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And I would cycle 5000 more
Just to be to man that cycled 10,000 miles
To fall down at your door
Du-duh-dah, Du-duh-dah, Du-duh-dah, Du-duh-dah,
Duh-duddle-duddle-dubble-duddle-duh-da...
Ok, after having some honest reflection on 2013, I have come to that conclusion that, for a multitude of reasons and amongst other things, it has personally been frankly a piss poor year in the saddle.
So, after reading the "Mileage this year" and "2014 aspirations" threads, I have decided to unashamedly rip them both off to create this one. This has, in all probability, already been done. But I haven't posted on those threads so I can't come back to them in my post history, hence I'm taking the lazy option and creating this one. That's not a great omen for the year coming, but we'll see.
Here it is. As a specific target, I am setting 5000 miles for 2014.
That's a stupidly large number. Well, it is for me.
Divide by 12, and you get 416.7 per calender month. That still seems quite high.
Divide by 4 weeks (we'll call the extra 2/3 days per month bonus days at this point) and that's 140.2 per week. That's high, but not beyond the absolute realms of possibilities. A few centuries or near-centuries over the year should sort that out amongst 'normal' running.
That's either a 52.1 mile ride on each of my 2 days off per week (work holidays suddenly look triply more inviting) - at an average speed of 12 mph that's 4.33 hours (or one morning or afternoon or early wake-up or post-dinner-ride dedicated to it for each day off for the year)
Or, alternatively, 14.2 (lets round it up to 15) miles per the full 7 days (Just over an hour a day at 12mph, not taking into account extended rides on days-off or holidays).
A 15 mile ride actually doesn't seem that daunting that all. In fact, when I'm "fit" I would scoff at 15 miles as a ride. The question is can I average that each day, every day next (this) year?
And that's the challenge I have set myself; right here, right now (Fatboy Slim). 5000 miles should (/italics) be achievable in theory. Its purely a question of discipline.
I fully expect myself to be down in the month-by-month arithmetic come mid-Feb to March, but then the incentive will be there to get out on those summer evenings when the weather is fine to make the deficit back up and build a lead.
So anybody else in? For 5000 miles in 12 months?
Or, do the same math to find a daily/weekly average you deem a stretch, extrapolate it out to the year and think, "yep, x, lets go for it"?
Hopfeully in 365 days time, me, you and everyone else will be able to create a follow up thread that says "yep, we done it, post here".
Strava links optional.
Just to be to man that cycled 10,000 miles
To fall down at your door
Du-duh-dah, Du-duh-dah, Du-duh-dah, Du-duh-dah,
Duh-duddle-duddle-dubble-duddle-duh-da...
Ok, after having some honest reflection on 2013, I have come to that conclusion that, for a multitude of reasons and amongst other things, it has personally been frankly a piss poor year in the saddle.
So, after reading the "Mileage this year" and "2014 aspirations" threads, I have decided to unashamedly rip them both off to create this one. This has, in all probability, already been done. But I haven't posted on those threads so I can't come back to them in my post history, hence I'm taking the lazy option and creating this one. That's not a great omen for the year coming, but we'll see.
Here it is. As a specific target, I am setting 5000 miles for 2014.
That's a stupidly large number. Well, it is for me.
Divide by 12, and you get 416.7 per calender month. That still seems quite high.
Divide by 4 weeks (we'll call the extra 2/3 days per month bonus days at this point) and that's 140.2 per week. That's high, but not beyond the absolute realms of possibilities. A few centuries or near-centuries over the year should sort that out amongst 'normal' running.
That's either a 52.1 mile ride on each of my 2 days off per week (work holidays suddenly look triply more inviting) - at an average speed of 12 mph that's 4.33 hours (or one morning or afternoon or early wake-up or post-dinner-ride dedicated to it for each day off for the year)
Or, alternatively, 14.2 (lets round it up to 15) miles per the full 7 days (Just over an hour a day at 12mph, not taking into account extended rides on days-off or holidays).
A 15 mile ride actually doesn't seem that daunting that all. In fact, when I'm "fit" I would scoff at 15 miles as a ride. The question is can I average that each day, every day next (this) year?
And that's the challenge I have set myself; right here, right now (Fatboy Slim). 5000 miles should (/italics) be achievable in theory. Its purely a question of discipline.
I fully expect myself to be down in the month-by-month arithmetic come mid-Feb to March, but then the incentive will be there to get out on those summer evenings when the weather is fine to make the deficit back up and build a lead.
So anybody else in? For 5000 miles in 12 months?
Or, do the same math to find a daily/weekly average you deem a stretch, extrapolate it out to the year and think, "yep, x, lets go for it"?
Hopfeully in 365 days time, me, you and everyone else will be able to create a follow up thread that says "yep, we done it, post here".
Strava links optional.
