April 2017 Biking Cycling Bicycling Challenge!

I want to join, Goal 300 miles per month.

4/11 - 20.2 miles

MTD - 128.3 / 300
YTD - 835.7 miles

My ride last night took me over the 9,000 mile mark since I started tracking my riding since 2013.

04/01 19.99 mi 1:24
04/04 15.49 mi 1:01
04/11 11.36 mi 0:41
04/12 11.65 mi 0:41

Monthly total miles: 58.49
Monthly total time: 3 hrs 07 min
Monthly goal: 200
Total for year: 364.28

There's nothing wrong with using a trainer! It's how I got through the winter. I hate being cold, and really didn't want to give up such an awesome pastime. Welcome aboard!

Would love to join - as I coming to this mid month and I have not logged my miles to date I will set a target of 100 miles.

Welcome, everyone who just joined!

@MAH80T50 , actually I think riding an exercise bike can be even harder than a road bike. I tried indoor cycling for the first time this year, and was quickly soaked in sweat.

@tcaley4 Wow, that's a huge distance you've been riding in the last years, impressive!

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I didn't have to work today, and the weather was great. Time for a bike ride
Not spectatular compared to what some of you guys are doing, but for me, it was my longest ride since I bought the bike last year: 47.6km.
It was actually more fun than I expected - my longest ride this year before was only 20km, so I was a little worried about going more than twice that far, but in was fine. There aren't any completely flat routes around, but I got most of the hills out of the way in the first third of the ride, so after that I could relax.
And I realised I'm finally able both to ride no-hands and to grab the waterbottle and put it back while riding. Guess a few rides on rollers during the winter did indeed help to improve my balance.

11.04. 22.8 km commute
12.04. 17.6 km commute
14.04. 47.6 km ride
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88.1km of 150km for April

Hi everyone,

I just purchased a new trainer - Bkool. It has meant lots of changes for me. I can now see my real power, and I'm riding at a much slower pace. The slower pace is more accurate and based on my weight - which I'm working on loosing, and is which is why I'm riding.

I do most of my riding indoors on the trainer and will very likely continue to do so moving forward, even with the nicer weather.

Nothing at all wrong with riding indoors! I spent the whole winter doing it. Keep up the awesome work!

sijomial wrote: »

sijomial wrote: »

Promising start to the month - finally the wind has died down and the sun has come out so a series of firsts:
First ride over 50 miles this year.
First ride this year on my carbon wheeled bike.
First ride in mitts not gloves.


Going to aim for 600 miles in April and see about entering my first Audax event of the year in early May.

MTD:
4 Hours - 59 miles - 3 Personal Records - 2 Activities

YTD:
59 Hours - 998.5 miles - 52 Personal Records - 61 Activities

Absolutely glorious weather for cycling in Southern England this weekend so did a little fittest/endurance test to help me decide what event to enter in early May as my first Audax or the season - options are 100 or 130 miles.

Over 100 miles this weekend but felt fatigued on the last 20 miles so will go for the shorter event. Quite pleased to average over 17mph though.

MTD:
12 Hours - 204 miles - 9 Personal Records - 7 Activities

YTD:
67 Hours - 1143.5 miles - 58 Personal Records - 66 Activities

Trying to ramp up the distance now - four hour hilly ride yesterday and took a chunk of time off the first big hill. Now closer to nine and a half minutes of hell instead of ten minutes of hell.
Also did the short but nasty Crocknorth Road, 10% average and max of 16% but for some reason it feels far worse than that.
Pleased I was still hitting Strava PRs after 55 miles so my fitness must be reasonable.

