May 2015 Bike Bicycle Cycling Challenge

m1xm0d3 wrote: »

Amazingly beautiful day today!

5/02 - 18.07 @ 21.3 mph
5/02 - 13.28 @ 16.0 mph
5/03 - 06.10 @ 04.4 mph (Singletrack MTB)
5/04 - 06.35 @ 18.0 mph (AM Commute)
5/04 - 12.15 @ 18.3 mph (PM Commute)
5/05 - 06.43 @ 16.8 mph (AM Commute)
5/05 - 12.15 @ 18.7 mph (PM Commute)
5/06 - 07.03 @ 18.4 mph (AM Commute)
5/06 - 12.08 @ 17.8 mph (PM Commute)
5/07 - 07.10 @ 17.8 mph (AM Commute)
5/07 - 12.10 @ 17.8 mph (PM Commute)
5/08 - 06.32 @ 17.3 mph (AM Commute)
5/08 - 12.08 @ 17.4 mph (PM Commute)
5/09 - 07.28 @ 19.1 mph (HIIT Sprints)
5/12 - 06.31 @ 17.4 mph (AM Commute)
5/12 - 12.01 @ 17.6 mph (PM Commute)
5/13 - 06.31 @ 17.6 mph (AM Commute)
5/13 - 13.04 @ 17.0 mph (PM Commute)
5/14 - 06.88 @ 17.5 mph (AM Commute)
5/14 - 13.56 @ 18.2 mph (PM Commute)
5/15 - 06.40 @ 16.6 mph (AM Commute)
5/15 - 13.36 @ 17.9 mph (PM Commute)
5/16 - 04.87 @ 04.1 mph (Singletrack MTB)
5/18 - 07.06 @ 18.8 mph (AM Commute)
5/18 - 13.16 @ 18.0 mph (PM Commute)
5/19 - 07.24 @ 18.9 mph (AM Commute)
5/19 - 13.03 @ 18.0 mph (PM Commute)
5/20 - 07.02 @ 18.8 mph (AM Commute)
5/20 - 13.16 @ 17.4 mph (PM Commute)
5/22 - 07.04 @ 17.4 mph (AM Commute)
5/22 - 14.19 @ 16.8 mph (PM Commute)

MTD: 311.29
Goal: 450

Bahaha! Your avatar cracked me up.

May 01-17.93 miles @ 15.51avg.
May 02-19.73 miles @ 16.01avg.
May 03-21.14 miles @ 16.03 avg.
May 04-19.84 miles @ 15.39 avg.
May 05-21.14 miles @ 15.84 avg.
May 07-21.14 miles @ 16.01 avg.
May 08-22.28 miles @ 16.00 avg.
May 09-21.61 miles @ 16.15 avg.
May 10-21.17 miles @ 16.04 Avg.
May 11-21.17 miles @ 16.05 Avg.
May 13-9.20 miles @ 15.28 avg.
May 14-28.71 miles @ 16.07 Avg.
May 15-21.66 miles @ 16.10 Avg.
May 16-21.13 miles @ 16.21 Avg.
May 17-21.14 miles @ 15.84 avg.
May 19-21.17 miles @ 15.81 avg.
May 20-21.17 miles @ 16.07 avg.
May 21-20.84 miles @ 15.89 Avg.
May 22-21.17 miles @ 16.06 avg.


May Total 393.34 Miles
May Goal 500 Miles

Cool night/50/NW wind/Not a bad ride....

Ended up splitting my mileage today between the expresso machine, and my commute to/from baseball. I'm not really sure what to make of the expresso, as it doesn't let you freeroll/coast (especially downhill), it also punishes you for higher cadences, but the VR worlds are nice and the online tracker/leaderboards are good motivation as well.

