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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    Porgy wrote:
    Benno68 wrote:
    I'll be happy with a 500 mile a month average over the year.

    Even a week ago I thought I'd be happy with a steady 600 miles a month. Just caught myself trying to work out if I can comfortably manage 800 this month and, maybe, a 1000 next month. :shock: :?

    ahhh god damnit
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  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    Clever Pun wrote:
    Porgy wrote:
    Benno68 wrote:
    I'll be happy with a 500 mile a month average over the year.

    Even a week ago I thought I'd be happy with a steady 600 miles a month. Just caught myself trying to work out if I can comfortably manage 800 this month and, maybe, a 1000 next month. :shock: :?

    ahhh god damnit

    yeah, but if you try to look on the brighter side, at my age i might succeed in doing myself in completely.
  • nic_77
    nic_77 Posts: 929
    My current tactic is to maintain a place in the top 10 WTD and let the crazy milers drag me up the table. Planned 100 mile ride on Sunday isn’t going to hurt either…

    That said I’m on borrowed time in the top 30, with first baby due at the end of June… It doesn’t help that I’m still trying to fit c.18 miles of running in every week as well… something is going to give!
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Clever Pun wrote:
    Porgy wrote:
    Benno68 wrote:
    I'll be happy with a 500 mile a month average over the year.

    Even a week ago I thought I'd be happy with a steady 600 miles a month. Just caught myself trying to work out if I can comfortably manage 800 this month and, maybe, a 1000 next month. :shock: :?

    ahhh god damnit

    Can you see me plan yet CP !?! 250 a week times 4 eh! :twisted: when I get home tonight that'll be 195 for the WTD another 50 tomorrow and then a gentle pootle at the weekend not a care in the world might even top 300 this week :lol:

    So what if the trousers touching my thighs hurt :cry:
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    Porgy wrote:
    Clever Pun wrote:
    Porgy wrote:
    Benno68 wrote:
    I'll be happy with a 500 mile a month average over the year.

    Even a week ago I thought I'd be happy with a steady 600 miles a month. Just caught myself trying to work out if I can comfortably manage 800 this month and, maybe, a 1000 next month. :shock: :?

    ahhh god damnit

    yeah, but if you try to look on the brighter side, at my age i might succeed in doing myself in completely.

    I'd rather beat some random off the net without them being a cripple after

    I prefer to do that face to face :lol:
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  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    Clever Pun wrote:
    I'd rather beat some random off the net without them being a cripple after

    you haven't read the politcally correct thread have you? :P
  • benno68
    benno68 Posts: 1,689
    nic_77 wrote:
    My current tactic is to maintain a place in the top 10 WTD and let the crazy milers drag me up the table. Planned 100 mile ride on Sunday isn’t going to hurt either…

    That said I’m on borrowed time in the top 30, with first baby due at the end of June… It doesn’t help that I’m still trying to fit c.18 miles of running in every week as well… something is going to give!

    Benno breathes a small sigh of relief.

    I've been told that running burns more calories than cycling nic_77, put cycling on the back burner and pound the pavements :D

    I have no idea if running is any good, but need to use stealth tactics to try and hold my position.
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    Porgy wrote:
    Clever Pun wrote:
    I'd rather beat some random off the net without them being a cripple after

    you haven't read the politcally correct thread have you? :P

    nope but you took my phrase out of context... it was a threat of physical violence :lol:
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  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    I'm sorry - what was that again?
    Benno68 wrote:
    I have no idea if running is any good, but need to use stealth tactics to try and hold my position.

    one thing i do know is - it knackers your knees.
  • nic_77
    nic_77 Posts: 929
    Benno68 wrote:
    nic_77 wrote:
    My current tactic is to maintain a place in the top 10 WTD and let the crazy milers drag me up the table. Planned 100 mile ride on Sunday isn’t going to hurt either…

    That said I’m on borrowed time in the top 30, with first baby due at the end of June… It doesn’t help that I’m still trying to fit c.18 miles of running in every week as well… something is going to give!

    Benno breathes a small sigh of relief.

    I've been told that running burns more calories than cycling nic_77, put cycling on the back burner and pound the pavements :D

    I have no idea if running is any good, but need to use stealth tactics to try and hold my position.
    :lol:

    I don’t want to burn any more calories!! I’m looking too skinny already, and it’s costing me a fortune in cereal bars!

    Also my wife has enforced a new rule – we have a morning weigh-in, and if I’m under 75kg I’m not allowed to cycle anymore!!!!!

    This may have something to do with the fact that owing to the pregnancy our weights crossed last week for the first time!
    (again owing to the pregnancy I'm keeping my mouth shut and following rules)
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  • nic_77
    nic_77 Posts: 929
    I know... MTFU
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  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    Looking at the board - I don;t think I can resist doing an extra 5 miles on way home tonight. - or rather 5.1.
  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
    nic_77 wrote:
    I don’t want to burn any more calories!! I’m looking too skinny already, and it’s costing me a fortune in cereal bars!

