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  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    cjcp wrote:
    Aidy wrote:
    Yeah, I've been eyeing up the possibility of a 1000 mile month.

    It's looking like it's going to see me off at 940, though.

    I tried it July. Cam eup short - somewhere round the 980 mark, I think. Damn near broke me.

    I think I could do it - would involve a quick 60 mile spin this Saturday.
    I'm not really bothered enough to, though :)
  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    I gave up on this - computer packed in during a rain storm and I was tired of changing it between fixie, roadie and MTB.

    Suffice to say, by a guesstimate, I will do around 12,000 miles again this year all told.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    salsajake wrote:
    CJCP - surely you could have squeezed another 20 miles out, or was it not really in your mind at the time?

    I can't recall precisely why I came up short. I think I ran out of days and was already knocking up extra miles in the Park after work. See, a standard week in the summer yields only 140 miles, so about 560 a month. July included one near-300 mile week in an effort to reach the magic figure. Think that finished me off. The Tour de France got in the way of weekend more mileage.
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  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    Hmm, annoyingly the past two weeks have been 4-day weeks. Else I'd've been past the 1000 mile mark. Ho hum.
  • salsajake
    salsajake Posts: 702
    gtvlusso wrote:
    I gave up on this - computer packed in during a rain storm and I was tired of changing it between fixie, roadie and MTB.

    Suffice to say, by a guesstimate, I will do around 12,000 miles again this year all told.

    My GPS has a mount fixed on all 3 regularly used bikes, takes all of a couple of seconds to attach and no wires/recalibration necessary. Means the data is quite easy to access too, and of course, well, its a GPS, so it can tell me where to go too. The bike computer is dead (well, assuming you can afford a bike GPS that is, granted they are quite pricy)
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    salsajake wrote:
    stay away from the hills ITB, you are almost exactly 2 Everests from sea level ahead of me at the moment which might just be doable, the moment you start racking the altitude up though its over!

    I stopped filling in the alt. it was just too boring, basically it's 1350ft a day not including the 2ft or so from the London leg, that's just the commute if you include the sportives i've completed this year it's way up there.

    To dull even for me, however on my own spreadsheet that started all this silliness I do record basic weather and sometime avg / max HR

    I had a lot of time on my hands al-right!
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    cjcp wrote:
    Aidy wrote:
    The Running Man wrote:
    +1 for vegetarian.

    I am tantalisingly short of 1000 this month : my week plan will have me stranded on 986 unless I do a 70 or 80 miler on Saturday instead of my 50 ...... and I did miss 4 days of riding with that blasted trip to New York but I don't suppose whining about that will do any good......

    :lol:

    Yeah, I've been eyeing up the possibility of a 1000 mile month.

    It's looking like it's going to see me off at 940, though.

    I tried it July. Cam eup short - somewhere round the 980 mark, I think. Damn near broke me.

    +1 on the big 1k I managed 992 in July and had nothing left, so close so so close :lol:
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    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    well i've added to list i'm my 4 mile around trip will have me racing up the places...

    only be counting big green journeys as well I can't be bothered for the rest.
  • The Running Man
    The Running Man Posts: 574
    "Maths isn't my strong point, but why don't you do 65 miles on Saturday instead of 50? "


    Yes yes yes : I know I know : it's just that if I make Saturday a much longer ride I may need to drop a couple of commuting miles to give myself a bit of a rest to make it a proper outing especially if the weather forecast is accurate and it chucks it down ......

    Be nice to do it - though I have absolutely no idea why .......

    I think it's going to have to be the Tour de Wiltshire again :):):) [/quote]
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  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    cjcp wrote:
    I'm going to be lucky if I'm still ahead of Rich by the time we reach December. 66 miles by Tuesday morning! Bl00dy Nora!

    EDIT: Sweet baby Moses! The guy's now on 124 miles for the week. :o

    Ah the club night skews my stats somewhat, 60 miles on a Tuesday evening kills the rest of the week. I'm aiming for 300 miles this week, which may have me joining the ITB dodgy knee brigade by next Monday :roll:

    Just wait till I can fit in two club nights per week :wink:
    pain is temporary, the glory of beating your mates to the top of the hill lasts forever.....................

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  • gert_lush
    gert_lush Posts: 634
    Oh no just realised that with the new inclusion of Mr bentmikey I have slipped from my nice comfortable 9th to 10th, better get my skates on!

    I managed the 1000 in a month last year in July but then again that did include an end to end so not surprising really
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  • R_T_A
    R_T_A Posts: 488
    gert_lush wrote:
    Oh no just realised that with the new inclusion of Mr bentmikey I have slipped from my nice comfortable 9th to 10th, better get my skates on!

