August 2016 Biking Cycling Bicycling Challenge

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
May: 267.09 km (165.9 miles) = 36 hours 10 min
June 552.1 km (343 miles) = 54 hours 48 min
July 709 km (440.5 miles) = 60 hours 41 minutes

The Goal: More than last August.

Aug 1 - 1.8 km walking (20 min) + 20 min weightlifting
Aug 2 - 5.3 km walking (65 min) + 5 flights of stairs (4 min) + 20 min weightlifting

**Still kind of babying my right knee and taking a little break from the cycling. Just a week. Planning to be back at it on Saturday.**
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Totals:
Aug Cycling Outside: 0 km (0 min)
Aug Cycling Inside: 0 min
Aug Walking: 7.1 km (85 min)
Aug Stairs: 5 flights (4 min)
Aug Weightlifting: 40 min
Aug Rowing: 0 km (0 min)
Aug Time Total: 89 min = 1 hours 29 min
Aug Distance Total: 7.1 km = 4.4 miles

Aug 3 - 3.9 km walking (45 min) + 20 min weightlifting
Aug 4 - 3.7 km walking (45 min)

**Turns out I've sprained the medial collateral ligament in my right knee. No more stairs, running or jumping for a while. I can walk as long as I don't go too fast or twist it. There is one "weights" exercise I am to do. And ... happily ... I can continue to cycle! **

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Totals:
Aug Cycling Outside: 0 km (0 min)
Aug Cycling Inside: 0 min
Aug Walking: 14.7 km (175 min)
Aug Stairs: 5 flights (4 min)
Aug Weightlifting: 60 min
Aug Rowing: 0 km (0 min)
Aug Time Total: 239 min = 3 hours 59 min
Aug Distance Total: 14.7 km = 9.1 miles

Aug 5 - 4.3 km walking (50 min) + 5 flights of stairs (4 min)

Aug 6 - 57.9 km cycling (180 min)

Aug 7 - 40.9 km cycling (130 min)

**Flat rides, low effort**

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Totals:
Aug Cycling Outside: 98.8 km (313 min)
Aug Cycling Inside: 0 min
Aug Walking: 19 km (225 min)
Aug Stairs: 10 flights (8 min)
Aug Weightlifting: 60 min
Aug Rowing: 0 km (0 min)
Aug Time Total: 606 min = 10 hours 6 min
Aug Distance Total: 117.8 km = 73.2 miles

Setting my goal at 300 this month.

8/1 - 31.23 miles
8/2 - 14.61 miles
8/3 - 20.09 miles
8/6 - 65.49 miles

MTD - 131.41

Jan - 170.47
Feb - 245.31
Mar - 409.88
Apr - 227.22
May - 332.92
June - 302.69
July - 505.53

YTD - 2325.42

sijomial wrote: »

Also doing a little experiment by incorporating leg work back into my strength training, I don't tend to do any weights for my legs during the cycling season but would like to add some size and strength to my legs. Doing it at the start of the week so I get recovery time before my weekend rides.
Weights Monday and Wednesday and straight back to maxing out the leg press and leg curl machines despite not using them for 4 (?) months.

I'm struggling to balance out gym and bike sessions at the moment. My main focus from September on is doing the AllPro weight routine which includes squats and straight-leg deadlifts in every session and I'm kind of trialling the sessions now, but I want to keep up the cycling (and need to for commuting), so I'm not quite sure how to balance off the two. At the moment, DOMS is killing me for the 2 days after the heavy session, particularly the 2nd day

35dollars wrote: »

Could I also take a moment to remind everyone of this:

35dollars wrote: »

If any of you are up for another (complimentary) challenge, have a look at Vuelta Espana Cycling Challenge

I did the Tour de France one, and it's good fun and very motivating. I'd be up for this one as well if I wasn't going to be away in the middle of it.

You'll need to be on Strava, but other than that you don't have to do anything other than your normal rides, all the work is done for you by the wonderful CycLeagues tool

I'm away on a work trip for the second half of the challenge. :-/
Just out of curiosity, in case something like that comes along again: do you have to set your rides to public on Strava to join in that kind of challenge?

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I finally got the bike shoes that I ordered. I wanted to install everything on the weekend - and realised that the Look cleats I bought don't go with my Look pedals. Apperently, I need "delta" instead of "keo". This clip-in pedal thing is really complicated!
So I'm still cycling in an old pair of running shoes. Today I missed a turn and ended up on a much hillier route than planned, and when I notices I was too stubbort to turn around, so I struggled through it. Next time I'll pay more attention to where I'm going! ;-)

1.8.2016: 4.3km + 16.9km to work, long detour home
4.8.2016: 4.3km + 8.9km to work, short detour home
8.8.2016: 6.0km + 21.0km to work, long detour home
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51.6km of 200km August goal done

Back from family vacation, time to get back in the saddle and work off those extra pounds that I didn't worry about last week. Still getting used to the new bike and the clips. Had my first clip fall, luckily no one else was around to witness it, so it didn't happen.

