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
8/21- 6.53
8/24 - 6.53
8/25 - 6.63
8/27 - 8.58
8/28 - 6.05
8/29 - 7.18
August 123.93 /120 miles
July 124.10/120 miles
June 28.48 Miles (No Goal and started cycling June 25th)
YTD: 311.44 miles1 -
Having a really crappy month as far as riding goes. Hopefully, September will be better.
08/07 - 42.47
08/08 - 14.71
08/11 - 11.02
08/15 - 14.68
08/17 - 11.36
08/29 - 14.65
August total: 123.58
Goal for month: 200
Year to date: 2,233.13
Jan - 175.9
Feb - 343.3
Mar - 353.8
Apr - 363.4
May - 319.1
June - 316.2
July - 166.10 -
Tue 30 - 15.48 miles
MTD 540.29 / 500, YTD 1679.24 / 2000.
Unplanned WfH today, so no commute miles, just a quick spin out when I had finished.
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Was able to do another 6.53 tonight.
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
8/21- 6.53
8/24 - 6.53
8/25 - 6.63
8/27 - 8.58
8/29 - 6.05
8/30 - 13.71
August 130.46 /120 miles
July 124.10/120 miles
June 28.48 Miles (No Goal and started cycling June 25th)
YTD: 317.97 miles1 -
@BeckyCMcClinton - Awesome job nailing your goal for the month!!
@cpanus - Almost at double! Nice work.
@narak_lol - Congrads on your megametre!
Just going for 35 tomorrow to get to 800 miles as the tropical storm moving through the area hasn't been cooperating with my plans to bike outside the past 2 days. If that ride is killed, I may just hook up the trainer (now that I have a power meter) for some interval sweatfests.0 -
08/07 - 42.47
08/08 - 14.71
08/10 - 14.69
08/11 - 11.02
08/15 - 14.68
08/17 - 11.36
08/19 - 14.60
08/29 - 14.65
08/30 - 11.06
August total: 149.24
Goal for month: 200
Year to date: 2,258.79
Jan - 175.9
Feb - 343.3
Mar - 353.8
Apr - 363.4
May - 319.1
June - 316.2
July - 166.10 -
Thanks, @Ohhim!! Watch out for that storm!
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
08/21 - 15.25 miles...127.50 miles so far
08/25 - 15.25 miles
08/27 - 15.00 miles
08/28 - 16.00 miles...173.75 miles so far
08/29 - 16.00 miles
08/31 - 16.00 miles...205.75 for August!!
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Mon 01 - 29.24 miles
Tue 02 - 31.63 miles
Wed 03 - rest
Thu 04 - 32.81 miles
Fri 05 - 25.68 miles
Sat 06 - 15.45 miles
Sun 07 - rest
Mon 08 - 29.22 miles
Tue 09 - 28.84 miles
Wed 10 - rest
Thu 11 - 28.62 miles
Fri 12 - 25.29 miles
Sat 13 - 15.45 miles
Sun 14 - rest
Mon 15 - 27.58 miles
Tue 16 - 27.58 miles
Wed 17 - 30.54 miles
Thu 18 - rest
Fri 19 - 23.91 miles
Sat 20 - rest
Sun 21 - rest
Mon 22 - 31.61 miles
Tue 23 - 31.64 miles
Wed 24 - 31.63 miles
Thu 25 - 31.63 miles
Fri 26 - 26.46 miles
Sat 27 - rest
Sun 28 - rest
Mon 29 - rest
Tue 30 - 15.48 miles
Wed 31 - 31.63 miles
MTD 571.92 / 500, YTD 1710.87 / 2000
That was the month, that was - absolutely trounced my best ever month for miles (by 129) and hours in the saddle (by over 8). That's likely to stand for a while - don't expect to beat that before Spring, but I'm very satisfied with that as a month.
I'm going to push my annual target up to 2500, which gives me about 12 weeks to do 800 miles, which should be doable.
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Monday - more legs included in my strength work, paying dividends on the roads but it does add to fatigue.No particular goal this month apart from getting my old Roubaix back on the road - it was crunched by a myopic car driver last year. New forks and wheels on order to make it my "fast bike". Felt I hadn't spent enough money on my hobby this year!
My wife may not agree with my assessment.....
