2023 Cycling Challenge
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Finished a makeup ride today with a trip to and from McDonalds with some extra milage thrown in. Huzzah.
Ride - 10.09 miles
Previous - 780.36 miles
Total - 790.45 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
(1st run completed 5/6/23)
Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9446471318
Looks like tomorrow, I'm going over the 800 mile mark. Yay!2 -
Previous 1505.63 miles
10/07 21.41 miles
13/07 21.52 miles
YTD 1548.56/2023
@wendsg - thanks for the advice. My husband & I took the whole thing apart and found the axel to be fine. It seems the problem is the right crank arm had loosened and there is now wear on the treads so the nut keeping on the arm isn't staying tight. He's going to put 'lock-tight' glue on it to keep the nut tight and see if that works for a while.3 -
Thurs Jul 13
Short commuting ride - 0.78 miles
Previous: 577.69 miles
YTD: 578.47/2023 miles complete
We are going out to a trail today so I'll be back with some miles later on!3 -
@Mari33a That may work for a bit, but it may not be able to handle much in the way of wattage. Fortunately if it's the bearing arrangement I talked about earlier the axel is very cheap and easy to replace (you can get it on ebay for, like, 30 bucks). If it's a more modern setup where the axel comes off the chainring crank and goes through a press fit bearing to the left crank... nngh. Recommend ordering a new one and having it on standby for when the locktite eventually fails. Sorry to be the bearer of potentially bad news, but that sucks.
Zwifting today because 95F outside with 55% humidity is not friendly cycling weather. Died on a virtual mountain. The Col du Platzerwasel can eat my entire butt.
Ride 1 - 10.02 miles
Ride 2 - 13.01miles
Previous - 790.45 miles
Total - 813.48 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
(1st run completed 5/6/23)
Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9452075963
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@RMUNTZ2 Sorry about your mom. Hoping for a quick and full recovery
@ashleycarole86 Congratulations on your race!
Got hit with a terrible stomach bug or food poisoning a week ago. Finally recovered and got good news about my injured shoulder, although the cortisone shot wiped me out for an afternoon. Feeling better today but trying to resist the urge to make up all my missed workouts from the week.
Back in Houston and even walking outside made me nauseous from the heat. It’s Peloton and treadmill for me here for the foreseeable future.
7/16. Peloton 31.68
Previous 1120.51
YTD: 1152.19/20233 -
@SavageMrsMoose That sounds terrible... sorry you had to go through that
Fri Jul 14
Outdoor gravel ride on the Myra Canyon Trestle trail - 13.74 miles
Previous: 578.47 miles
YTD: 592.21/2023 miles complete3 -
@SavageMrsMoose Gah, I hope you recover quickly!! Yikes.
Forgot to log yesterday's ride. Got in a ride today plus a makeup ride. Only 3 more makeup rides to go - and I've finally finished all the climbs in the Zwift Climb Portal, so yay for that!!!
Will say that while Col du Tourmalet is terribly long, it didn't feel quite as horrid as Puy de Dome. But holy cats, was it a slog!!! (not as bad as Ventoux, though. Nothing in Zwift is worse than Ventoux in my opinion.)
Ride 1 - 10.03 miles
Ride 2 - 16.05 miles
Ride 3 - 23.13
Previous - 813.48 miles
Total - 862.69 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
(1st run completed 5/6/23)
Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9465030086
https://www.strava.com/activities/9469069172
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Previous 1548.56 miles
14/07 23.08 miles
16/07 21.32 miles
17/07 21.37 miles
YTD 1614.33/2023
@SavageMrsMoose - Hope your feeling better, that sounded rough.
@wendsg - Its the 2nd type of axel you mentioned. I'll do some checking online and get something ordered. Thanks for ur advice!3 -
I’ve been trying to get from Houston to NYC for days! Yesterday our flight was delayed by 8 hours so we rebooked for today. Just got delayed by 2 hours! At least I got my peloton in this morning! And I’ve recovered from my stomach bug!
Peloton
7/17. 8.5
7/18 17.9 - record output for a 60 minute ride
Total: 26.4 miles
Previous-
1152.19
YTD. 1178.59/ 20233 -
@Mari33a I hope things work well for you! I hate sounding like a bike-parts shill (trust me, I do things as cheaply as possible!!) but sometimes you just absolutely have to bite the bullet. LokTite is great, but it's definitely not a safe, permanent solution when it comes to parts that are under cyclic stress on a bicycle.
@SavageMrsMoose So glad you've recovered from your stomach bug! Do wish you luck on getting to NYC. Yeesh, travel issues are the worst.
Rode to and from the pool in another development today - did enough extra milage to count as the daily 10 and a makeup ride. Only 2 makeup rides left to go - officially done with the vacation ones, now time to make up the two that were 'I had so many chores and other random nonsense that I ran out of time and/or motivation' days.
Ride 1 - 10.65 miles
Ride 2 - 10.48 miles
Previous - 862.69 miles
Total - 883.82 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
(1st run completed 5/6/23)
Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9474663013
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Only 1 more makeup day after this, and that'll get knocked out tomorrow. Huzzah!!
Today did both rides in Zwift - one a simple 10 miles with a robopacer, the other a climb in the climb portal with the cooldown being with the slowest robopacer (first time using the 'teleport' feature, and I think I'm in love lol)
Ride 1 - 10.01 miles
Ride 2 - 10.01 miles
Previous - 883.82 miles
Total - 903.84 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
(1st run completed 5/6/23)
Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9483475431
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Didn't get that makeup ride today - ran out of hours. But there's always tomorrow to get it done!
Just the daily 10 accomplished today amongst a ton of chores.