5/5 - 16 miles
5/6 - 12 miles
5/7 - 12 miles
5/8 - 12 miles
5/9 - 20 miles
5/10 - 12 miles
5/11 - 10 miles
5/13 - 17 miles
5/15 - 42 miles
5/16 - 14 miles
5/17 - 30 miles @ 18 mph
5/18 - 3 miles (just picking up the bike from the shop)
5/19 - 12 miles
5/20 - 12 miles
5/22 - 25 miles

Goal: 500 miles
Total: 249 miles
Remaining: 251 miles (/ 9 days = 27.9/day)

May 3rd - 16.9 miles
May 5th - 9.6 miles
May 6th - 9.7 miles
May 8th - 14.8 miles
May 9th - 10.25 miles
May 12th - 15 miles
May 13th - 15 miles
May 14th - 9.5 miles

Long weekend here in Canada! Did my first tour with my husband, we rode from Niagara to Toronto, a 140K ride.

May 15th - 15.6 miles
May 16th - 56 miles
May 17 - 35.4 miles
May 19 - 12 miles
May 20 - 8.5 miles

Total - 226.9 miles

I think for May my goal will be 350 miles or more. Here is my Strava profile: https://www.strava.com/athletes/5269594

5/1/15 - 3.68mi @ 13.73mph | 16:04 | 35ft ascent | First ride on my new bike, couldn't wait so i strapped on my lights and took it for a spin.
5/2/15 - 3.51mi @ 15.86mph | 13:16 | 38ft ascent | Bike ride to the farmers market for breakfast and to take advantage of the free bike parking for the may bike month celebration.
5/2/15 - 13.38mi @ 15.37mph | 52:15 | 149ft ascent | First real ride on my new surly
5/3/15 - 30.9mi @ 15.0mph | 2:03:35 | 665ft ascent | Riding a new rout
5/4/15 - 11.05mi @ 15.99mph | 41:29 | 67ft ascent
5/5/15 - Working
5/6/15 - 12.32mi @ 15.94mph | 46:21 | 181ft ascent | Riding to work today
5/6/15 - 12.51mi @ 16.30mph | 46:03 | 108ft ascent | Riding home from work
5/8/15 - 7.95mi @ 16.81mph | 28:23 | 71ft ascent | Reaching my 2000th mile of the year
5/9/15 - 3.95mi @ 15.29mph | 15:31 | 0ft | Down the to farmers market to buy mothers day flowers.
5/9/15 - 16.78mi @ 16.16mph | 1:02:18 | 345ft ascent | Taking the cross check off road.
5/9/15 - 2.57mi @ 13.7mph | 11:14 | 0ft ascent
5/11/15 - 5.18mi @ 13.20mph | 23:33 | 197ft ascent | Some hills to left off the steam
5/12/15 - 1.47mi @ 17.07mph | 5:09 | 0ft ascent
5/13/15 - 1.78mi @ 12.58mph | 8:29 | 33ft ascent
5/15/15 - 1.44mi @ 16.08mph | 5:23 | 31ft ascent
5/17/15 - 4.73mi @ 15.23mph | 18:39 | 37ft ascent
5/19/15 - 14.59mi @ 15.93mph | 54:57 | 106ft ascent |
5/22/15 - 16.73mi @ 16.73mph | 1:05:15 | 297ft ascent | Vineyard Ride
5/23/15 - 10.28mi @ 13.88mph | 44:27 | 556ft ascent | Doing hills

Total: 174.80 miles

just more commuting miles today along with a short extra ride. Meeting a friend to bike tomorrow after my morning long run, which should help.

5/5 - 16 miles
5/6 - 12 miles
5/7 - 12 miles
5/8 - 12 miles
5/9 - 20 miles
5/10 - 12 miles
5/11 - 10 miles
5/13 - 17 miles
5/15 - 42 miles
5/16 - 14 miles
5/17 - 30 miles @ 18 mph
5/18 - 3 miles (just picking up the bike from the shop)
5/19 - 12 miles
5/20 - 12 miles
5/22 - 25 miles
5/23 - 17 miles

Goal: 500 miles
Total: 266 miles
Remaining: 234 miles (/ 8 days = 29/day)

Got in a metric century's worth of holiday weekend miles today as I meandered around on the bike for a few hours before and after my baseball game today.

