Get well quickly Helles and get back out there. Sorry to hear about your 100% going. It really is tough to motivate ones self out in crap wintry weather. I did no cycling what so ever over the weekend, for the first time I can remember. Just spent the weekend bumbling around the house... cleaned my bikes and put a new chain on my Roubaix...
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Panter
Just call me Chris...
- Location
- Sittingbourne, Kent
Sorry to hear that AH 
I was doing pretty well this month but got struck down with manflu last weekend.
Coupled with the weather, I don't think I'm gonig to make my annual target let alone this months.
Hopefully I can cycle tomorrow * crosses fingers and toes*
I was doing pretty well this month but got struck down with manflu last weekend.
Coupled with the weather, I don't think I'm gonig to make my annual target let alone this months.
Hopefully I can cycle tomorrow * crosses fingers and toes*
GrasB
Veteran
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
aww that's not good AH & I hope you feel better soon.
It seems to be a bad month for us, I had a slow start thanks to injuries & have spent this month off-form. That said I just put in a storming 33mile ride so hopefully I can start to put in the miles & speed again.
It seems to be a bad month for us, I had a slow start thanks to injuries & have spent this month off-form. That said I just put in a storming 33mile ride so hopefully I can start to put in the miles & speed again.
Auntie Helen
Ich bin Powerfrau!
- Location
- 47906 Kempen, Germany
Well I'm feeling a fair bit better but not going out on the bike today. In fact I haven't been out of pyjamas since late afternoon on Saturday which is rather shockingly lazy of me. Spent all morning doing my German homework in bed as I have a lesson tomorrow - which is a 7 mile cycle away. Which I think I should manage.
I just feel now that the mountain to climb to hit target by the end of the year is too much
But perhaps I'll get a new lease of energy over the next six weeks...
I just feel now that the mountain to climb to hit target by the end of the year is too much
But perhaps I'll get a new lease of energy over the next six weeks...
GrasB
Veteran
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
AH, best way to look at it is to break the distances down into smaller chunks, that's how I caught up, I said "just add 2.5 miles on each commute" then when I was almost home I added a small loop that I enjoy riding. It's a short 3.7 mile sheltered route but adding that on to the end of every ride soon adds up.
Auntie Helen
Ich bin Powerfrau!
- Location
- 47906 Kempen, Germany
Well yes, I just have to do 40 miles per day for the rest of this month to hit the month target. Ouch!
However the year target is just about in view with 32.8 miles per day. Which is a lot, to be honest, when it's cold and dark although I didn't find it too bad in the summer. There are far fewer group rides which help up the mileage too.
However the year target is just about in view with 32.8 miles per day. Which is a lot, to be honest, when it's cold and dark although I didn't find it too bad in the summer. There are far fewer group rides which help up the mileage too.
AH, so sorry to hear about your illness. Mind you, you haven't missed much weather wise, it's been atrocious. I got another soaking this morning on the way into work and then almost got blown off the Itchen Bridge on my way home about an hour and a half ago...
Get well soon.
Get well soon.
daz999
Senior Member
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Hi, that's me.
I've been lurking on Cycle Chat for over a year now. It was via this site that i found out about Cyclogs. Its a great motivational tool, i would usually have finished commuting by the end of September but i set myself a target of just over 5200 miles for this year (100 miles per week average) and i'm on target to achieve this by the end of next week. Probably be a much reduced mileage in December for me, just picking my rides according the weather conditions.
I'm amazed by the fantastic mileages posted by others on here. Inspires me to get get out there on days like this with wind, cold and rain.
I've been lurking on Cycle Chat for over a year now. It was via this site that i found out about Cyclogs. Its a great motivational tool, i would usually have finished commuting by the end of September but i set myself a target of just over 5200 miles for this year (100 miles per week average) and i'm on target to achieve this by the end of next week. Probably be a much reduced mileage in December for me, just picking my rides according the weather conditions.
I'm amazed by the fantastic mileages posted by others on here. Inspires me to get get out there on days like this with wind, cold and rain.
Auntie Helen
Ich bin Powerfrau!
- Location
- 47906 Kempen, Germany
Ah, too busy with work, would you believe. Work's a terrible thing for taking one away from t'internet, although I can hardly say I work particularly hard.
This morning I had a meeting in Ipswich so I got the train there and cycled back (24 miles in total). I have a meeting in Ipswich again at 15:15 so will be having a spot of lunch and then cycling back to Ipswich (with a LOVERLY tailwind), getting the train home again. Then going out tonight with my fellow Colchester cyclists. So that should be 60-70 miles today for me which is great; it makes up for one of my ill days.
This morning I had a meeting in Ipswich so I got the train there and cycled back (24 miles in total). I have a meeting in Ipswich again at 15:15 so will be having a spot of lunch and then cycling back to Ipswich (with a LOVERLY tailwind), getting the train home again. Then going out tonight with my fellow Colchester cyclists. So that should be 60-70 miles today for me which is great; it makes up for one of my ill days.