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.
Tuesday - 21.1 virtual miles on eSpinning bike
Thursday - 24.2 virtual miles on eSpinning bike - time trial mode.
Saturday - 45.9 miles fairly fast.
Sunday - 43.4 miles, really hot, humid and windy.
Week 1 total = 134.6 miles.
Monday - "legs" in the gym. Jumped the weights up significantly.
Tuesday - squeezed in a short evening ride, 28.1 miles. Got a 5th place on a Strava segment, fast but "bumpy" ride.
Wednesday - more "legs" in the gym. Five days on the trot working my legs - feels like more than enough! Who put my quads through a mangle?
Thursday - gentle recovery ride (6.5 virtual miles) on a trainer in the gym to flush some blood through tired muscles.
Friday - Planned to do my first "permanent route" Audax today (solo ride not an organised event) - 204km / 126 mile circular route across the South Downs and Salisbury Plain. Day got off to a bad start - short / poor sleep and a splitting headache. Then loads of things to sort out at home meant a late start driving down to Winchester. Two horrendous traffic jams on the way and instead of a morning start I didn't get on the bike until 2pm. No chance to complete the course in the time before sunset and didn't fancy unlit, unfamiliar country roads after dark. So just had a taster - drop dead gorgeous scenery but not a fast route, constant changes of elevation rather than really big climbs, very hard to get a rhythm. 69 miles at a "touring speed" of 14.4mph, 3,960' of elevation. I will have to go back and do it properly.
Saturday - legs got a rest!
Sunday - local roads, 50 miler. Strength training seems to be having an impact - legs feeling very tired but I'm setting good times on uphill stretches and climbs without feeling like I'm really pushing hard. Got a big PR improvement (+2mph) on one long (8 minute) gentle rise.
Week 2 total = 153.6
Monthly total = 288.2
Tuesday - late ride on a perfect summer's evening, Garmin went to night mode just as I arrived home. 29.8 miles.
Wednesday - more strength work, more leg presses and curls.
Thursday - Rest day! What a strange feeling.
Friday - attempted 200 watt average for an hour on WattbikePro trainer. Just missed target at 196w - too soon after dinner and was in danger of seeing my dinner again.... 22.8 virtual miles.
Saturday - Strength work but just upper body and core work. Legs got a rest.
Sunday - Nice ride out to Surrey countryside, went for a mainly woodland route to try and shelter a little from a strong and blustery wind. 57.9 miles.
Week 3 total - 110.7
Monthly total = 398.9 miles
(New forks finally arriving next week but now the workshop is booked up until September! Curses.....)
Slightly extended cycling/exercise week 4 due to the Monday Bank Holiday in England....
Monday - Heavy lifting in a circuit training style including leg presses and leg curls.
Tuesday - Hill intervals on eSpinning bike. 20 virtual miles.
Wednesday - Strength training including legs.
Thursday - a bit of cross training, hour on Cybex ARC trainer (posh elliptical).
Friday - Got the hybrid out for a change, 19.3 miles.
Saturday - Quick 33.8 miles. Wind was blowing from the atypical direction so good for Strava PRs, bad for a headwind on the way home.
Sunday - 4 miles to/from the gym for more strength training (legs got a break though)
Monday - Lovely day so steady ride out into the countryside, 64.7 miles.
Week 4 total - 141.8 miles
Monthly total - 540.7
Finished the month off with:
Tuesday - 9.4 miles on my hybrid just enjoying a beautiful sunny evening with a gentle trundle alongside the Thames past Hampton Court Palace.
Wednesday - 4 miles to the gym.
August Total - 554.11 -
Back from vacation last weekend but couldn't get on the bike for commute until today.
MTD: approximately 76
Month goal: 100, should be able to hit it next week.
Did almost 40 (39.8) today so my goal was got. Commuting tomorrow and the remainder of the month is gravy. And my butt is sore from today's long (for me) ride. My big accomplishment was washing the bike and lubing the chain before I put the bike away. A big section of today's ride was on gravel and there was a lot of dust on the bottom half of the bike...
