Show us your.......newbie progress! [4 Sep 2012 - 4 Oct 2014]

[SpokeyDokey]

Went out for the first time since late August when my knee started giving me jip, was given a knee strap and went out on a pootle to Kingston and back with @themosquitoking & partner. Didn't feel any twitches but will have to go easy and monitor it. Felt great to be back on the bike even if it was just leg spinning really. Awesome weather for it too. Really enjoyable little ride.

http://app.strava.com/activities/87314168

Good to see you back!

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Nomadski Ditto, nice to see you back mate.

 

[Phoenix Lincs]

Went out for the first time since late August when my knee started giving me jip, was given a knee strap and went out on a pootle to Kingston and back with @themosquitoking & partner. Didn't feel any twitches but will have to go easy and monitor it. Felt great to be back on the bike even if it was just leg spinning really. Awesome weather for it too. Really enjoyable little ride.

http://app.strava.com/activities/87314168

Welcome back xx

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I just thought I would drop a quick line, I passed 10,000 miles since I started in June 2012, not as many as Chris mind.
This was the ride that saw me through that distance. http://app.strava.com/activities/87040934.
So keep at it guys n' girls.

 

[Mo1959]

Usual Sunday away visiting the folks and come back to read of everyone's brilliant rides

Too many to mention everyone but welcome back Damon. Well done on getting back into riding again. Take it easy for a while. Nigel, great ride. I had my suspicions you were going to enter the challenge and put in an epic ride.

 

[RWright]

I went out this evening to check out this place my friends and I used to go to camp out when we were kids. It is an old iron furnace that was used during the US Civil War. We never thought much about it except it was a pretty cool pile of rocks down by the river. We camped out and partied there several times back in the day. It was remote and we could make all the noise we wanted and not bother anyone. Now it is some sort of historical preservation site they say they are going to restore and build a paved greenway out to it. We shall see. It was a pretty nice trail to ride a mountain bike out too and kill a little time. I do think a green way would be nice out there but who knows when that will be.

I got a late start and it got dark quickly but I did get a photo of it, not a good one though. It wasn't a bad way to spend an hour or so on a nice evening. The gravel road going back to the trail was gated and said authorized personnel only but since I was on a mountain bike and not in an SUV and since I wasn't sure if I was authorized or not I bypassed the gate. It isn't like I have a lot of use for some old rocks anyway.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Mo1959 thanks Mo, to be honest it was pretty much flat, but a nice ride, it did stretch my endurance time wise, though I called in on my friend at about 40 miles, which helped with the anxiety (we both go to the same photo group, and he knows me well), it was only then I decided to put another 20 miles on the clock, problem was it was starting to get late, and I had no front light, and whilst I did get the avg back upto 16mph at one point the final little climb proved to much to keep it there.

 

[Mo1959]

@Mo1959 thanks Mo, to be honest it was pretty much flat, but I nice ride, it stretch my endurance time wise, though I called in on my friend at about 40 miles, which helped with the anxiety (we both go to the same photo group, and he knows me well), it was only then I decided to put another 20 miles on the clock, problem was it was starting to get late, and I had no front light, and whilst I did get the avg back upto 16mph at one point the final little climb proved to much to keep it there.

I'd like to say I did a long ride today too but afraid not Just another 25 miles on a grey, drizzly, breezy day. Felt far enough to be honest. Back with a filthy bike. I like to get back a bit earlier on the Monday morning anyway as the pooch just sits around Sunday afternoon/evening over at my Dads so she is always desperate for her walk the next morning, so back out into the rain I suppose.

 

[BrianEvesham]

Just the nine miles this morning, I confess to going out with the soul intention of getting a better score on that Honey long stretch segment.

http://app.strava.com/activities/87505190

I think I was 225 yesterday. Up to 72nd now

Thing is, I've just noticed the reverse is an even better segment, hmmmmm.

 

[Mo1959]

Just the nine miles this morning, I confess to going out with the soul intention of getting a better score on that Honey long stretch segment.

http://app.strava.com/activities/87505190

I think I was 225 yesterday. Up to 72nd now

Thing is, I've just noticed the reverse is an even better segment, hmmmmm.

Better get yourself back out there and try that one then.

 

[puffinbilly]

Couple of decent rides at the w/e - a 50 mile on Saturday @ 13.7mph then an 18 mile yesterday @13.8mph - nothing if not consistent.
The hills seem to be getting easier - think they shrunk in last weeks rain.

Trying to do more climbing - need to catch up with @Mo1959 just lagging behind by a couple of hundred thousand.
Need a little advice - trying to improve my technique climbing but always seem to try to push further back on seat during climbing - do I need to raise seat push to further back etc - any advice would be useful.

 

[bororider]

@Nigelnaturist some impressive rides of late and well done on 10,000 miles and your 100k.

Done 41.5 miles Saturday, my longest ride yet. Hadn't planned on going that far and was woefully under prepared. Hadn't eaten before I went (about 7am) and didn't take enough water. About 5 miles from home I could quite easily have got off and walked but got home in the end. I was starving and my legs had gone.
Lesson learnt there

Been out for a shorter 16 miles today while i had a free day from work and got my first outright KOM, after previously being joint 1st. Knocked 2 seconds off my time
http://app.strava.com/activities/87518396

Well happy now and Saturdays ride is but a distant memory

Keep up the good work everyone. I am trying to ride as much as I can on the good weather days

630 miles done now since I started at the end of June and 3 stone in weight lost. Most of all though i am enjoying it immensely when I go out

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@BrianEvesham what Mo said.
@puffinbilly @Mo1959 might give you better tips than me, The hills didn't shrink you got fitter.
@bororider Thanks heres another one 7,000 miles for the year, also a five mile segment @ 18.8mph with a slight positive incline, and also along the same round a little longer though 6.7miles @ 18.6mph.
Well done on your rides, never go out if your ride is more than 20-30 miles without eating, fluid, well I always take 1litre in two bottles, I usually come back with between 250ml and 500ml, and well done on your KOM

 

[Stonechat]

@Nigelnaturist some impressive rides of late and well done on 10,000 miles and your 100k.

Done 41.5 miles Saturday, my longest ride yet. Hadn't planned on going that far and was woefully under prepared. Hadn't eaten before I went (about 7am) and didn't take enough water. About 5 miles from home I could quite easily have got off and walked but got home in the end. I was starving and my legs had gone.
Lesson learnt there

Been out for a shorter 16 miles today while i had a free day from work and got my first outright KOM, after previously being joint 1st. Knocked 2 seconds off my time
http://app.strava.com/activities/87518396

Well happy now and Saturdays ride is but a distant memory

Keep up the good work everyone. I am trying to ride as much as I can on the good weather days

630 miles done now since I started at the end of June and 3 stone in weight lost. Most of all though i am enjoying it immensely when I go out

YEs I agree with @Nigelnaturist , it sound like you got the bonk.
I remember in the old days (I would be in the 30s or 40s) trying to fill my water bottles. Do prepare.

I have to go out on Weds even though my ribs are still hurting. I will probably do a short run today or tomorrow to see how I feel

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Stonechat just take it easy, your body will tell you what you need to know, though I am sure you know this.