hennbell
Guru
- Location
- Lloydminster, Alberta , Canada
Yes I can add the distance, but what I really would like is the challenge of the terrain. Where I am God made the roads with a ruler and a level, there are very few curves.
They laughed at me when I said I would cycle to work!
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Yes I can add the distance, but what I really would like is the challenge of the terrain. Where I am God made the roads with a ruler and a level, there are very few curves.
Stephen C
Über Member
I started a 13 mile each way commute last year, you just have to keep going, it does get easier. I think others have said above, but I found a complete rest day could sometimes be quite bad, making my legs even stiffer than they were before, having a day where I really eased off and cycled gently helped keep my legs moving.
The other good motivator was seeing all the money I wasn't spending on the bus fare everyday!
The other good motivator was seeing all the money I wasn't spending on the bus fare everyday!
Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
........ 15 miles one way ...... hurt you? Blimey. MTFU. P'raps you should do the 31 miles each way I do everyday, 5 sometimes 6 days a week, or 9 days on the trot I was doing over the summer.
classic33
Leg End Member
Each to their own. Just because you could do it doesn't mean that everyone should be able to.
middleagecyclist
Call me MAC
- Location
- Prestwich, Manchester
I have a 7 mile round trip commute. As it is I often arrive at work feeling ready to carry on cycling for the day and have to get off and change instead! I would commute further if needed (and sometimes do) but my work days start at 07:30 hrs and finish at 20:45 hrs and then I maybe back working the next day. There is a balance to be struck for me and the reason I don't cycle a longer route is I need get some sleep between shifts! The bonus is, I generally just work a 3 day week, I have time to get a longer ride at some point in the week.
Andrew_P
In between here and there
I was 46 and 18 stone and unfit crossing the north downs daily, of course it hurt. Anyway as willy waving goes yours doesn't add up to much..
Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
Should be an incentive to improve then. I wasn't aware of your age and weight. Since you have mentioned willies you seen your's recently being 18 stone
? How come you let yourself go so much? I am a little older than you and weigh in at a little over half your weight. At work I get respect for the distance I have to travel in. It does help that a few of the other staff are cyclists though. 
Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
Generally I find that people who notice faults with others are actually the faults they themselves have.
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Andrew_P
In between here and there
I am 11.8 stone now, perhaps you should read the post first "was" is quite significant word as well as 2011 in the first post you replied too. How long have you been doing 31 miles each way for 6 days?Should be an incentive to improve then. I wasn't aware of your age and weight. Since you have mentioned willies you seen your's recently being 18 stone
- Location
- Glasgow
That distance must be quite tiring, day in, day out, plus work in between.
How do you find time for other interests, don't you feel like sleeping all day on your rest days?
michaelcycle
Senior Member
- Location
- London
Blimey, I bench the combined weight of you and your bike as a warm up set.
Comparisons of absolute fitness levels between two individuals when you don't really know their backgrounds and training levels are a bit meaningless don't you think?
Is that 31 miles on the road or the path ?
Maybe it is you who need to MTFU rather than your look at me, look at me willy waving. Well done to the OP, Andrew_P and Brian and keep up the good work.
