A friend of mine who's racing elite this year [url= http://road.cc/content/news/66865-king-mamils-overweigt-heavy-smoker-mid-40s-goes-cat-4-elite-racer-just-eight ]Nick noble[/url] has done 510 miles already this month with 18,700ft of climbing!
(he's 47)
I've managed one-off months with 300 miles three or four times, and I've managed to string together 4 or 5 back-to-back 200 mile months, but I've never beaten 2000 miles in a year.
Hopefully, 2014 is the year this changes, but I say that every year 🙂
I'm guessing most people are doing this off road? or is it a mix. Definitely a lot quicker + easier to rack up the miles on the road - although I think I am stating the obvious there!
485 miles + 23,000ft climbing so far this year for me - 95% on the road at the moment though.
200 and a bit miles so far, all on road. Over 13'000ft of climbing too. Signed up to a 100 mile audax this month so hopefully I'll hit 400 miles this month.
zangolin, I wondered who that was, at the top of the list....impressive miles. are you unemployed........... 😉
blimey at some of those miles.
If I cheat, and add my 120km of skiing (including lifts), I'm still mid of page 2.
Might get out for a ride at the weekend. Gotta keep legs working for next ski trip.
My totals so far for 2014 are:
ride: 45km
run: 5.7km
🙂
zangolin, I wondered who that was, at the top of the list....impressive miles. are you unemployed...........
Ton - lol - no 😀 - just always make the time to ride. Little on the way to work then an hour or 2 on the way back, couple of longer rides on the weekend. Not massive miles but it all adds up. Always helps living a mile or so from where I work so - it could be a 1 mile ride in or a long 30 odd miles on the way back. Lucky that Herefordshire has hundreds of miles of country lanes and every type of terrain you could want - from rolling hills to the long climbs of the Black Mountains.
We'll I'm a little behind where I would like to be but put in a good few miles this weekend, so hoping to recoup a few miles in the second half of the month as only managed 118 so far..... January is a busy month for me though so realistically I may struggle to get much past 400 ..... But fairly confident I can make up the annual total over summer !
Must admit though the Challenge helped my motivation last week (when I realised how far behind I was !) .......
Are people including miles done on turbo trainers in this?
Bloomin' eck - there's some miles put in on this challenge, top fella has 600 miles already! 😯 I'm way off the pace and i'm in the top ten!
I'm not on Endomondo and I've only Strava'd one ride this year but I'm up to 323 miles - all but today through commuting and track riding.
More keeping track of it for my own interest rather than any particular challenge or target.
can I just say, all my rides are being done at a very sedate 9 or 10mph.
but I am bloody loving doing the challenge and getting out every day.
[quote=notmyrealname ]Are people including miles done on turbo trainers in this?
You can't do miles on turbo trainers. Not unless they are in the back of a moving vehicle 😆
Forgotten my Endomondo login (haven't used it for a couple of years) but Strava says I'm up to 927km / 576 miles for the month. Pretty happy with that so far.
I'll be happy to put in 400 miles to be honest. It's made me realise exactly how much time has to be spent on the bike to hit that target. Will be easier in summer with daylit evenings but even then its a lot of riding.
155 miles so far, would have been 200 if it wasn't for last week's black ice fetching a few of us off on the Sunday morning road ride, we took an early bath!
Should add another 150 miles this week if I get my commutes and Sunday ride in 🙂
I CBA with Strava and Endo, as I already upload to Garmin, or is there an easy way of automatically copying it over?
Just thought I'd follow up on this one.
I've just uploaded GPX files for my January riding so far to Endomondo and joined the STW 500 mile a month challenge. I'm well down on my own targets miles for the month and I was expecting everyone else to be romping ahead, but (ignoring the top 7 or 8 ) it looks like I'm in the (rather slack?) majority...
I was expecting most of you lot to have put in huge mileages...
What are everyone's plans to eek out more mileage in the next few (Colder?) weeks/months?
I'll admit most of mine so far have been commuting and the odd road ride, I'm planning to get out on the MTB for some night rides and crank out some more riding at the weekend, Tuesday night I hit the local outdoor velodrome for some Oval action, but it all seems like a relative drop in the ocean compared to what I want to be doing...
Based on how January has gone so far, I reckon I'm really going to struggle to cram the miles in around family and work commitments for the rest of the year, still going to try though.
Joined
Didn't manage 500 a month last year, averaged 360ish so we'll see if I can improve. Mini w2k number 3 arrives in April - that might affect things!
I'm a bit behind too, but have ~130 miles to upload to Endo that I haven't put in yet which should take me up to about 350 total for jan so far, going to be a low miles week this week as racing on Sunday so don't want to overdo it.
My plan is just to keep on riding as normal and MTFU a bit when I start umming and ahhing about going out.
My plan is just to keep on riding as normal and MTFU a bit when I start umming and ahhing about going out.
Similar to me then, a hefty Dose of MTFU is in order, the first week of Jan' was a total write off, the second week, barely an improvement,
I don't want to tell myself I'll catch up the miles come summer, because I know that's basically cobblers, I'll still have the same things getting in the way of riding, the real difference is made now when the weather is shite and the light is minimal, Beasting myself through that is going to be quite tough TBH.
