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

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Hi
Mrs Stonechat is now walking with two sticks. We have made a few visits to garden centres etc. Varying amount of pain is still a problem, we will probably have to go back to doc. At present she hasn't yet gone outside on her own. At present all social activity depends on me. A relatively small improvement could help a lot.

Please pass of my best wishes to her. It sounds like she is doing well. It is hard work, but it will get easier the more she tries. I resisted going on to time release morphine, and to be honest, I improved the most when I went on to it. If she gets the option of zomorph, that is the time release morphine, it does make a considerable difference.

 

[Berk on a Bike]

I won't bore you with commuting posts all the time (not when there's a separate section for that ) but from a newbie progress POV I did my first commute to work this lunchtime. Now I'm just waiting for 9pm to roll around so I can ride home again...

 

[Stonechat]

Well done, wind certainly blowing away today.


Didn't manage to get down to Surrey hills on frid due to lurgy but feeling slightly better today and not wanting to waste last holiday day went out for a ride. Idea being to scoot down south and maybe get the train back. Instead feeling OK by the time I got 30 miles ish in meant back to unfinished business......York Hill take 2. This time made it to the top Just! That hill really is a b*****d. I think the steepest part must be that kick right at the end. Anyway In a fit of enthusiasm also decided to ride back home and went via star hill which haven't done before, quite a scenic climb.

I looked up that hill, looks very tough

 

[Learnincurve]

My audux is back from the LBS, all the cables were norked (on a brand new bike), one of the blocks on the rear brake is at it's lowest position and about 1mm from the tyre wall but...the breaks work!

 

[Learnincurve]

I took the audux along the cycle path today which was admittedly brave because I'm running marathon+ in 25. Steel soaked up some of the bumps but I'm back to square one with the arms hurting thing again.

 

[Stonechat]

Usual quick trip to Chertsey
Could not get out very early as we had an appointment with someone coming first

Did 18.24 miles @ 17.0 mph (using Garmin's Ave moving speed)
571 feet climbed
Glorious weather and not tooo bad speed!
https://www.strava.com/activities/285805851

 

[Luked1980]

Hi all, not been on for a while as have been busy training. Signed up here in October and did my first ride which consisted of 3 miles.......and nearly killed me. On Sunday I completed the Wiggle New Forest epic 88 mile course. Although not a regular poster on here I have visited daily and taken advice from every thread that I have read. Thank you everybody for your help (although you may not have known it!)

Now on to my 300 mile ride on the 10th - 12th June, the whole reason I started!

 

[Nomadski]

This week has been a sorry tale of best laid plans. Last Sunday I did a trial run of a work commute. I had Monday and Tuesday off for Easter and was resolved to bike it on Wednesday morning.

On Monday I came down with a rotten head cold.

By Wednesday I couldn't even drag my arse out of bed. I felt achey and exhausted so I extended my leave by a day. That helped but on Thursday morning I was in no fit state to cycle the 12 miles, so I took the car on the last two days of the week.

I've drawn a complete blank this week, possibly the finest week of weather so far this year. So bloody frustrating!

Silver linings: I feel like I'm on the up today. Might have a pootle tomorrow to test my legs. The grand commuting plan is rescheduled for Monday (when I work from lunchtime to late evening).

Oh, and on Monday morning I pick up my new Cannondale Synapse.

But that's for another thread...

Ooh pics of the Synapse please...

Well did a longer tough run with Martin.

Plan was to do 4 hills
Box hill
Coldharbour Lane
Leith Hill
Combe lane

Loss of GPS signal round Leigh hill, meant we never went fully down After coldhabour before Leith. So the profile looks like 3 hills, but was really 4

It cut off a little from the planned climbing

The wind was really hard, and substantially added to the difficulty.

I am pleased that my sportive is only 80 and not 100.

Had a slight tendency to crampy problem in the legs, which never really became an issue.
66.88 miles @ 15.0 mph
3871 feet climbing

Amazed at the speed given the distance/hills/wind

https://www.strava.com/activities/283969402

Great ride sir, very difficult route right there, anyone could tell just from the elevation profile. You only nipped the very top part of Leith Hill though *coughs*.

Hi all, not been on for a while as have been busy training. Signed up here in October and did my first ride which consisted of 3 miles.......and nearly killed me. On Sunday I completed the Wiggle New Forest epic 88 mile course. Although not a regular poster on here I have visited daily and taken advice from every thread that I have read. Thank you everybody for your help (although you may not have known it!)

Now on to my 300 mile ride on the 10th - 12th June, the whole reason I started!

Congrats, great progress!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

nearly up to 300 miles
just still only at 7-8 mph though....

this tour in the summer could be a very slow tour at this rate!

 

[Leescfc79]

Half way through April and 4.6 miles done, had a really bad 4 weeks or so at work and not had a weekend off for 3 weeks and when I do have a spare hour I'm too tired to do anything! Things seem to be getting back to normal now so plan to get out this weekend for a couple of rides, and want to start getting an hour in the evenings too.

I also aim to commute to work at some point in the next few weeks too, 48 mile round trip so wont be happening too often and I work either from home or away a lot but I will try once or twice a month to get the mileage up.

 

[Stonechat]

You only nipped the very top part of Leith Hill though

This was unintended. GPS signal lost.

The strong winds more than made up for it.

Ups and down sportive takes in Leith Hill and White Down which is in just over a week. I am doing 80 miles, which still includes more than enough climbing.

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Ooh pics of the Synapse please...

I will, for sure. It's been one of those weeks. Since taking it out of the boot on Monday it's been a lovely ornament in the conservatory. Hoping to put it through its paces (i.e. figure out how to ride the thing) at the weekend!

 

[Hutch118]

Decent outing today, legs not so sore, building up the miles and added another 25 today.

Thanks for the additional tips from folk as well, wee adjustments to the bike made a difference and properly inflated tyres.

Well chuffed. Hutch

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Nice ride today - bit heavy going on one hill but chuffed I did it; been avoiding it for a while!

18.77 miles / 12.3 mph av' / 1707' ascent / max' gradient 13.2%

Average speed a bit on the low side but the long hill (1.4 miles) took a while to get up. Long descent on a twisty gravel track was slow too!

Lovely weather, lots of lovely lambs frolicking and lovely that Spring appears to be here at last!

Stay safe all.

 

[Hutch118]

Funny you mention the lambs coz the estate we ride through had hundreds running about this afternoon, it was a beautiful site seeing them with their mums, some must have been just a few days old.

Gorgeous day as well.