I've been using My Tracks mostly because it's free, but I was curious what others liked or disliked.

    IpBike - Tracks all my matrix (cadence, speed, GPS route/map, climbs, etc plus virtual power). It's not free but very cheap on time activation. I have it on my HTC One M7 rooted with ANT+Enabler since the phone has an ANT+ radio. Works with BLE also.

  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,074 Member
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    Why not! This past weekend I discovered the wonders that are stationary bikes at the gym. Holy moly, have I been missing out! I cracked a little under 8 miles on Saturday, and a little under 7 miles again yesterday, but I had increased the "level" of the machine, so I was pedaling with more resistance yesterday. My goal now is to get at least 7-8 miles in per workout (and bike 20-30 minutes). Hopefully I can update this post with some good news after I get out of the gym this afternoon. :)
  • OldDogSparky
    OldDogSparky Posts: 59
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    With a week away from my road bike due to a business trip (brought my running shoes instead), I'm going to be back with a vengeance :). Good to see so many new faces on here. Keep up the hard work! You'll never see how much better you do next month if you don't keep it up this month. Cold weather is coming and I'll be breaking out the cold weather gear soon.

    With regard to the mile tracking, I'm using Runtastic Pro. It does a good job and the cost was low. Makes it easy to separate my exercises into different groups. I use a low-end Polar watch/band to track my heart rate.

    MTD: 162 Miles (+18 running), Goal: 400 miles (+40 running)
  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,074 Member
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    missiontofitness wrote: »
    Why not! This past weekend I discovered the wonders that are stationary bikes at the gym. Holy moly, have I been missing out! I cracked a little under 8 miles on Saturday, and a little under 7 miles again yesterday, but I had increased the "level" of the machine, so I was pedaling with more resistance yesterday. My goal now is to get at least 7-8 miles in per workout (and bike 20-30 minutes). Hopefully I can update this post with some good news after I get out of the gym this afternoon. :)

    Looks like I can't edit the post, but I managed to get 9.3 miles in today (personal record!) in 35 minutes, and that includes my 5 minute cooldown after the 30 minute mark. Feeling great! Rest day tomorrow from the bike, most likely going to go back at it on Wednesday morning. So far have about 24 miles logged since Saturday.

  • fejiofor
    fejiofor Posts: 373 Member
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    October 11
    50km for the month of october.
    10/1 5.14 km
    10/2 3.04km
    10/3 7.07km
    10/4 9.43km
    10/5 5.75km
    10/6 7.12km
    10/7 14.19km
    10/9 7km
    10/11 7.24 km
    10/13 15.02km
    total to date 81 km
  • m1xm0d3
    m1xm0d3 Posts: 1,576 Member
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    10/04 - 15.36 @ 14.1 mph
    10/05 - 15.29 @ 15.2 mph
    10/06 - 15.11 @ 15.1 mph
    10/07 - 07.00 @ 14.5 mph (AM Commute)
    10/07 - 09.01 @ 15.9 mph (PM Commute)
    10/07 - 02.83 @ 06.9 mph
    10/08 - 07.09 @ 14.5 mph (AM Commute)
    10/08 - 09.03 @ 14.6 mph (PM Commute)
    10/09 - 07.02 @ 14.7 mph (AM Commute)
    10/09 - 09.03 @ 15.6 mph (PM Commute)
    10/10 - 07.03 @ 14.7 mph (AM Commute)
    10/10 - 08.16 @ 15.3 mph (PM Commute)
    10/14 - 07.00 @ 14.2 mph (AM Commute)
    10/14 - 12.07 @ 16.1 mph (PM Commute)

    MTD: 131.05
    Goal: 300
  • steffenson
    steffenson Posts: 312 Member
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    10/11 - 29 miles @16mph with 950' climbing --- Daytime high of 52 degrees!
    10/13 - 33 miles @17.5mph with 1,300' climbing ---- on my 29lb touring bike!


    MTD: 62 miles and 2,250' climbing

    Goal: >140 miles and >5,833' climbing.

