May 2016 Bike Bicycle Cycling Challenge

@tcaley4 - very sorry to hear of your loss.

Feeling sore tonight!! Put the bike in the car and drove to Rutland and rode the 105 mile Cicle Tour Route. My Norfolk legs aren't made for hills!!
Note to self next time fit a 11-32t cassette, I only just made it up a couple of the climbs on a 28t cassette

http://veloviewer.com/routes/3899335

I'm in for 250 again!

05/02 - 12.50 miles
05/03 - 13.00 miles
05/04 - 12.50 miles
05/05 - 12.50 miles
05/07 - 13.00 miles
05/08 - 12.75 miles...76.25 so far
05/10 - 12.75 miles
05/11 - 12.00 miles
05/12 - 12.00 miles
05/15 - 12.75 miles...127.75 so far
05/16 - 12.50 miles
05/17 - 12.75 miles
05/18 - 12.00 miles
05/19 - 12.25 miles
05/21 - 16.50 miles
05/23 - 13.00 miles...206.75 so far
05/24 - 15.00

Chris

Machka9 wrote: »

Machka9 wrote: »

Machka9 wrote: »

Machka9 wrote:

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
Jan: 864.79 km (537.35 miles) = 65 hours 36 min
Feb: 470.53 km (292.4 miles) = 40 hours 39 min
March: 917.73 km (570.2 miles) = 66 hours 13 min
April: 417.83 km (259.6 miles) = 40 hours 23 min

April wasn't a brilliant month for me in terms of exercise ... I had hoped to do one or two longer bicycle rides but sometimes life intervenes in the plans. April ended up being an incredibly busy month with a heavier-than-usual workload at work + assignments due at university + the final steps of my citizenship process. I wrote the citizenship exam and then my ceremony was on April 29 and I am now officially an Australian Citizen!

May should be a calmer month, although I will be wrapping up the uni course I'm in so there will be work to do for that. Nevertheless, I hope for more kilometres than last May.
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May 1 - 3.8 km (45 min) walking + 40 min on my bicycle on the trainer indoors. It was a windy, rainy, cold day. Winter is upon us.
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Totals:
May Cycling Outside: 0 km (0 min)
May Cycling Inside: 40 min
May Walking: 3.8 km (45 min)
May Stairs: 0 flights (0 min)
May Time Total: 85 min = 1 hours 25 min
May Distance Total: 3.8 km = 2.3 miles

May 3 - 40 min on my bicycle on the trainer indoors. Wintery out there.
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Totals:
May Cycling Outside: 0 km (0 min)
May Cycling Inside: 80 min
May Walking: 17 km (200 min)
May Stairs: 95 flights (76 min)
May Time Total: 356 min = 5 hours 56 min
May Distance Total: 17 km = 10.5 miles

May 14 - 34 km (105 min) cycling outside
May 15 - 29.4 km (90 min) cycling outside
Finally getting outside ... but very, very windy.
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Totals:
May Cycling Outside: 63.4 km (195 min)
May Cycling Inside: 80 min
May Walking: 59 km (710 min)
May Stairs: 295 flights (236 min)
May Time Total: 1221 min = 20 hours 21 min
May Distance Total: 122.4 km = 76 miles

OK, back to it again ... I have been up to my eyeballs in my last assignment for the course I'm taking. Got 3 hours sleep in 30 hours over the weekend. So tired!!

May 21 - 15.7 km (50 min) cycling

May 22 - 18.69 km (60 min) cycling

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Totals:
May Cycling Outside: 97.79 km (305 min)
May Cycling Inside: 80 min
May Walking: 75.2 km (905 min)
May Stairs: 445 flights (356 min)
May Time Total: 1646 min = 27 hours 26 min
May Distance Total: 172.99 km = 107.5 miles

wayneh73 wrote: »

jlklem wrote: »

Nice ride...do you use Strava...its a fun way to look at rides

Yes like everyone these days I use Strava

https://www.strava.com/athletes/9695616

When I reviewed one of my rides at the weekend I was amazed that one segment has been done by 54302 Strava users.
Not going to say where my time ranked me but let's just say there's plenty of room for improvement!