MTD:
19 Hours - 310 miles - 30 Personal Records - 19 Activities

YTD:
74 Hours - 1250.1 miles - 79 Personal Records - 78 Activities

Review ... (Distances include cycling + walking)
March 15: 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 16: 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
Aug: 775.9 km (482.1 miles) = 54 hours 52 minutes
Sep: 371.3 km (230.7 miles) = 32 hours 20 min
Oct: 649 km (403.3 miles) = 49 hours 46 min
Nov: 403 km (250.4 miles) = 52 hours 16 min
Dec: 511.05 km (317.55 miles) = 52 hours 2 min
Jan: 741.9 km (461.0 miles) = 70 hours 3 min
Feb: 600.5 km (373.1 miles) = 57 hours 30 min
Mar: 1113.2 km (691.7 miles) = 78 hours 25 min

March's goal was 1000 km of cycling, and we did that ... maybe we'll do it again in April.


April 1 - 101.5 km cycling (320 min)
April 2 - 68.8 km cycling (250 min)
April 3 - 8.3 km (103 min) walking
April 4 - 5.6 km (70 min) walking
April 5 - 3.9 km (48 min) walking + 26.9 km (85 min) cycling
April 6 - 5.2 km (65 min) walking + 12 flights of stairs (10 min)
April 7 - 7.1 km (88 min) walking + 24.8 km (78 min) cycling
April 8 - 74.5 km (235 min) cycling
April 9 - 33.2 km (104 min) cycling
April 10 - 8.3 km (103 min) walking

April 11 - 2 km (25 min) walking

April 12 - 2 km (25 min) walking + 9.4 km (30 min) cycling

April 13 - 2.2 km (25 min) walking

April 14 - 301.2 km (1020 min) cycling ... this was a 300 km randonnee completed in 17 hours including all breaks.

April 15 - 0! Rest day

April 16 - 203.3 km (732 min) cycling ... this was a 200 km randonnee completed in 12 hours 12 minutes including all breaks.

April 17 - 4 km (50 min) walking. Active recovery!

April 18 - 2.8 km (35 min) walking.


It's been a busy weekend!!


April's Activities
Walking Distance (km): 51.4
Walking Time (min): 642.5
Cycling Distance (km): 843.6
Cycling Time (min): 2822.8
Stairs Climbed Number: 12.0
Stairs Climbed Time (min): 9.6


Totals
Total Distance (km): 895.0
Total Distance (miles): 556.1
Total Time (min): 3474.9
Total Time (hr): 57:54:57

YTD Cycling: 2924.4 km

@Machka9 Wow, you did some very impressive distances over easter. Great rides!!!

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It's suddenly gotten a lot colder. Took the bike to work today (short way, still okay), rode a longer way back. My hands were freezing without gloves (7°C, "feels like 2°C"). And what was supposed to be a relaxing after-work-ride turned into a struggle against the wind. There's this one climb which I always try to do well on. According to Strava, three weeks ago I did it in 16:53; today it took me 19:37, and I was completely wiped out when I reached the highest point. Evil wind!
I was exhausted and really, really hungry when I got home. Just as I finished dinner, a friend called and asked if I wanted to join for dinner at the pub. I had some calories left over, so I decided another snack and a nice beer (=isotonic sports drink, right?) would be nice. Took the bike to get there, and the wind was still a nuisance, argh. Don't know why I expected it would be any better an hour later, but at least that time I was prepared and wore a jacket and gloves.
All in all I covered less distance in four rides than on Friday in a single ride, but it felt much harder.

11.04. 22.8 km commute
12.04. 17.6 km commute
14.04. 47.6 km ride
18.04. 40.5 km (5.2 + 22.3 + 6.5 + 6.5) commute/ride/pub
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128.6km of 150km for April

rileysowner wrote: »

April 3 -- 10 minutes 3.79Km Indoor cycling
April 4 -- 10 minutes 3.78Km Indoor cycling
April 5 - - 30 minutes 12.71Km Indoor cycling
April 6 -- 25 minutes 9.55Km Indoor cycling
April 8 -- 41 minutes 10.3Km Outdoor cycling
April 18 -- 25 minutes 10.18Km Indoor cycling

Time for Month--141 minutes
Distance for Month -- 50.31 Kilometers

Almost forgot the bolded.