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  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    redvee wrote:
    rubertoe wrote:
    8km is never going to happen.

    FTFY :lol:

    Git... :twisted:
    "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    One decent ride (first of the year) and I go up 13 places into the top ten. If I didn't know better I'd think this must be January.....
    Faster than a tent.......
  • dav1
    dav1 Posts: 1,298
    Finally made the top 10 for the first time ever on Wednesday. Now i'm down to 13th place 60 miles off the pace. Looks like im'g going to have to set my alarm a bit earlier :lol:
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  • gingaman
    gingaman Posts: 576
    you stay away from my 12th place!
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    gingaman wrote:
    you stay away from my 12th place!
    Earn it or lose it......
    Faster than a tent.......
  • gingaman
    gingaman Posts: 576
    I'll do me best. Just waiting for road bike cycle to work to be approved, then I will be looking at 11th place ;)
  • Initialised
    Initialised Posts: 3,047
    One rubbish week because I'm ill and I'm down in the 20s!
    I used to just ride my bike to work but now I find myself going out looking for bigger and bigger hills.
  • Joycie
    Joycie Posts: 127
    Trying to add my first ride of 2014 on (don't get me started about trying to add my last miles of 2013 on when I returned from holiday at 12.20am on 4th January...) but I was getting error messages when I was going into prior years to try and click on my name.

    Anyway, isn't it odd how something fixes itself when you start to complain about it - all resolved. Thanks :)
  • daxplusplus
    daxplusplus Posts: 631
    Rest week was going to be next week - circumstances mean that it's actually this week. :roll:
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  • gbsahne001
    gbsahne001 Posts: 1,973
    DaxPlusPlus wrote:
    Rest week was going to be next week - circumstances mean that it's actually this week. :roll:

    Good, gives me chance to catch up :D
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  • daxplusplus
    daxplusplus Posts: 631
    Good luck with that :twisted:

    Having a rest week definitely a good idea - legs trashed and feeling tired.

    Feeling hungry all the time not so good (resisting urge to eat the same amount of food as a normal week).

    In two minds as to mileage to aim for over the weekend. Probably low and enjoy it\have fun rather than long and miss out on coffee and a chat.
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  • daxplusplus
    daxplusplus Posts: 631
    50 miles and closing - hmmm, how will I respond?
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  • Sharkyssurfers
    Sharkyssurfers Posts: 767
    DaxPlusPlus wrote:
    50 miles and closing - hmmm, how will I respond?

    I say extend your rest week to a month, so we all can catch up :wink:
    Sorry its not me it's the bike ;o)

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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    DaxPlusPlus wrote:
    50 miles and closing - hmmm, how will I respond?

    Nothing - you'll only be postponing the inevitable. You can't outrun a tsunami!
    Faster than a tent.......
  • daxplusplus
    daxplusplus Posts: 631
    Sharkyssurfers wrote:
    DaxPlusPlus wrote:
    50 miles and closing - hmmm, how will I respond?

    I say extend your rest week to a month, so we all can catch up :wink:

    :)

    I think this month is going to be close. Only 8 days left and my plan says take it easy next week. Reckon Jan's No 1 spot is still wide open.
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  • daxplusplus
    daxplusplus Posts: 631
    Rolf F wrote:
    DaxPlusPlus wrote:
    50 miles and closing - hmmm, how will I respond?

    Nothing - you'll only be postponing the inevitable. You can't outrun a tsunami!

    Me .. earlier today ..

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  • jzed
    jzed Posts: 2,926
    Sharkyssurfers wrote:
    DaxPlusPlus wrote:
    50 miles and closing - hmmm, how will I respond?

    I say extend your rest week to a month, so we all can catch up :wink:

    At 50-60mile commutes a day, its not going to take you long.....

    You must spend the whole day eating.
  • Sharkyssurfers
    Sharkyssurfers Posts: 767
    JZed wrote:
    Sharkyssurfers wrote:
    DaxPlusPlus wrote:
    50 miles and closing - hmmm, how will I respond?

    I say extend your rest week to a month, so we all can catch up :wink:

    At 50-60mile commutes a day, its not going to take you long.....

    You must spend the whole day eating.

    funnily enough, I don't think I eat as much as I should,

    get to work have a porridge
    mid morning snack packet of crisps or choc
    Pot noodle for lunch
    and then just a handful of midget gems in the back pocket of my gilet when I am riding home
    Sorry its not me it's the bike ;o)

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  • CarlosDSanchez
    CarlosDSanchez Posts: 455
    If you eat before you leave as well, you're probably not far off. If you don't feel weak or ill on the ride home, you've eaten enough.
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  • Sharkyssurfers
    Sharkyssurfers Posts: 767
    no never eat before I leave or drink :shock:
    Sorry its not me it's the bike ;o)

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  • gbsahne001
    gbsahne001 Posts: 1,973
    CarlosDSanchez wrote:
    If you don't feel weak or ill on the ride home, you've eaten enough.

    licence to eat more then..
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  • gingaman
    gingaman Posts: 576
    edited January 2014
    didn't eat this morning and bonked trying to keep up with a roadie...

    edit: made up for it with bacon :)
  • CarlosDSanchez
    CarlosDSanchez Posts: 455
    I have done that, but it leaves me feeling really hungry as soon as I arrive at work. Might be worth trying though, making sure that I have a decent breakfast available as soon as I arrive so I'm not tempted to fill up on cakes and chocolate from the snack van when it arrives...
    Dolan Preffisio
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  • RussAlf
    RussAlf Posts: 706
    Hello just joined the Stats.

    I commute between Caterham Surrey and Gillette Corner Hounslow, 22 miles each way and do it 3 times a week, sometimes 4 if im not riding on the weekend.

    Currently in 14th :D
  • gingaman
    gingaman Posts: 576
    Hey RussAlf, welcome to the madness ;)
  • daxplusplus
    daxplusplus Posts: 631
    CarlosDSanchez wrote:
    I have done that, but it leaves me feeling really hungry as soon as I arrive at work. Might be worth trying though, making sure that I have a decent breakfast available as soon as I arrive so I'm not tempted to fill up on cakes and chocolate from the snack van when it arrives...

    Museli\Skimmed milk before and then nuts\raisins or a bagel when I get in (and lots of coffee)
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  • 5milestogo
    5milestogo Posts: 224
    Since the Tsunami hit this thread has all gone quiet. I had 3 days off the bike forced on me last week. Dropped 6 places to 14, gained 4 earlier but think I'll close the week / month on 12th. Do I do the unknown and crack some out just to stay in the top 10? This mileage thing is like a curse!
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  • daxplusplus
    daxplusplus Posts: 631
    Whatever.

    I'm not going to get drawn into a fight for first - I've got a training plan and I'm sticking to it.

    Also I know that ultimately I would lose the fight .. I may get back up to No 1 in the next month or two but I'll lose it again once I start to concentrate on intensity workouts and reduce the volume.

    If I hit 10,000 miles for the year I'll be well happy .. and I'm easily on target for that.
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    I started a new training plan on Monday which as it happens was also a rest day, tomorrow is too :D :shock: :?

    hmmm :roll:
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  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    Back on the bike tomorrow, got 3 weeks and 600 miles to catch up on.
    "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

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    B-Twin Alur 700 = Sundays and Hills

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