2016 MOVE Challenge

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Review ...
Distances include cycling + walking
March: 489.8 km (304.3 miles) = 38 hours 4 min
April: 491.94 km (305.6 miles) = 43 hours 6 min
May: 361.81 km (224.8 miles) = 35 hours 50 min
June: 569.53 km (353.9 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
July: 230.7 km (143.35 miles) = 32 hours 45 min
Aug: 211.3 km (131.3 miles) = 28 hours 8 min
Sep: 306.7 km (190.6 miles) = 35 hour 2 min
Oct: 441.82 km (274.5 miles) = 47 hours 43 min
Nov: 660.21 km (410.23 miles) = 60 hours 41 min
Dec: 499.91 km (282.8 miles) = 54 hours 56 min

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Looking forward to an active January!

Machka9 wrote: »

First bicycle ride of the New Year!! 38.4 km ... should be almost enough to burn off all the cinnamon rolls I made and ate.

Machka9 wrote:

Saturday 2 January -- 52.06 km with 613 metres of climbing. Plus wind. Plus ... surprisingly chilly. My feet were quite cold when I got in.

Plus 0.6 km walk to get shortbread cookie making supplies.

Sunday 3 January -- 32.8 km!! And that brings 8 days in a row of cycling to an end.

I was kind of hoping to do a flat route, and the first 20 km wasn't too bad, but then it got hilly. Oh well, I'm starting to get used to that.

Plus 1 km walk.

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Totals:
Jan Cycling Outside: 123.26 km (380 min)
Jan Cycling Inside: 0 min
Jan Walking: 1.6 km (19 min)
Jan Stairs: 0 flights (0 min)
Jan Time Total: 399 min = 6 hours 39 min
Jan Distance Total: 124.86 km = 77.6 miles

Jan 4 - 2.2 km (25 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (20 min)
Jan 5 - 2.9 km (35 min) walking + 35 flights of stairs (28 min)

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Totals:
Jan Cycling Outside: 123.26 km (380 min)
Jan Cycling Inside: 0 min
Jan Walking: 6.7 km (79 min)
Jan Stairs: 60 flights (48 min)
Jan Time Total: 507 min = 8 hours 27 min
Jan Distance Total: 129.96 km = 80.7 miles

Jan 6 - 1 km (12 min) walking + 35 flights of stairs (28 min) + 21.5 km (65 min) cycling

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Totals:
Jan Cycling Outside: 144.76 km (445 min)
Jan Cycling Inside: 0 min
Jan Walking: 7.7 km (91 min)
Jan Stairs: 95 flights (76 min)
Jan Time Total: 612 min = 10 hours 12 min
Jan Distance Total: 152.46 km = 94.7 miles

Jan 7 - 2.8 km (35 min) walking + 40 flights of stairs (32 min)
Jan 8 - 6 km (75 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (20 min)
Jan 9 - 77.8 km (245 min) cycling
Jan 10 - 4 km (50 min) walking + 23.9 km (75 min) cycling
Jan 11 - 2 km (25 min) walking + 40 flights of stairs (32 min)

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Totals:
Jan Cycling Outside: 246.46 km (765 min)
Jan Cycling Inside: 0 min
Jan Walking: 22.5 km (276 min)
Jan Stairs: 200 flights (160 min)
Jan Time Total: 1201 min = 20 hours 1 min
Jan Distance Total: 268.96 km = 167.1 miles

Jan 12 - 6.8 km (85 min) walking + 40 flights of stairs (32 min)
Jan 13 - 5.9 km (70 min) walking + 40 flights of stairs (32 min)
Jan 14 - 2.7 km (30 min) walking + 40 flights of stairs (32 min)
Jan 15 - 2.1 km (24 min) walking + 40 flights of stairs (32 min) .... plus ... we'll see

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Totals:
Jan Cycling Outside: 246.46 km (765 min)
Jan Cycling Inside: 0 min
Jan Walking: 40 km (485 min)
Jan Stairs: 360 flights (288 min)
Jan Time Total: 1538 min = 25 hours 38 min
Jan Distance Total: 288.46 km = 177.9 miles

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Wednesday (Jan 13) was a beautiful day! 34°C degrees and bright sunshine ... so we went to the beach after work. And there were WAVES! Apparently there was a 3 metre swell out there resulting in the biggest waves I've seen on our beach. We spent some time in the water, but only up to my waist. Those waves made me just a little bit nervous. We left as the storm clouds were gathering and as we neared home (walking, of course, the beach is only about 1 km away), the thunder and lightening started. And the minute we set foot inside the house, the sky opened up and the rain poured down. We haven't had a good storm in a while!! And then we had "Day 2" of my slow cooker chicken veg curry ... always better on the second day.