5/5 - 16 miles
5/6 - 12 miles
5/7 - 12 miles
5/8 - 12 miles
5/9 - 20 miles
5/10 - 12 miles
5/11 - 10 miles
5/13 - 17 miles
5/15 - 42 miles
5/16 - 14 miles
5/17 - 30 miles @ 18 mph
5/18 - 3 miles (just picking up the bike from the shop)
5/19 - 12 miles
5/20 - 12 miles
5/22 - 25 miles
5/23 - 17 miles
5/24 - 62 miles

Goal: 500 miles
Total: 328 miles
Remaining: 172 miles (/ 7 days = 24.6/day)

Machka9 wrote: »

Machka9 wrote: »

Machka9 wrote: »

March Cycling: 409.33 km (254.34 miles) = 21 hours 55 min
April Cycling: 384.15 km (238.7 miles) = 20 hours 35 min
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Darkness is falling by about 5:30 pm now and the days are becoming chilly. Yep ... winter is setting in.

Nevertheless, I have already blown past my km total for May last year! So here's hoping for decent weekends this month so that I can keep it up.

My goal this month isn't distance ... although that's always part of it ... instead my goal is to get out there at least once each weekend (except the last weekend of May) and do a climbing ride. I live in a very hilly area right now which presents me with a huge challenge because I am a flatlander. I'm not a mountain goat like the rest of the people around here. So now that I'm getting lighter, this month, my plan is to work on climbing.

Let's get started ...

May ...

02 Sat - 37.43 km with 612 metres of climbing
03 Sun - 30.04 km with ... next to 0 metres of climbing (relatively flat recovery ride)

09 Sat - 27.5 km ... with next to 0 metres of climbing
10 Sun - 41.03 km ... with 764 metres of climbing

Sub-total: 137 km


Getting chilly down here ... we've had a blast of winter this past week, and today's ride was quite frosty at times.

16 Sat - 22.3 km ride with 557 metres of climbing
17 Sat - 26 km flatter ride along the foreshore

Sub-total: 185.3 km

23 Sat - 31.66 km ... relatively flat
24 Sun - 25.5 km with 400 metres of climbing .... hilly and chilly

Sub-total: 242.46 km (150.6 miles)

May 01-17.93 miles @ 15.51avg.
May 02-19.73 miles @ 16.01avg.
May 03-21.14 miles @ 16.03 avg.
May 04-19.84 miles @ 15.39 avg.
May 05-21.14 miles @ 15.84 avg.
May 07-21.14 miles @ 16.01 avg.
May 08-22.28 miles @ 16.00 avg.
May 09-21.61 miles @ 16.15 avg.
May 10-21.17 miles @ 16.04 Avg.
May 11-21.17 miles @ 16.05 Avg.
May 13-9.20 miles @ 15.28 avg.
May 14-28.71 miles @ 16.07 Avg.
May 15-21.66 miles @ 16.10 Avg.
May 16-21.13 miles @ 16.21 Avg.
May 17-21.14 miles @ 15.84 avg.
May 19-21.17 miles @ 15.81 avg.
May 20-21.17 miles @ 16.07 avg.
May 21-20.84 miles @ 15.89 Avg.
May 22-21.17 miles @ 16.06 avg.
May 23-24.14 miles @ 15.98 avg.
May 25-32.28 miles @ 16.01 avg.


May Total 449.76 Miles
May Goal 500 Miles

First 30+miler of the year/Maybe on Sunday will try to break 40!

5/1 - 25.02 miles
5/3 - 15.87 miles
5/6 - 32.3 miles
5/10 - 29.1 miles
5/11 - 23.9 miles
5/13 - 24.1 miles
5/17 - 16.9 miles
5/19 - 14.5 miles
5/21 - 32.2 miles
5/24 - 15.8 miles

5/1 - 15.4 miles
5/2 - 23.3
5/3 - 44.3
5/4 - 10
5/5 - 2
5/6 - 7.2
5/7 - 50.5
5/8 - 20.3
5/9 - 11.1
5/10 - 21.3
5/11 - 10.3
5/12 - 10.3
5/13 - 10.3
5/14 - 1.3
5/15 - 10.3
5/16 - 10.3
5/17 - 1.2
5/18 - 10.5
5/19 - 10.6
5/20 - 11
5/21 - 34.2
5/22 - 11
5/23 - 10
5/25 - 31.2

Total - 377.9

Put in 17 more miles today commuting to a BBQ then some baseball, so 155 miles left with 6 days remaining in the month. Should be able to knock those 155 out this week, especially once I get back on my road bike when returning to the south on Thursday.

