July 2015 Bike Bicycle Cycling Challenge

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  • SingingSingleTracker
    SingingSingleTracker Posts: 1,866 Member
    July 1 - rode 9.8 miles for a duration of 1:07:02 (singletrack)
    July 2 - rode 10:84 miles for a duration of 1:35:19 (singletrack)
    July 3 - rode 5.53 miles for a duration of 00:31:13
    July 8 - rode 5.8 miles for a duration of 00:45:35 (singletrack)
    July 10 - rode 29.1 miles for a duration of 1:52:10
    July 11 - rode 20.8 miles for a duration of 1:27:51
    July 13 - rode 7.61 miles for a duration of 00:59:06
    July 15 - rode 11.7 miles for a duration of 1:38:15 (singletrack)
    July 16 - rode 46.23 miles for a duration of 3:15:35
    July 18 - rode 17 miles for a duration of 1:30:30 (singletrack)
    July 19 - rode 7.25 miles for a duration of 1:03:41 (singletrack)
    July 21 - rode 8.41 miles for a duration of 1:00:19 (singletrack)
    July 24 - rode 7.55 miles for a duration of 0:41:01 (singletrack)
    July 25 - rode 71.4 miles for a duration of 4:51:45
    July 26 - rode 8.68 miles for a duration of 0:45:39 (recovery spin)
    July 28 - rode 31.2 miles for a duration of 2:00:13

    July Total MIles: 298.90 July Total Hours: 25:05:14
  • JoKnowsJo
    JoKnowsJo Posts: 257 Member
    Well I may not make my goal of 400 miles this month...but I will come close...here's to everyone who made it and to those of us who will work on getting it next month. Nice Job!!! Keep it up everyone and rubber side down!

    7/1 13.74 miles
    7/2 10.46 miles
    7/4 22.18 miles
    7/6 21.56 miles
    7/7 12.52 miles
    7/9 14.02 miles
    7/10 13.77 miles
    7/13 14.09 miles to today 122.34 miles
    7/14 13.67 miles
    7/15 13.98 miles
    7/17 13.71 miles
    7/18 21.67 miles
    7/19 33.32 miles
    7/20 13.97 miles to today 232.66 miles
    7/21 13.97 miles
    7/23 13.90 miles
    7/24 13.92 miles
    7/26 25.74 miles
    7/27 13.94 miles
    7/28 13.92 miles to today 328.12

    ;)
  • Ohhim
    Ohhim Posts: 1,142 Member
    23 more miles this evening with a neighbor. He finally was getting in good enough shape (and his bike was finally tuned well enough) to hit a 15 mph average for the ride. Always good to have more riding friends. Should hit my 500 goal the next few days as I have a few more rides planned with friends.

    7/1 - 25 miles
    7/2 - 15 miles
    7/3 - 71 miles
    7/4 - 11 miles
    7/5 - 18 miles
    7/6 - 25 miles
    7/7 - 11 miles
    7/8 - 11 miles
    7/9 - 11 miles
    7/10 - 11 miles
    7/11 - 39 miles
    7/12 - 12 miles
    7/15 - 20 miles
    7/16 - 4 miles
    7/19 - 12 miles
    7/20 - 52 miles
    7/21 - 7 miles
    7/22 - 20 miles
    7/25 - 50 miles
    7/28 - 23 miles

    Total: 448 miles
    Goal: 500 miles
    Remaining: 52 miles
  • krenwren
    krenwren Posts: 136 Member
    7/28 8.3 miles. Looking forward to joining the August challenge
  • howie6267
    howie6267 Posts: 327 Member
    Also looking forward to August challenge

    7/27 - 12 miles
    7/28 - 12 miles
    7/29 - 12 miles
  • Ohhim
    Ohhim Posts: 1,142 Member
    Almost there... 22 more miles today meeting friends, going to lunch, etc...

