2,500 miles in a year challenge

Just thought I'd post this for those riders who want the motivation to bump up their annual mileage. Over on www.bikejournal.com mrprudhom has started a challenge for folks who've never ridden more than 2,500 miles in year. I know a lot of you have said you're looking to step up the number of miles.

Per mrprudhom:

The rules are simple - indoor and outdoor miles count (no nekkid miles this time, it's a family friendly race!) If you have ridden 2500 or more in a year already, you are automatically DQ'd! Only newbies and riders with annual ride mileage less than 2500 need apply. Post your mileage to this thread (monthly is fine until we get close), I will start up a spread sheet, and keep track.

The race begins at midnight your time... On your marks, get set, go.....

Just announced: A BikeJournal Jersey will be awarded to the winner (or equivelent value if one is not available)

Go to the forums in www.bikejournal.com and look for the 2500 mile race.

i just signed up to bike journal yesterday after seeing it referenced here on and off.

i did 2,600km last year, but i'm going to go for it. 2,500 miles... that's 3,969 km according to my calculator... 12km down, 12km on the way home tonight, that's only 3945km to go :p

that's a coincidence, i was going to make my goal for next year 2500 miles!
(and walking 300 miles)

thanks, I'm in.

Having finally crossed the 2,000 mile mark Saturday, I had kind of set 2400 as my goal this year, but what the hey - what's another 100 miles? Especially if I do a few more commutes. But mine will be outdoor miles only. :)

Martha

Yep - I've just signed up to - makes it easier with a goal to work to (okay, not easier... just sort of ...'said out loud') :D

Since one of my odometers is in NZ i think i did approximately 4300 km last year..

I'm going to log my km's on bike journal...Theav wanna have a race???

c

I'll look at this as well. I've also set my target to be 2500 this year, only managed to just crawl above 2000 this year.

Even more motivation to pull my finger out!

Added myself in - need to dust my bikes off now.

I had just over 2200 miles in '06 and might have hit 2500 if not for my herniated disc in the neck that put me off the bike.
So....Optimistic that the neck will be fine and dandy in '07, I resolved to hit 2500 in '07 - a PB for me yet again (if I hit it).
This seems like a great motivator to do so. I think I read somewhere here to select "Team Estrogen" as my club affiliation? Yes??
Any other things to keep in mind when registering??
(I don't think I can do indoor mileage unless I ride rollers on my commuter - my Garmin won't register the miles if I'm not really moving!)

Count me in, too.

Thanks for posting this, SK. I'd been thinking about what to do with my cycling goals for this year, so your post was like a sign from the cosmos. ;)

Hey, looks like there are enough of us that we can have our own little subset race over here at TE. How about posting our weekly or monthly stats in the TE Member Race Results forum?

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Originally Posted by Regina

I think I read somewhere here to select "Team Estrogen" as my club affiliation? Yes??
Any other things to keep in mind when registering??
(I don't think I can do indoor mileage unless I ride rollers on my commuter - my Garmin won't register the miles if I'm not really moving!)

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Regina--Yes, select TE as your club affiliation. Also, if you want your mileage to show in the bj forums, make sure you make your goals public when you set up your profile.

Is there any way you could estimate how many miles you do indoors? I'm thinking you might use your average speed on the road and apply that to the time spent on your indoor trainer. Not sure how accurate that would be, but it's a possibility.

Since I am int theory able to ride again, count me in. I love a challenge. :)

I signed up. This is a challenge for me, but I really think I can do it. I affiliated myself w/Team Estrogen, hope I don't embarrass the club!! :D

Colleen

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Originally Posted by Bad JuJu

Is there any way you could estimate how many miles you do indoors? I'm thinking you might use your average speed on the road and apply that to the time spent on your indoor trainer. Not sure how accurate that would be, but it's a possibility.

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Juju - that's what I do. I take my average speed & assign myself that many miles for each hour I spend on the trainer.

I'm headed over to BJ to sign up!

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Originally Posted by Bad JuJu

Regina--Yes, select TE as your club affiliation. Also, if you want your mileage to show in the bj forums, make sure you make your goals public when you set up your profile.

Is there any way you could estimate how many miles you do indoors? I'm thinking you might use your average speed on the road and apply that to the time spent on your indoor trainer. Not sure how accurate that would be, but it's a possibility.

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Thanks!
I just signed up (now, to ride!!).

I thought about doing that as an estimate - but since I ride rollers (rarely) in the basement, I'm not sure I can get a satellite signal to give me time/speed measurements. However, I think it can calculate speed from a pickup on the wheel, based on RPM and wheel size in the absence of a signal. Hmmmm... Will have to investigate.....

I think I passed 2700 miles last year, my first year biking...so I won't enter this fun challenge, though I wish I could! :p I just joined BikeJournal...I was waiting for the first of the year to start a journal. I affiliated with Team Estrogen. My bike is going in to repair a broken spoke today (DRAT, and great weather for riding today!! :mad: ), but I should be able to get a few more rides in before it gets TOO cold. :)

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Originally Posted by momof4greatkids

I signed up. This is a challenge for me, but I really think I can do it. I affiliated myself w/Team Estrogen, hope I don't embarrass the club!! :D

Colleen

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Colleen
hey, you won't embarrass the club, every mile you do adds to the total!

