2023 Cycling Challenge
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Getting back into the daily 10 - let it slip so I could rest the legs for the Assault, and now I have no further excuses lol
Ride - 10.12 miles
Previous - 1580.20 miles
Total - 1590.32 miles / 2023 miles
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The bike shop forgot to order the part for my front derailer. Have to wait another week before I can go out riding. (Estimated 3 days of shipping then a 3 day set of 12s). It was painful going to the gym to ride an Indoor trainer when it's 10°C and stunning sunshine.
15miles rode for a total of 26.2 -
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Previous 638.25
01/04 21.32 miles
YTD 659.57/2023
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@ashleycarole86 It was a 60 minute endurance ride with him, but it wasn't live. I wonder if he just scrolls through his classes and looks for people? The ride was with people in studio in NYC on a day I was actually in NYC. If I'd known, I would have tried to ride in studio. I've never done that. I hear it is really hard to get a spot. BTW - congrats on your big loss this week! I'm on team Shape Shifters. I saw your name in the results!
4/2 9.6 miles 30 minute Peloton with Sam Yo, plus 5 minute cool down
Previous: 586.67
YTD: 596.27/20231 -
First ride was Tour of Watopia for today's daily 10. Second ride was makeup for skipping 3/30/23 in order to preserve my legs for the Assault.
Ride 1 - 14.10 miles
Ride 2 - 10.04 miles
Previous - 1590.32 miles
Total - 1614.46 miles / 2023 miles
Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/8826189760
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Mon Apr 3
60 min Power Zone Endurance Ride (Peloton) - 18.85 miles
Previous: 232.17 miles
YTD: 251.02/2023 miles complete
Thanks! It feels a bit blah overall because I've gained in the past couple months, but I've gotta start somewhere! Appreciate you saying that!4 -
Previous 659.57
01/04 21.07 miles
YTD 680.64/2023 2 -
Done with makeup rides! Did a workout that ended up being heinous in Zwift (not that it was hard - it had a terrible cadence for me. My comfort zone is /not/ 85rpm - it's 70. So this was VERY awkward). Then decided 'ya know, it's a nice day outside! The Bianchi hasn't been washed yet, so let's have at it!' So we had at it.
Forgot to start Strava for the first 5.5 miles of it, though. And if it ain't on Strava, it never happened... so a 16+ mile ride is recorded as 11. Oh well!! More calorie burn for me!!
Ride 1 - 10.06 miles
Ride 2 - 11.17 miles
Previous - 1614.46 miles
Total - 1635.69 miles / 2023 miles
Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/8832526786
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@wendsg you continue to amaze and amuse me, in equal measure.
I’m back in the grove it seems, getting up and out for my morning rides when my schedule allows.
https://strava.app.link/QkS7NOMTJyb
Strong, quick 15 miles, 41 degrees, home and showered for my 8:15 appointment.
YTD 441/2023. Looking forward to crossing the 500 line!3 -
@wendsg I agree with @billbiggers06 ! You are very funny! And amazing! I'm so impressed with your workouts! You really would be amazing in an Ironman.
Peloton: 4/4 4.25
4/5 17.7
Previous: 596.27
YTD: 618.32/20233 -
@wendsg I’m a terrible low rpm’er too. I always plan to work on it but it never quite happens. I blame years of grinding out 65rpm in spin class.
Final stage of ToW completed today, although only the short route, probably do the long one Friday. Felt amazing to ride on rested legs after 2 days off cycling.
21mi today inc w/up & c/down
1375mi YTD0 -
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All y'all flatter me. I'm glad I am entertaining - just hope I'm also motivating! (seems to work, though - you guys are making excellent progress!!)
Screw Zwift and its tattling on my low RPM today! It was lovely outside, and since I actually washed the Bianchi last night, I broke out the old reliable steel 1986 Panasonic DX-3000 and took it on a spin. Did some interval training... kind of. Ended up interrupting almost every sprint due to (a) pedestrians, (b) golf carts, (c) running out of road, (d) cars crossing the trail. So sprint intervals were... kind of there? Except not? (aka: interval training will be relegated to Zwift only, because there I won't ram into a golf cart mid-sprint.)
Whatever! It was sunny, winds were there but were crossing so it wasn't terrible, and I had a good time. Working on my tan, too. 🤪
Ride - 13.37 miles
Previous - 1635.69 miles
Total - 1649.06 miles / 2023 miles
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No meetings until 11 today so I got a bit more ride in. Rode a few new stretches, enjoying redwoods, streams, and gorgeous, $10M homes.
https://strava.app.link/nweIDkYoLyb
22 miles today
YTD 463
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Incidentally, the property pictured above is for sale, if you want to be my neighbor!
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbes-global-properties/2022/07/13/74-acre-green-gables-estate-in-silicon-valley-seeks-125-million/?sh=5310a51570c83 -
@billbiggers06 I wish I had a spare few M to move in there!
