MyCyclingLog

[Baggy]

Baggy, sounds like you've not managed to work out how to keep your legs properly warm & mobile. Oddly enough I've found that the key to this is the lightest weight racing lycra longs I can find then having light weight spring/autumn tights over the top, if it gets below zero I'll add some really lightweight silk leg warmers under the longs.

Favoured legwear at the moment is thermal 3/4 with winter tights over the top, don't think I could wedge another layer on! It takes me about 10 miles to properly warm up and my commute is about 7, so that doesn't help matters.

 

[GrasB]

Favoured legwear at the moment is thermal 3/4 with winter tights over the top, don't think I could wedge another layer on! It takes me about 10 miles to properly warm up and my commute is about 7, so that doesn't help matters.

That is similar to what I used to do but due to my thermals being in the wrong country at the time I found, oddly, that full longs with spring/autumn tights warmer than thermal over thermal & easier to put on.

Another, much more expensive option, which works well is Castelli Cervelo thermal longs which are only a little thicker than racing lycra but fleeced & critically wind proofed.

 

[fenman]

same milage target as auntie helen, i have 433 miles to get in by the end of the month, i do not see me geting them in as next week at centre parcs then xmas!! if i forgo the new year training (drinking) i might just do it , the thing is do i do one more mile ie,8001 or be a gentleman and do 7999 ?

 

[Auntie Helen]

I managed 16 this morning and plan to pop out again after lunch for a few more to claw back a bit of my deficit (should have done 160 by now this month, only done 120). My daily target is still only 14.5 which isn't too bad but dodgy weather and Christmas thingies might get in the way. I want to do the 8000 this year. Mind you, I'm wondering about not having a target at all next year. But then that'd be boring, wouldn't it!

 

[fenman]

out on mountain bike today 22miles in ave speed down ave h/r way up !!! wet track plus leaves not good,still 22 miles less to do ,you do need a target for next year auntie helen ,who else am i going to chase !!

 

[snorri]

Due to some other interests and then the onslaught of winter I had not been out on the bike since 21st Nov. but managed 8.5 miles in to the shops today.

 

[HelenD123]

Just added the remaining 600 miles from my tour. I'm beginning to despair of getting any more miles in this year given the weather.

 

[ianrauk]

Nice one good people.. keep the miles coming...

 

[Baggy]

Weather here is still good for cycling, but I've succumbed to a horrible lurgy
Might manage to get back on the bike next week if the weather is ok but have officially abandoned my target!

 

[potsy]

Weather here is still good for cycling, but I've succumbed to a horrible lurgy
Might manage to get back on the bike next week if the weather is ok but have officially abandoned my target!

Oh no!! I'm still hopeful but not confident about mine now, like you I have the lurgy (man version, twice as bad) and the weather is meant to be bad in the next couple of days

need to do 1 or 2 rides over the holiday if I can get away with it.
Get well soon.

 

[Davidc]

Only 2 1/4 miles in 2 weeks. At least I got the bike on the road again after the freeze.

I'd made this year's target by the middle of November but had hoped to do +10%, not much chance now.

 

[Garz]

Oh no!! I'm still hopeful but not confident about mine now, like you I have the lurgy (man version, twice as bad) and the weather is meant to be bad in the next couple of days

need to do 1 or 2 rides over the holiday if I can get away with it.
Get well soon.

I had that last week too, this came after managing one morning turbo session before work to chisel away the jelly belly I ammased from a long lay-off through playing 5-a-side injuring my knee. I also have just received bike n+1 and am itching to get out and cover some mileage but the snow is looming... argggh!

 

[Baggy]

Oh no!! I'm still hopeful but not confident about mine now, like you I have the lurgy (man version, twice as bad) and the weather is meant to be bad in the next couple of days

need to do 1 or 2 rides over the holiday if I can get away with it.
Get well soon.

Thanks, feeling a bit better now the shivers and aches have gone. Fingers crossed for you - so close!

 

[lukesdad]

Last ride to work of 2010 yesterday started snowing on the way home . Timing couldn t have been better, 4" over night. Might get out for a few over the christmas break.

 

[Auntie Helen]

Righty ho, the Aussies have asked for us to fix the time when we enter our rides for the year and take the total. I have agreed that midnight our time will be when we take our 2010 total to compare with the Aussies. Obviously some people may enter 2010 rides in early 2011 but they won't be included in the Cyclist Ashes total.

We have 11 hours after the Aussies to rack up miles if they are just ahead. So we'll all need to keep an eye on MCL on 31st December...