Show us your.......newbie progress! [4 Sep 2012 - 4 Oct 2014]

[Nigelnaturist]

@Mo1959 You need to post another ride for the 100% badge to kick in. Turn your garmin on and leave it for 20 minutes or so, you will get a small movement of distance, just upload that as a ride and the 100% badge will pop up, then delete the ride.

Wind today helped me hit 42.3mph, twice this week I have broken 40mph

is it not quicker to nip out for a 5 min spin. or even a quick walk down the path.

I was hoping to avoid the rain this morning, dont give a stuff after, but hate being in the group wet.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

is it not quicker to nip out for a 5 min spin. or even a quick walk down the path.

I was hoping to avoid the rain this morning, dont give a stuff after, but hate being in the group wet.

Probably, but when you have just done a 40 odd mile ride over some mountains the last thing you want to do is go for a 5 minute spin!

Stayed dry in Leicester this morning, in fact it is lovely blue sky at the minute - very very windy though

 

[Stonechat]

Probably, but when you have just done a 40 odd mile ride over some mountains the last thing you want to do is go for a 5 minute spin!

Stayed dry in Leicester this morning, in fact it is lovely blue sky at the minute - very very windy though

Yes walked doggie at windy here too
Doing some 'hill work' today, though my hills are pimples in comparison

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Probably, but when you have just done a 40 odd mile ride over some mountains the last thing you want to do is go for a 5 minute spin!

Stayed dry in Leicester this morning, in fact it is lovely blue sky at the minute - very very windy though

Good for the recovery of the legs

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Yes walked doggie at windy here too
Doing some 'hill work' today, though my hills are pimples in comparison

Mine aren't even that big , though I do have 100ft climb first thing.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

It is that hilly around here, I only had to do 208 miles to do the 7500 feet of climbing on the challenge

 

[Stonechat]

@Mo1959 You need to post another ride for the 100% badge to kick in. Turn your garmin on and leave it for 20 minutes or so, you will get a small movement of distance, just upload that as a ride and the 100% badge will pop up, then delete the ride.

Wind today helped me hit 42.3mph, twice this week I have broken 40mph

I am a wimp - max speed ever with speed sensor was 33 mph

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Well, I think that's the climbing challenge done, although it has only shown a 50% completed badge ??
Had a go at a couple of segments earlier in the ride which resulted in tired legs before I even got to the real climbing. Pretty sure that will be my slowest time up that hill then a breeze got up just to make it worse.
http://app.strava.com/activities/139098963

I think a few easy days are in order. Next few days are looking pretty awful anyway.

@SatNavSaysStraightOn Sounds like you have a very busy, and tiring day ahead. Take it easy.

I may well be opting for the wimp and options... just got back into the house after the fasting bloods with the drowned rat look despite waterproof top, did the bike coming in with me approach so I could get out of the rain faster! now starving and seriously reconsidering the over to my grandfather's option... perhaps next week would be better, but sadly I can't ring him until way too late because he doesn't get up until 10-11am or so by which time I would need to have long gone (unless I opt for the cycle to my parents and borrow their 2nd car whilst they are away, drive to Grandad's do the gardening and only have to cycle an addition 44 miles on top of the 12-13 miles I have already done option)... now trying to get food into me in case my Grandad can't cope with me decided the weather is too bad to go over and do his gardening...

 

[MattMM]

Light showers said the weather forecast. So sets off with shell happily rolled up in back jersey pocket. Deployed within about 10 minutes of start. As ride progressed realised I could have probably done with a wetsuit, got absolutely soaked on way back, and seeing as it's technically spring here is Scotland, no mudguards on bike, so my yellow shell looked like a tractor had run up the back by the time I got home..... So joys of weather aside, not a bad ride all told, very little wind on way back so some nice times given that I was grimacing and blinking out rain for most of it. Now safely ensconced in house with feet up and washing machine full of gear...

http://www.strava.com/activities/139123050

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

well I and wimped out. wet clothes are now hanging up and unsurprisingly the sun has come back out...but it is really blustery and hard going out (or it could just be the lack of sleep and lack of breakfast at a suitable time). I will have lunch with my grandfather on Monday instead (when I have the car because I had already arranged to take my sister to hospital that day, so my OH will just have to get wet cycling to work instead ). I have arrange to take him some homemade sultana scones over...

 

[Trevor_P]

52 years old and only started riding at the end of April. Done ten rides so far, maxing at just under fifteen miles. The goals I have set myself to complete by the end of September are : drop from sixteen stone to under thirteen. Complete a ten mile time trial in under thirty minutes and ride a century. That's four and a half months. Doable?

 

[Supersuperleeds]

52 years old and only started riding at the end of April. Done ten rides so far, maxing at just under fifteen miles. The goals I have set myself to complete by the end of September are : drop from sixteen stone to under thirteen. Complete a ten mile time trial in under thirty minutes and ride a century. That's four and a half months. Doable?

Perfectly doable if you are willing to put the time and effort in

 

[Supersuperleeds]

well I and wimped out. wet clothes are now hanging up and unsurprisingly the sun has come back out...but it is really blustery and hard going out (or it could just be the lack of sleep and lack of breakfast at a suitable time). I will have lunch with my grandfather on Monday instead (when I have the car because I had already arranged to take my sister to hospital that day, so my OH will just have to get wet cycling to work instead ). I have arrange to take him some homemade sultana scones over...

mmmm scones......

 

[Stonechat]

Hard ride today, headed right into the teeth of the wind, at one point 10 mph was flat out!!!

Did 2 repeats of 2 hills each and then two loops around WIndsor Great Park
Not one but two Polo Matches were being played.
Though last leg was with the wind, did not push too hard as it was a tough ride with the wind
37.3 miles 12.7 mph is what strava reports but I realised Garmin when set to Workout does not do auto pause anymore
I estimate 13.8 mph
2592 feet of climbing - this would be entirely withing the middle 24.3 miles which according to @Nigelnaturist - that part is ft/miles quite tough!!

Just beat my fastest time up Tite Hill (only by 2 seconds)

http://app.strava.com/activities/139184631

It was the wind on top of hills which made it quite draining

Edit - should add I was pushing it abit up the hill repeats

 

[Stonechat]

mmmm scones......

Yes I have that post ride hunger - not scones but some hobnobs