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

[Stonechat]

+1

@Stonechat - your blooming quick as well!

You think I am quick, made contact with former colleague today who did it in
5 hrs 33 mins

 

[Torvi]

Just came back from short 4 miler working on my candence did the route in less than 15 minutes been cycling most of the time on "gear under" so i had to do much faster revs to keep my speed, i think saying that i did average 17 mph wont be too high + wasnt eating since 11 o'clock (2 sandwiches)
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/6282986

what do you guys think about the score? Route was very short but if i would divide my saturday rides by 10 i dont think i would have much more elevation than with this one

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Torvi can't resist this, right you did 4.2 miles and 192ft or so, so thats 45.71ft/mile are you saying that your Saturdays rides have the same total elevation gain or about the same per mile. I didn't think it was that hilly near Wellingborough.

 

[Torvi]

@Nigelnaturist it is, my club is especially looking for hilly routes, last tuesday ive been in with my mate to dundee hill, this saturday we going there again and our town is really climby. or at least the main route i took, we have many less steeper routes thru town but i wanted to hit myself i have to say, my calfs are looking very sexy now

This saturday route will be 30.3 mile which is 1214 ft elevation, divide it by it and you have 40.06 elevation and i call that route fairly easy from what it looks like.
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/6084936 <-saturday route
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/6282581 <-tomorrow duo route with my pal who weights 100kg but for his kg's hes bloody fast, i know on his age (42), size and weight, i wouldnt do it on his pace tough im beating him hard uphills but that's gonna change i think.
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/6268468 <-tuesday route i did with same pal and this "well known" dungee hill
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/6246835 <-last saturday route

Tough again, group 5 that im in is doing 10-12 mph due to many newcommers we hit by from week to week but there is always a leading pack of us that does their own pace from 13 to 16mph, we usually are riding in up to 16 people. Other groups are faster and faster, over all we have 6 groups, 6th is for totall newbs just shortie 10-15 miles with whatever pace you feel good at

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/6269651 <-this route is sketched by me, i hope we could do it 1st november. 25th/10 im taking a part in wiggle circuit breaker and hopefully i will be able to finish it, by far it will be my biggest distance and im not going easy on me days before, next tuesday i want to hit 40 miles and friday around 20ish

edit
Forgot to mention why it will be much harder for me to beat him now, i slightly lowered my seat and i can feel the difference, uphills are harder if going on heavier gears that i tend to like but i can rev much faster on lower gears now

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Torvi I did this Tuesday http://ridewithgps.com/trips/3633981 and I consider it pretty flat, @ 39.2ft/ mile
this I did today http://ridewithgps.com/trips/3639702 @ 38.4 ft/mile and thats with a 10 mile middle section @ 27ft/mile
I very rarely avg above 16mph these days its down around 15mph and today I missed out a good 100 climb near the beginning but I do this route or a variation of it 2-3 times a week.

 

[Torvi]

@Nigelnaturist cool pike at 10.8 id hit it yeah after 16th mile is going rather flat/small hills after watching your time recording id say we have very similiar pace, i usually dont do more than 15mph average but as i said i did small candence workout now and wanted to see what can i do, even if it's hilly around here i more see myself as a sprinter than climber im very good at chasing others too even uphill but it does have its price
i think you are very lucky with your area, would kill for more flat routes where i can go all out on me

last tuesday i also tried to sprint without hands (ultimate aero position) haha hands to body and lean toward sprinting no hand is fun, put alot of stress on legs, much more than typical sprint

 

[RWright]

I wish I liked swimming. The surgeon suggested it to strengthen my shoulder but afraid I detest it. Lucky if I can manage a very poor breast stroke for about a breadth of the pool!

I am not a great swimmer but I am comfortable around water. I have stopped by the gym about 3 times checking out the pool but for some reason I just have not yet been able to make myself pay to join the gym and take the plunge. It is not that it is that expensive but I just never get that feeling like yeah, this is a great idea, at least not yet. I am thinking after a few days of cooler weather I may finally do it. It should be warm in there plus they have a hot whirlpool and a sauna, as well as the various weights and machines to work with but swimming would be my main focus I think.

I think I am just a little leery of being around a lot of other people inside, catching colds or things like that, even though the place seems clean and well maintained. I am no germ freak or anything like that either. I do have a feeling the first couple of times my fingers and toes get really chilled this year I may finally go for it. I understand swimming is about the best low impact exercise out there. The pool doesn't have a lifeguard and I doubt if I will be pushing myself hard enough to need one but I am hoping to go during hours that I will have the pool almost all to myself.

Another jogging day today with hopefully a short ride as well. If I can work them in between the scattered showers we are having.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Torvi I generally spin closer to 90, on the straight stretch going north I did the 5.3 miles in 19m48s so avg of 16mph with a max of 19.6mph max cad 104 avg 89.3rpm I have done it much quicker.

 

[Torvi]

sadly or luckily i cant measure my candence or max speeds, on my first crash i damaged my computer and never bothered to fit new one, having something that is showing your speed is taking away all the joy from cycling, it puts on me some kind of feeling like i feel going downhill really fast, checking my computer and WHAT ONLY 35MPH? I CAN GO FASTER and then there is unnecessary push that is taking away strength for uphills if i ever get to have a garmin ill probably will hate to use it tho some gps that DOES NOT SHOW SPEED UNTIL ASKED TO would be great.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Torvi you can set the fields up to display what you want, I really only use them to record the ride, and watch distance as I try and do certain minimum Km's i.e. 30, 40, or 50 also to keep an eye on the cad but more so when climbing as its easy to drop below a set rate, but at the end of the day you ride how you do as we are all different, as you say its about enjoying it.

Edit, the other thing is mapping mainly, its the reason I got the 705 and for thats its been pretty good.

 

[morrisman]

Well it was so nice this morning I thought a longish ride would be good, unfortunately Mrs Morrisman had other plans so didn't get out until the rather duller afternoon. Still 36 miles which finally raised my Eddington Number to 35

http://www.strava.com/activities/208045429

 

[Stonechat]

Well it was so nice this morning I thought a longish ride would be good, unfortunately Mrs Morrisman had other plans so didn't get out until the rather duller afternoon. Still 36 miles which finally raised my Eddington Number to 35

http://www.strava.com/activities/208045429

Just thought I would check my Eddington Number too
Currently 38
There are quite a few rides at 38/39/40 miles
Each further number will need a few rides

 

[RWright]

Just thought I would check my Eddington Number too
Currently 38
There are quite a few rides at 38/39/40 miles
Each further number will need a few rides

Is there some sort of Eddington Number plug in for Strava or something or do people do with their own spreadsheet or database program procedure?

 

[Stonechat]

Is there some sort of Eddington Number plug in for Strava or something or do people do with their own spreadsheet or database program procedure?

I use Veloviewer, look at activities
Then I order rides by their length
The default view has 20 ride per page, so on the second page I start counting back from 40 at the bottom

(This is the second page)
So you see the 40th longest ride was 37.19 miles, the 39th longest ride was 37.28 miles, and the 38th longest ride was 38.54 miles
So Eddington number is 38

 

[RWright]

Thanks.

I just looked at mine. my 33rd longest ride is 32.68 miles.