5/5 - 16 miles
5/6 - 12 miles
5/7 - 12 miles
5/8 - 12 miles
5/9 - 20 miles
5/10 - 12 miles
5/11 - 10 miles
5/13 - 17 miles
5/15 - 42 miles
5/16 - 14 miles
5/17 - 30 miles
5/18 - 3 miles
5/19 - 12 miles
5/20 - 12 miles
5/22 - 25 miles
5/23 - 17 miles
5/24 - 62 miles
5/25 - 17 miles

Goal: 500 miles
Total: 345 miles
Remaining: 155 miles (/ 6 days = 26/day)

Hit my goal of 250 miles for the month. Pretty sure 300 is with reach.

5/1 - 25.02 miles
5/3 - 15.87 miles
5/6 - 32.3 miles
5/10 - 29.1 miles
5/11 - 23.9 miles
5/13 - 24.1 miles
5/17 - 16.9 miles
5/19 - 14.5 miles
5/21 - 32.2 miles
5/24 - 15.8 miles
5/26 - 12 miles

5/25 - 12.22 @11.8 (62.04)
5/26 - 3.97 @10.6 (22.30)

5/1 - 1/4hr spin - 4 miles
5/2 - 100.5miles @17mph with 4,600' climbing. First century of the season!!! I rode it solo in 5hr 56min moving and 6hr 34min total time. It was my fastest century ever by more then 1mph avg ! (It helped it was also my flattest century ever).
5/3 - 1/4hr spin - 4 miles.
5/4 - 31 miles @17mph w/ 1,450' climbing
5/5 - 24.5 miles @16.1mph w/1,300' climbing
5/6 - 1/4hr spin - 4 miles
5/7 - 28miles @15.5mph with 2,200' climbing. Went looking for some hills!
5/8 - 1/4hr spin - 4 miles
5/9 - 63miles @17.4mph with 2,800' climbing. Pace ride.
5/10 - 106miles @15.4 w/6,350' climbing. 'Icecream Century' - mile 58 stopped at darry farm with yummy real homemade Icecream. Legs were tired from Saturday's ride so took it slow.
5/11 - 21miles @14.6mph w/1,000 climbing. SLOW recovery ride. It was still too hot out though. Summer has arrived in full force!
5/12 - 31miles @17.7mph w/ 1,350' climbing. Attempt at speed.
5/13 - 1/4hr spin - 4 miles
5/14 - 31 miles @15mph w/2,400' climbing. Hill repeats.
5/15 - 31.5 miles @16.6mph w/1,450' climbing.
5/16 - 62.5 miles @16.2mph w/2,800' climbing. Wore the skin off one of my sits bones... going to have to reduce mileage for a little while.
5/17 - 111 miles @15.3mph w/6,600' climbing. Nearly same route as last Sunday (including ice cream stop) but with a hill repeat in the middle. Reduced mileage starting tomorrow!
5/19 - 31 miles @16.7mph w/1,400' climbing. Started ride feeling sore and stiff - at mile 10 (and top of the main hill) my average was only 13.5mph but I got a 2nd wind and picked up the pace!
5/21 - 31 miles @17.3mph w/1,450' climbing. Somehow I managed to have a headwind the entire loop.
5/22 - 31 miles @16.2mph w 1,400'climibing. Again a stiff headwind the entire loop.
5/23 - 126 miles @14.6mph w/7,600' climbing. Legs were tired in morning before I even started the ride so slow pace. Taking next 2 days off for much needed break.
5/26 - 31 miles @17.1mph w/1,400' climbing. Two day break was great! legs were almost back to normal and it did not immediately hurt to sit on my bike seat.


May biking miles: 891

May goal: 600 miles --- reached 5/17
New May goal: 1,000 miles (which would also be a personal best by 160 miles)

May climbing: 48,000'
May spinning miles:18