Is 100 miles a week a lot?

[ACS]

I average just over a 100 mile a week communting and its not the distance that troubles me its the lumpy bits (8x 700ft) that make me tired. (Big lad in need of less lardy bits, I'm working on it honest)

 

[deanE]

It's what I aim to do every week.

+1

 

[matthat]

I used to do 60-70 miles a week commuting then I'd go and 30 or 40 miles on my day off which was the norm and not a problem! Now my commute is only 4 a day and not 12 a day I'm struggling to get the distance in so now 100 feels a lot!!

 

[CopperCyclist]

As people have said, it's down to the personal level of fitness. For some of the people on my shift, it would be unthinkable. For others, it'd be a challenge but they'd do it, and for some of us, it'd be less than normal! So far this set I've done 94 miles in the last four days

 

[Deleted member 1258]

As people have said, it's down to the personal level of fitness. For some of the people on my shift, it would be unthinkable. For others, it'd be a challenge but they'd do it, and for some of us, it'd be less than normal! So far this set I've done 94 miles in the last four days

For me time is the main restricting factor, 100 miles a week is about all I have time to do, if I tried to do more on a regular basis it would impact on the other things in my life.

 

[RedBullet]

i think it depends were you live, 100 mile on flat wouldnt take nearly as long as up in the hills.

 

[outlash]

I think if you're happy with the mileage you do, then I don't it doesn't matter what others think IMO.
I only get out at the weekends due to work and family and if I get out Saturday & Sunday, I'd do 60-70 miles (20-25 solo on Saturday, 40-45 on my local CC run) so for to do 100 a week would be great for me. Not happening this week though as I've got a stinking cold .

Tony.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Sobering thought: A guy in my club rode 224mi yesterday 12hr20min moving time | 18.2mph average | SOLO


532mi this month.

 

[biggs682]

100 miles is a lot more than i do , but its not a lot use to do 100+ on a club run many years ago

 

[uclown2002]

Sobering thought: A guy in my club rode 224mi yesterday 12hr20min moving time | 18.2mph average | SOLO

wow; just wow.

 

[slowmotion]

A hundred miles a week counts as "highly active" in the eyes of cardiologists at Hammersmith Hospital. I felt quite chuffed....and a bit surprised.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

When I was in full time work I found that 100/week was difficult to fit in - family and stuff to fit in too. Winter time in particular was impossible with dark nights so it tended to be a ride at the weekend (not a 100 miler). Not enough really. Compensated a bit in summer by getting more rides in but a 5200 mile year would have been unusual. Now that I'm retired I'm regularly riding 150/week. However I'm not doing very much of anything else