November 2017 Biking Cycling Bicycling Challenge!

11/2 - 28 miles
11/3 - 8 miles
11/6 - 17 miles
11/7 - 18 miles
11/8 - 23 miles
11/9 - 17 miles. First really cold day biking into a headwind this morning (20-ish degrees actual temp, felt like 5 degrees with the windchill). Still pretty windy out, but I'm hoping it keeps the same direction so it's at my back for the ride home. Definitely need to improve the windproofness of my bottom half. No significant snow as of yet, so I'm continuing to ride my new Waterford. Need to dig out my winter bike and make sure it still works. Debating whether to switch it from slicks to nobby tires or just wait and go straight to the studded.

November total: 111 miles

Tired turbo malarkey
Time 45 mins
Av Speed 13kph; Top Speed 66.6kph (!?)
Av HR 133; Top HR 173
Distance 18.8K

Think my garmin is as knackered as I am

Total distance 79.8k (49.5miles) - work and Dad Taxi takes its toll!

Mixture of outdoor rides and indoor training on the Wattbike.

Doing a series of 20 minute FTP tests to measure a fitness baseline, planning on donating blood next week so will be interesting to see the impact of that and how long any impact lasts.
211, 217 and 208 watts recently so fairly consistent.


MTD - 9 Hours 159 miles 16 Personal Records 13 Activities

YTD - 267 Hours 4,368.4 miles 693 Personal Records 237 Activities

Flippin’ Freezin’ Ride Out;
Speed Av; 23.9Kmph; Max 54.7kmph
Power (est) Av; 130; Max 1288
HR Av; 142, Max; 174
Distance 60.3 Total 140.1km (87miles - must try harder)

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 2015: 230.7 km (143.35 miles) = 32 hours 45 min
Aug: 211.3 km (131.3 miles) = 28 hours 8 min
Sep 2015: 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 2016: 709 km (440.5 miles) = 60 hours 41 minutes
Aug: 775.9 km (482.1 miles) = 54 hours 52 minutes
Sep 2016: 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
Apr: 1181.9 km (734.4 miles) = 76 hours 45 min
May: 426.6 km (265.1 miles) = 39 hours 21 min
June: 575.7 km (357.7 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
July: 714 km (443.7 miles) = 52 hours 23 min
August: 475.8 km (295.6 miles) = 38 hours 41 min
September: 455.5 km (283 miles) = 41 hours 25 min
October: 647.1 km (402.1 miles) = 57 hours 19 min

October went better than anticipated ... hoping for a good November too! Roughly the same distance/hours as in previous years ... or more. I am finished university for a couple months, so hopefully I will have more time to be active.

Nov 2015: 660.21 km (410.23 miles) = 60 hours 41 min
Nov 2016: 403 km (250.4 miles) = 52 hours 16 min

Nov 1 - 7 km walking (85 min) + 16 flights of stairs (12 min) ... that's 16 flights of 20 steps, up and down and including a few steps on each landing.
Nov 2 - 1.4 km walking (17 min) ... mad studying for exam
Nov 3 - 6.7 km walking (80 min) + 8 flights of stairs (6 min) ... lots of walking to university for exam, between university and work, out to the grocery store to get lunch, and out to dinner later in the day.
Nov 4 - 7.9 km running (mostly) and walking (65 min) + 1.6 km rowing (10 min) ... I don't run often but I got into the zone!
Nov 5 - 12.6 km hiking (155 min) ... beautiful local hike!! Some photos below ...
Nov 6 - 2.6 km walking (30 min) + 10 flights of stairs (8 min)

Dental appointment Monday after work ... worst extraction I've ever had. Not the fault of this dentist - she was good. Fault of previous dentist and ... tooth root embedded in jaw bone + bad infection surrounding tooth. Had to cut my gum open and dig out the bone. Couldn't freeze me enough.

I am on cold liquids (ice cream, yogurt, Ensure) and not supposed to exercise for a couple days. She said not even walking but I did need to walk a little bit today (Nov 7).

Nov 7 - 0.7 km walking (8 min)

I'm back! That dental surgery really put a dent in my plans. I spent so much time sleeping on Nov 7, 8, and 9

Nov 8 - 1.6 km walking (20 min)

Nov 9 - 2.3 km walking (28 min)

Nov 10 - 4.2 km walking (52 min) + 12 flights of stairs (9 min)

Nov 11 - 5.5 km walking (68 min) + 13.9 km cycling (43 min)

The walking was between Open Homes in Hobart. Each year we're given the opportunity to explore buildings that we don't normally have access to. This has been going on for several years, and each year we pick a few places that we'd like to see. It's quite interesting!
The cycling was a test ride to see whether or not my jaw would hold up to the joins in the pavement on the Cycleway and other bumps. It did all right.

Nov 12 - 1.7 km walking (21 min) + 20.6 km cycling (65 min)

Nov 13 - 7.9 km walking (98 min) + 14 flights of stairs (11 min)

Nov 14 - 7.2 km walking (90 min) + 20 flights of stairs (16 min) ... part of this was a lovely walk to the Botanical Gardens at lunch in summer-like weather!

Nov 15 - 7.2 km walking (90 min) + 20 flights of stairs (16 min)


2017 Monthly November
Walking Distance (km): 76.5
Walking Time (min): 922.5
Cycling Distance (km): 34.5
Cycling Time (min): 108.9
Stairs Climbed Number: 100.0
Stairs Climbed Time (min): 80.0
Other Distance: 1.6
Other Time: 10.0

Totals
Total Distance (km): 112.6
Total Distance (miles): 69.9
Total Time (min): 1121.4
Total Time (hr): 18:41:27

11/2 - 28 miles
11/3 - 8 miles
11/6 - 17 miles
11/7 - 18 miles
11/8 - 23 miles
11/9 - 17 miles
11/13 - 8 miles
11/14 - 23 miles - took the long way home from work and got drizzled on for the last 5 miles. Still felt amazing though, super pumped to be back into the bike routine. And of course I wake up this morning and have a coughing fit that aggravates my lower back issue, so didn't ride in to work today. Bah.

November total: 142 miles

No cycling, but lots of leg and cardio work in my gym (garage); lots of squats, lunges, skipping, core work, planks and other silliness with my kettlebell. Very sweaty.

Finally getting back to cycling, all indoor on the trainer as it is cold, raining, and snowing.
November 15 -- 5.76 km
November 16 -- 11.51 km

Only one plan. More Kms than last November...only 50Km to go.

11/3: 15 miles
11/5: 15 miles
11/6: 15 miles
11/8: 15 miles
11/9: 20 miles
11/10: 20 miles
11/11: 15 miles
11/14: 15 miles
11/16: 15 miles
11/17: 30 miles

Total: 175/300 miles