Show us your.......newbie progress!

[Mo1959]

Not sure its far to say breaking this record is the same as it was, respect for the distance ect..., however with modern nutrition and bike design and better understanding of fitness, it sort of shifts the goal posts a little bit.

Same with nearly all record breaking attempts in most sports these days though Nigel. Can't halt the progress of better equipment/nutrition etc. I suppose somebody (maybe even you with your computing expertise) could come up with some sort of algorithm that could compare their efforts?

 

[stevey]

Well after coming back from hospital the cast was taken off (Doc's words "It served no purpose at all") Had another xray bone still cracked so they put me in a splint and basically told no cyclng upto 5 weeks min.
So will start jogging.
http://s1298.photobucket.com/user/stephen_marsden1/media/2015-02-17 14.55.20_zpsvj1okfza.jpg.html

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Well after coming back from hospital the cast was taken off (Doc's words "It served no purpose at all") Had another xray bone still cracked so they put me in a splint and basically told no cyclng upto 5 weeks min.
So will start jogging.
http://s1298.photobucket.com/user/stephen_marsden1/media/2015-02-17 14.55.20_zpsvj1okfza.jpg.html

You forgot to point out which arm the cast is on.

Hope those 5 weeks go quickly for you.

 

[Mo1959]

Well after coming back from hospital the cast was taken off (Doc's words "It served no purpose at all") Had another xray bone still cracked so they put me in a splint and basically told no cyclng upto 5 weeks min.
So will start jogging.
http://s1298.photobucket.com/user/stephen_marsden1/media/2015-02-17 14.55.20_zpsvj1okfza.jpg.html

Hope the time flies in and it heals well. You never know, you may end up liking jogging more than cycling.

Starting to wonder if it would make more sense for me to jog more whilst I am still able. Would be much cheaper and no worries about mechanicals.

 

[stevey]

Hope the time flies in and it heals well. You never know, you may end up liking jogging more than cycling.

Thanks Mo somehow i dont ever think i will like jogging more than cycling....

 

[RWright]

Good luck with the wrist stevey. It has been the walking wounded around here the past year or so.

We have about what looks like an inch of ice on the roads here. It is also still pretty cold and forecast to be that way for a week or so. I don't want to break anything so I will stay off the bikes. I am also not going to walk or jog. There are hardly any cars out but there is always that chance that if I go out walk that there will be that one driver that loses control and...well you know. Time to binge watch the last season of Homeland and check out a few movies I guess. I was so lucky we got more sleet than freezing rain and I did not lose power.

 

[RWright]

Thanks Mo somehow i dont ever think i will like jogging more than cycling....

I don't know if I will ever like jogging over many forms of torture.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Well after coming back from hospital the cast was taken off (Doc's words "It served no purpose at all") Had another xray bone still cracked so they put me in a splint and basically told no cyclng upto 5 weeks min.
So will start jogging.
http://s1298.photobucket.com/user/stephen_marsden1/media/2015-02-17 14.55.20_zpsvj1okfza.jpg.html

Bugger that, I'd still ride with a splint, I just wouldn't admit it to the doctor when I went back after making it worse

 

[Big_Dave]

@stevey you'll have to get a comfy suspension bike until your hand is better, hope it all heals up well mate. Sod jogging tho, I'd be dead within 100yards lol, I couldn't jog if my life depended on it.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

@Stonechat how is Mrs Stonechat doing?

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Same with nearly all record breaking attempts in most sports these days though Nigel. Can't halt the progress of better equipment/nutrition etc. I suppose somebody (maybe even you with your computing expertise) could come up with some sort of algorithm that could compare their efforts?

I ain't that good Mo. I wasn't taking away from the achievement, I know what doing only a 1/10 that distance is like, and your right you can't stop progress, but even if either rider does manage it, and remember we are still a long way from Dec, or even them finishing, its easy to start a challenge and do well, I can start any MTC on strava and go at it well, and when I was a little fitter for 30 days at a time, so whilst they are doing well still away to yet.

 

[Big_Dave]

Nigel, I'm rubbish at all the strava challenges,
I maybe stupid enough to go out in sub zero temps but I've been plagued with man flu for the last 3 months I've not been out for a week now, the latest bout of man flu has knocked me right off my feet
I may join spokeydokey and hibernate for the winter , roll on summer

 

[Tankengine]

Back on proper rides post crash. And..(unrelated!) ..n+1!

To celebrate gears, a functional back & half term I tried the lond to brighton again and this time got up the beacon

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Nigel, I'm rubbish at all the strava challenges,
I maybe stupid enough to go out in sub zero temps but I've been plagued with man flu for the last 3 months I've not been out for a week now, the latest bout of man flu has knocked me right off my feet
I may join spokeydokey and hibernate for the winter , roll on summer

Most of them are just about time, none are really difficult, even things like the springs challenge, its just about putting the time in.

 

[Stonechat]

Most of them are just about time, none are really difficult, even things like the springs challenge, its just about putting the time in.

Yes but you have to be a bit single minded.
Hoping that a very short ride may be in order tomorrow