    7/1 - 25 miles
    7/2 - 15 miles
    7/3 - 71 miles
    7/4 - 11 miles
    7/5 - 18 miles
    7/6 - 25 miles
    7/7 - 11 miles
    7/8 - 11 miles
    7/9 - 11 miles
    7/10 - 11 miles
    7/11 - 39 miles
    7/12 - 12 miles
    7/15 - 20 miles
    7/16 - 4 miles
    7/19 - 12 miles
    7/20 - 52 miles
    7/21 - 7 miles
    7/22 - 20 miles
    7/25 - 50 miles
    7/28 - 23 miles
    7/29 - 22 miles

    Total: 470 miles
    Goal: 500 miles
    Remaining: 30 miles
  • SingingSingleTracker
    SingingSingleTracker Posts: 1,866 Member
    July 1 - rode 9.8 miles for a duration of 1:07:02 (singletrack)
    July 2 - rode 10:84 miles for a duration of 1:35:19 (singletrack)
    July 3 - rode 5.53 miles for a duration of 00:31:13
    July 8 - rode 5.8 miles for a duration of 00:45:35 (singletrack)
    July 10 - rode 29.1 miles for a duration of 1:52:10
    July 11 - rode 20.8 miles for a duration of 1:27:51
    July 13 - rode 7.61 miles for a duration of 00:59:06
    July 15 - rode 11.7 miles for a duration of 1:38:15 (singletrack)
    July 16 - rode 46.23 miles for a duration of 3:15:35
    July 18 - rode 17 miles for a duration of 1:30:30 (singletrack)
    July 19 - rode 7.25 miles for a duration of 1:03:41 (singletrack)
    July 21 - rode 8.41 miles for a duration of 1:00:19 (singletrack)
    July 24 - rode 7.55 miles for a duration of 0:41:01 (singletrack)
    July 25 - rode 71.4 miles for a duration of 4:51:45
    July 26 - rode 8.68 miles for a duration of 0:45:39 (recovery spin)
    July 28 - rode 31.2 miles for a duration of 2:00:13
    July 29 - rode 12.7 miles for a duration of 0:56:12

    July Total MIles: 311.6 July Total Hours: 26:01:26
  • bigd66218
    bigd66218 Posts: 376 Member
    7/01-21.19 @15.34
    7/02-21.19 @15.62
    7/03-21.17 @15.49
    7/05-21.18 @15.43
    7/06-22.12 @16.02
    7/08-21.18 @16.03
    7/09-30.38 @16.00
    7/10-21.17 @16.24
    7/11-21.17 @16.18
    7/12-21.15 @15.74
    7/13-19.78 @16.05
    7/15-21.17 @16.54
    7/16-21.17 @16.13
    7/17-25.06 @15.95
    7/18-21.19 @16.01
    7/19-21.17 @15.84
    7/20-21.17 @16.21
    7/22-21.17 @16.25
    7/23-21.17 @16.08
    7/24-30.36 @16.62
    7/25-25.13 @16.00
    7/26-36.57 @16.59
    7/27-21.18 @16.32
    7/29-21.18 @15.62




    July MTD: 549.37
    Goal: 600




















  • ltomalty
    ltomalty Posts: 3 Member
    I love biking, I bought a new bike in February and since the weather got nice I been biking more and more. I am not sure how to start goals with it. I'd like to challenge myself for the month of August. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I usually bike to work so it's about 10 miles each day and approximately 3 times a week. This isn't every week. How do I know what to set my first goal as ?
  • howie6267
    howie6267 Posts: 327 Member
    edited July 2015
    ltomalty wrote: »
    I love biking, I bought a new bike in February and since the weather got nice I been biking more and more. I am not sure how to start goals with it. I'd like to challenge myself for the month of August. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I usually bike to work so it's about 10 miles each day and approximately 3 times a week. This isn't every week. How do I know what to set my first goal as ?