    You think that's bad - I'm now in 11th, with my coveted top ten place 572 miles away.


    DAMN YOU - DAMN YOU ALL :evil:
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  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    Can't say I've got a lot of sympathy - since summer I've dropped from briefly being tenth down to 15!!!!! :evil:
  • BentMikey
    BentMikey Posts: 4,895
    Sorry chaps!!

    :oops: :oops: :oops:
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,459
    27 more miles today

    In your face Joycie

    :roll:

    @Roger Merriman

    There is (maybe was) a facility to add your YTD mileage
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Rich158 wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    I'm going to be lucky if I'm still ahead of Rich by the time we reach December. 66 miles by Tuesday morning! Bl00dy Nora!

    EDIT: Sweet baby Moses! The guy's now on 124 miles for the week. :o

    Ah the club night skews my stats somewhat, 60 miles on a Tuesday evening kills the rest of the week. I'm aiming for 300 miles this week, which may have me joining the ITB dodgy knee brigade by next Monday :roll:

    Just wait till I can fit in two club nights per week :wink:

    EDIT: Mid-November. :lol:
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    WheezyMcChubby wrote:
    27 more miles today

    In your face Joycie

    :roll:

    @Roger Merriman

    There is (maybe was) a facility to add your YTD mileage

    true but I've no idea as I don't normally have bike comps and my pervious jobs have ment any thing from 40+ miles to barely a mile, depending on the day.

    and job is very new so be ( vaguely ) intresting to see the milage I clock up on the big green.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,459
    roger merriman wrote:
    and job is very new so be ( vaguely ) intresting to see the milage I clock up on the big green.

    What's a big green?
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  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    WheezyMcChubby wrote:
    roger merriman wrote:
    and job is very new so be ( vaguely ) intresting to see the milage I clock up on the big green.

    What's a big green?

    one of these 4053069125_fbea2722f2_m.jpg over 50lb so not fast or agile but for use it's fine.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Soooo, looks like Mcmullej, Aidy, Rich and GTV are the early front runners for the 2010 title.

    @R_T_A - I feel your pain. I can see myself slipping off the podium as I hae a couple of business trips in the next couple of months. With Rich "Mark Beaumont" 158 around, a week off the bike does me no favours.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    cjcp wrote:
    Soooo, looks like Mcmullej, Aidy, Rich and GTV are the early front runners for the 2010 title.

    That's very generous of you, but I don't see it falling out that way :)
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    If you're knocking out that mileage though, you're in with a shout. :)
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Aidy wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Soooo, looks like Mcmullej, Aidy, Rich and GTV are the early front runners for the 2010 title.

    That's very generous of you, but I don't see it falling out that way :)

    Don't count me out either, I only started full time in June :twisted: before that it was about twice a month on average.
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Sorry, sir. :) The more the better. We don't want this becoming the Premiership.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    I will be looking for a "European" place myself......

    Or at least top 10 survival, but think that will be a tough challenge.
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  • R_T_A
    R_T_A Posts: 488
    I'm just looking at not facing relegation....
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Oh yeh! 18.5 miles in a mere 85mins im back into double figures :D

    Steady a slow ride on the CX foolishly not wearing enough clothes, shorts & short sleeved cycling top + arm warmers all Castelli and matching knee strap not Castelli, oh wait I have a sticker somewhere :D

    Sorry no physio related jokes this week. Just happy with this small step.
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    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    itboffin wrote:
    Oh yeh! 18.5 miles in a mere 85mins im back into double figures :D

    Steady a slow ride on the CX foolishly not wearing enough clothes, shorts & short sleeved cycling top + arm warmers all Castelli and matching knee strap not Castelli, oh wait I have a sticker somewhere :D

    Sorry no physio related jokes this week. Just happy with this small step.

    You bugger, you're going away from me again :shock:

    Glad you're back on the bike though, just take it easy for the time being, and look after your knee's old boy.
    pain is temporary, the glory of beating your mates to the top of the hill lasts forever.....................

    Revised FCN - 2
  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    Rich158 wrote:
    Glad you're back on the bike though, just take it easy for the time being, and look after your knee's old boy.

    I disagree - he needs to rift himself ragged. No knee injury was ever made worse by continually hopping on one leg whilst holding a bag of cement.

    You too Rich - I hope you are taking unacceptable risks in wet and greasy weather.
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    Lots of Castelli stuff on sale at Wiggle, I noticed.
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