June bicycle bike cycle cycling 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
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
May: 267.09 km (165.9 miles) = 36 hours 10 min

Last June is going to be hard to beat. Last June, we spent 3 weeks in summertime in Canada cycling and hiking etc. etc. This June, we'll be in the depths of winter here in Tasmania.

However, I will make an attempt to get somewhere close to last June in terms of time or distance ... or both if I can manage it.

June 2 - 45 min cycling indoors on my trainer
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Totals:
June Cycling Outside: 0 km (0 min)
June Cycling Inside: 45 min
June Walking: 6.1 km (70 min)
June Stairs: 60 flights (48 min)
June Time Total: 163 min = 2 hours 43 min
June Distance Total: 6.1 km = 3.8 miles

June 4 - 77.7 km (260 min)

There's a major storm coming. They've been advertising it for days now ... supposed to roll in this evening. So we set off relatively early (11 am) in order to get this ride in before the storm arrived, and yet late enough so that the frost would have melted off the roads.

It was about 10C where we live when we set off, and climbed up the Southern Outlet. That's about a 12 km climb and by the time we got to the top, we were both overheating because we had dressed for cold. I figured I'd be shedding clothes as soon as we got to the bottom of the descent.

But when we got to the bottom of the descent, it was indeed cold ... it had dropped to 8C and then down to 7C while we were riding. That was combined with a little breeze and heavy mist all the way out making it feel quite chilly. I was wishing for winter cycling boots! My toe covers weren't quite up to the job.

We turned around and fortunately the mist/drizzle stopped, and what little wind there was dropped off to practically nothing.

We had thought about stopping for lunch, but opted to just keep riding back home instead. A hot shower and coffee were calling! So we kept cycling back to Hobart and then up and over Bonnet Hill.

Our elevation profile shows one big climb at the beginning, then almost flat, and then another big climb at the end. Variety!

Happily, we did the ride within randonneuring time. Mission accomplished!

There were a number of cyclists out there today ... all bundled up and looking rather cold. So we weren't the only ones.

Weekend adventures ...

June 4 - 77.7 km cycling (260 min)

June 5 - 2.8 km (20 min) running on treadmill!! Go me!! I usually reserve running for chasing buses and things like that!!
3.6 km (40 min) walking on treadmill.
1.5 km (10 min) rowing
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Totals:
June Cycling Outside: 77.7 km (260 min)
June Cycling Inside: 45 min
June Walking: 15.7 km (170 min)
June Stairs: 90 flights (72 min)
June Rowing: 1.5 km (10 min)
June Time Total: 557 min = 9 hours 17 min
June Distance Total: 94.9 km = 58.9 miles

I'm back!! I was madly studying for a final exam worth 50% of my mark. Thankfully, that is done now! There will be a long wait to find out how I did, but at least the course is finished and I've got a month till the next one starts. With only full-time work to do (instead of full-time work + a grad course), I am hoping to get more cycling in.

June 12 - 40.2 km cycling (125 min)
June 13 - 47 km cycling (148 min)
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Totals:
June Cycling Outside: 164.9 km (533 min)
June Cycling Inside: 45 min
June Walking: 31.7 km (354 min)
June Stairs: 215 flights (172 min)
June Rowing: 2 km (13 min)
June Time Total: 1117 min = 18 hours 37 min
June Distance Total: 198.6 km = 123.4 miles

June 14 - 20 minutes cycling on my bicycle on the trainer
June 15 - 30 minutes cycling on my bicycle on the trainer

I'm trying to find a really comfortable saddle and set up on the trainer so that I can go for an hour or more.
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Totals:
June Cycling Outside: 164.9 km (533 min)
June Cycling Inside: 95 min
June Walking: 48 km (544 min)
June Stairs: 305 flights (244 min)
June Rowing: 2 km (13 min)
June Time Total: 1429 min = 23 hours 49 min
June Distance Total: 214.9 km = 133.5 miles

Dark Bikefo 200K - Saturday 18 June

Rowan and I cycled 200.23 km with 2227.58 metres of climbing. It was a 200K randonnee to celebrate the winter solstice.

