August 2016 Biking Cycling Bicycling Challenge
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8/1 - 5.35
8/2 - 5.02
8/5 - 5.22
8/6 - 6.04
8/8 - 6.75
8/9 - 6.64
8/11- 13.48
8/12 - 7.26
8/13 - 6.28
8/15- 14.04
8/16 - 6.46
82.53/120 miles goal0 -
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
8/13: 7 miles
8/14: 21 miles
8/15: 23 miles
8/16: 16 miles - alas, thunderstorm on the way home, so I was rained out of both my evening ride and my open swim
Only 3 more open swims this season then it's off to the pool with me
Month to date: 249 miles
Year to date: 2665 miles
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Got in a nice middle distance ride on my fixie today up to a local greek neighborhood for a gyro and galaktoboureko, taking it relatively easy. Going to try out a century training ride tomorrow as my tri team is doing a 35 mile ride about 30 miles away, and I've been wanting to ride there/back for the past few weeks and finally figured out a relatively safe route. Just hoping the winds cooperate for the outbound segment.
In other news, I'm going to give the Pittsburgh->DC GAP/C&O ride another whirl at the end of September, as I have a weekend off between my Ironman 70.3 and the Chicago marathon, and a few friends expressed interest in joining me for the ride. I did it in late October of 2014 over 3 days, which was gorgeous leaf gazing season, but I'm planning it a month earlier and spreading it over 4 days so it doesn't become a daily race against the sun. I've already reserved a bike spot on the return train back to Pittsburgh, and now that I know that most B&B's have laundry facilities, I'll stick with my small camelbak backpack with 1 day change of clothes as it'll avoid the need for hauling saddle bags/panniers.
8/1 - 15 miles (w. 10 mile solo time trial @ 23mph - out & back)
8/3 - 33 miles (tri team ride)
8/4 - 83 miles (solo long ride - 18.3mph / 143 watt avg)
8/5 - 11 miles
8/6 - 20 miles
8/7 - 11 miles
8/8 - 5 miles
8/9 - 23 miles
8/10 - 24 miles
8/11 - 11 miles
8/13 - 34 miles (18.9mph / 152 watts / 171NP)
8/14 - 71 miles (18.7mph / 158 watts / 174NP)
8/16 - 38 miles
Total: 379 miles
Goal: 621 miles
Remaining: 242 miles
2016 Races:
Granfondo FL century - 23.4mph TT segments
Ironman Florida 70.3 - 5:07 / 2:39 bike split (21mph)
Ironman Augusta 70.3 - 9/25
Ironman Florida - 11/5
@UmmSqueaky - For tri watches, I've been racing with my running watch for the past 2 years (as it is waterproof and has an integrated heart rate monitor which is waterproof), but finally bit the bullet and snagged a refurbished Garmin 910xt for $125 as I needed something that could communicate with my power meter (totally unnecessary purchase unless you get really serious) and better track swims. For group rides, most groups have A/B/C rides with differing levels of intensity and seriousness. If you can find a C-ride, it is a good way to get your feet wet, learn all of the usual etiquette, and I've found that I've needed to expend about half of the power in the back/middle of a paceline vs. when I've needed to pull - more than offsetting my fears about safety/difficulty. Taking that approach lets me ride in 27-30mph A+ pacelines with the same average effort it would take me to ride on my own at 22mph (aside from a handful of extremely painful pulls which have definitely helped my race times/speeds). If you can average 18 for a triathlon bike leg, you'd fit in fine in any C ride, and even some B rides depending on your club's level of fitness.2 -
Aug 10 - 2.2 km walking (25 min)
Aug 5 - 4.3 km walking (50 min) + 5 flights of stairs (4 min)
Aug 3 - 3.9 km walking (45 min) + 20 min weightlifting
Aug 1 - 1.8 km walking (20 min) + 20 min weightliftingReview ...
(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 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 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! **
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 6 - 57.9 km cycling (180 min)
Aug 7 - 40.9 km cycling (130 min)
**Flat rides, low effort**
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
Aug 11 - 1.2 km walking (15 min)
Aug 12 - 26 km cycling (80 min)
Mainly taking it easy this week.
Totals:
Aug Cycling Outside: 124.8 km (393 min)
Aug Cycling Inside: 0 min
Aug Walking: 29.3 km (350 min)
Aug Stairs: 10 flights (8 min)
Aug Weightlifting: 60 min
Aug Rowing: 0 km (0 min)
Aug Time Total: 811 min = 13 hours 31 min
Aug Distance Total: 154.7 km = 95.7 miles
Aug 13 - 408 km cycling (1485 min) ... no, that's not a typo.
My husband and I rode a 400 km randonnee starting at 7 am on Saturday 13 August and finishing 24 hours and 45 minutes later. I have the story almost ready to post to my blog, but essentially ...
