April 2016 Bike Bicycle Cycling Challenge

What a great prize to win UmmSqueaky. Hope it rides as good as it looks!

4/1 - 17 miles
4/2 - 23 miles
4/3 - 2.5 miles
4/4 - 24 miles
4/5 - 16 miles
4/6 - 23 miles
4/7 - 9 miles
4/8 - 17 miles
4/9 - 18 miles
4/10 - 61 miles
4/11 - 17 miles
4/12 - 23 miles. Very much hoping this is the last sub freezing morning of the year. The weather outlook shows lows in the 40s and 50s over the next 10 days. Fingers crossed, cuz I'm so done with numb extremities.

Month to date: 250 miles
Year to date: 816 miles

In for 250 recumbent miles

04/02 - 12.00 miles
04/03 - 12.75 miles
04/04 - 12.50 miles
04/05 - 12.75 miles
04/06 - 12.30 miles
04/07 - 12.75 miles
04/09 - 12.30 miles
04/10 - 13.75 miles...101.10 so far
04/11 - 14.00 miles
04/12 - 13.00 miles

Chris

4/1 - 17 miles
4/2 - 23 miles
4/3 - 2.5 miles
4/4 - 24 miles
4/5 - 16 miles
4/6 - 23 miles
4/7 - 9 miles
4/8 - 17 miles
4/9 - 18 miles
4/10 - 61 miles
4/11 - 17 miles
4/12 - 23 miles
4/13 - 24 miles - gorgeous weather on the way into work this morning. I spent the whole ride kicking myself for not getting out of bed earlier so I could take the longer route in. But then I got to work and the lockroom and showers are closed, so I guess it was for the best - if I went any longer I would have been a disgusting mess. It should be in the lower 60s on the way home and I'm so looking forward to it.

Month to date: 274 miles
Year to date: 840 miles

4/4 - 5 miles
4/5- 15 miles
4/11- 20 miles
4/12- 20 miles

Total: 60 miles
Goal: 300 miles
Remaining: 240 miles

Slowly hacking away at my remaining miles I've had a cold so I haven't been going very hard. I'm thinking of doing a long ride on Sunday if the weather is pleasant and I'm feeling better. I also want to start going to the gym and weight lifting after my rides, because otherwise my membership is just going to waste (I've decided to keep the membership for one more month, as April weather is very unpredictable and I won't be able to get my student discount at the school gym until May).

4/3 - 6.3 miles indoor
4/4 - 3 miles outdoor
4/5 5.7 miles out
4/6 4.8 miles in
4/7 4.9 miles in
10/4 3.5 miles outdoor
11/4 4 miles outdoor
12/4 6.9 outdoor
13/4 6.2 miles indoor

Still at it! but about to go travelling for a few days without my bike - I shall miss it -

Took the half ironman bike leg pretty easy, wrapping it up in 2:39 (21mph avg), and ended the race with a bit much left in the tank in 5:07, as it was my first attempt at the distance, and I'm still figuring out how to pace things.

After 2 rest days, returned to the cold north and got in a bunch more miles after changing a flat and getting my rear mech tuned at a local bike shop, as I had installed brifters on my northern commuter bike a while back, but couldn't quite get the shifting right. I'll need to put on a new front mech tomorrow (as the tourney brifters weren't compatible with my old tourney front mech) though to get all 3 gears on the front chainwheel happy.

4/1 - 28 miles
4/4 - 18 miles
4/5 - 29 miles
4/6 - 51 miles (Rays vs. Jays @ Tropicana)
4/10 - 56 miles (ironman florida 70.3 - 2:39 bike split, 5:07 total time)
4/13 - 25 miles (to/from Pirates vs. Tigers, and a nice hard expresso trainer session @ 290 watts)

Total: 207 miles
Goal: 500 miles
Remaining: 293 miles

April 2: 61.9 Miles -- Duration 4:52:00
April 3: 13 Miles -- Duration 1:44:27
April 5: 22.2 MIles -- Duration 1:53:35
April 7th: 8.76 Miles -- Duration 0:30:00
April 8th: 3.7 Miles -- Duration 0:25:00
April 10th: 28.9 Miles -- Duration 1:46:36
April 11th: 5.96 Miles -- Duration 0:40:54
April 12th: 5.9 Miles -- Duration 0:38:44
April 13th: 7.07 Miles -- Duration 0:58:04

April Total Miles: 124.69
April Total Duration: 13:29:20

The bike and I are both itching for the first mountain bike race (this Sunday) of 2016...

4/1 - 17 miles
4/2 - 23 miles
4/3 - 2.5 miles
4/4 - 24 miles
4/5 - 16 miles
4/6 - 23 miles
4/7 - 9 miles
4/8 - 17 miles
4/9 - 18 miles
4/10 - 61 miles
4/11 - 17 miles
4/12 - 23 miles
4/13 - 24 miles
4/14 - 23 miles - I need to have a stern talking to myself so that I get out of bed early enough in the morning to take the long route in. The ride on the way home is getting pretty crowded now that the weather is nice and there are tons of people who lack basic bike etiquette that makes it less enjoyable. Always pass on your left. Always announce your presence (ring your bell or call "on your left") unless you can pass with like a 5 or 6 feet gap. And never pass on the right, especially when the right is where people are designated to walk. Walkers on a shared use path in their designated space should not have to jump out of the way because a freakin pathlete can't slow down enough to navigate around on the left (last night - older lady going slow, on the right. Younger couple slowly waiting to pass her on the left until we've all gone through an intersection. I slow down to wait for the couple to pass before I pass. Pathlete decides he is too important to slow down and almost plows through walkers on the right). I may have called him several choice, not nice names. I regret nothing.

http://www.citypages.com/news/pathletes-the-*kitten*-of-minneapolis-bike-paths-7787845

Month to date: 297 miles
Year to date: 863 miles

In for 250 recumbent miles

04/02 - 12.00 miles
04/03 - 12.75 miles
04/04 - 12.50 miles
04/05 - 12.75 miles
04/06 - 12.30 miles
04/07 - 12.75 miles
04/09 - 12.30 miles
04/10 - 13.75 miles...101.10 so far
04/11 - 14.00 miles
04/12 - 13.00 miles
04/13 - 13.00 miles
04/14 - 15.00 miles

Chris