6 riders set off at 7 am, just as the sky was lightening slightly and we could make out the yachts and birds on the bay. The temperature was a chilly 4.3C with a bit of a headwind bringing the "feels like" temperature down to 1.8C.

Our route took us out the cycleway, a common cycling route. Unfortunately some drunks had been out there during the night and there were large patches of broken glass here and there along the way, so large that we had to lift our bicycles over.

Once on the road, the glass problem disappeared, and a little further up the road, the temperature dropped to 3.3C. Funny thing was, just before Rowan told me it had gotten colder, my feet and hands started feeling very cold and I was doing windmills (rotating my arms around like windmills) to try to warm my hands.

Onward to New Norfolk and then Bushy Park, the first control. Up till that point, there wasn't much climbing at all. But soon after the climbing began. One of the first climbs was a long steep thing that left me feeling quite nauseated and dizzy at the top. It was a tough climb! I saw it on the way back and thought, "I climbed that???"

At that point, I wondered about the possibility of finishing the event because I knew there would be more climbing for a while yet and I just didn't feel up to it! But I kept slogging away ... up and up ... and then, all of a sudden, I got a second wind or something and had energy for the rest of the 200K.

Unfortunately Rowan had issues with cramping again which kind of slowed him down.

We arrived in Bothwell, the turn-around point, with about half an hour to spare ... and got some salty food + ice cream. We were hungry! But it was a quick stop and we were back on the road again and heading back.

Everyone said that it's downhill on the way back from Bothwell. Well ... um ... not really. There is quite a bit of climbing for the first 32 km out of Bothwell ... and then, finally, it's downhill. I really enjoyed the downhill bit. That was fun!

For some reason, the section from the 145 km point to the 159.99 km point took forever!! I felt like I was watching those kilometres tick by for somewhere in the neighbourhood of 12 hours. Several times I watched to make sure that my computer was actually working ... at times the numbers seemed to freeze. I began to long for numbers in the 160 range ... just for something different, just to prove that we were actually getting somewhere. I had to laugh when I figured it had to be 160-something already, looked down at my computer and it read: 159.99. I couldn't catch a break!

Darkness was falling as we rolled into New Norfolk again and stopped at a little shop with a very friendly lady behind the counter. We chatted a bit about long distance cycling. She may have been there the last time we got our cards signed on the "So you want to ride 100 miles" event we did several months ago.

The next bit was my least favourite. It's a busy 16 km or so with narrow shoulders that sort of come and go, and includes a 2 km stretch with no shoulders. I'm not fond of it in the daylight ... the night was no better. Although I do have to say that most drivers were pretty good. It's just that there were lots of them.

I was relieved when we got off the main road onto a quieter road, and even happier when we got back onto the cycleway again. Fortunately the broken glass had been cleared away.

And we rolled into the finish area after 12 hours and 36 minutes.

Just adding it to my totals ...

June 18 - 200.23 km cycling (12 hours and 36 minutes in total!)

I've done a couple recovery walks on the two days after that event, but hope to start ramping up the exercise again today.

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Totals:
June Cycling Outside: 365.13 km (1289 min)
June Cycling Inside: 95 min
June Walking: 54.2 km (619 min)
June Stairs: 340 flights (272 min)
June Rowing: 2 km (13 min)
June Time Total: 2288 min = 38 hours 8 min
June Distance Total: 421.33 km = 261.8 miles

June 22 - 45 minutes on my bicycle on the trainer inside

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Totals:
June Cycling Outside: 365.13 km (1289 min)
June Cycling Inside: 140 min
June Walking & Running: 68.69 km (774 min)
June Stairs: 400 flights (320 min)
June Rowing: 4 km (25 min)
June Time Total: 2548 min = 42 hours 28 min
June Distance Total: 437.82 km = 272.05 miles

June 25 - 47.7 km cycling (150 min)
June 26 - 36.4 km cycling (110 min)

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Totals:
June Cycling Outside: 449.23 km (1549 min)
June Cycling Inside: 140 min
June Walking & Running: 72.99 km (824 min)
June Stairs: 430 flights (344 min)
June Rowing: 4 km (25 min)
June Time Total: 2882 min = 48 hours 2 min
June Distance Total: 526.22 km = 326.9 miles