We've been training for this for the past two months and chose this particular one because it fit in our schedules and was relatively flat. We started strongly, but at the 200 km point, I broke a tooth (the tooth was in questionable condition to begin with) which made the remaining 200 km a little more challenging than I had hoped. Breathing through my mouth was painful, so I was reduced to breathing through my nose. And eating was painful, so I ran rather low on energy. I was hoping to finish within 24 hours, but I guess an extra 45 minutes wasn't too bad.
We rolled into the start location at 7:45 am on Sunday.
Aug 15 - 0.5 km walking (7 min) ... airport.
Aug 16 - 3 km walking (35 min) ... to the beach and back to stretch things out.
Totals:
Aug Cycling Outside: 532.8 km (1878 min)
Aug Cycling Inside: 0 min
Aug Walking: 32.8 km (392 min)
Aug Stairs: 10 flights (8 min)
Aug Weightlifting: 60 min
Aug Rowing: 0 km (0 min)
Aug Time Total: 2338 min = 38 hours 58 min
Aug Distance Total: 565.6 km = 351.4 miles
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Tue 16 - 27.58 miles
MTD 291.11 / 500, YTD 6840.85
Quick ride into work and largely effortless ride home with none of the expected DOMS from the previous day's gym, until I hit the 2 steepest hills.
Also saw this, which made a real change from a long stream of anonymous car, car, car, lorry, car, bus, car, car, ... that I normally see on my commute
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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
8/9 - 6.87 miles
8/11 - 3.29 Had breakin a week ago, been busy contacting neighbors, tracking things down. Not much time for riding this week. Got kids yesterday but things not over yet.
8/16 - 3.30 miles shortened by the rain. Just won't stop!
MTD - 144.86
Jan - 170.47
Feb - 245.31
Mar - 409.88
Apr - 227.22
May - 332.92
June - 302.69
July - 505.53
YTD - 2338.871 -
Aug 10 - 2.2 km walking (25 min)
Aug 5 - 4.3 km walking (50 min) + 5 flights of stairs (4 min)
Aug 3 - 3.9 km walking (45 min) + 20 min weightlifting
Aug 1 - 1.8 km walking (20 min) + 20 min weightliftingReview ...
(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 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.**
____________________________________________
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 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! **
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 6 - 57.9 km cycling (180 min)
Aug 7 - 40.9 km cycling (130 min)
**Flat rides, low effort**
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
Aug 11 - 1.2 km walking (15 min)
Aug 12 - 26 km cycling (80 min)
Mainly taking it easy this week.
Totals:
Aug Cycling Outside: 124.8 km (393 min)
Aug Cycling Inside: 0 min
Aug Walking: 29.3 km (350 min)
Aug Stairs: 10 flights (8 min)
Aug Weightlifting: 60 min
Aug Rowing: 0 km (0 min)
Aug Time Total: 811 min = 13 hours 31 min
Aug Distance Total: 154.7 km = 95.7 miles
Aug 13 - 408 km cycling (1485 min) ... no, that's not a typo. My husband and I rode a 400 km randonnee starting at 7 am on Saturday 13 August and finishing 24 hours and 45 minutes later. I have the story almost ready to post to my blog, but essentially ...
We've been training for this for the past two months and chose this particular one because it fit in our schedules and was relatively flat. We started strongly, but at the 200 km point, I broke a tooth (the tooth was in questionable condition to begin with) which made the remaining 200 km a little more challenging than I had hoped. Breathing through my mouth was painful, so I was reduced to breathing through my nose. And eating was painful, so I ran rather low on energy. I was hoping to finish within 24 hours, but I guess an extra 45 minutes wasn't too bad.
We rolled into the start location at 7:45 am on Sunday.
Aug 15 - 0.5 km walking (7 min) ... airport.
Aug 16 - 3 km walking (35 min) ... to the beach and back to stretch things out.
Totals:
Aug Cycling Outside: 532.8 km (1878 min)
Aug Cycling Inside: 0 min
Aug Walking: 32.8 km (392 min)
Aug Stairs: 10 flights (8 min)
Aug Weightlifting: 60 min
Aug Rowing: 0 km (0 min)
Aug Time Total: 2338 min = 38 hours 58 min
Aug Distance Total: 565.6 km = 351.4 miles
The blog report of our 400K:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Machka9/view/red-gum-400k-northern-victoria-august-13-2016-887260
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@Ohhim Thanks for the feedback! I've been using my phone to track my biking and running, but can't use the phone during a USAT race, so I figure I should get a swim/bike/run tracker that I can use both in training and in a race. Definitely want something to track my swims, as I went into the tri completely blind as to time/speed (unsurprisingly it was slow, but it would be nice to know how slow). Probably don't need to track anything beyond the speed/distance but all the shiny gadgets, add ons and features are so tempting!
Now I just need to suck it up and gain some courage to join a group ride. There's a women only one based out of my LBS that I've been meaning to try all summer but alas they're all done for the season. Maybe I'll make it my goal for next year.