The gearing on this bike is very different than my old hybrid, will take me a while to get used to them. Because of the clips and the different riding position of the bike, using some different muscles now, I was sore in a few places after my ride on Sunday.

08/08 - 42.47

August total: 42.47
Goal for month: 200
Year to date: 2,152.02

Jan - 175.9
Feb - 343.3
Mar - 353.8
Apr - 363.4
May - 319.1
June - 316.2
July - 166.1

8/1: 28 miles
8/2: 22 miles
8/3: 28 miles
8/5: 28 miles
8/7: 12 miles
8/8: 23 miles - a vicious bee sting on my inner thigh is itching like crazy, especially in bike shorts, making riding no bueno

Month to date: 151 miles
Year to date: 2567 miles

08/07 - 42.47
08/08 - 14.71

August total: 57.18
Goal for month: 200
Year to date: 2,166.73

Jan - 175.9
Feb - 343.3
Mar - 353.8
Apr - 363.4
May - 319.1
June - 316.2
July - 166.1

Mon 01 - 29.24 miles
Tue 02 - 31.63 miles
Wed 03 - rest
Thu 04 - 32.81 miles.
Fri 05 - 25.68.
Sat 06 - 15.45
Mon 08 - 29.22
Tue 09 - 28.84 miles

MTD 192.87 / 500, YTD 1331.82

Real turgid grind of a trip home today - felt under the weather myself and struggled against, quelle surprise, a strong headwind - this time all the way home instead of half the trip

Hey there! I'm wanting to join in. A couple of years ago I got to riding more, and started going out on the country roads riding to the next town. I loved it so much but it became too hard on my joints. SO I stopped riding. A month and a half ago I joined the gym and started using the Recumbent bike there which has been so much more tolerable. I had a goal of 120 miles for July and reached 124. For August I'm sticking with the 120 as I have family coming soon and won't be making it into the gym as much I'm guessing.

8/1 - 5.35
8/2 - 5.02
8/5 - 5.22
8/6 - 6.04
8/8 - 6.75
8/9 - 6.64

Total 35.01/120 mile goal

Elise4270 wrote: »

SteveCro wrote: »

Welcome back tcaley4.... Been riding several years with clip in's. Had a fall Saturday on a fund rasing ride for the trail. Inexperienced rider made a bone head move that I had to jam on the brakes for and couldn't get unclipped. On your left means your going to pass on the right "really" I thought you wanted me to go to the left!!!! ggrrrrr. It happen because 4 other riders heard me call her a f__ktard!!!

Hmm.. I think I got this... Maybe. If i call out "on your left", it literally means on the persons being pasts, left side, correct?

Works this way running..

My pawls are noisy... Folks should be listening for me....

Thats how I always took it Elise, I hear either on your left or to your left and I assume I need to move to the right.

8/2 9.91
8/3 12.04
8/5 13.09
8/8 19.82
8/9 10.33

MTD: 65.19

Jan: 49.93
Feb: 177.8
Mar: 279.94
Apr: 198.79
May: 110.02
June: 238.86
July: 417.56

Total: 1472.90

Yes Elise and Becky that's exactly how it is supposed to work. On your left means your passing on there left. They need to hold there position or move to the right.

8/1: 28 miles
8/2: 22 miles
8/3: 28 miles
8/5: 28 miles
8/7: 12 miles
8/8: 23 miles
8/9: 18 miles
8/10: 23 miles - hoping for rain tonight to break the humidity

Month to date: 192 miles
Year to date: 2608 miles

08/07 - 42.47
08/08 - 14.71
08/10 - 14.69

August total: 71.87
Goal for month: 200
Year to date: 2,181.42

Jan - 175.9
Feb - 343.3
Mar - 353.8
Apr - 363.4
May - 319.1
June - 316.2
July - 166.1

Welcome Becky.

BeckyCMcClinton wrote: »

Hey there! I'm wanting to join in. A couple of years ago I got to riding more, and started going out on the country roads riding to the next town. I loved it so much but it became too hard on my joints. SO I stopped riding.

Riding your bike should not make your joints hurt, unless you have other underlying health issues. I would suggest looking to how your bike is adjusted. Is your seat high enough? Is your seat in the correct position forward/back in relation to your pedals? Are your handlebars adjusted correctly? Do a search on YouTube for how to adjust these to fit you better.