    I don't know about others as it seems like some on here are pretty heavy bikers and put a lot of miles in. With me it's just a goal of getting exercise. I am trying to do an hour a day 5x a week and that generally gives me 12 miles a day. I only try to compete against my own times using Map My Ride on my phone. I don't pay much mind to what others can do, I just stick with my own abilities. I think it just has to be what you want to do and come up with your own goals and stick to it as much as you can.
  • chaos2k
    chaos2k Posts: 33 Member
    July 01 34.12min 6.60 Miles (10.63km Stationary bike)
    July 03 5.00min .87 Miles (1.41km stationary bike)
    July 8/ .98miles
    July 9/ .57miles
    July 9/ 1.24miles
    July 9/ 1.29 miles
    July 13/ 2.33 miles
    July 19/ 5.16 miles
    July 23/ 4.52 miles
    July 24/ 1.18 miles
    July 24/ 1.40 miles
    July 28 16 min 2.78 Miles (4.48km stationary bike)
    July 28 21 min 3.36 Miles (5.41km stationary bike)
    July 30 33 min 5.4 Miles (8.70km stationary bike)


    MTD 37.68
    Goal 60
  • HopHead28
    HopHead28 Posts: 180 Member
    distanthorizons wrote: »
    Nice to have you on here @distanthorizons -- I use a Garmin and have to say that it helped change the way I ride being able to have stats like cadence & hr in conjunction with speed/distance accessible all on the same screen. I would like to invest in a power sensor but haven't taken the bite on that one yet.
    What Garmin do you use?
    How do you even begin to train for a 24 hour TT? What do you anticipate your distance will be in the TT?


    I use a Garmin 500 it does not have real time tracking via blue tooth to a phone but some of the places I ride does not get a good signal although I think that would be a good safety feature on long night rides. At least your folks would know your approximates.

    My goal is 450 miles on the 24 hour trial. A lot of miles is important to do I ride a century or over at least once a week and swim for upper body strength and balance. I also go to the experts for guidance: https://www.ultracycling.com/sections/articles/ The trick is no matter how fast you can go when at your developed anaerobic threshold (AT) you have to stay with in the previous heart zones your legs can handle as to not deplete your glycogen reserves. This is a personal area dependent on your fitness learned in training. For instance my goal is to stay at 70-75% of my max heartrate in conjunction with my resting heart rate. We can go offline to discuss these issues as this information may not be fitting to this thread.

    I also thought about power meters but when it comes down to it the metric that matters on pacing is what your body can output and that is your HR. You will get in to trouble shooting to maintain watts vs real truth on physical parameters. Although power meters are a great gauge of progress but so is average speed... which in a race is all that counts...

    Thanks for the info @distanthorizons I use a 500 as well and find it to be a great device.
    I appreciate the link for ultracycling as well.

    @professionalHobbyist nice work on the MMR challenge!

    Theres some big miles getting put up in here and its great to see how many people are coming around to make an effort to get on their bikes. What a rockin community.

    Cheers,

    -M
  • HopHead28
    HopHead28 Posts: 180 Member
    I barely biked at all this week resting for the century ride on Saturday; not sure if that was a good decision.
    I look forward to a more consistent August.

    July 1 - 24.2mi
    July 2 - 19.5mi
    July 3 - 9.5mi
    July 4 - 21.5mi
    July 7 - 19.4mi
    July 8 - 15.3mi
    July 9 - 18.5mi
    July 10 - 32.7mi
    July 11 - 28.3mi
    July 12 - 5.8mi
    July 18 - 43.5mi
    July 21 - 13.7mi
    July 22 - 20.3mi
    July 23 - 24mi
    July 24 - 16.4mi
    July 28 - 4.3mi