Ride - 10.02 miles
Previous - 903.84 miles
Total - 913.86 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
(1st run completed 5/6/23)
Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9488880269
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Finally done with makeup rides! And took advantage of a little... exploit in Zwift. Will be doing this again. Repeatedly. Until the end of the month. Daily 10s in the climb portal are so ON.
Ride 1 - 10.04 miles
Ride 2 - 10.05 miles
Previous - 913.86 miles
Total - 933.95 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
(1st run completed 5/6/23)
Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9495596697
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Finally got to NYC. Had a couple really nice runs in Central Park and some fantastic pizza! Return to Houston was much easier.
Still staying on track with the bike mileage. Hopefully I’ll get a few extra the rest of this month. Too hot to do anything outside other than walk here.
7/21 Peloton 13.8 miles
Previous 1178.59 miles
YTD: 1192.39/20233 -
Daily 10, taking advantage of the Zwift Climb Portal experience exploit. Going to do a grand fondo this month doing nothing but looping a segment here to see how much exp I can get because why the heck not?
Ride - 10.00 miles
Previous - 933.95 miles
Total - 943.95 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
(1st run completed 5/6/23)
Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/95031877712 -
7/23 peloton 21.2 miles
Previous: 1192.39
YTD: 1213.59/ 20232 -
Missed yesterday's ride due to running out of hours - will hit a makeup ride tomorrow.
Got today's daily 10 done, though! More Zwifting for more easy experience points.
Ride - 10.07 miles
Previous - 943.95 miles
Total - 954.02 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
(1st run completed 5/6/23)
Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/95154870112 -
Couldn't load yesterday's due to a construction crew hitting the fiber cables in our neighborhood and taking down the internet in the evening. So this is a combination between yesterday’s rides (to and from the pool and then an evening ride with a ride partner) and today’s rides (a Zwift event and another evening ride with the same ride partner).
Ride 1 - 2.18 miles
Ride 2 - 10.79 miles
Ride 3 - 12.14 miles
Ride 4 - 17.01 miles
Ride 5 - 7.41 miles
Previous - 954.02 miles
Total - 1003.55 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
(1st run completed 5/6/23)
Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9518665312
https://www.strava.com/activities/9519245573
https://www.strava.com/activities/9521911466
https://www.strava.com/activities/9527467930
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It must be a week since I posted my cycles. Life has has been just too busy.
Previous 1614.33 miles
21/07 21.37 miles
22/07 5.71 miles
24/07 21.37 miles
YTD 1662.77/20233 -
More peloton
7/25. 16.57
7/26. 8.3
7/27. 26.28
Previous: 1213.59
YTD: 1264.74/ 20233 -
I haven't been riding since July 7. I went to the hospital everyday to help my mother try to get better but she could not so we helped her to the next world. She went to rehab even though she was probably too weak and gave it her best shot. She made some friends there and prized a beaded bracelet another rehaber gave her for finishing her first workout. She looked like she was improving but had lung problems that could not be solved and then she could not eat or drink without asperating so she could not eat or drink anything so we made the decision to allow her to go to heaven. After a surgery she searched her wrist and asked where her bracelet was. The surgical team removed it for surgery. we located it and she was happy. She worked hard for it. She did not suffer and hospice was over in 3 hours. We will bury her on Monday. My family and all her friends will miss her. Back to riding next week.
My 2023 YTD Total Cycling Distance is 2,318.94 mi
My Mom's distance is accumulating at God Speed!3 -
Last riding for a few days - crashed out real hard on the last one. Like "going 25mph then pedal-strike and now going ??? mph sliding on pavement" crash. Went to the ER - will be healed soon, but gonna take it easy for a little while.
Ride 1 - 10.34 miles
Ride 2 - 2.62 miles
Ride 3 - 1.79 miles
Ride 4 - 10.38 miles
Previous - 1003.55 miles
Total - 1028.69 miles / 2023 miles, 2nd run
(1st run completed 5/6/23)
Link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9531174054
https://www.strava.com/activities/9531489313
https://www.strava.com/activities/9531947795
https://www.strava.com/activities/95334369342 -
@wendsg,
I hope you are healing! I had a slow speed incident last year.
I know I pedal striked at low speed hit my head on pavement good I wear a good helmet. My helmet cracked replaced it but my brain is still abby normal. Thats a young frankenstein reference.
Hope you feel better soon.3 -
Sun Jul 30
30 min Power Zone Endurance EDM Ride (Peloton) - 9.09 miles
Previous: 592.21 miles
YTD: 601.3/2023 miles complete4 -
@RMUNTZ2
So sorry for your loss3 -
Previous 1662.77 miles
29/07 21.59 miles
YTD 1684.36/2023
Another one done! I won't get too much cycling this month as we are off to France next Wednesday for 8 days but will do as much as I can fit in3 -
Zwift: Schwinn IC4
JULY
04: 20.5 miles
06: 33.39
07: 21.3
10: 17.1
11: 23.6
12: 22.1
14: 11.1
15: 32.1
16: 7.73
17: 21.1
18: 25.2
20: 45.1
21: 22.1
24: 33.4
25: 22.7
26: 18.4
27: 18.1
29: 19.3
30: 26.5
31: 22.2
July Total: 463.02 miles
YTD: 1999.38/2023 miles2 -
@RMUNTZ2 I am so sorry for your loss. I hope you have comfort that she went peacefully, but nothing compares to the love of your mom.1
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@wendsg I saw your post on Strava. I’m glad you got checked out at the ER. Hope you have a speedy recovery!
@Mari33a Enjoy your trip!
@DianaDumbbells you are sooo close! Only one good ride away!!
More peloton
7/31. 19.85
8/2. 8.65.
Previous 1264.74
YTD 1293.24/20232
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