2023 Cycling Challenge

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  • sarabushby
    sarabushby Posts: 784 Member
    Saturday was a quick spin in Watopia before tri training swim class.

    Today, Sunday, 20miles in the great outdoors! My first IRL ride of the year. Winter bike needs some TLC, roads were a state and the fog made seeing where I was going difficult (I wear glasses) so not the most successful outing but gave me a taste of summer to come.

    New YTD 1646mi
  • ktloo
    ktloo Posts: 90 Member
    Late to the game but I’m training for RAGBRAI and I do love a good challenge!

    3/16 - 2.84
    3/18 - 11.38
    3/22 - 8.24
    3/22 - 8.23
    3/26 - 27.34
    3/29 - 8.31
    3/29 - 8.25
    4/1 - 20.97
    4/9 - 37.16
    4/10 - 19.46
    4/12 - 8.28
    4/12 - 8.22
    4/13 - 79.58
    4/15 - 16.76
    4/16 - 28.13

    Total - 293.35
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 756 Member
    Daily 10 done - late as begeezus lol

    Ride - 10.02 miles
    Previous - 1739.66 miles

    Total - 1749.68 miles / 2023 miles

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/8904717618
  • RMUNTZ2
    RMUNTZ2 Posts: 155 Member
    Zwift - long 39.6 mi Tick-Toc ride to get ready to ride metric centurys.

    I leveled up in ZWIFT to level 23. I had a great 3 hour ride today..picking up the pace.

    I bought a new bike today should get it this week or next. Now I can leave my existing bike on the trainer!

    I hate taking it off and then putting it back on again so now I can just leave it on there.

    ZWIFT, Gravel Bike & Wahoo Kickr Core.
    April 17 - 39.6 mi 633 ft elevation ride.
    My 2023 YTD Total Cycling Distance is 392.2 mi.
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 756 Member
    @RMUNTZ2 Great job leveling! And congratz on the new bike. That's what I did with mine - got an old vintage '72 Schwinn Super Le Tour at a garage sale for $50 and mounted it permanently on the trainer. :lol: It gives me something to gripe about with its friction shifting and lack of gears! :wink:

    Zwift Spring Training workouts are here!! Finished stage 1 today. VERY pleasant aerobic exercise block. Didn't even murder me, which is surprising considering that I did an interval run barely 30 minutes before hopping onto the bike to knock this out.

    Ride - 14.03 miles
    Previous - 1749.68 miles

    Total - 1763.71 miles / 2023 miles

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/8908869603
  • ashleycarole86
    ashleycarole86 Posts: 6,303 Member
    Mon Apr 17

    45 min Power Zone Endurance Classic Rock (Peloton) - 13.96 miles

    Previous: 269.30 miles
    YTD: 283.26/2023 miles complete
  • sarabushby
    sarabushby Posts: 784 Member
    35mile Build me Up workout in Zwift tonight bringing YTD to 1681miles
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 756 Member
    Daily 10 with a Zwift pace bot. Got my fill of the outdoors doing swim intervals earlier in the day lol

    Ride - 10.01 miles
    Previous - 1763.71 miles

    Total - 1773.72 miles / 2023 miles

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/8914907936
  • Rich_SC
    Rich_SC Posts: 64 Member
    61 Road with gravel wheels. Wind was brutal... suffered a lot today.
    Ytd 1282

    https://www.strava.com/activities/8915537107
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 756 Member
    I want my gravel bike back sooooo badly lol - stupid bottom bracket not enjoying its time in the ocean. Ugh.

    Daily 10 done with an interval workout on Zwift. 300 watt sprints when your FTP's in the low 200s are fun, but not for 30 seconds at a time lol

    Ride - 10.02 miles
    Previous - 1773.72 miles

    Total - 1783.74 miles / 2023 miles

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/8920077909
  • sarabushby
    sarabushby Posts: 784 Member
    19 miles including ‘Instant Inferno’ workout on Zwift tonight.
    Too windy and cold to entice me outside still.

    1700miles YTD
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 756 Member
    Daily 10 with a Zwift pace bot. I'm convinced that the Miguel-bot has been hitting the tequila instead of focusing on riding because he's either sprinting his brains out, forcing 200+watts to keep up with his '135 watt average' or forgetting how to ride and dropping off the face of the planet, necessitating drops to 60 watts to let him catch back up. He is borked. Or drunk. Virtually, of course.

    Ride - 10.06 miles
    Previous - 1783.74 miles

    Total - 1793.80 miles / 2023 miles

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/8924739131
  • billbiggers06
    billbiggers06 Posts: 57 Member
    You are all inspirations! Road bike is in the shop - I snapped the chain yesterday - so got the mountain bike out. A bit of dirt, but mostly pavement and some good climbs.
    https://strava.app.link/TcEKHS6C9yb
    Bobcat, deer, turkey, and rabbits.
    567.7/2023 YTD. Little by little…
  • sarabushby
    sarabushby Posts: 784 Member
    @wendsg I saw on Facebook quite a few people saying the pace bots are riding all over the shop. Seems the update has sent them a bit squiffy. I hope it gets resolved.

    I’m having a bit of a thing for the workouts at the moment so probably a good thing as normally I’m quite keen on riding with the pacers since it requires minimal thinking and planning timing wise etc. NORMALLY you just jump on and you know what you’re going to get.