Totally wasn’t feeling it today, solely rode Zwift to burn calories. Warm up, short workout called ‘Micro Wave’ followed by a short Cooldown.
16mi
1391mi YTD4 -
Zwifting today - too many chores to do to allocate the time to the grand outdoors. Murder-feline decided to be a stair-hazard on the way out of the room when done.
Ride - 10.08 miles
Previous - 1649.06 miles
Total - 1659.14 miles / 2023 miles
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@billbiggers06 just a cool 125 million? Everyone needs a property like that one! It is beautiful!
Did a bunch of rides on the Peloton today. Trying to get to 50 for the week. Got off and realized I was 1.31 miles short! UGHH! Too tired to get back on the bike. I did a really hard tempo run this morning. It was all I had. I still have tomorrow and Saturday to get a few miles in before I head to Lisbon on Sunday. Still need to run 10 more miles too.
4/6 Peloton 26.85- a collection of low impact and endurance rides
Previous 618.32
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I'm in for this! Thank you for having this challenge.
I had a great fat burn leisurely ride yesterday.
Time in Heart Rate Zones
ZWIFT & Wahoo Kickr Core
April 6 Distance 14.99 mi Speed 14.5 mi/hr Elapsed Time 1:02:14 Elevation 125 ft
Jan 2 – 8
Total Distance
15.79 mi
Feb 27 – Mar 5
Total Distance
27.73 mi
Mar 20 – 26
Total Distance
33.30 mi
Mar 27 – Apr 2
Total Distance
62.60 mi
Apr 3 – 6
Total Distance
57.05 mi
2023 YTD Total Distance
196.47 mi4 -
34 Road (gravel wheels)
1049 Ytd
https://www.strava.com/activities/8848659845
Was going to Brevard, NC to ride MTB this weekend but it's gonna be pouring rain on Saturday. So I've switched gears and have a really big gravel ride planned for Sunday.3 -
Finished the last of the long ride options for Zwift Tour of Watopia today. Pleased with my effort and a new PR for Epic KOM.
36mi today
1427mi YTD5 -
Good work, @SavageMrsMoose, even if you missed your goal. Weather and work have grounded me the past 2 days, but I needed the recovery and plan to ride tomorrow with a friend. Enjoy Lisbon! I was just in Spain 2 weeks ago but haven’t been to Portugal.1
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Just wanted to say how grateful I am to have found MFP. I've spent years trying to "ride the weight off" unsuccessfully. Just flogging myself with no results. I raced bikes in my 30's and 40's and when I stopped I lost that structure and the weight crept up. I was just unable to physically do the rides I wanted to do carrying an extra 30lb.
Now with MFP I have been able to decouple weight loss from cycling and it's been a huge mental change for me. I am losing weight by diet and now ride bikes for fun. I'm down about 18lb in 3 months and am able to now do the rides I love doing. Just did a ride with a guy 16 years younger than me and we were trading pulls and killing it. He would have dropped me on every climb 6 months ago. I'm 10lb away from my old "off season" weight and will get there in the next 6 weeks or so. Very excited about this...
Using MFP has made this whole process very easy and manageable. I work in health care and have trained racing bikes at a high level, I know a lot about this stuff... but was on such a wrong path for so long. Happy to be here.2 -
Thank you for having this challenge.
I rode and walked today combined for 2.5 hours.
ZWIFT & Wahoo Kickr Core
Leisurely Ride.
April 7 Zwift - Flat Route in Watopia Distance 12.57 mi Speed 11.1 mi/hr Elapsed Time 1:07:52 Elevation 400 ft
Previous YTD Total Distance
196.47 mi
2023 YTD Total Distance
209.04 mi1 -
Happy Easter
Previous 680.64
06/04 20.24 miles
08/04 20.26 miles
YTD 721.14/2023 2 -
I agree with @Rich_SC that this app has the right mix of calorie tracking and activity encouragement. This challenge and community has really helped me.
22.5 miles today with my riding buddy after a month or so of not being able to ride together.
https://strava.app.link/5mWUw0HRPyb
YTD 4853 -
First ever out door road ride! I wish I lives somewhere flat... dragging my fat *kitten* up the mountain side near killed me. I think my pulse went up to 186. On a pluse side it didn't start to rain until 5 minutes after I got home. 9 miles done today.
34 miles total this year.
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@RMUNTZ2 Welcome to the challenge! Very happy to have you!!
Looks like everyone's doing a grand job so far. Loving these pictures that are rolling in!! (I only load mine to Strava, because muuuuuuh, am a 'tard with tech at times lol)
Forgot yesterday's ride. Logging today's ride. So two rides to upload because my brain apparently turned off yesterday beyond driving the diaphragm to move and fill my lungs with air.
Ride - 10.03 miles
Previous - 1659.14 miles
Total - 1669.17 miles / 2023 miles
Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/8856462043
(Forgot about this one: https://www.strava.com/activities/8850101848 10.28 miles
Added to 1669.17
Actual total 1679.45)1
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