    July MTD: 316.9mi
    Goal: 400mi
  • bigd66218
    bigd66218 Posts: 376 Member
    7/01-21.19 @15.34
    7/02-21.19 @15.62
    7/03-21.17 @15.49
    7/05-21.18 @15.43
    7/06-22.12 @16.02
    7/08-21.18 @16.03
    7/09-30.38 @16.00
    7/10-21.17 @16.24
    7/11-21.17 @16.18
    7/12-21.15 @15.74
    7/13-19.78 @16.05
    7/15-21.17 @16.54
    7/16-21.17 @16.13
    7/17-25.06 @15.95
    7/18-21.19 @16.01
    7/19-21.17 @15.84
    7/20-21.17 @16.21
    7/22-21.17 @16.25
    7/23-21.17 @16.08
    7/24-30.36 @16.62
    7/25-25.13 @16.00
    7/26-36.57 @16.59
    7/27-21.18 @16.32
    7/29-21.18 @15.62
    7/30-26.00 @16.01




    July MTD: 575.37
    Goal: 600






















  • Ohhim
    Ohhim Posts: 1,142 Member
    Finally had a day without any rain (yet), so got in a nice fast 30 miler. Glad to be done with a day to spare this month. Going for 500 again next month.

    7/1 - 25 miles
    7/2 - 15 miles
    7/3 - 71 miles
    7/4 - 11 miles
    7/5 - 18 miles
    7/6 - 25 miles
    7/7 - 11 miles
    7/8 - 11 miles
    7/9 - 11 miles
    7/10 - 11 miles
    7/11 - 39 miles
    7/12 - 12 miles
    7/15 - 20 miles
    7/16 - 4 miles
    7/19 - 12 miles
    7/20 - 52 miles
    7/21 - 7 miles
    7/22 - 20 miles
    7/25 - 50 miles
    7/28 - 23 miles
    7/29 - 22 miles
    7/30 - 30 miles

    Total: 500 miles
    Goal: 500 miles
    Done!
  • kcjchang
    kcjchang Posts: 709 Member
    distanthorizons wrote: »
    Nice to have you on here @distanthorizons -- I use a Garmin and have to say that it helped change the way I ride being able to have stats like cadence & hr in conjunction with speed/distance accessible all on the same screen. I would like to invest in a power sensor but haven't taken the bite on that one yet.
    What Garmin do you use?
    How do you even begin to train for a 24 hour TT? What do you anticipate your distance will be in the TT?


    I use a Garmin 500 it does not have real time tracking via blue tooth to a phone but some of the places I ride does not get a good signal although I think that would be a good safety feature on long night rides. At least your folks would know your approximates.

    My goal is 450 miles on the 24 hour trial. A lot of miles is important to do I ride a century or over at least once a week and swim for upper body strength and balance. I also go to the experts for guidance: https://www.ultracycling.com/sections/articles/ The trick is no matter how fast you can go when at your developed anaerobic threshold (AT) you have to stay with in the previous heart zones your legs can handle as to not deplete your glycogen reserves. This is a personal area dependent on your fitness learned in training. For instance my goal is to stay at 70-75% of my max heartrate in conjunction with my resting heart rate. We can go offline to discuss these issues as this information may not be fitting to this thread.

    I also thought about power meters but when it comes down to it the metric that matters on pacing is what your body can output and that is your HR. You will get in to trouble shooting to maintain watts vs real truth on physical parameters. Although power meters are a great gauge of progress but so is average speed... which in a race is all that counts...

    Heart rate monitor is like the gas pump gauge in a car. It provides a indirect correlation on what your body can output at best while power meter is the exact output or the brake horsepower. For pacing, it is the best thing to slice bread once you figure out your parameters, eg Function Threshold Power. Your heart rate can NEVER give that information. Case in point, drink a pot of coffee and go ride. Any correlation to level of effort? NO!!! HR has it's uses, so does average speed, but they are subject to other environmental factors. Power tells you exactly the effort you are putting out and doesn't care if you are feeling good or bad. And, you can easily find what you are capable of sustaining which can be used to PACE any race and be used in training to improve one's abilities. It's not cheap but prices are come down.
  • distanthorizons
    distanthorizons Posts: 16 Member
    My totals this second to the last day. I may not make a 1,000.

