November 2017 Biking Cycling Bicycling Challenge!

First indoor bike training session of the winter and more like an IT training course.
Had to remember how to connect my HRM to the bike, my phone to the WiFi and and also to the bike, the bike to my Garmin to pick up the power and cadence sensors and then control the bike from a phone app. Phew!
Data flying everywhere....

To get my head around using power as my intensity metric again did a variety of workouts:
20 min fast (meaning fast for me of course!) @ 211 watts, 40 min steady ride at 160 watts and then a fast 3 min sprint @ 247 watts.

In, and aiming for 350 miles this month.

resale3108 wrote: »

Does turbo count, as well as miles on the road?

Yep ... indoor, outdoor, whatever you like.

4Deanna wrote: »

I am new to this
Does anyone have any recommendations for a beginner on stationary bike...not very active, but looking to change that

Do you have a stationary bike?

Got an outdoor ride in today - was in two minds whether to cycle as temperature was borderline for me (9c) but so glad I did. Beautiful mostly bright day with dry roads. Hands and feet cold but not dead!

MTD - 3 Hours 58 miles 9 Personal Records 4 Activities

YTD - 262 Hours 4,267.2 miles 686 Personal Records 228 Activities

Here is a view from the bottom of the Staple Lane climb into the Surrey Hills....
The second half of the climb is over the visible summit.
http://veloviewer.com/segment/628859/Staple+Lane

Oh man, I've had a pretty poor cycling year. Also a pretty poor year for maintaining my weight loss. Ugh, whyyyyy???? But, better late than never, gearing myself up for winter bike commuting! I'm hoping for no snow for a little while longer yet so I can ride my new (to me) bike - a teeny tiny Waterford ST-14. Holy heck I'm in love. Once the snow hits and stays, I'll need to drag out my old winter rig, which needs some significant work. Bah.



11/2 - 28 miles
11/3 - 8 miles (last outing for my road bike for the year. I put it down in the basement to hibernate after this ride, sniff sniff)
11/6 - 17 miles

November total: 53 miles

Happy dance in the gym today - set a new PR for 20 minute FTP test.

Nothing impressive in the grand scheme of things but I'm just delighted still to be improving my fitness at age 57.

Windy, chilly cycle; thankfully only the garmin died! 43k
Total; 61k.

I haven't ridden my bikes (indoor or outdoor ) for a couple of years. I want to start up again so thought this challenge would be a good way to start. I am a fair weather rider so will do primarily indoor cycling to start.

11/3: 15 miles
11/5: 15 miles
11/6: 15 miles
11/8: 15 miles

Total: 60/300 miles

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