I quite like having the table on Endomondo as a bit of a motivator, I don't want to fall too far down it, and TBH its encouraging that I've done more than some others (as unpleasantly competitive as that sounds).
I think I'll comfortably manage 200-250 miles by the end of January, but the 400 mile "minimum" I set myself just seems a bit wishful now TBH... Something to go for in Feb I suppose, it's a Short month Which will perhaps motivate me to get out rather than put riding off...
Come December 31st I'd like to at least have 5000 miles done (about 100 a week avg)...
Edit:
Get In, I just had a look spotted a 16 mile ride I did on the 5th that I'd not uploaded to Endomondo, that takes me over 200 miles, with a few more commutes and possibly some other stuff, I reckon I can realistically Gun for a minuimum of 300 miles before the end of Jan, that's something I suppose...
I think I've got a similar plan, I'm using this and the table as a motivator but I'm not going to beat myself up if I don't make it. I was averaging 420 a month last year and as long as I don't go too far backwards I'm not going to be grumpy.
fun > miles 🙂
BTW - any of you guys in/around Devon?
.5 of mile short of the target. think I am just gonna ride round the carpark to notch it up.... 😀
how is everyone doing?
I'm guessing I must be last. Won't get any rides in either, until at least mid-Feb.
I'll just pretend my skiing mileage counts too 😉
I need 200 miles between now and Friday - I'll probably do 50 🙂
I'll try harder next month sir, I promise!
420 - about 300 have been off road - 10 rides, 8 offroad and 2 on, zero commuting miles, wont be out until next tuesday now work/mrs work
Slack month for me, 360ish at the moment, might tickle over 400 by Friday, still 9th on the list though so guessing we've all had a bad month, weather hasn't helped!
Poor poor effort from me, spending too much time running snd swimming!! I shall make amends in February 😳
I was doing so well up until Thursday evening last week.
A little off cause a knee/muddy rock interface, 3 muddy miles back to car, A&E for 4 stitches no antibiotics but nothing broken. Leg swollen up on Saturday night rushed to hospital where I still remain 4 nights later with the blood infection Cellulitis.
So, this month I won't get past my 296.9 miles 😕
I'm currently sat in 3rd place with 617 miles, with just tonight's 35 mile training ride to come for this month's total. Missed out badly on Sunday with the horrendous weather cancelling the club ride, losing me between 60 and 70 miles.
It's still been a decent month for me though and I expect Feb to get off to a good start with decent mileage on both Sat and Sun. This should be built on the following weekend when I do the annual Batley Bash road run, which will be the year's first ton (110-ish miles door to door).
I expect Zangolin's 'little and often' approach to see him sail past the 1000 mile mark for Jan this week - top stuff fella, well done!
1000 miles for January is pretty good going....I still reckon he is on the rock n roll... 😉
All road apart from about 10 on the MTB so far in Jan. Not really fair to compare my mileage on the road to someone who is mainly off-road. Had to cut down a little last week as we had a big school inspection - otherwise I'd be over a 1000 by now.
Weather has been a bit grim as well - winter bike with full mudguards helps - especially with the amount of mud on the roads of the Shire atm.
Will have done 400 by Friday,not in the group though.
No point as I only do off road miles,don't commute & don't own a road bike..
An off road one would be better,for me anyway 8)
90% of mine is offroad.
Currently 16th, on 273 miles was 15th this morning, but some bugger went and did a few more miles...
I will top 300 miles by the end of the week but probably not much more than ~330, shame but I'm consoling my self with the knowledge I started back on the bike late after christmas...
It's got me looking for more creative Opportunities to clock miles now, So I'm hoping Feb will be better. "Base miles" ~90 miles a week between commutes and a Tuesday night round the local velodrome are established and can be extended if weather/light/time allow, then it's down to getting extra night rides and weekend riding in to make up the rest. it is of course quite marginal; a couple of days off for whatever reason and I'm going to be down on my mileage...
Still worth striving for the 6000 mile goal by the end of the year...
I am at about 400 miles on the road. With the weather we have had I wouldn't have wanted to do any more!
but some bugger went and did a few more miles...
cookeaa - that was probably me, sorry! 🙂
Er.....
I've not signed up for the Endo but I've managed 164 miles this month, mainly on the MTB, think I've only had the Road Bike out a couple of times.
I aim to up that in Feb. Being busy at work, mate being off the bike with a bad back and a can't be arsed attitude have kept my mileage down.
Still better than this time last year though.
288 here. Missed a couple of long road rides due to weather, but not bad for January.
Lets see what we can do in Feb as it's a shorter month and often sees the worst of the winter.
528 here, with 2 days off, and I eased off this week. I am pleased as punch with that to be honest.
not bad for a fat grandad with a knackered ticker...... 😆
Good work Ton.
Nearly double my mileage. I'm not fat, ticker is in good nick, but I am a grandad 🙂
got to be honest, I am proper up for this, something to aim for, for the 1st time in a few years, and hopefully gonna get the milage up a bit in better weather.
310 miles here. Not where i wanted TBH. Last weekends weather put paid to a 100 mile audax I'd entered* and this weekend is shaping up to be just as bad 🙁
*Not that the audax was cancelled, i just wimped out of torrential rain & 40mph winds.
Nice one Ton.
707 miles here. Should have been more but have been ill since Sunday. Ho hum. Back on a bike soon hopefully!
