So how many miles did you rack up in 2009?

Your willy waving suggests you're competetive, that's all. It also suggests you have a penchant for attention seeking bullock anal matter!

NJee20 – Who mentioned destroying records? I mentioned having a crack at one of them – said nothing about destroying anything.

your expectations dont tally with mine regarding racing – you should use the advice I gave you before.

Group rides – a bunch or mates that like to do the same thing – you dont know them but they are all elite athletes in various sports.

Dash – you would also do well to do away with the idea that people dont do things that your experiences wont let you comprehend.

just been looking back thru a diary i used to keep, pretty sad i know.
in 1994 i rode 13020 miles.
this was made up from a 30 mile round trip commute, which was awesome cos i was on nights and the roads were empty at 9pm and 6am.
in the same year i rode 14 audax rides, the longest 300km, and a 2 week holiday in andalucia with the ctc.
some riding that………..for me.

and all at a 23 mph average as well then Ton.

S_O – ditched it early on because the course bored me.
pmsl

only down very steep hills johnnie…….. 😳

AndyP – why do you find that so funny?

I can't comprehend any truth in your claims that you're sponsored by Adidas, can average 27mph for 2hrs and have never felt the need to race any one other than in a sport category mtb race that you lost!

12400 for me….at an average of 36.4mph.

I like to ride and enter races for the craic.

And bitch later on about everyone else being wheelsuckers.

well done daffy those light bikes really do make you faster

i am gonna total a big amount of miles this year.
getting the leg's waxed in the morning prior to a training ride in the pm. 8)

AndyP – why do you find that so funny?
because for an international standard athlete such as yourself, that's a really poor mental attitude.
Any more evidence on 'hundreds suffering from altitude sickness on the Marmotte' yet? Still waiting for that one.

Dasha – My sister inlaw is a director of Adidas – she gives me free stuff and has to put it through as a sponsorship deal.

I have not said that I can average 27mph for 2hrs – I said that I have done 40 miles in 90 mins in a group with a tail wind.

I have never raced in a sport race either. I race to for the little five minute races that you get within a race. It's not about winning, its about wasting your mates along a stretch of trail.

AndyP – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altitude_sickness. Galibier is higher than that and it takes a lot of effort to get to the top of it.

goans not about tonight.

How many hours a week did those 18000 miles consume.

25-30 or thereabouts.

I'd love to know how many miles I did. According to my watch I climbed 71,000m between July and September though.

Maybe 5000 miles at a complete guess and a 100,000m climbing.

p.s. that's impressive, well done. I think I met you along with trail rat and superstar lover.

Let me get this right then – you were doing 'a couple of hours a night midweek', so thats 10 hours and around 15 to 20 hours riding at the weekend? I thought you said your family were important?

So what was this 'something' you were training for?

27mph for 2 hours, mmmm. I can definately smell it now.

You are lying aren't you?

Garmin Connect Says…

Count: 136 Activities
Distance: 3,532.68 mi
Time: 391:46:30 h:m:s
Elevation Gain: 122,441 m
Avg Speed: 9.0 mph
Avg HR: 129 bpm
Avg Run Cadence: —
Avg Bike Cadence: 73 rpm
Calories: 309,445 C
Avg Distance: 25.98 mi
Max Distance: 109.67 mi
Avg Time: 02:52:50 h:m:s
Max Speed: 53.7 mph
Max Bike Cadence: 172 rpm

Not sure on the split of Road to Offroad tho!

Oh my god I want one of those. Who's Garmin and how does it connect?

Gary_M – something like that yes. Families don't just exist at weekends…

And I've already said what i'm training for.

Approx 12.6mph at 4hrs a day then. How many days rest did you have?

jcromton- you did a hell of a lot more miles than that. If you'd ridden in the last few months you'd have done a couple of thousand more than me.

You reckon? I've been on a gap year this last few months. Wish I'd put my computer on my guiding bike.

I want one of those Garmin connects! I relish the stats.

Dasha – not many was lucky to not get any injuries or illnesses that kept me off the bike for long. Longest ride in a day was 200miles and the longest week was around 1000 miles.

AndyP – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altitude_sickness. Galibier is higher than that and it takes a lot of effort to get to the top of it.

yes, that's where we got to last time, and again, I know how much effort it takes to get up it thanks. The evidence of 'hundreds of people suffering altitude sickness' for the handful of minutes they're above 2400m on the Marmotte is…where, exactly?

There are people out there that need to do a lot of exercise just to keep their head straight – I'm one of them.

Clearly mate, you need to do more 😉 Keep it up though, it's **** bang on.

Got a garmin (with a heart rate monitor) in the shop that you should've got for christmas 😉

Think you've probably done about the same as me, when you started resting I started riding.

And I've already said what i'm training for.

Indulge me, I don't want to read through the crap.

AndyP – it's all over the side of the road when you're climbing the Galibier.

Gary_M – LEJOG in as little time as possible.

I'm bored now.

you should probably (le) jog on 🙂

About 4500, roughly 50/50 road/off-road. 90% of the off-road were singlespeed.

i think his user name speaks volumes why give this bullshitter the attention he does not deserve make sure mine is the last post!

So you do venture out of the classifieds once in a while then.

due to difference in mph and effort between mountain and road i record training, sorry riding in hours and over the past five years this has been as follows:-

2005 438.75 hours

2006 457.75

2007 418.75

2008 403.75

2009 425.50.

still a bit dodgy as 90 mins in a race is alot more exhausting that a five hour ride with mates that involves stoping to chat, map read and so on. i do try to exclude time spent not peddling but not a science. above is a mix of mtb, road and mtb on road commuting. overall ave of say 14 mph would give 6,000 miles or 115 a week that feels about right. for every trans wales or marmotte (i did both in 2009) there is a week drinking, tired, too much work, awful weather etc).

Just for the record last year I did 3,887.20 Km (2,416 miles) in 211:49:43 hrs with 30,644.20m climbing and an average speed of 18.6 Km/h (10.5 mph)
This is a mix of road, off road (Both single speed & Geared), and the turbo
I’m 49, have wife and too children & work full time – I don’t community and have a full and rounded life outside of cycling. I also suffer with chronic fatigue– so overall I’m quite impressed with that