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

[Stonechat]

Having visitors during the day yesterday, and not being able to get out today, I did an unusual for me evening ride
Just blasted round one of my usual loops in the Chertsey Thorpe direction,
https://www.strava.com/activities/367594182

26.07 miles @ 18.4 mph 446 feet of climbing

It was a nice run and roads not too busy, still unsure about evening rides

 

[Stonechat]

Needing to do more hills again, did some hills reps today - Prune Hill twice and Tite Hill twice.
Neither hill is especially long, both average 6.0% and max out at 12%

Then blasted away through Chertsey route back home

24.22 miles @ 16.5 mph
Climbing was 899 feet.
I thought the average speed was not bad considering that the hills were slower ones, and as it was a touch damp, I was slow and cautious on the descents

https://www.strava.com/activities/368701251

 

[Big_Dave]

Did an 80 miler last Sunday (been a long time since I last did that mileage, 2009 was the last time i did, and the time before that was 1985 lol), with 5780ft climbing hoping to do the gran fondo 150km (93.2miles) this coming Sunday, We are taking the newbies out for the first 50km with our local cycling club, then me and another club member going off on our own to do the remainder. I'm not a fast rider so taking the new guys out is great for me, as I cant keep up with the main gang, although I can do the mileage.

Last Sundays Ride...
http://www.strava.com/activities/365310185

 

[Stonechat]

Did an 80 miler last Sunday (been a long time since I last did that mileage, 2009 was the last time i did, and the time before that was 1985 lol), with 5780ft climbing hoping to do the gran fondo 150km (93.2miles) this coming Sunday, We are taking the newbies out for the first 50km with our local cycling club, then me and another club member going off on our own to do the remainder. I'm not a fast rider so taking the new guys out is great for me, as I cant keep up with the main gang, although I can do the mileage.

Last Sundays Ride...
http://www.strava.com/activities/365310185

A lot of Climbing there @Big_Dave Good ride

 

[ChrisEyles]

Getting excited, it's a beautiful day and I'm about to head off on a lovely 100km through the Blackdown Hills in Devon and Somerset Raised the saddle a bit last night so hopefully I'll get on with the new position OK!

 

[Stonechat]

Getting excited, it's a beautiful day and I'm about to head off on a lovely 100km through the Blackdown Hills in Devon and Somerset Raised the saddle a bit last night so hopefully I'll get on with the new position OK!

I find it a constant thing to try to improve position. I am sure saddle could go back and maybe up, etc

 

[ChrisEyles]

Added on a little extra loop to make it 72 miles in total, with around 3500ft climbing (800ft of this in one long 6.5 mile climb to get up onto a plateau). Total time out the house 5hrs 30mins, probably with around 5hrs on the bike. Found it quite a bit tougher than I expected, maybe the new saddle position will take a little getting used to (needs to come forward a smidge too), or I was just having an off day.

At the 40 mile point I was feeling fantastic and vaguely planning my first 100 miler.... but I definitely don't want to cycle another 28 miles right now! I'm finished for the day Next stop: a cuppa and biscuits and book on the sofa

 

[Stonechat]

I decided that club run would not have enough climbing in , so I did a route to Newlands Corner, Combe Lane, Newlands Corner again, Combe Lane again, and Crocknorth.
52.07 miles @ 15.5 mph
Garmin gives 2703 feet climbed, it was planned as 3114 feet, so a bit lost

I have Surrey legs of steel early Oct so need some hilly rides
My strategy was to go steady both on the flat and particularly on the hills. Only when last hill was done did I open up a bit

https://www.strava.com/activities/370251122

Overall not as tough as I thought so this is likely the way I will ride legs of Steel (though got to get up Barhatch)

Trmenendous feeling of wellbeing after recent rides - must be natural endophins I suppose

 

[Sim2003]

105.84 miles ridden this week . Did a 20 mile ride out straight after work pannier included on Monday. This was with a chap I met on these forums . Also 36 miles on the Tuesday with a nice lady that joined me via skyride social. the 36 mile ride was planned to be 23 but we extended it and tried out several different lanes. The rest was my commuting.

If you use Runtastic you can view the activities there

 

[Glass Kites]

65 miles done yesterday (my furthest to date), average of 15mph. Fairly flat route (1400ft elevation).

All in preparation for a Halifax to Chester ride in three weeks time with the father-in-law to be. Approx 75 miles in total, but with 4000ft elevation! (Plenty of hills over in Halifax which I'm not looking forward to!)

 

[nobbyp]

Planned a 2.5 hr ride on Saturday - the plan went out of the window when OH suggested it was a great evening to sit in a beer garden. She was right and 2.5 hours became a 1 hr sprint ride

https://www.strava.com/activities/369653358

Couple of really good PR's on the run - nearly in the top 1000 on Harewood hill climb - now just under 5 mins for 1st time. (Down from 8.59 the 1st time I tried it a year ago). Just need to shave another minute off it to get into the top 100!!!!! (Dream on)

 

[Big_Dave]

I did my first 100+ miler on Sunday with a friend of mine, 102 miles and 5200ft climbing lol, We had to take out the new starters out on a 30 mile club ride first for our local club, which involved a lengthy cafe stop, which delayed us a bit but to be fair we had anticipated the club ride taking a good chunk of time up, after that we were away, really enjoyed the ride, and managed fairly easily, waking up Monday morning was a different story, a bit stiff to say the least and shattered lol. 100 miles was not something I had really thought of doing but the weekend before I did an 80 miler, and thought I may as well go for the 100 now. no plans for a bigger ride yet tho.
https://www.strava.com/activities/370598226

 

[ChrisEyles]

@Big_Dave - Nice one! I've still yet to crack the hundred, so I'm suitably impressed!

 

[Big_Dave]

@ChrisEyles to be honest I've spent over a year doing 50 milers, and getting stuck in a rut of not getting myself past that, as I felt comfortable doing 50 miles yet not confident enough to do over that, a moth ago I was doing virtually hardly any cycling after an off in may, took quite a while to recover, then the last 4 weeks I jumped in at the deep end and hit it hard and averaged over 120miles a week over the last 4 weeks which for me is big mileage, so I'm dead chuffed to be able to achieve the big imperial century.

 

[ChrisEyles]

Cracking effort - all the more impressive for ramping it up so quickly! My longest ride to date is 72 miles, after which I can honestly say I didn't want to cycle another 28