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  • pjhankin
    pjhankin Posts: 24 Member
    Hi All, just started cycling again after a 3 year break (work induced!). Have picked up an old 15 mile route I used to do but started getting frustrated at the amount of people passing me on their road bikes as I struggled on my mountain bike. I decided to make a change and bought a road bike a couple of weeks ago and what a difference! My 1hr 10 mins route is down to 52 mins and the climbs are so much easier! And yet, I feel I'm working harder as the road bike encourages me to maintain the pace - I'm a convert and love my new bike! Just getting into the groove and then the aim is to go for longer rides - map my fitness app is a really good motivator. Inspired by the earlier posts, I'll try to post my progress as and when I get a chance. Best of luck to you all - love this thread!
  • pjhankin
    pjhankin Posts: 24 Member
    m1xm0d3 wrote: »
    Beyond annoyed there was a MFP TDF challenge hidden in a group within a sea of other groups. The BAD part is there is no way to FIND said group. Search function is broken. Group browse is an unsorted, chaotic mess with a list a mile long. I actually had to use Google to find the group. Eh.....

    7/01 - 09.01 @ 17.6 mph (AM Commute)
    7/01 - 13.20 @ 17.8 mph (PM Commute)
    7/06 - 32.24 @ 19.5 mph
    7/07 - 07.07 @ 17.2 mph (AM Commute)
    7/07 - 13.10 @ 17.5 mph (PM Commute)
    7/08 - 07.08 @ 17.6 mph (AM Commute)
    7/08 - 13.10 @ 17.8 mph (PM Commute)
    7/08 - 12.13 @ 14.6 mph
    7/09 - 07.09 @ 18.0 mph (AM Commute)
    7/09 - 13.02 @ 18.1 mph (PM Commute)
    7/10 - 09.11 @ 17.3 mph (AM Commute)
    7/10 - 13.15 @ 17.8 mph (PM Commute)

    MTD: 154.52
    GOAL: 400
    Within minutes of posting on here, I had to go through 3 pages to pick up the thread again - how about making this a group rather than a just a thread?
  • SingingSingleTracker
    SingingSingleTracker Posts: 1,866 Member
    edited July 2015
    July 1 - rode 9.8 miles for a duration of 1:07:02 (singletrack)
    July 2 - rode 10:84 miles for a duration of 1:35:19 (singletrack)
    July 3 - rode 5.53 miles for a duration of 00:31:13
    July 8 - rode 5.8 miles for a duration of 00:45:35 (singletrack)
    July 10 - rode 29.1 miles for a duration of 1:52:10
    July 11 - rode 20.8 miles for a duration of 1:27:51
    July 13 - rode 7.61 miles for a duration of 00:59:06
    July 15 - rode 11.7 miles for a duration of 1:38:15 (singletrack)
    July 16 - rode 46.23 miles for a duration of 3:15:35
    July 18 - rode 17 miles for a duration of 1:30:30 (singletrack)
    July 19 - rode 7.25 miles for a duration of 1:03:41 (singletrack)
    July 21 - rode 8.41 miles for a duration of 1:00:19 (singletrack)
    July 24 - rode 7.55 miles for a duration of 0:41:01 (singletrack)
    July 25 - rode 71.4 miles for a duration of 4:51:45
    July 26 - rode 8.68 miles for a duration of 0:45:39 (recovery spin)
    July 28 - rode 31.2 miles for a duration of 2:00:13
    July 29 - rode 12.7 miles for a duration of 0:56:12
    July 30 - rode 18.1 miles for a duration of 1:20:12

    July Total MIles: 311.6 July Total Hours: 27:21:38

    One more day in July folks - let's hit it hard!!!!

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