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Ended up finding a good route to my team's group ride, but was running early, so took a longer detour there, then tried an interesting route home, making it a full 112 mile ride (same distance as my ironman). Felt OK after the ride, and held an 18 mph average for my solo riding + 33 miles in the middle with my group at 22mph (for an overall 19.1 average). Didn't do a ton of pulling for the group, but did my usual share at 24mph, which definitely reinforced the dangers of over-exerting myself mid-race (which the power meter should be good at discouraging). Still, as I was finishing the 112 miles, I started questioning my sanity as I'd then need to run a marathon at my ironman.
Overall it was a good experience, gave me some good feedback on nutrition (I think bonk breakers + cliff bars will win out for my solid food options mid-race as once my iced coffee, zone perfect bar, and gatorade heated up my stomach revolted), and I think I'll give another 2-3 of these a shot before November to try to get my nutrition and pacing sorted out.
8/1 - 15 miles (w. 10 mile solo time trial @ 23mph - out & back)
8/3 - 33 miles (tri team ride)
8/4 - 83 miles (solo long ride - 18.3mph / 143 watt avg)
8/5 - 11 miles
8/6 - 20 miles
8/7 - 11 miles
8/8 - 5 miles
8/9 - 23 miles
8/10 - 24 miles
8/11 - 11 miles
8/13 - 34 miles (18.9mph / 152 watts / 171NP)
8/14 - 71 miles (18.7mph / 158 watts / 174NP)
8/16 - 38 miles
8/17 - 112 miles (19.1mph / 142 watts / 160NP)
Total: 491 miles
Goal: 621 miles
Remaining: 130 miles
2016 Races:
Granfondo FL century - 23.4mph TT segments
Ironman Florida 70.3 - 5:07 / 2:39 bike split (21mph)
Ironman Augusta 70.3 - 9/25
Ironman Florida - 11/51 -
My goal will be 100 miles this month.
08/01 - 14.00 miles
08/04 - 15.00 miles
08/06 - 13.50 miles
08/13 - 13.75 miles
08/14 - 14.25 miles...70.50 miles so far.
08/15 - 14.25 miles
08/17 - 14.50 miles
Chris1 -
Wed 17 - 30.54 miles
MTD 321.65 / 500, YTD 6926.55
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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
8/13: 7 miles
8/14: 21 miles
8/15: 23 miles
8/16: 16 miles
8/17: 28 miles - uneventful but pleasant. Thighs are feeling a bit sore, so not pushing myself too much this week
Month to date: 277 miles
Year to date: 2693 miles
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8/1 - 11.16 miles 12.46 mph
8/4 - 9.18 miles 12.2 mph
8/5 - 10.2 miles 12.9 mph
8/7 am 19.6 miles at 13.2mph
8/7 pm 9.46 miles at 12.8mph
8/9 13.57 miles at 13.6 mph
8/12 6 miles, speed ?
8/13 9 miles 15.5 mph (spin bike)
8/17 9.47 miles at 13.6 mph
Our vacation rental came with beach cruiser bikes. I was so excited, until I rode it. Very much not for me. But at least I got a few miles in that I wasn't expecting to get. Tonight I waited too long to get out and didn't go as far as I was planning...1 -
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
8/9 - 6.87 miles
8/11 - 3.29 Had breakin a week ago, been busy contacting neighbors, tracking things down. Not much time for riding this week. Got kids yesterday but things not over yet.
8/16 - 3.30 miles shortened by the rain. Just won't stop!
8/17 - 16.52 miles
MTD - 161.38
Jan - 170.47
Feb - 245.31
Mar - 409.88
Apr - 227.22
May - 332.92
June - 302.69
July - 505.53
YTD - 2355.331 -
Just looked back at my last couple of posts and those YTD numbers went a tad optimistic!
Now fixed that teeny tiny error in my spreadsheet, and correct numbers to yesterday are
MTD 321.65 / 500, YTD 1460.6
Wish I had managed nearly 7000 miles this year...
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I upped my bike ride to 20 miles minimum each work day. I need to get a haircut so my hair doesn't look insane when I reach work. Still havn't bought any padded shorts yet, but hoping I can complete some 50 mile rides this weekend without them2
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My goal will be 100 miles this month.
08/01 - 14.00 miles
08/04 - 15.00 miles
08/06 - 13.50 miles
08/13 - 13.75 miles
08/14 - 14.25 miles...70.50 miles so far.
08/15 - 14.25 miles
08/17 - 14.50 miles
08/18 - 13.00 miles
Chris1 -
08/07 - 42.47
08/08 - 14.71
08/11 - 11.02
08/15 - 14.68
08/17 - 11.36
August total: 108.93
Goal for month: 200
Year to date: 2,218.48
Jan - 175.9
Feb - 343.3
Mar - 353.8
Apr - 363.4
May - 319.1
June - 316.2
July - 166.11 -
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
8/13: 7 miles
8/14: 21 miles
8/15: 23 miles
8/16: 16 miles
8/17: 28 miles
8/18: 18 miles - another ride home interrupted and open swim canceled by rain this week, boooooo.
Month to date: 295 miles
Year to date: 2711 miles
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I need to link MapMyRide up to MFP again.... September challenge? I will set myself at a 300 mile goal.1
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