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

[Mr_K_Dilkington]

Did a long run today though not quite what I planned
Plan was a loop including Newlands Corner (a Hill)
Somehow I started on the wrong way round the loop and the Garmin was hard to use.

So when I cam to Farnham on the return journey, used a route I knew up the hill past Farnham Castle towards Yateley and took the route from Frimley back down the Red Road (so much nicer to be going down it!)

Did 74 miles which is a record by far and first metric Century
2690 feet of climbing
A bit stiff but not running out of energy
Further end was lovely coutryside, sepcialy around Frensham Ponds
Average Speed was 14.9until I ht sStaines when Garmis said it dropped to 14.1 and Strava 13.9.
As far as I am concerned I did most at 14.9 mph, I often cross the river at Chertsey instead of Staines for just this reason
A good ride and proved my endurance now

http://www.strava.com/activities/145390751

Very nice, you rode past about 4 of my family members houses - loads of them live in and around Farnham. Lovely part of the world.

 

[Mr_K_Dilkington]

Ah @Mr_K_Dilkington I know those hills and have done them all!! Maybe your Staple Lane Hill is different to mine though!
Good distance and speed

We came from the north - I suppose it's not that long (or hard really), it just has that steeper part which you crest when you still have a fair bit of climbing still to do!

 

[BrianEvesham]

A good day for a sportive.
It even stopped raining as we crossed the start line

http://www.strava.com/activities/145399244

 

[Goonerobes]

Some great rides coming today guys so well done to all.

Just a steady 51 miles for me but its quite evident from the segment times where the wind changes from a head/side wind to a tail wind!!

http://www.strava.com/activities/145434837

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I, like someone else here, copy all my ride data (in my case in Garmin Connect) into a spreadsheet which calculates various things like:

Total Distance
Total Height
Total Calories

Monthly distance totals
Monthly distance totals
Monthly distance totals
(all the above also on an individual bike basis, I have 3)

Ride Difficulty on a per bike basis (a fairly simplistic feet climbed/miles ridden calculation)

Monthly Target Achievement/Shortfall
Annual Target Achievement/Shortfall​

Not quite in @Nigelnaturist league but getting there

so do you know your Eddington number?
(must update mine....)

 

[BrynCP]

Ok thanks. Well YTD I have done 1537 miles and climbed just 23711ft; not very hilly here, although I have done 7000 of that in the last 2.5 weeks on the new weekday (weather and work pending) 18 mile loop I have for my road bike.

Added 1200 feet (or more as I turned the Garmin off 1/3 up the hill) to that today! Was hard work going up one of the hills, Trundlegate in Yorkshire, I am not quite fit enough to do that in one go with my compact chainset!

 

[matth411]

Progress knockback. I was all ready and willing to ride to work in the rain this evening. Thought I would just have a quick glance on to "the book of faces" and a community run news bulletin site I read put up about a cyclist being knocked off their bike. Less than 200 metres from my house. I actually have to ride past the point to get to work. But it shook my confidence. I stood with the door open, ready to leave but just could not get my foot over the door. I do not know who got hit, how bad they were hit although there were reports of blood on the floor and an ambulance. Hope (s)he has a speedy recovery and isn't put off cycling. And for me, I hope my confidence comes back tomorrow!

 

[morrisman]

so do you know your Eddington number?
(must update mine....)

I believe mine is 15,747,724,136,275,002,577,605,653,961,181,555,468,044,717,914,527,116,709,366,231,425,07,185,631,031,296 give or take.

 

[Stonechat]

so do you know your Eddington number?
(must update mine....)

That's a new one on me

 

[Supersuperleeds]

so do you know your Eddington number?
(must update mine....)

based on this http://triathlete-europe.competitor.com/2011/04/18/measuring-bike-miles-eddington-number mine must be around 60.


Just checked it, based on this year it is 63

And it is 69 since I started keeping records from last year. Two more rides of 70 miles will see me hit 70

 

[Stonechat]

Reckon mine is 29 then

 

[Dark46]

I`m glad to say that i`m easily doing 10 miles, which I before thought might have been a problem. The other good thing is that my average speed over 10 miles is the same as my commute to work in the morning which is only 2.7 miles. Just thinking about it makes me realise I need to push harder on the way to work

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Well with all this talk of maths I sort of screwed up today, just needed 14Km for this months challenge. still I am on target from the two targets I set myself and a third is only another 5 miles but it is 1120 miles between now and June the 30th

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

based on this http://triathlete-europe.competitor.com/2011/04/18/measuring-bike-miles-eddington-number mine must be around 60.


Just checked it, based on this year it is 63

And it is 69 since I started keeping records from last year. Two more rides of 70 miles will see me hit 70

mine is only 51 (in miles that is) but I have only recorded rides since we set out rtw on the 28th February 2011 (and I have ridden most of my life).
need another 7 ride of +52 miles to up it one more so think I might have to extend that commute of mine (when I am feeling a touch better - been off colour for the last few days and having to take it easy, i.e. no riding

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I did do a spread sheet with that info, didn't do one on the database another routine to work out.