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

[themosquitoking]

7 PR's on Strava for my ride this morning, i was dawdling a bit last time i rode that route though.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I am having a torrid day, what with the spokes yesterday, the comp shut down and wouldn't reboot, took the drive out put it in an external caddy and it booted

 

[Mange-tout]

I'm not a beginner, but a returner, but terribly overweight now so I may as well be a beginner. I rarely manage over 10mph average and hills are just awful (my slowest speed up a hill 2.8mph!), but I am dreaming of skinny tyres and even skinnier lycra tops and shorts in the summer so I'll keep plugging away . Having said that, I can get up a mighty speed downhill without too much peddalling.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I'm not a beginner, but a returner, but terribly overweight now so I may as well be a beginner. I rarely manage over 10mph average and hills are just awful (my slowest speed up a hill 2.8mph!), but I am dreaming of skinny tyres and even skinnier lycra tops and shorts in the summer so I'll keep plugging away . Having said that, I can get up a mighty speed downhill without too much peddalling.

 

[eevvee]

Having checked the BBC weather site and seen the wind speed at 27mph I decided to go for a "flatter" ride today.
Tailwind - I was achieving for me a high average speed than usual and felt good.
Headwind - this was very hard even getting up out of the saddle on the level at times.
Side wind - gusting winds seemed to shift me 6inches towards the road centre - an experience I would be happy to miss.
Managed 23 miles with an average speed of 14mph - so happy enough with that.

Looking forward to the clocks moving forward at the end of the month which should get me out after work during the week.

 

[Typhon]

Pretty awful weather here but I got in 26 miles as the wind is going to start to get really strong tomorrow. Did the same route as last time when I had my off - gotta get back on the horse so to speak. Unclipped with the other foot this time.

http://app.strava.com/activities/43727171

 

[Reece]

Well this week went to total pot. Wanted to get out and do as much as possible of the Giro challenge. But remembered I had training for 2 days in Daventry for work on Tuesday and Wednesday, so walked worked Monday morning to take a car home that night. Took car back Thursday morning and walked home Thursday night. Meant to go for a ride straight from work Friday night but ended up staying late to get a job done.

Worked this morning and nipped to my mums after on my bike so turned the short journey into 22 mile ride. Had to get out as got my first sportive next week so need to keep some miles in the legs rather than lose the bit of fitness.

http://app.strava.com/activities/43726984

This week I am determined to get out, will take it easy so do not over do it for the sportive next Saturday, but then this will help on the time ridden based Giro challenge

Oh and no club ride for me tomorrow, Mothers Day so need to keep in the other halves good books seeing as I'll be out all day next Saturday and hope to ride the club run the next day as a recovery ride

 

[SWSteve]

That's how I look at strava segments too, I'm happy just getting PB's. Some of the sections round here people are averaging 27 mph+!!

I know that feeling, I was chasing a decent segment http://app.strava.com/activities/43611360#738141294 However, speedo decided to stop reading as was wet :/ so I was focusing on that a little bit too much. The annoying thing is that I look at it and it never reads below 20, yet my averages never seem to show that

 

[boybiker]

Well I went for the 30 mile ride this morning with 3 other cycle chat users that we had planned. It was a very pleasant ride although the roads were a bit mucky and flooded in places. I forgot to put my strava on (doh!) but Tim had his garmin on . Over 2000ft of climbs which is quiet surprising as at the end I felt like I could have gone on further. Admittedly it wasn't a pacey ride but I really enjoyed myself!

This is the route we did: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/282158444

 

[SWSteve]

The more cycling you do the fitter you get, the fitter you are the lower your heart rate. I'm not a medical professional but that's the way i always understood it.

heart gets stronger, has to work less to move blood around your body so lower rates. Saw one documentary about some pro-rowers whose hearts could double output without an increase in rate when it came to warm-ups and then it would start to increase in rate come game time

 

[SWSteve]

This week was terrible, only did 2 days journey home and have taken today off as socialising at a pub has meant my body isn't at its' usual prime. Tomorrow is a day off as well with mum commitments , and then Monday I have the day off, but have a verbal reasoning test to do and I think after that I'll be ready to hit objects/people as they are the most frustrating activity to take part in.

That strava challenge is long gone

 

[Mo1959]

Felt bad not getting out last couple of days so went out this morning in strong, gusty wind and rain. I am no longer a fair weather cyclist

Knew it was going to be tough so just pootled along in low gears not pushing it. One of the slowest averages since I started but took the chance of a tail wind on one of the local segments and tried my hardest and jumped up the table quite a bit so I am happy. Probably never get the conditions to do it again so that will be my record on that one for ever I think!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Well this week went to total pot. Wanted to get out and do as much as possible of the Giro challenge. But remembered I had training for 2 days in Daventry for work on Tuesday and Wednesday, so walked worked Monday morning to take a car home that night. Took car back Thursday morning and walked home Thursday night. Meant to go for a ride straight from work Friday night but ended up staying late to get a job done.

Worked this morning and nipped to my mums after on my bike so turned the short journey into 22 mile ride. Had to get out as got my first sportive next week so need to keep some miles in the legs rather than lose the bit of fitness.

http://app.strava.com/activities/43726984

This week I am determined to get out, will take it easy so do not over do it for the sportive next Saturday, but then this will help on the time ridden based Giro challenge

Oh and no club ride for me tomorrow, Mothers Day so need to keep in the other halves good books seeing as I'll be out all day next Saturday and hope to ride the club run the next day as a recovery ride

Notification on my dashboard


"Uh oh! You just lost your KOM on Great Central Glen Parva sprint to Reece Porter (LFCC) by 5 seconds."

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Felt bad not getting out last couple of days so went out this morning in strong, gusty wind and rain. I am no longer a fair weather cyclist

Knew it was going to be tough so just pootled along in low gears not pushing it. One of the slowest averages since I started but took the chance of a tail wind on one of the local segments and tried my hardest and jumped up the table quite a bit so I am happy. Probably never get the conditions to do it again so that will be my record on that one for ever I think!

That's given you the 1/3rd way there achievement.

 

[themosquitoking]

Notification on my dashboard


"Uh oh! You just lost your KOM on Great Central Glen Parva sprint to Reece Porter (LFCC) by 5 seconds."

Are you sending the boys around?