    Tonight I’m going to try the same workout as Tuesday but increasing the FTP bias. Hopefully I don’t blow up half way!
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,264 Member
    Another 20 miles in last night
    Previous 784.66
    11/04 20.21 miles
    YTD 804.87/2023
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  • Rich_SC
    Rich_SC Posts: 64 Member
    52 road
    1335 Ytd

    https://www.strava.com/activities/8925755383
  • sarabushby
    sarabushby Posts: 784 Member
    Thankfully no blow up but I definitely felt the extra 5% on the FTP bias. The workout was HWBTWTDWH (or something like that! From build me up wk6) ridden on Champs Elysee. Nice 700+ calorie burn.

    31miles bringing YTD to 1731
  • ashleycarole86
    ashleycarole86 Posts: 6,303 Member
    Thurs Apr 20

    30 min Power Zone Endurance 90s Ride (Peloton) - 9.13 miles

    Previous: 283.26 miles
    YTD: 292.39/2023 miles complete
  • sarabushby
    sarabushby Posts: 784 Member
    Just 12.5mi today but an interesting workout: the Sara Martin one on Zwift all about high cadence. Very interesting.

    YTD now 1744
  • RMUNTZ2
    RMUNTZ2 Posts: 155 Member

    ZWIFT, Gravel Bike & Wahoo Kickr Core.
    April 18 - 15.8 mi
    April 19 - 53.1 mi
    April 21 - 10.5 mi 1600 ft Climb

    My 2023 YTD Total Cycling Distance is 471.6 mi.
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 756 Member
    Woof, those of you who can do the high cadence workouts, I commend you. My knees HATE those with a burning passion. Plus the hip that I tore muscle in during my initiation season years ago (never healed quite right, unfortunately) likes to light itself on fire. Keeps me warm on cold winter nights, but this is not the season for that any longer.

    Today was a real nice day outside - toasty, sunny, with danged good winds - blowing at a constant 6mph with gusts up to 15mph to keep things interesting, especially when those wind gusts smash you in the face. The Bianchi needed to prove herself against the Golf Cart Karens of the neighborhood. They do make it hard to pass them by hogging the entire trail, though lol

    Ride - 13.79 miles
    Previous - 1793.80 miles

    Total - 1807.59 miles / 2023 miles

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/8932977779
  • Rich_SC
    Rich_SC Posts: 64 Member
    17.8 road
    1353 Ytd

    https://www.strava.com/activities/8933144900
  • sarabushby
    sarabushby Posts: 784 Member
    Don’t get me wrong, I’m no good at high cadence but hopefully by practising I might improve. I hate it. This is my plan … work on your weaknesses and all that.

    Today I wasn’t really feeling it so just turned the legs at a reasonable effort whilst engrossed in some of the forum posts on here.

    28miles brings me to 1772 YTD
  • RMUNTZ2
    RMUNTZ2 Posts: 155 Member
    I adjusted ZWIFT Difficulty Level higher to get me ready for the road.

    ZWIFT, Gravel Bike & Wahoo Kickr Core.
    April 22 - 27.98 mi

    My 2023 YTD Total Cycling Distance is 499.58 mi.
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 756 Member
    Well, y'all know that in Zwift, if your trainer's not at max you're not really riding. 🤪<- canned response to people who tell me to turn my resistance down while grinding my knees to pieces going up the Ventoux. Because 52/42 chainrings combined with a 6-speed 14-28 cassette is... well, vintage gearing with friction shifting and a grand challenge (that makes riding my Bianchi a bloody dream).

    Speaking of trainer at max, trainer was at max for riding with a drunk Zwift bot tonight. Daily 10 done.

    Ride - 10.06 miles
    Previous - 1807.59 miles

    Total - 1817.65 miles / 2023 miles

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/8939737508
  • sarabushby
    sarabushby Posts: 784 Member
    Metric Century today to work on my endurance for when we finally get back outside. I hung with Coco for 2.5hrs

    So 63 miles added for a new YTD 1835miles
  • RMUNTZ2
    RMUNTZ2 Posts: 155 Member
    I adjusted ZWIFT Difficulty Level to MAX to get me ready for the road.

    ZWIFT, Gravel Bike & Wahoo Kickr Core.
    April 23 - 27.99 mi

    My 2023 YTD Total Cycling Distance is 527.57 mi.
  • Rich_SC
    Rich_SC Posts: 64 Member
    80.6 Gravel.

    Rode with a friend who is an ex-pro who raced in Europe and was on the US National team. It was good having him along but the route did not lend itself to lots of drafting. We were cruising along pretty good today on some great gravel roads.

    Just a stellar day to be out on a bike.

    https://www.strava.com/activities/8945059409

    1433 Ytd
  • wendsg
    wendsg Posts: 756 Member
    Meh, my day was nothing special - just the daily 10, hanging with a drunken Miguel-bot in Zwift. Time to get back to chores and to prep for making biscuits and gravy tonight. :lol:

    Ride - 10.07 miles
    Previous - 1817.65 miles

    Total - 1827.72 miles / 2023 miles

    Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/8945324060
  • ashleycarole86
    ashleycarole86 Posts: 6,303 Member
    Today I participated in the Pelofondo.. didn't know how much time I'd have but I rode the most I have in a long time...

    Sun Apr 23

    30 min Power Zone Endurance Pop Ride (Peloton) - 9.08 miles
    45 min Pro Cyclist Ride (Peloton) - 14.08 miles
    30 min Pop Ride (Peloton) - 8.67 miles
    30 min Power Zone Endurance Hip Hop Ride (Peloton) - 8.72 miles
    45 min Power Zone Ride (Peloton) - 12.50 miles

    Previous: 292.39 miles
    YTD: 345.44/2023 miles complete

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