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

[Stonechat]

Instead of riding
1)Fixed the puncture on the hybrid (ok I wold've had to do it anyway)

2) Cleaned the chain on the road bike. The rest of the bike is not too bad, but I needed to get some of the crud from the chain.

 

[moo]

Spent the last 6 weeks indoors doing the TrainerRoad Sweet Spot Base II - High Volume Plan.

Finally got outside to do my first decent ride of the year:
https://www.strava.com/activities/248994574

A number of PRs despite the cross wind in both directions. The training is clearly working. Not looking forward to the next block tho as it will be mostly top-end power. A bucket may be necessary from what I've heard

 

[Eribiste]

Hooray! First ride for a long time (actually two weeks). Still got a bit of pleuritic pain after my bout of illness and a persistent cough but at least I know the bike's wheels still go round. I went for a trip around Bredon Hill again, adding a bit on to get up to 20 miles.
Addictive, this cycling malarkey. I've done the dry January no worries, third year running but two weeks off riding has had me real twitchy!

 

[Heigue'r]

First ride since 6th of october,2.3miles, I think im going to die :-)

 

[Leescfc79]

January stats -

Road bike - 41.7 miles, 1962 ft climbed
MTB - 28.2 miles, 1981 ft climbed
Turbo - 125.3 miles, 0 ft climbed!

Total - 195.2 miles

Pretty poor to be honest but weather has put a stop to most of my plans, still my main aim for January was to shed a few lbs and the above with heather eating has resulted in a 14lb loss so really happy with that.

 

[Big_Dave]

January's Total, 269.9 miles, (67 miles of which were off road in 2-3" of snow on the "rail trails"), 14,293 ft climbed (av 53ft/mile) Av temp for January 0.6*c

Well Done to all that got outSorry to those who couldn't

 

[Mo1959]

Pretty poor to be honest but weather has put a stop to most of my plans, still my main aim for January was to shed a few lbs and the above with heather eating has resulted in a 14lb loss so really happy with that.

I'm sure I would lose weight too if I ate heather. Lol.

 

[puffinbilly]

I'm sure I would lose weight too if I ate heather. Lol.

Thought it was just me who've noticed that - fed on heather is a real selling point for game birds.
On that point - game birds - I was out on Saturday and came across a small wooded area that's a regular part of my route on a Saturday morning and always enjoy seeing the pheasants around there. However, on Saturday they were surrounded on three sides by shooters every 10 yards or so........had to feel sorry them and wonder where the 'sport' is in that...... the other side was busy dual carriageway.
I managed 250 miles in January - not too bad but still way off what I want to do.

Where's @Nigelnaturist? Saw a post from him earlier but he's showing no mileage for this year yet - not like you Nigel.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Not sure when I am ever going to make much cycling progress. Really icy wind here this morning. We are certainly getting a much more consistently cold winter than we have had for a few years. Not in the mood for jogging either so just going to head out for a brisk walk soon with the dog. Must remember and wear a hat today as I gave myself a headache with the cold wind yesterday.

-5C at 6am this morning. Wind dropped a bit but still too cold for my liking. Saw a few hardy souls about on their bikes - the ones with red noses.

 

[SpaCyclist]

Well, I managed 64 miles (103Km) in January over four rides. Not very impressive due to the cold, wind etc etc. This followed on from a work related break for most of November and December, and the holidays (seems a long time ago now).

Anyway, I decided I needed a target to get me going, and have entered the Great Yorkshire Bike Ride (http://www.gybr.co.uk/) for 6 June. 70 miles from Wetherby to Filey, with return transport. I completed the ride once, in 1990 when it went from Wetherby to Scarborough, and thought it would be appropriate to do it again 25 years later - and probably on the same bike!!

Having made that decision, I resolved to get out today, and managed over 21.7 miles on a local loop - this shows the route: https://www.strava.com/activities/249476982. I found it quite hard in the cold, but hopefully it will get easier.

Not sure how easy it will be to build up to nearly four times the distance - but that's what challenges are for!

 

[Big_Dave]

Well, everything is all white over again just for a change fresh lot of snow has just arrived, looks like the mtb's are out again tomorrow

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Anyway, I decided I needed a target to get me going, and have entered the Great Yorkshire Bike Ride (http://www.gybr.co.uk/) for 6 June. 70 miles from Wetherby to Filey, with return transport. I completed the ride once, in 1990 when it went from Wetherby to Scarborough, and thought it would be appropriate to do it again 25 years later - and probably on the same bike!!

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Not sure how easy it will be to build up to nearly four times the distance - but that's what challenges are for!

Your post reminded me of a sportive article published on the Chain Reaction blog the other day. It includes a training plan for building up to that sort of distance.

http://www.chainreactionhub.com/road/1842-10-reasons-to-take-on-a-sportive-this-year

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@puffinbilly I can't afford to ride much at the moment.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

@puffinbilly I can't afford to ride much at the moment.

Hope all is ok Nigel.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Temp' going down to -10C tonight out here in the sticks.