    Swap you my fat for your cereal bars.
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    nic_77 wrote:
    I know... MTFU
    :wink:

    Never poo before the weigh in..never

    in fact eat beforehand
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Take care out there folks its wickedly icy - several hairy moments :shock:
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  • el_presidente
    el_presidente Posts: 1,963
    It won't let me update this mornign, I get the following message:

    "New Base Miles Value must be numeric. Please retry. "


    I don' even know where the New Base Miles Value is and I'm sure I haven't changed it??
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  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    el_presidente wrote:
    It won't let me update this mornign, I get the following message:

    "New Base Miles Value must be numeric. Please retry. "


    I don' even know where the New Base Miles Value is and I'm sure I haven't changed it??
    Works for me. I just added a 1 mile trip under your name, and then deleted it.

    You don't normally need to bother with the base miles (total for year, can be adjusted in the box below the monthly grid). Not sure what you were doing but it looks ok to me.
  • lastant
    lastant Posts: 526
    Clever Pun wrote:
    nic_77 wrote:
    I know... MTFU
    :wink:

    Never poo before the weigh in..never

    in fact eat beforehand

    And drink. Lots. Four pints or so, that's 2kg-ish isn't it? Problem solved...

    ...be ready to get the bathroom cleared so you can pee pretty quickly after the weigh-in though!
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  • el_presidente
    el_presidente Posts: 1,963
    CiB wrote:
    el_presidente wrote:
    It won't let me update this mornign, I get the following message:

    "New Base Miles Value must be numeric. Please retry. "


    I don' even know where the New Base Miles Value is and I'm sure I haven't changed it??
    Works for me. I just added a 1 mile trip under your name, and then deleted it.

    You don't normally need to bother with the base miles (total for year, can be adjusted in the box below the monthly grid). Not sure what you were doing but it looks ok to me.

    It works fine now. Not sure what happened there, thanks though
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  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    This has been my best week since July 2009 already. Extended commute in this morning - hopefully I'll do an extra 6/7 miles tonight taking me to about 185; 30 miles on Saturday and 40 on Sunday. Then I'll be done and well on my way to 800 for month.
  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    Good going Porgy; a bit of an increase compared to last year when I was hounding you around 20th place.

    I've managed three consecutive days this week for the first time since last summer, and am feeling it a bit now. I was going to give it 4 or 5 miles this morning and then give it up as a bad job, but you know how it is - couldn't bring myself to give up. That's another 41 miles today then. :)
  • andy83
    andy83 Posts: 1,558
    thanks so much for setting all this up

    Ive got a traget of 6000 miles to do by the end of November and this is giving me extra motivation

    Got around 40ish miles to do today and then depending what time I get up for work tomorrow hopefully at least another 25 which will give me my highest ever weekly total and actually more than jan, feb and march combined last year due to illness
  • The Running Man
    The Running Man Posts: 574
    27 for me this morning and another 30+ on the way home. Might be able to get out for 15 or 20 on Saturday (don't want to push my luck with SWMBO) but have a 60+ planned with the club on Sunday :

    Need to get some serious mileage in next week as wk comm 22nd after I'm away in Germany for 4 days.

    I am genuinely contemplating whether I could get my bike on the plane : that's how mad these wretched stats are driving me .....

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  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    Who'sthis then?
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    will3 wrote:
    Who'sthis then?
    Why's he got a saucepan on his head?
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    JonGinge wrote:
    will3 wrote:
    Who'sthis then?
    Why's he got a saucepan on his head?

    It's a mirror I reckon

    Edit 938? pfft
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  • hambones
    hambones Posts: 407
    My lack of miles these past 2 weekends have finally done for me.... My slip downwards continues.... It's all over.... Doom and gloom...... (Quiet sobbing) :cry:
    Still breathing.....
  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    Some time ago Porgy wrote:
    Yeah but then your name will stay on the SCS league till the end of the year - and I'm going to ask chris to make sure it turns to pink with the legend "embarrassing lightweight" flashing in bright red next to it.
    :twisted:
    so keep at it!!
    Hmm. Embarrassing lightweight? I'm not sure we should use terms like that. I could stick a Wuss Status in the users table in the db, calculated on a rolling mean miles per user per week. 0 = As Nails, 5 = bit of a drawing pin, highlighted with 'BIG WUSS' in flashing pink for the no-hopers (signed up, yet to trouble the miles table) all the way up to gold or green for the madmen who claim to commute on push-bikes but in reality probably ride a Honda 250N Superdream to work & back <shows age...>.

    BTW Late Charge won't amount to anything. He's my test a/c. :)
  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    hambones wrote:
    My lack of miles these past 2 weekends have finally done for me.... My slip downwards continues.... It's all over.... Doom and gloom...... (Quiet sobbing) :cry:

    pfft! there are 215 weekdays remaining............(not including today)
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    CiB wrote:
    Good going Porgy; a bit of an increase compared to last year when I was hounding you around 20th place.

    Last year I was annoyed that due to not having clocked up the miles in Jan, feb, March I had absolutely no chance of getting anywhere near the top - though I think both of us nudged the top ten for a day or two at one point.

    So for this year I reckoned a solid 600 a month was easily doable and would certainly keep me near the top.

    then everyone upped their game as well - I was lucky in Jan and Feb in that I sort of had a head start with the snow and that - but now definitely need to do something - so reckon 800 miles months are necessary.

    I'm wondering now if it will nearly kill me like it did last July. :?

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