First few miles a struggle

[Boon 51]

It will be nice to see your routes.

I would like to do that but not sure how.. could you give me a point in the right direction.
Start my own group perhaps and enlist a few friends..

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I would like to do that but not sure how.. could you give me a point in the right direction.
Start my own group perhaps and enlist a few friends..

just plug the garmin in, you may need garmin connect loaded, strava will search for the unit and upload the files.
What I do though is copy the route to a folder on the computer, and upload as a file, that way you also have a backup of your files, I have also done it for the all garmin file system

 

[Boon 51]

OK I understand that bit but how would other people get to see the routes?

 

[Supersuperleeds]

OK I understand that bit but how would other people get to see the routes?

Post a link to a ride on here and everyone can see it, from that people can request to follow you, that way every time you ride they will get a notification on their Strava dashboard.

 

[Boon 51]

Post a link to a ride on here and everyone can see it, from that people can request to follow you, that way every time you ride they will get a notification on their Strava dashboard.

Ah right.. I will do that and see what happens.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Ah right.. I will do that and see what happens.

No worries, look forward to seeing your rides, just don't tell us how warm it is!

 

[antnee]

If possible start off going down a hill or flat so you can just take it easy until you warm up. Just stick at it and keep setting yourself goals/targets to achieve.

This sounds like good advice OK for me as where I live its flat for quite a way before some hills
regards Antnee

 

[DaveyM]

I always warm up for rides upto about 15 miles anything more than that I just go slower for a bit then try to make it up as the ride goes on
I ride around to the LBS and 'officially' start and finish all my rides from there, I loose a few miles in terms of logging miles but just find it easier for me to ride once warm.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I always warm up for rides upto about 15 miles anything more than that I just go slower for a bit then try to make it up as the ride goes on
I ride around to the LBS and 'officially' start and finish all my rides from there, I loose a few miles in terms of logging miles but just find it easier for me to ride once warm.

if you want to record them for logging, just do a trip to the LBS, then restart, do your ride then, finish and do another home. my spreadsheet then tots the total up for day, week ect.....

 

[Boon 51]

http://app.strava.com/activities/39861272

Here's my first ride I've put on here, this was on my mtb but I do have rides for my road bike as well..

Being an old coddger of 61 I wont be trying to race as my targets will be a better average and better distance.. I would like to improve but not race and bearing in mind its 50c in the summer up here.

I will put a road one on later today..

 

[Nigelnaturist]

http://app.strava.com/activities/39861272

Here's my first ride I've put on here, this was on my mtb but I do have rides for my road bike as well..

Being an old coddger of 61 I wont be trying to race as my targets will be a better average and better distance.. I would like to improve but not race and bearing in mind its 50c in the summer up here.

I will put a road one on later today..

Thats all I do, I know I am not going to get to the stage of someone 25years younger than me. No matter how bad a ride I have, like yesterday http://app.strava.com/activities/42086126 it always encourages you if you get a p.b. especially if it's a difficult section. http://app.strava.com/activities/42086126#705485592 it's not a long section but it has a double bend in it.
That looked arduous in places.

 

[Gravity Aided]

No, I'm a Jet. But I follow quite a few teams, as do mates, it's easier to like lots of players etc when you live a couple of thousand miles away. My friend, a Pats fan, also has a AJ Green Jersey

Vikings fan myself(made to convert when I married), but I live over here, and lunch with a Green Bay Packers Fan. Great fun.

 

[Boon 51]

Thats all I do, I know I am not going to get to the stage of someone 25years younger than me. No matter how bad a ride I have, like yesterday http://app.strava.com/activities/42086126 it always encourages you if you get a p.b. especially if it's a difficult section. http://app.strava.com/activities/42086126#705485592 it's not a long section but it has a double bend in it.
That looked arduous in places.

That makes good reading with those two runs..
Its a shame I've no road riders in my village thats English as it would be good to get a partner in crime, loads when I go mtb-ing

 

[Andrew_Culture]

After stopping for a coffee this weekend I was physically shaking I was so cold, but a few miles down the road I Was toasty again.

 

[User16625]

And warm up properly, especially when it's so darn cold

Got a point about the cold. Im generally ok but at faster speeds when im breathing harder it feels like im snorting liquid nitrogen. I also develop chesty coughs that last an hour or 2 after the ride.