Mo1959
Legendary Member
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- Perthshire,Scotland
Barring anything unforeseen, I should hit the 7,000 ok. Anything more will just be a nice bonus.
Show us your.......newbie progress!
- Thread starter Nigelnaturist
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10,000 mile for the year done. Average of 32.9 mile per day all year. @15.5mph. 1st full year of cycling remember. So hope I inspire some others
That's incredible, well done! I am on 9067 to date, so 10,000 should happen with ease. It's such a hard, hard target as most of us here know, so very well done.
Can I ask, how old are you and do you work? I find that work just gets in the way now...!!
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iggibizzle
Senior Member
- Location
- blackpool
Most of mine is commuting (always go the long way round
). 6 days a week. I rarely have days off so it's big miles week in week out. Mrs works all day Sunday so i have a long ride then. I'm lucky that I can cycle to work. Otherwise my mileage wouldn't be nearly as impressive 
iggibizzle
Senior Member
- Location
- blackpool
35 and w
^^ see above. amazingly I recon even with all the cycling to work and back, I am home more than I was when i used to drive to work, then go to gym or football. Was out all night then. These days I'm home by 7pm and have done 40 mile as well as worked all day
That's incredible, well done! I am on 9067 to date, so 10,000 should happen with ease. It's such a hard, hard target as most of us here know, so very well done.
Can I ask, how old are you and do you work? I find that work just gets in the way now...!!
^^ see above. amazingly I recon even with all the cycling to work and back, I am home more than I was when i used to drive to work, then go to gym or football. Was out all night then. These days I'm home by 7pm and have done 40 mile as well as worked all day
35 and w
^^ see above. amazingly I recon even with all the cycling to work and back, I am home more than I was when i used to drive to work, then go to gym or football. Was out all night then. These days I'm home by 7pm and have done 40 mile as well as worked all day
I can't really cycle to work, as it would mean very early starts (I work 12 hr shifts) along a dangerous dual-carriageway. I do cycle 15 miles after work and after getting up on nights (before work)...the rest I fit in on my days off. The advantage of 12hr shifts is that we get more days off.
I am tired now though, I'm getting slower and slower as the year progresses (so many people pass me and I can't keep blaming the bike, lol). This is a once-in-a-lifetime personal challenge for me and I aim to do 5 or 6000 next year. I admire anyone who can do such a mileage in a year, whilst working (or even whilst not working)!
iggibizzle
Senior Member
- Location
- blackpool
Another 85 mile thrashed out today around trough of Bowland . 15mph average with 4000ft climbed. 89 personal trophies on strava. Not a bad day
40mile of that were totally flat in and out of the fylde coast too.
40mile of that were totally flat in and out of the fylde coast too.
steve keay
Über Member
- Location
- Ipswich Suffolk
It's been a decent week off, hit my first 50 mile ride this week and my highest weekly mileage of 128 miles. But I must admit I'm feeling knackered after today's 35 mile round trip.
Great effort . Don't forget to rest and recover that's important
From last year doing naff all.This year have done 4 sportives the longest being 85 miles.The hardest round the peak district all on a hybrid.Have just took delivery of a Giant Defy 0 2015 and booked on for the coast to coast 150 miles in a day .
At 47 losing weight from 21.5 stone to 17.5 cycling has been fantastic for me.Need to shed some more for next year.
At 47 losing weight from 21.5 stone to 17.5 cycling has been fantastic for me.Need to shed some more for next year.
Stonechat
Guru
- Location
- Staines, Middlesex
Great and well done
Wow that's a big step up from 85 to 150
Myself have done 2 100 mile Sportives this year. Just about had enough of being on the bibike by the end though
Sure the peak district is a tough ride, especially on a hybrid.
Just looking myself to do Sportive(s) further afield next year and rejected Peak DIstrict as too tough
100 miles with 9000 feet of climbing? I found 7000 feet tough enough!
Sure you will have a good training regime, good luck with it
iancity
Veteran
- Location
- Ashington, Northumberland
Absolutely peanuts compared to others on here but just logged my 1000th mile for 2015, personally delighted with it, seeing my 2014 total was 314 miles :-)
the_craig
Veteran
- Location
- Lanarkshire
Well done @iancity
I'm just 150km off 1,600km for the year (1000 miles)
I fully expect to hit that in the next fortnight and reach a goal I quietly set myself when I got my bike in May.
85.2km ride done today with 933m of elevation gain and an average speed of 21.7km/h.
Although my favourite thing about today was my Vmax of 76.7km/h (47.9mph)
https://www.strava.com/activities/428705570
I'm just 150km off 1,600km for the year (1000 miles)
I fully expect to hit that in the next fortnight and reach a goal I quietly set myself when I got my bike in May.
85.2km ride done today with 933m of elevation gain and an average speed of 21.7km/h.
Although my favourite thing about today was my Vmax of 76.7km/h (47.9mph)
https://www.strava.com/activities/428705570
ChrisEyles
Guru
- Location
- Devon
Went out for my first proper ride since injuring my knee in a MTB accident a couple of months ago. I picked a nice easy route along the back lanes without any big hills, about 45 miles, and was very pleased to get around it with only a little knee pain (which vanished fairly quickly after finishing the ride). The knee had been giving me some serious pain over the last couple of months, so It's very good to see light at the end of the tunnel and to feel a bit more optimistic about making a full recovery in the future. Plus it was the first properly gorgeous winter's day of the year, definitely my favourite weather to ride in (as long as you're well wrapped up!).
Aunty Tyke
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Oxfordshire
That was a long ride after your injury,well done you! Good to be out again
ChrisEyles
Guru
- Location
- Devon
Definitely great to be out and about again The distance was not a problem, but going fast and getting up the hills was!
The distance was not a problem, but going fast and getting up the hills was!
