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

[Nigelnaturist]

27.5 miles in total today, not bad with roughly 1300ft of climbing.

Main leg:
http://www.strava.com/activities/147374665

I thought it was slower than Wednesday, but still a few PBs set!

Liam

You will find for a while even if you think you are slow you will get p.b.'s, the time to worry is when you have a higher than avg sp and dont get any.

All together thus month I've done 224.5 miles. Bit of a shock to be honest

Why is it a shock, just 10-15 miles for 20 days is 200-300 miles it soon mounts up, well done on your furthest ride 20 miles next then well pick a number, just keep at it, and soon you will be like @Mo1959 can't be bothered if she's a mile or two of a metric century as shes been there that often.

 

[Stonechat]

Well today a good part of the ride was on new territory so did get any,
And despite the good pace there were only a few pb s elsewhere
However VV score has crept up a little

Edit
Until today fastest 50 was 13.8 mph, so 15.4 was distinct improvement

 

[matth411]

Well, actually a bit of progress for me today. Even if it wasn't planned. Last night I made a route on mapmyride, only 33 miles with swinging by work to have a word with the boss. Got to the work place pretty directly, and then I went wrong. I kept forgetting to turn off to stay on route and the legs were feeling pretty heavy after 15-20 miles, which is purely my fault for not fuelling very well. Well long story short is that I ended up doing 53 miles, my longest to date and about 2 weeks ahead of my own schedule of slowly increasing the mileage. A few minor details such as drivers not giving me space or turning left through my path were cancelled out by a few drivers letting me out of junctions and roadies saying hello to me on my hybrid. Fuelling and re-fuelling needs some attention. I did this ride on a peanut butter sandwich and then ran out of drink at around 40 miles, I needed more for the last 13 than I thought! Anyway, here's the link.... http://www.strava.com/activities/147306402

 

[Mo1959]

@matthh411 Great ride. Quite often your longest ride tends to come unplanned, either getting lost or just feeling good and carrying on further than you intended.

Looking like a gorgeous morning here so think I might take the hybrid and cut speed right back and potter along and enjoy the sun and scenery.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@matth411 well done on the imperial half century,

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@matthh411 Great ride. Quite often your longest ride tends to come unplanned, either getting lost or just feeling good and carrying on further than you intended.

Looking like a gorgeous morning here so think I might take the hybrid and cut speed right back and potter along and enjoy the sun and scenery.

Had to be you up this early

 

[Mo1959]

Had to be you up this early

Yep, that's me done my ride and had brekkie and it's not even 9am. Lol. Took the hybrid and just meandered about the local roads. Very enjoyable.

 

[L14M]

Yep, that's me done my ride and had brekkie and it's not even 9am. Lol. Took the hybrid and just meandered about the local roads. Very enjoyable.

For 40 feckin miles!

God I wish i could just chuck out 40 miles. I can chuck out 30 but them im ache today.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

For 40 feckin miles!

God I wish i could just chuck out 40 miles. I can chuck out 30 but them im ache today.

I had expected @Mo1959 to knock out 95 miles. , you will be able to, just keep riding as often or as little as you can, I am happy to jump on the bike into town as I am on a longer ride, they all help, mind you Mo is superwoman in disguise

 

[Trevor_P]

Going for first 40 ish miles this morning. Wish me luck

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Going for first 40 ish miles this morning. Wish me luck

Just take it steady and you will be fine, keep hydrated and have something to snack before you get hungry.

Suppose I had better get my arse in gear and catch @Mo1959 up, though i dont think there are enough months left to haul back nearly 1,100 miles.

 

[Mo1959]

I had expected @Mo1959 to knock out 95 miles. , you will be able to, just keep riding as often or as little as you can, I am happy to jump on the bike into town as I am on a longer ride, they all help, mind you Mo is superwoman in disguise

Feel more like supergran. Lol.
@L14M Endurance seems to build up gradually. Keep it up and you will find that rides that used to tire you will start to feel easier. If a woman 41 years older than you can do it, so can you!

 

[Doc333]

Morrisman we seem to be fairly similar as I have been riding for 6-months now and done 32 rides covering 451 miles and climbing 8,723 feet. I average 14-miles per ride but only average 12 mph overall. It looks like I was really struggling 6-months ago as I was averaging 9 mph but now achieve 14 mph so its still going up and with luck and more rides I may get to 16 mph at some stage, maybe this year?

 

[Dark46]

Can't wait till the Garmin comes to the house, the milage will increase and then who knows what!

 

[fivepence]

Well that was a lesson learned , always make sure stuff is tight prior to departure. As I had been using borrowed pedals and cleats for the past while though I had give them back as friend is now back on the bike after a long lay off I fired some old cleats and pedals from a MTB onto old shoes to get me through whilst the new ones arrive sometime today. At 50KM I knew something was wrong when I hit the café stop , realised I had lost one of the two bolts and didn't have a replacement - Managed free myself without falling and tightened up the remaining one to try get me home afterwards.. Further 15KM up the road I realised it was locked in position , just spinning when I tried to release, not ideal but it was my non disengage foot so continued. Eventually had take my shoe off to get off the bike once I got home. Messy situation but back safely

http://www.strava.com/activities/147558971