https://www.strava.com/segments/627910

5/01 - 18.15
5/02 - 14.22
5/03 - 14.29
5/04 - 18.12
5/05 - 17.97
5/10 - 14.76
5/11 - 18.00
5/12 - 17.97
5/13 - 18.36
5/15 - 33.29
5/17 - 18.05
5/23 - 14.49
5/24 - 18.12



May total: 235.79
Goal for month: 400
Year to date: 1,453.95

Jan - 175.9
Feb - 343.3
Mar - 353.8
Apr - 363.4

Got a good pic of my northern baseball commuter bike as I've finished the last few upgrades. Crank needs to be tightened a bit, but shifting is happier as I've cleaned/re-lubricated the chain.




5/3 - 21 miles
5/4 - 13 miles
5/5 - 4 miles
5/6 - 4 miles
5/8 - 33 miles
5/10 - 33 miles
5/11 - 58 miles
5/12 - 34 miles
5/13 - 28 miles
5/14 - 17 miles
5/15 - 50 miles
5/16 - 13 miles
5/17 - 15 miles
5/18 - 21 miles
5/19 - 13 miles
5/20 - 11 miles
5/22 - 12 miles
5/23 - 22 miles
5/24 - 11 miles

Total: 413 miles
Goal: 500 miles
Remaining: 87 miles

@ummsqueaky - Good luck with the tri training. Definitely get in a few brick sessions when you can (running off the bike) as your legs will feel a bit funky for the first few miles. Lately I've been using the olympic heart-rate plan built into my garmin (via the garmin connect site) for triathlon training, in addition to a bunch of group rides/runs with my triathlon team.

I'm in again with a goal of 800 km

2nd May: 41.02 km
3rd May: 53.63 km
4th May: 40.09 km
6th May: 52.07 km
7th May: 40.81 km
8th May: 40.35 km
10th May: 43.78 km
11th May: 48.86 km
12th May: 8 km
13th May: 10 km
14th May: 45.05 km
15th May: 40.97 km
16th May: 50.99 km
17th May: 20 km
18th May: 40.89 km
19th May: 8 km
20th May: 54.08 km
23rd May: 42.75 km
24th May: 20.35 km
25th May: 55.39 km
26th May: 29.08 km

Month to date: 786.16 km

Year to end Apr: 1,779.48 km
(Jan: 393.82 km
Feb: 538.62 km
Mar: 315.82 km
Apr: 531.22 km)

Got in my usual commuting miles along with an 8 mile 300 watt sufferfest at the gym (plus some warmup/cooldown). Can't seem to get my front triple derailleur on my commuter bike happy, so I think I'll need to bring it over to some professionals later this week.

5/3 - 21 miles
5/4 - 13 miles
5/5 - 4 miles
5/6 - 4 miles
5/8 - 33 miles
5/10 - 33 miles
5/11 - 58 miles
5/12 - 34 miles
5/13 - 28 miles
5/14 - 17 miles
5/15 - 50 miles
5/16 - 13 miles
5/17 - 15 miles
5/18 - 21 miles
5/19 - 13 miles
5/20 - 11 miles
5/22 - 12 miles
5/23 - 22 miles
5/24 - 11 miles
5/25 - 26 miles

Total: 439 miles
Goal: 500 miles
Remaining: 61 miles

Here is my profile page in Strava...

https://www.strava.com/athletes/5058093

Was just going to do 20 last night...but that turned in to 33. When you expect rain and you get a sunny, warm, no wind evening you ride longer.