    My monthly goal is also my yearly goal which is to bike 2,000 miles and climb 100,000 feet - I started October at 1,860 miles and 94,167'
  • samestrin
    samestrin Posts: 12 Member
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    Goal 200 miles, MTD 80.
  • sajeffe
    sajeffe Posts: 850 Member
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    10/2 - 4.0 miles at 10.1mph listening to Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack on my Walkman (which has external speakers).
    10/5 - 1.8 miles. The wind was fun. Not.
    10/7 - 3.8 miles at 9.4mph listening to Cheap Trick, Live at Budokan.
    10/8 - 3.6 miles at 10.2mph listening to Joe Bonamassa's new album. Adjusted route mid-ride due to unexpected dog. Had to ride on busy highway for a short time. Ugh.
    10/9 - 3.9 miles at 9.6mph listening to Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack.
    10/12 - 1.8 miles at a slow pace. Listened to Joe Bonamassa again.
    10/14 - 2.2 miles at 9.9mph listening to GoG soundtrack again.



    Goal for October = 40 miles.
    MTD = 21.1 miles.
    Still want to accomplish = 18.9 more miles.
  • fejiofor
    fejiofor Posts: 373 Member
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    October 11
    50km for the month of october.
    10/1 5.14 km
    10/2 3.04km
    10/3 7.07km
    10/4 9.43km
    10/5 5.75km
    10/6 7.12km
    10/7 14.19km
    10/9 7km
    10/11 7.24 km
    10/13 15.02km
    10/14 14.67km
    total to date 95.67 km
  • SingingSingleTracker
    SingingSingleTracker Posts: 1,866 Member
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    October 2 - rode 6.5 miles for a duration of 00:35.48 (mountain bike)
    October 6 - rode 12.9 miles for a duration of 1:04:35 (mountain bike race simulation)
    October 7 - rode 26.7 miles for a duration of 1:35:27 (road bike)
    October 9 - rode 11.3 miles for a duration of 00:45:02 (XC race warm-up practice)
    October 11 - rode 17.4 miles for a duration of 1:25:36 (two laps of XC mountain bike practice)
    October 12 - rode 19.3 miles for a duration of 1:04:51 (mountain bike race simulation)
    October 14 - rode 14.8 miles for a duration of 1:00:42 (road bike taper rep intervals)

    October Total = 108.9 miles/7:32:01 hours

    *I have no cycling goals for October in terms of miles, and hours. I will race in two mountain bike races on my schedule to finish out the 2014 racing season. At this point, I can't gain any more fitness for October, so I'm just trying to maintain what is left from the previous 10 months of training enough to do races on the 19th and the 25th. Then it's time for fall riding, and weight-lifting season.

  • Shalvia62
    Shalvia62 Posts: 34
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    I ride a Terra Trike Rambler and love it. I am just getting back on my trike, did a whopping 5.5 miles Sunday night.
  • Tetesandra
    Tetesandra Posts: 783 Member
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    10/2 .50 Mile
    10/3 2 Miles
    10/6 4.5 Miles
    10/7 4 Miles
    10/9 3 Miles
    10/14 6 Miles

    Total 20 Miles

    Goal left 30 Miles

  • mkollenb
    mkollenb Posts: 8 Member
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    I ride 22 miles everyday on my bike to and from work. There is nothing better than being on a bike and being able to see God's beautiful world that we live in. You can not see it behind the wheel of a car but when you ride your bike you see everything. Not to mention the health benefits since Dec 28, 2013. I have lost a total of 51 pounds and I have been riding since February and I say to all these bike riders out there keep riding it's fun.
    2014.
  • clensor1955
    clensor1955 Posts: 187 Member
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    I have been on MFP for quite a while, but new to this forum. For October my goal is 300. here is what I've logged so far:
    10/2-30 miles
    10/4-20 miles
    10/7-28 miles
    10/11-22 miles
    I will be doing a century on Saturday. My routine includes several days of running per week so my cycling mileage is lower than it used to be.
    Happy cycling!

    Carroll

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