How's your 2017 cycling mileage?
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I set a goal of 3000 miles this year.
I was on track to smash it, until I got married, went on honeymoon then came back and hit the cycling too hard and injured my knee.
Now I'm over 200 miles behind and only able/allowed to do 20 miles a week, so never going to do it now
I'm on 2400 overall though, so haven't done that bad (all recreational miles, no commuting or anything)
I was on track to smash it, until I got married, went on honeymoon then came back and hit the cycling too hard and injured my knee.
Now I'm over 200 miles behind and only able/allowed to do 20 miles a week, so never going to do it now
I'm on 2400 overall though, so haven't done that bad (all recreational miles, no commuting or anything)
Hang on, this is a thread about cycling distances and most of you are talking in miles 
I set myself a target of 3500km for this year but have just ticked over 4000 so am now aiming to top 5000. It’s not too hilly on most of my rides so I’ve only got 35,000m of elevation.
I’ve two young kids and a wife who likes to fill our social calendar every weekend so finding time is difficult. I’m only just beginning to (sort of) enjoy the 5am rides in the dark and pissing rain now that autumn is here but I’m determined to hit target by the end of the year.
I set myself a target of 3500km for this year but have just ticked over 4000 so am now aiming to top 5000. It’s not too hilly on most of my rides so I’ve only got 35,000m of elevation.
I’ve two young kids and a wife who likes to fill our social calendar every weekend so finding time is difficult. I’m only just beginning to (sort of) enjoy the 5am rides in the dark and pissing rain now that autumn is here but I’m determined to hit target by the end of the year.
lauda said:
Hang on, this is a thread about cycling distances and most of you are talking in miles
"Because Brexit, innit!" My year so far? 5,071
MILES!Target total was 6,000 for the year. With 66 days remaining I need to average a shade under 100 miles per week to get to the total now. Not too hard to achieve but I've been doing a considerably lower average mileage these past four or five weeks compared to earlier in the year. Best I pull my finger out before the weather and the clocks going back take an even greater toll on my enthusiasm...
Some fine totals there! I set a goal of 3000km for the year, with an average gradient of 1.5%. This would be the equivalent of 2015 and 2016 combined for me.
Yesterday, I made it to 3,019km (1,875mi) and 49,554m (162,579ft) of climbing (1.64%), so quite chuffed that with still 2 months to go. Combination of road and mtb - perhaps a 70/30 split.
Managing to get up at 0500 a few times a week and get an hour or so's riding done before the house wakes up and the hell of 3 young kids brings forth the day! Have also been helped by a much drier than usual winter, though spring/summer is predicted to be wet which means I might not get to 3,500km/58,000m target I've now set myself - need to find a way to get on the bike for a few hours at a time really.
Yesterday, I made it to 3,019km (1,875mi) and 49,554m (162,579ft) of climbing (1.64%), so quite chuffed that with still 2 months to go. Combination of road and mtb - perhaps a 70/30 split.
Managing to get up at 0500 a few times a week and get an hour or so's riding done before the house wakes up and the hell of 3 young kids brings forth the day! Have also been helped by a much drier than usual winter, though spring/summer is predicted to be wet which means I might not get to 3,500km/58,000m target I've now set myself - need to find a way to get on the bike for a few hours at a time really.
Think I'm on a smidge under 500 miles of biking this year.
Two excuses though: miniMatt no.2 arrived in April (and unlike miniMatt no.1 who is awesome at sleeping, this one is rubbish), and I tore my Achilles in May which kept me off the bike for the best part of 3 months.
Need to get on it though as already booked a place on a century next year!
Two excuses though: miniMatt no.2 arrived in April (and unlike miniMatt no.1 who is awesome at sleeping, this one is rubbish), and I tore my Achilles in May which kept me off the bike for the best part of 3 months.
Need to get on it though as already booked a place on a century next year!
It has been a mountain bike year for me, very little road bike action, something I am keen to change next year.
825km (700 on MTB)
Elevation gain 13600m
Only 36 rides, fewer than one per week. Not big numbers, but I only got the MTB last October so I guess I should be happy enough to have progressed to red and black trails.
Of course, I don't measure any bike commute, which add up to 40km per week. With 4 weeks holiday taken and another few days skipped for various reasons, I've calculated it as about 1350km.
A total of 2175km or so. Next year will be better!
825km (700 on MTB)
Elevation gain 13600m
Only 36 rides, fewer than one per week. Not big numbers, but I only got the MTB last October so I guess I should be happy enough to have progressed to red and black trails.
Of course, I don't measure any bike commute, which add up to 40km per week. With 4 weeks holiday taken and another few days skipped for various reasons, I've calculated it as about 1350km.
A total of 2175km or so. Next year will be better!
6892 km (4282 miles)
98,568 m (323,400 ft) of climbing.
On target for 8k in the year. Horizontal distance suffering a little at the hands of vertical; last month I had accumulated 88,000 m of climbing, and as I had planned a target of 10k m for October, I pushed it up a little to 12k for October. I should make it so long as Monday and Tuesday aren't blizzard conditions and either bike doesn't disintegrate over a weekend when they won't get any use.
98,568 m (323,400 ft) of climbing.
On target for 8k in the year. Horizontal distance suffering a little at the hands of vertical; last month I had accumulated 88,000 m of climbing, and as I had planned a target of 10k m for October, I pushed it up a little to 12k for October. I should make it so long as Monday and Tuesday aren't blizzard conditions and either bike doesn't disintegrate over a weekend when they won't get any use.
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