Mileage

ridley2010

What are you guys getting out per week? I'm on for 275 miles a week at the moment.

holmeboy

Only about 40 miles a week just now.
But for the year A meagre 4238 miles at the end of November, but 601 in June most in the French Alps, and 771 miles in September. Since then not much really only from and too work.

ju5t1n

75 - 150 depending on the week

ju5t1n

that's at this time of year BTW, more in summer

napoleond

None at the mo, just the odd hour here and there on the turbo.

SBezza

Varies far to much to give a real indication, over 1200 miles last month though. Not about the miles always though it is about the quality of those miles you do

bompington

Are we supposed to give figures with or without the Internet Adjustment Factor?

CakeLovinBeast

None, but my Dad's bigger than yours

briantrumpet

bompington wrote:

Are we supposed to give figures with or without the Internet Adjustment Factor?

Do you know what the IAE to WW (Willy Waving) conversion rate is? And has this been affected by the financial crisis, or is it one of the invariables, as dictated by the laws of physics?

amaferanga

Who cares. Quality not quantity.

And as with the average speed threads you'll mostly just get the willy waving muppets.

briantrumpet

amaferanga wrote:

willy waving muppets.

Blimey, what's Kermit been up to? The show must have changed since I last saw it.

moonshine

approx 180miles - 50% fixed gear commuting and 50% high intensity turbo work :?

Lookyhere

Feeling quite happy with hrs/week at mo.... until i read this and realised i'm cxxp

johnboy183

None. And with Internet adjustment it's less than that

1_reaper

On average around 320 but that's going to change very soon when i go under the surgeons knife 6-12 weeks off the bike :roll: Not sure when I'll be able to put weight on the shoulder again. Guess the physio will dictate that

oldwelshman

Not many. I took 4 weeks complete break, been back riding two weeks and will ride when I can as long as not too wet.
No point peaking too early.
I am not bothered if I dont get many miles in before new year and have no intention of getting the turbo out all all or rollers until about february.
As others said quality not quantity.

kamil1891

just wondering what is the quality in no riding at all?
for now I'm on the track couple of times a week and turbo/rollers until I get a proper winter bike in mid January, probably

Alex_Simmons/RST

I've no idea, I've never looked at the distances I ride for years.

Time and intensity are all I care about when considering how much work I've done.

And it the quality of the quantity that matters.

bompington

All the miles I do are quality ones, the full 1760 yards in every one

minardi

OP: I'm getting in about 10 000 miles a week.

What do you think of that, eh?

willhub

About 3,000

Pseudonym

ridley2010 wrote:

What are you guys getting out per week? I'm on for 275 miles a week at the moment.

so you ride one big week - and then claim it as an average...??

kamil1891

Pseudonym wrote:

ridley2010 wrote:

What are you guys getting out per week? I'm on for 275 miles a week at the moment.

so you ride one big week - and then claim it as an average...??

typical

nhoj

kamil1891 wrote:

Pseudonym wrote:

ridley2010 wrote:

What are you guys getting out per week? I'm on for 275 miles a week at the moment.

so you ride one big week - and then claim it as an average...??

typical

And "week" is any period of seven days, not even Monday to Sunday.

Eyorerox

From my Garmin about 65 miles a week I guess.
Distance: 5,407.05 km
Time: 220:42:03 h:m:s
Elevation Gain: 75,946 m
Avg Speed: 25.4 km/h
Avg Bike Cadence: 65 rpm
Calories: 224,069 C
Max Speed: 80.7 km/h
Avg Distance: 74.07 km
for what its worth

Mike67

Eyorerox wrote:

From my Garmin about 65 miles a week I guess.
Distance: 5,407.05 km
Time: 220:42:03 h:m:s
Elevation Gain: 75,946 m
Avg Speed: 25.4 km/h
Avg Bike Cadence: 65 rpm
Calories: 224,069 C
Max Speed: 80.7 km/h
Avg Distance: 74.07 km
for what its worth

First I thought, wow that's a low cadence, I thought mine was low at 80, then I noticed your elevation gain. Do you continuously ride uphill Eyorerox?

As for miles per week anywhere between 50 and 150. Have a job where I stay away which often knackers up my training plans.

oldwelshman

kamil1891 wrote:

just wondering what is the quality in no riding at all?
for now I'm on the track couple of times a week and turbo/rollers until I get a proper winter bike in mid January, probably

The quality is called rest There is nothing wrong with taking a complete rest for a few weeks, re charge the batteries and re motivate. Much better than ploughing through and doing lots of miles when not motivated and doing wrong intensity.
As for quality miles, you do not have to do hundreds of miles to get quality training, you can doo less miles at higher intensity.
At this time of year I do not ride at a high intensity unless I do some track sessions, but even these would currently be short sessions.
I suppose it depends on each individuals goals and targets for this time of year.

kamil1891

oldwelshman wrote:

kamil1891 wrote:

just wondering what is the quality in no riding at all?
for now I'm on the track couple of times a week and turbo/rollers until I get a proper winter bike in mid January, probably

The quality is called rest There is nothing wrong with taking a complete rest for a few weeks, re charge the batteries and re motivate. Much better than ploughing through and doing lots of miles when not motivated and doing wrong intensity.
As for quality miles, you do not have to do hundreds of miles to get quality training, you can doo less miles at higher intensity.
At this time of year I do not ride at a high intensity unless I do some track sessions, but even these would currently be short sessions.
I suppose it depends on each individuals goals and targets for this time of year.

Well, I understand the idea of the rest and re-motivation, but I think it's mostly for pros that have just ended the season, where they clocked up xxxxx miles for most of us I think it's better to do at least the minimum, to keep the body moving and if possible do some other training depending on the goals for next year For e.g. if I wanted to do LEJOG or whatever I would definitely ride a lot, steadily to increase endurance and for racing some higher intensity intervals rides but not necessairly long ones and actually this is what I'm doing at the moment, mixed intervals at home and some more on the track until I get a winter bike. Then I will probably start slightly increasing the length and intensity of training I'm not into training schemes at all, but I think I cannot go too wrong with that anyway

Eyorerox

Mike
I generally like riding hills and mountains because the scenery is better. Not sure how the Garmin averages cadence, ie does it count cadence on a downhill? I do not use the cadence sensor on my Fixie.
I found doing longer milage made me slower than doing shorter more intense riding. Longer milage really is only useful for assessing your contact points with the bike and general comfort unless long rides is what you like to do.

Mike67

I think you can set the Garmin (500 in my case) to either count zero cadence (including freewheeling down all them hills) or to ignore it so that any zero cadence doesn't count towards your average. I guess if it's set to ignore zero cadence then your average would be higher.
Doesn't matter really...everyone has different techniques. I try and spin more than grind it out due to my dodgy knees, that's why I'd like it to be higher.

Must say I prefer the hills myself but more for the views and downhill bits than the uphill ones

okgo

Around 200.

Makes no odds though as said, I can still get smashed each chaing gang by a guy who does 90 a week.