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

[Mo1959]

Happy New Year everybody

...........and to you Steve. Hope the new bike is running well and you get lots of miles in this year.

 

[SWSteve]

@Mo1959 Thanks mo, same to you

@y2blade @Stonechat From what i understand sportives search out the 'best' parts of the scenery in the area where they are set, every sportive near me takes you up Cheddar Gorge for instance. If I recall there's a Wiggle Flat Out in the Fens which is meant to be pretty flat though - but the distances are larger. This may help, it lists some sportives and you can search by grades etc. I'll be looking to complete one around late April/early May of around 80 miles so it'll be a bit of a challenge. GL to the pair of you

 

[Exile]

If you want to know how far you have gone you can manually plot the route on ridewithgps.

Did not know that, thanks for the tip. It's probably easier than the 'snake a tape-measure across an OS map' method I ended up trying

 

[Nomadski]

Happy New Year everybody. I didn't get out yesterday as it was my birthday and I was in demand - dragged out for lunch then later on for dinner - yum yum x

Hubby and I had thought about going out together today, but the weather forecast isn't too kind at the minute so may just veg out.

Although I'm now using Strava, I only joined it part way through the year so don't have all my data on there, but I got an email yesterday with the attached info. Pretty chuffed, especially as I've not got out much recently.

Wishing you all a Happy, Healthy and fun 2014 and thanks for all your support over 2013 x

Thats a fantastic amount of mileage you piled up there in the end. Makes me ashamed at my lacklustre last 3 months.

 

[Mo1959]

Wet and windy........again! Not going out in that. Take care all of you who have to cycle today for a commute, etc as it looks horrible pretty much all over the country.

 

[stevey]

The way things are at the moment probably looking at Sat/Sunday to get out.

 

[Mo1959]

The way things are at the moment probably looking at Sat/Sunday to get out.

Yep, thinking the same Stevey. It's hard to get much consistency just now. I think today will be two wet dog walks and that will be my exercise for the day!

 

[stevey]

Finish work today then will probably be Same as last night... . On the turbo.

 

[BrianEvesham]

No work today, in fact none on the horizon either at the moment so will be out later weather permitting (looking ok if somewhat wet!).
Watching for the postie to bring my cruds

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Wet and windy........again! Not going out in that. Take care all of you who have to cycle today for a commute, etc as it looks horrible pretty much all over the country.

Blue skies and sunshine here! (I will add currently though!) .
Just planning today's route

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Wet and windy........again! Not going out in that. Take care all of you who have to cycle today for a commute, etc as it looks horrible pretty much all over the country.

Same in Leicester, still managed 43 miles into work

Frantically trying to get all my kit dried out as it is now blue skies and so may sneak out for a dinner time ride

 

[Mo1959]

@Supersuperleeds I think you better join cycloholics anonymous.......you have a serious addiction!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

@Supersuperleeds I think you better join cycloholics anonymous.......you have a serious addiction!

Trying to get ahead of were I was last year so when I get into June & July I don't have to kill myself (I did 1,700 miles in one of those months, can't remember which one)

 

[BrianEvesham]

Wow, that was chuffing windy! Really felt like I was going up hill all the way round.

http://www.strava.com/activities/103685311#

Felt like a good workout though.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Sneaked in a 16 mile dinner time ride, went up Beacon Hill on the hybrid for the first time, super fit lad from work went with me on his mountain bike, he found it hard work, but fair play to him he went straight up it.

http://www.strava.com/activities/103697758