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

[RWright]

I just found out Robert Plant is playing in Cary NC tonight, at an outdoor amphitheater around 25 or 30 miles north of where I live. I still need to do some more riding tonight. Damn Strava for making me miss the coolest man on the planet, it isn't often he is that close by.

The sky does look very unsettled up that way and it does cost fifty dollars for just a lawn ticket. Maybe next time Bob.

Strava is giving me extra altitude on this route I am doing and I don't care, makes up for what it screwed me out of on my other routes. It is still going to be close as to whether I make it or not.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Take a look at this segment to see how badly Strava gets it wrong -

http://app.strava.com/segments/1227878

This is a flat road. Not a 20% climb, not a Cat 4 as stated. Flat.

I think some cat4's are created if the gps is not settled properly, also roads going over or under high bridges where the data is taken from the major of the two roads and you may have a sudden difference of 60ft or more, or again when stopped for a while and the unit shows a difference in elevation.
Then again I might be wrong.
The best way to get strava to show a truer elevation is to upload your data to garmin connect, correct the elevation and export it as tcx then upload this. If you only have strava on a phone you can download it as a gpx upload that to garmin then correct then export ect... I just did it for my ride last night and uncorrected in garmin its higher by about 100ft, so at the end of the day I think its just a lottery.
Time to put the mud guards back on I think.

 

[Phoenix Lincs]

Thanks Mo i'll go with the garmin me thinks... lol the o/h likes to see the calories burnt for the effort she puts in.

MapMyRide usually works out even higher. I like that one when I want to justify a glass (or two) of wine that evening

 

[Phoenix Lincs]

[quote="Nomadski, post: 2557795,
... it was very stop start with the lights, but I feel I did about 100 sprints today![/quote]


Unplanned interval training! Well done

 

[Nigelnaturist]

There are a few differences, the gpx track doesn't include pauses to calculate avg's
Tcx file. GPX

As you can see the tcx is the corrected track from last nights ride, the gpx is the one I uploaded to as a tcx to strava and down loaded as a gpx, the elevation is pretty much the same. The avg moving speed is about the same but look at max speed, max and min elevations are the same, but cad and h.r. are lower due to it including the time I was in the supermarket, and onlt the one lap, where as the tcx includes the laps from the unit.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

All hail Dame Mo, well done on the Challenge Mo.

 

[Mo1959]

All hail Dame Mo, well done on the Challenge Mo.

Thanks Nigel. It was a toughie and, guess what, it has just started to rain! For once the weather gods were kind to me when trying to complete a challenge. Looks like summer may be over for a while. Unsettled with rain and breezy for the next week at least. Mind you, after the heat it will probably feel nice and refreshing to cycle in the rain

Not sure what to do now. Complete rest days or several days of little pootles or a mixture of both.

Just noticed, that was 426 miles this week! Probably never to be repeated!

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Thanks Nigel. It was a toughie and, guess what, it has just started to rain! For once the weather gods were kind to me when trying to complete a challenge. Looks like summer may be over for a while. Unsettled with rain and breezy for the next week at least. Mind you, after the heat it will probably feel nice and refreshing to cycle in the rain

Not sure what to do now. Complete rest days or several days of little pootles or a mixture of both.

Just noticed, that was 426 miles this week! Probably never to be repeated!

Colossus distance, I managed 351 last week Sun-Sat I suppose I can beat that but not sure I will be doing it soon, I need to get 45 miles today for it to show the same on strava, but the way I feel at the minute I am not sure, I have not ached like this for a long time, normally I would just take a few days off, but I do want to finish the tours challenge, which is currently 40 miles a day I have never averaged that in a month. though I am this month at 41miles over the 16 days I have been out. and with my 2nd avg highest elevation by 2ft per day (1732ft), I use the rwgps data for all my rides so whilst is may be different it is consistent for all my data, the elevation height is a little misleading though because per mile I climb less (lowest this year at 42ft/mile). Normally 46-50ft/mile
My gearing has gone up from 59" in feb to 66 this month and cad up from 76 to 80, and avg speed from 13.53 to 15.85, I get the odd with a 16mph+ avg, still working on a 16mph avg month.
The funny thing is I am producing less power on average than Feb but much faster.(the power readings on rwgps are twice those on strava another oddity)
None of the above is scientifically proven just from figures I get.

 

[Reece]

Been one of those weeks, pretty much lost my cycling mojo. Don't know if weather had part in it or the busy week working/training. Finally got out today and tried the hilly route I intended to do everyday for the challenge. Legs really didn't feel 100% and mind wasn't fully into. Probably didn't help with the really fine rain out in the higher ground (although a part of me was relieved to ride in it after the recent heat lol).

Anyway manged 30miles with 2100ft of climbing.

http://app.strava.com/activities/68642147#

Well done @Mo1959 on finishing the challenge. Great work. I was jealous of my friend as he completed it in the 1st 2 days, holiday in France for a few TDF stages so he made the most of the mountains lol.

 

[Mo1959]

@Reece Thanks.
Sorry you are going through a rough spell. The weather has been a bit draining and, I agree, a bit of rain will be quite refreshing.

Yes, holidays abroad doing some of the famous climbs would definitely be a great way to do the challenge!

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Been one of those weeks, pretty much lost my cycling mojo. Don't know if weather had part in it or the busy week working/training. Finally got out today and tried the hilly route I intended to do everyday for the challenge. Legs really didn't feel 100% and mind wasn't fully into. Probably didn't help with the really fine rain out in the higher ground (although a part of me was relieved to ride in it after the recent heat lol).

Anyway manged 30miles with 2100ft of climbing.

http://app.strava.com/activities/68642147#

Well done @Mo1959 on finishing the challenge. Great work. I was jealous of my friend as he completed it in the 1st 2 days, holiday in France for a few TDF stages so he made the most of the mountains lol.

It will pick up, just keep turning the pedals, or take a few days away from it.

 

[SWSteve]

Congratulations @Mo1959 you truly are a rising star.

@Reece I suffered from this a while ago, work was 5 1/2 days a week and when I wasn't working I was way too tired to get on the bike. Maybe just try some small trips and this should help until the motivation comes back fully

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@RWright
I think this goes without saying from all of us good luck today, especially after missing Robert Plant (whoever he is),
likewise @ItsSteveLovell​

Shouldn't you be out, have you not something to finish.​

 

[SWSteve]

@RWright​

I think this goes without saying from all of us good luck today, especially after missing Robert Plant (whoever he is),​

likewise @ItsSteveLovell​

Shouldn't you be out, have you not something to finish.​

I woke up a little later than planned. About to have some lunch/breaky and head down to the gorge again. As much as it's boring cycling down the same roads...the scenery is beautiful. I just wish I could cycle and take photos at the same time to show you all.

 

[stevey]

Well done @Mo1959 womens TDF next year then.....