Thursday (Jan 14) reached a high of 17°C and toward the end of the day they were predicting snow down to 1200 metres.

That's Tasmania for you.

Jan 15 - 2.1 km (24 min) walking + 40 flights of stairs (32 min) .... plus ... 25.05 km (75 min) cycling
Jan 16 - 101.6 km (320 min) cycling
Jan 17 - 0.6 km (7 min) walking + 21.6 km (65 min) cycling

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Totals:
Jan Cycling Outside: 394.71 km (1225 min)
Jan Cycling Inside: 0 min
Jan Walking: 40.6 km (492 min)
Jan Stairs: 360 flights (288 min)
Jan Time Total: 2005 min = 33 hours 25 min
Jan Distance Total: 435.31 km = 270.5 miles

Jan 18 - 6.9 km (85 min) walking + 40 flights of stairs (32 min)
Jan 19 - 2 km (25 min) walking + 35 flights of stairs (28 min)
Jan 20 - 6 km (75 min) walking + 40 flights of stairs (32 min)

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Totals:
Jan Cycling Outside: 394.71 km (1225 min)
Jan Cycling Inside: 0 min
Jan Walking: 55.5 km (677 min)
Jan Stairs: 475 flights (380 min)
Jan Time Total: 2282 min = 38 hours 2 min
Jan Distance Total: 450.21 km = 279.7 miles

Machka9 wrote: »

OK ... I'm going to attempt to type this, and we'll see how it goes. It will take me a little bit of time ... and I'm now wondering why so many words have "t"s in them. I will explain all this in the story, so on with the story!


Saturday -- My husband is finally finished with the cherry harvest and we are "training" for longer events. I have been gradually increasing my distance and this week was scheduled to do a ride over 100 km. Preferably somewhere between 110 and 120 km.

We decided to do a ride that is mostly flat ... ha ha!

The route starts with a long 12 km climb and then a brisk descent into Hobart. From there the route is mostly flat ... except for all the little ups and downs. Then there's a long climb, up a different road, and a brisk descent back into our suburb, then a bit of up and down home. All up, I think it comes in at about 900 metres (3000 feet) ... so it is one of the flatter routes around.

We had a light headwind to start and then the headwind increased and became quite strong (40 km/h). It became a bit of a slog getting out to our turnaround point. What also didn't help was the road surface ... really rough ... and the traffic! Wind, rough roads and traffic. Great combo.

But we made it to New Norfolk and stopped for lunch. Much needed break.

On the way back we had a glorious tailwind! Even the rough road and traffic didn't seem so bad! We flew back to Hobart, but as we got closer to the centre of town, the wind shifted and the cooler sea breeze came in. And it was back to a slog for a little while. Incidentally, the actual direction of the wind was the opposite of what was predicted.

But the climb back to our suburb wasn't too bad ... the wind wasn't much of a factor there because of the trees and buildings.

Just as we were reaching the top of the climb, it felt like a large leaf or bit of eucalyptus tree landed on my helmet or fell into one of my vents. I reached up to remove it and all of a sudden there was an agonising, searing pain in my left index finger. I yelped, and stopped to remove my helmet. I was still thinking "plant" and thought maybe it was a thorn, but then it suddenly dawned on me ... wasp!! I had been stung by a wasp! If you've never been stung by a wasp, let me tell you ... that is some pain!

After ensuring that the wasp was no longer in my hair or helmet, I took an allergy pill (I carry them) and we continued. But my finger was too sore to allow me to shift my chainring. When I did need to, I reached over and shifted with my right hand ... that's awkward! It was also extremely painful using the brakes on the brisk descent back into our suburb.

My finger is still sore, red, and badly swollen ... in fact, my whole left hand is slightly swollen. Makes typing interesting.


I didn't take any photos this time as we were on a mission to do this ride so we didn't stop much.


So all up ... 112.68 km with a rolling average speed off 18.8 km/h and an overall speed of 16 km/h. Faster than anticipated.