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

[SpokeyDokey]

That's a good idea. I've got 60 miles to do soon then!

It's a very good idea,

Maybe next year we could all ride our age in miles as a challenge!

I'm 30 next year so would be happy to give it a go.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Pretty blustery here this morning so I tried a bit of a jog instead..........shock, horror on a cycling forum

Actually quite enjoyed it but was overdressed and got a bit warm to say the least

http://app.strava.com/activities/211725842

@Mo1959

Absolutely chucking it down here with a really nasty wind whizzing about.

Can't quite match your effort but I have just walked a Whole Mile around the village (soaking wet!) in an attempt to burn off the Bounty I ate last night.

Don't think it has worked - I have a huge pile of logs to stack later that were delivered on Friday and maybe that will do the trick.

Got another one in the fridge for when I watch football later though.

Me & chocolate are a lost cause.

 

[Harv]

@Harv

Nice ride - well done to you!

Always good to achieve a personal milestone. Next stop 50?

Would you like me to send you a picture of a hill?

I never thought I'd ever get to 40 miles let alone 50! Although we took it easy it was a bit of a slog at the end. This was mainly due to the wind. If there's no wind I'm sure I'd contemplate 50. Just need to work out a 50 mile route without any bumps

Hills? I've heard of those things. As you can see from my elevation I don't have any to the West of me. Whenever I'm in a foreign land (i.e. to the East of me or anywhere else in the UK) I do feel the pain going up a hill. I should probably start training on those to build up my fitness.

My largest hill climb to date is probably very weedy compared to some of yours. As you can see I do have some bumpy land to the East of me. I just don't go there often:

http://www.strava.com/activities/178842010#4181650253

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Harv it's as large as any I am likely to do, in fact most of my climbing is no more than 100-150ft at a time, but I can have a couple of those and a few 50-100ft, apart form when I head your direction, when its usually flatter than a pancake.

Time to get your thinking caps on.
Well I have half my age to do, to complete 100 x my age for the year.

So how old am I.

 

[RWright]

metric age or imperial age ?

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@RWright imperial.

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Pretty blustery here this morning so I tried a bit of a jog instead..........shock, horror on a cycling forum

Actually quite enjoyed it but was overdressed and got a bit warm to say the least

http://app.strava.com/activities/211725842

I don't believe in jogging. It extends your life - but by exactly the amount of time you spend jogging. -
Marshall Brickman

 

[Berk on a Bike]

@Harv I envy you and the other fine forum folk who post flat or nearly flat rides. For me it's like living at the bottom of a fruit bowl; every direction is uphill! Oh, for the plains...

 

[Steady]

I decided to do a flat route today since I went out for a short ride yesterday, in this direction I tend to meet a lot of other cyclists very few of them are other females though, I feel like the odd one out!

Glad I went that way though but I'm not sure what's worse, wind or hills! Felt like I had it against me most of the way around.

http://www.strava.com/activities/211772113

 

[RWright]

@Harv it's as large as any I am likely to do, in fact most of my climbing is no more than 100-150ft at a time, but I can have a couple of those and a few 50-100ft, apart form when I head your direction, when its usually flatter than a pancake.

Time to get your thinking caps on.
Well I have half my age to do, to complete 100 x my age for the year.

So how old am I.

50

 

[RWright]

@Harv I envy you and the other fine forum folk who post flat or nearly flat rides. For me it's like living at the bottom of a fruit bowl; every direction is uphill! Oh, for the plains...

I don't have big hills but I always have to climb to get home if I go for any significant distance. I also have some of what are normally my steepest climbs the first half mile or so to leave home, in either direction. I am just glad they are less than a half mile.

 

[moo]

Aim for an eddington number greater than your age. Might be an idea to do it early if you're going to live to 100

 

[welsh dragon]

I hate bloomin hills, so why did I have to move to powys, to the foothills of the cambrian mountains to be precise. I must be mad. What with that and the rain.......

 

[Berk on a Bike]

I don't have big hills but I always have to climb to get home if I go for any significant distance. I also have some of what are normally my steepest climbs the first half mile or so to leave home, in either direction. I am just glad they are less than a half mile.

Don't you have the Blue Ridge Mountains where you are?

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Felt like I had tit against me most of the way around.

Sounds like my kind of ride...