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

[Stonechat]

Hi

Water has now entered our porch
We are leaving the house today (parents home is empty)
@ItsSteveLovell trading plan was from British cycling.
I gave been using beginner training plan for sportives

25 weeks, I skipped a few weeks.
Assumes you have heart rate strap
Would be better with a turbo, I am not getting

Will try to get bikes moved over, but cycling may suffer

 

[morrisman]

What a difference a day makes (someone should write a song about that). Went out today, sunshine, no wind, warm enough for mid-Feb, 15.25 miles at a new highest average of 15.6mph

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Hi

Water has now entered our porch
We are leaving the house today (parents home is empty)
@ItsSteveLovell trading plan was from British cycling.
I gave been using beginner training plan for sportives

25 weeks, I skipped a few weeks.
Assumes you have heart rate strap
Would be better with a turbo, I am not getting

Will try to get bikes moved over, but cycling may suffer

I feel for you.
We have been evacuated (in the past) from our home due to fire on the nature reserve & MoD training area we lived on. Our home was being used as the closest access point to the fire! It got to within 25m of the house and tbh the house was only saved because an pilot had reported the fire on the common when taking off from Farnborough airport. We were out for 5 days with no word on what was happening. Our only clue was if the answering machine answered we could made the assumption that because electricity was still there and therefore so was the house!
We also helped my brother-in-law out after his home (Hebden Bridge) was flooded 2 summers ago. We had given him a lot of our furniture and carpets (plus other tools and stuff) when we went off to cycle around the world, and it was heart aching seeing them destroyed and having to thrown them out for the council to collect and dispose of.

Best wishes and fingers crossed for you.

 

[SWSteve]

As others have said, thoughts with you @Stonechat.

 

[dolliedaze]

Oh dear! I restarted cycling 18 months ago with a beginners/returners cycling group. Have now added the improvers sessions. So, cycle 2-3 times a week BUT only do 4-7 miles each session. My last cycle was 6.95 miles with an average speed of 8 mph and a maximum of 11 mph. Seems I have a long way to go to catch up

 

[Phoenix Lincs]

Oh

Hi

Water has now entered our porch
We are leaving the house today (parents home is empty)
@ItsSteveLovell trading plan was from British cycling.
I gave been using beginner training plan for sportives

25 weeks, I skipped a few weeks.
Assumes you have heart rate strap
Would be better with a turbo, I am not getting

Will try to get bikes moved over, but cycling may suffer

Oh no! Stay safe and warm and dry x

 

[stevey]

Hope it doesn't get any worse @Stonechat Stay safe mate

 

[Goonerobes]

^^As above, fingers crossed for you @Stonechat, stay safe.

 

[Stonechat]

Thanks for all the wishes, we are now relocated to my parents house (remember dad died December and mum in nursing home)
I am going back tomorrow for the bikes
When I last left today water was still going up in the porch, readings on environmental agency website are showing slowed rising, but of course there is rain to come. I know at least 6 houses flooded. It may not yet be in ours, but water is high and even with wellies I was on tiptoes.

 

[Stonechat]

Just to cement my new and unlikely name of hard man, I went through the water twice and got both bikes!

Mrs Stonechat is convinced I'm mad

Having just got another generous sponsorship for the l2b, just needed to keep the bike,
On a smbre note, water is now entering the house., and Cameron was on Staines today. One thing I have not fetched is the garmin USB lead, so cannot keep it charged. I will not be able to post rides anyway, this is through phone

 

[puffinbilly]

Feel for you @Stonechat - must be a nightmare and then the politicians visit feigning interest - suppose it could have been worse ,it could have been Pickles. I was out tonight and suddenly the heavens opened with snow about an inch or so - so the last five miles was in a heavy snow shower with every junction and corner taken very gingerly.

Hope things improve for you.

 

[SWSteve]

Eesh @puffinbilly cycling in falling snow can't have been great! What kind of bike were you on?

 

[Mo1959]

@Stonechat Sorry you have had to leave your home.....I so hope the rain stops soon and the levels drop. I am so glad I don't live in an area prone to flooding.....it must be horrendous. Feel so sorry for everyone. A friend on Facebook made the comment that we should stop sending so much foreign aid money and start spending it here, and I totally agree!

 

[SWSteve]

@Stonechat I can only echo what others have said, I hope the levels drop soon.

re: Garmin lead, a standard MicroUSB lead is what would be needed.

 

[L14M]

@Stonechat ,
Fingers crossed for you
It must be hard leaving your house and possessions so close to the waters edge and know knowing what might happen.

Got 7 miles in yesterday, aim to do the same today too!

Liam