MTD...1280 (some are trainer miles)
YTD...6779 (again some are trainer miles...333 total hours)

wayneh73 wrote: »

jlklem wrote: »

Nice ride...do you use Strava...its a fun way to look at rides

Yes like everyone these days I use Strava

https://www.strava.com/athletes/9695616

May 1st 30.4 Miles -- Duration 1:38:59
May 3rd 15.6 Miles -- Duration 1:10:26
May 4th 13.2 Miles -- Duration 1:15:39
May 5th 7.61 Miles -- Duration 1:03:57
May 6th 5.98 Miles -- Duration 1:21:27
May 7th 21.23 Miles -- Duration 2:20:54
May 8th 40.1 Miles -- Duration 2:42:35
May 10th 20.7 Miles -- Duration 1:26:07
May 14th 31.6 Miles -- Duration 2:14:59
May 15th 12.1 Miles -- Duration 1:25:57
May 17th 13.7 Miles -- Duration 0:55:21
May 18th 10.7 Miles -- Duration 1:00:02
May 19th 11.7 Miles -- Duration 1:16:58
May 20th 18.3 Miles -- Duration 1:20:58
May 22nd 38.7 Miles -- Duration 4:37:42 (Marathon MTB Race)
May 24th 33.0 Miles -- Duration 2:13:52
May 26th 30.9 Miles -- Duration 2:03:28

May Total Miles: 355.52
May Total Duration: 28:47:54

Dropped off the bike at the shop this evening after commuting to/from today's ballgame. Heading back to Florida tomorrow, so I'll be drastically cutting back on the running and putting more time into long rides once I wrap up my weekend fishing trip.

5/3 - 21 miles
5/4 - 13 miles
5/5 - 4 miles
5/6 - 4 miles
5/8 - 33 miles
5/10 - 33 miles
5/11 - 58 miles
5/12 - 34 miles
5/13 - 28 miles
5/14 - 17 miles
5/15 - 50 miles
5/16 - 13 miles
5/17 - 15 miles
5/18 - 21 miles
5/19 - 13 miles
5/20 - 11 miles
5/22 - 12 miles
5/23 - 22 miles
5/24 - 11 miles
5/25 - 26 miles
5/26 - 11 miles

Total: 450 miles
Goal: 500 miles
Remaining: 50 miles

I'm in again with a goal of 800 km

2nd May: 41.02 km
3rd May: 53.63 km
4th May: 40.09 km
6th May: 52.07 km
7th May: 40.81 km
8th May: 40.35 km
10th May: 43.78 km
11th May: 48.86 km
12th May: 8 km
13th May: 10 km
14th May: 45.05 km
15th May: 40.97 km
16th May: 50.99 km
17th May: 20 km
18th May: 40.89 km
19th May: 8 km
20th May: 54.08 km
23rd May: 42.75 km
24th May: 20.35 km
25th May: 55.39 km
26th May: 29.08 km
28th May: 42.72 km
The last 5 km was in full monsoon rain. Loyang hill became Loyang Rapids and I was definitely going against the flow. Then some idiot in a car decided to cut me up and I have no idea how I kept the bike upright (road slicks so no grip in the wet). I'm just glad that I have disk brakes rather than rim brakes

Month to date: 828.88 km

Year to end Apr: 1,779.48 km
(Jan: 393.82 km
Feb: 538.62 km
Mar: 315.82 km
Apr: 531.22 km)

May 1st 30.4 Miles -- Duration 1:38:59
May 3rd 15.6 Miles -- Duration 1:10:26
May 4th 13.2 Miles -- Duration 1:15:39
May 5th 7.61 Miles -- Duration 1:03:57
May 6th 5.98 Miles -- Duration 1:21:27
May 7th 21.23 Miles -- Duration 2:20:54
May 8th 40.1 Miles -- Duration 2:42:35
May 10th 20.7 Miles -- Duration 1:26:07
May 14th 31.6 Miles -- Duration 2:14:59
May 15th 12.1 Miles -- Duration 1:25:57
May 17th 13.7 Miles -- Duration 0:55:21
May 18th 10.7 Miles -- Duration 1:00:02
May 19th 11.7 Miles -- Duration 1:16:58
May 20th 18.3 Miles -- Duration 1:20:58
May 22nd 38.7 Miles -- Duration 4:37:42 (Marathon MTB Race)
May 24th 33.0 Miles -- Duration 2:13:52
May 26th 30.9 Miles -- Duration 2:03:28
May 27th 18.3 Miles -- Duration 1:12:49
May 28th 18.3 Miles -- Duration 1:26:50

May Total Miles: 392.12
May Total Duration: 31:27:33