Two round trips commuting this week to close out the month with something close to 140 miles. September should be better, hoping for 250 at least.1 -
With tropical storms killing my triathlon team group ride this morning, I spent 2 hours at my local team shop's pain cave for a session racing the ironman Augusta 70.3 course on their tacx trainer. The session was interesting as my power numbers were well above what my pedal-based power meter was telling me (so we adjusted with a torque wrench, which may help). That was pretty reassuring given what I've seen at the gym before vs. what I've seen on rides so far.
The trainer crashed mid-way out on the 56 mile course, so they reset it mid-way through and I ended up biking the return trip + 14 miles outbound for a 40 mile ride. At my easy heart rate range, I was putting out an average of 240 watts, so my initial guess of an FTP of 280-300 watts is likely accurate. I guess I'll see how my garmin vector does on my next few rides, and either return, or send in for service if it doesn't cooperate now that it has been properly torqued.
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)
8/19 - 66 miles (group ride + lunch ride)
8/21 - 37 miles
8/23 - 32 miles (18.4mph / 144 watts / 165NP)
8/24 - 91 miles (19.0mph / 143 watts / 158NP)
8/26 - 9 miles
8/27 - 34 miles
8/28 - 8 miles
8/31 - 40 miles
Total: 808 miles
Goal: 621 miles
Done!
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 - 11/53 -
This was my first time in the challenge, and the most I have ridden since probably childhood. I was proud to have doubled my original goal, and inspired by what others are doing. Honestly, if I had more free time, I'd probably spend it on my bike :-)
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
8/20 18.9 miles speed... slow. (11 mph)
8/21 13.5 miles speed 14 mph (!!)
8/22 11.15 miles 13.5 mph
8/24 11.56 miles
8/27 38.08 miles 13.9 mph
8/28 15.56 miles 13 mph
8/31 11.57 miles 13.7 mph
217.50 MTD1 -
Huge congratulations to everyone who made their goal time/distance, and for those who want to continue into September, feel free to start posting to that discussion thread at:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10451695/september-2016-biking-cycling-bicycling-challenge/2 -
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
8/23 - 12.05 miles
8/29 - 13.02 miles
8/31 - 10.41 miles
With the break in and dealing with that, and the rain over 9 inches this month the worst riding mileage this year for the month. At least for a warm weather month.
MTD - 196.86
Jan - 170.47
Feb - 245.31
Mar - 409.88
Apr - 227.22
May - 332.92
June - 302.69
July - 505.53
Aug - 196.86
YTD - 2390.871 -
Huge congratulations to everyone who made their goal time/distance, and for those who want to continue into September, feel free to start posting to that discussion thread at:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10451695/september-2016-biking-cycling-bicycling-challenge/
@Ohhim Are you on Strava?0 -
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
The blog report of our 400K:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Machka9/view/red-gum-400k-northern-victoria-august-13-2016-887260
Back on the bicycles again ...
Aug 20 - 38.5 km cycling (120 min)
Aug 21 - 36 km cycling (110 min)
Totals:
Aug Cycling Outside: 607.3 km (2108 min)
Aug Cycling Inside: 0 min
Aug Walking: 45.8 km (547 min)
Aug Stairs: 10 flights (8 min)
Aug Weightlifting: 60 min
Aug Rowing: 0 km (0 min)
Aug Time Total: 2723 min = 45 hours 23 min
Aug Distance Total: 653.1 km = 405.8 miles
Aug 27 - 20 km cycling (60 min)
Aug 28 - 84 km cycling (265 min)
Totals:
Aug Cycling Outside: 711.3 km (2433 min)
Aug Cycling Inside: 0 min
Aug Walking: 61.1 km (738 min)
Aug Stairs: 27 flights (21 min)
Aug Weightlifting: 60 min
Aug Rowing: 0 km (0 min)
Aug Time Total: 3252 min = 54 hours 12 min
Aug Distance Total: 772.4 km = 479.7 miles
I did some walking on August 29 and 30 but my records are at work.
I haven't been feeling well for a little while, and on Tuesday night I developed a rather serious, extensive (head to toe) rash. Went to the Dr on Wednesday and again this evening. Looks like this rash is a viral exanthem quite possibly loosely associated with measles. I'm going for bloodwork tomorrow to check things further.
Meanwhile, no exercise for me. And I'm not actually sure when I'll be able to exercise again.
I had a long ride planned for Saturday ... that will not happen now.0 -
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