2023 Cycling Challenge

Oh no! @Bill70sStrong I sure hope you have a quick and thorough recovery!!!

Another slow ride today, keeping that 10 miles a day minimum promise to myself. Ankle was very stiff after the 3.5 mile walk for the Tour de Zwift stage 1 run (that I'm not running, but Zwift doesn't care if you stroll, as long as you're walking >2.5 mph so the run pod registers lol). Riding loosened things up, fortunately.

Ride - 10.00 miles
Previous - 129.20 miles

Total - 139.20 miles / 2023 miles

Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/8370438927

@Bill70sStrong Glad to hear that riding may have done you good!

@SteveCro Welcome to the challenge! Never too late to join (unless you're joining in late December, that is lol). Glad to have more riders!

So. Y'all ever have one of those days where you set off with a goal in mind (in this case, 100k), you're feeling great and grinning and just having a grand ol' time filled with fun and glee... and then when you note you only have 9 miles left to goal, your body says '&*#$ OFF' and you struggle, groan, (mentally) scream and decide that cycling is the stupidest sport ever devised by homo sapiens? Yeah, today was one of those days. Foot felt great until the last 9 miles. Knees were complaining during harder efforts throughout, but was tolerable. Hip didn't start wailing in agony until I had to dismount the trainer. Wrists are sore.

Of course, I'll be doing a 10 mile ride tomorrow lolz

Ride - 63.03 miles
Previous - 139.20 miles

Total - 202.23 miles / 2023 miles

Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/8377259927

@Mari33a If you speed and cadence sensors output in either BLE or ANT+ you can synch them with Zwift (and that's all you'll need - Zwift will estimate your power based on speed and cadence if that's what'cha got, so no need for an expensive power meter). If you're using iPhone/iPad/anything with MacOS or iOS, they won't detect ANT+ because they exclusively sense BLE - for those, you'll need one more piece of equipment - a Viiiiva heart rate meter. That beautiful little device acts as a bridge between ANT+ and BLE. It's what I used when I was onboard my last ship and riding LifeFitness i7 bikes in the ship's gym (those bikes have a built in power meter, but it only emits ANT+ so I needed a bridge so I could Zwift).

Managed a workout ride today. Short efforts are doable with this mangled foot o' mine. And I wanted to save something for tomorrow's Tour de Zwift Stage 2 ride - it's a 31 mile route (plus I'm doing the 'run' tomorrow as well for Stage 2, meaning I'll be walking 3.75 miles on the treadmill before riding the bike). Legs were plenty toasty from yesterday's effort, making this one tough but doable.

Ride - 11.00 miles
Previous - 202.23 miles

Total - 213.23 miles / 2023 miles

Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/8381161684

@Mari33a I'm glad I could help!! That Viiiiva and its app with that bridging ability saved my sanity when I was stuck onboard our ship in the shipyards (fast cruising for a solid week, so next to the pier, can't go home, and nothing recreational to do outside of the gyms). I even made a makeshift cellphone sleeve out of a paper protector and duct tape to hold my phone on the bike, and ran an extension cord through the overheads so I could drop power to my phone during longer rides LOL

ETA: Another great thing about the Viiiiva? It has a long battery life and is a good, accurate heart rate meter, so even when you don't need its bridging abilities anymore it's still a useful piece of equipment. I now use it when I run on the treadmill so I can track my efforts, even though everything in my house runs on BLE and I have no need for an ANT+ bridge anymore.

Today was Stage 2 of the Tour de Zwift! Did the run at a walk pace thanks to foot (it whimpered but didn't scream, so that's improvement, right?) and then after a short break hopped on the bike to finish that stage. Did the long one so I could get the associated route badge (it's the only one I didn't have in Zwift thanks to it being a new route) and finished without getting lapped on that gnarly 3-lap course. Yay!

My legs will punish me for this later. 😝

Ride - 30.09 miles
Previous - 213.23 miles

Total - 243.32 miles / 2023 miles

Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/8386598914

@ashleycarole86 Ack!!! Sure hope your recovery is smooth and quick!!

Easy spin today, keeping that 10 miles/day if able promise to myself.

Ride - 10.04 miles
Previous - 243.32 miles

Total - 253.36 miles / 2023 miles

Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/8391925921