Lisa your mileage is amazing! your first year and you already beat me!

Gotta find yourself a spare bicycle or two :) Once you get to the 2500+ level of addiction you need the tell-tale paraphernalia...

You know, I have been toying with the idea of getting a computer so I can keep track of my kilometreage (:p)...

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Originally Posted by Geonz

Gotta find yourself a spare bicycle or two :) Once you get to the 2500+ level of addiction you need the tell-tale paraphernalia...

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Oh, I know what you mean. I spend far too much time dreaming about a newer better bike while the bike I have is probably fine!

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Originally Posted by mimitabby

Lisa your mileage is amazing! your first year and you already beat me!

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It surpised ME when I added it up! But all those 20 mile rides every week really add up.
Now it's going into winter though, and all the Florida, Texas, and California gals are gonna mop the floor with me! :D :D :D
...But if I'm lucky maybe we'll eventually get some snow here (like we used to in pre-globalwarming days) and I will be SNOWSHOEING soon, woo-HOOO!!!! :p :p :p

Hmmm. I could try. But how do you tally indoor miles? I'd probably need a couple days a week indoors through the winter to get my mileage up there. Spring-Fall I'll commute, but that's only about 3 miles each way, then maybe 20-30 miles on weekends. I'd need to do that much every week of the year, but I'm not going out on my bike in this storm (howling winds, sleet, icy roads), and I don't know of any club rides or events hereabouts. 'Course, that does make it all the more important to set a mileage goal to keep me going. I can't use training for the Cindy as my motivator this year.

i have a bike computer hooked up to my indoor bike; with the sensor on the rear wheel. you need a longer cable for that.

Hey, I just joined up too! I expect to blast that goal out of the water...but since I've never done 2500 in a year, I qualify, right?!

I hesitated to sign up because I wanted to total up all the miles I didn't log for 2006 first, to make sure I didn't pass 2500...and I barely passed 2000. :eek: I swear it felt like more! :p

(came back to add that I'll only be counting outdoor miles)

Well, I'm back with a bang!

I was trying to decide what kind of goal to set myself, having come NOWHERE NEAR the goal I set last year when I bought my bike. So I'm going for broke on this one!

I think I'd better put on something warm and go ride right now!

Thanks for lighting a fire under my boom!

Funny, combiuning my Roadie and hybrid totals, I wasnted to do this much too! (approx 4000km)

Yup I'm up for it!

Ladies... the thread to sign up for it on bike journal is this one.

http://www.bikejournal.com/thread.asp?ThreadID={A8249DC9-4B7D-49D3-887C-6C96EFED4A6A}

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It's only 48 miles a week for a full year. If you figure a 6 month season, you need to do about 12/day(for those of you who live in less temperate climes). Of course, the challenge is to get to 2500 first...

I assume this contest is for 2007 ... so, start riding ladies! The 2500 is an achieveable goal and one worthy of pursuing! If you break it down to miles per week, that is only 48 miles a week -- 2 rides @ 24 miles, or roughly 3 hours a week (and that is outdoor miles only). Now, indoor, if you ride for 1 hour indoor and cannot caluculate, a good "guess" is 15 miles for every hour, or take your average outdoor hourly rate and calculate for indoor. For example, you normally ride 13 mph, than for every 1 hour indoor, you can add 13 miles. It is that easy!

In 2006, I know a woman who rode 11,000 OUTDOOR miles. That total did not include her 3 times a week indoor spin class miles and occassional trainer miles. Yes, she rode a lot, but in 2005 she did the same thing and only rode 10,000 outdoor miles (even high mileagers can increase!). Personally, I have increased my outdoor miles every year for the past 4 years, plus have added much more indoor training miles to my routine (but I don't add the indoor miles to my total yearly miles). If I did add both outdoor and indoor, I would probably have 5000-6000 miles in 2006; I do know I had roughly 4700 outdoor miles in 2006. So, ladies, 2500 CAN BE DONE!!

Hope everybody has a SUPER CYCLING YEAR in 2007!!! :) :D :)

about indoor miles, it takes me 30 minutes to ride 6 miles generally speaking.
these are hard miles, they don't feel like 6 miles at 12mph average on the road.

Mimi don't feel bad- I average only about 9.3 or so mph. I think it's partly due to living surrounded by hills. On flats stretches I ride at about 15-20mph, I can do 35mph downhill if conditions are safe, but much of my actual riding TIME is spent crawling up hills at 2-3mph, so that brings my average speed way down.
My "daily" routine ride (whenever weather & my schedule allows) is 21 miles but it takes me about 2 hours 10 minutes to ride it. :o
The good thing is that we are out there pedaling and getting healthy. :)

I joined the challenge...I was thinking that 2500 miles would be a good goal (I did a little over 2300 this year). I do count my indoor miles. They actually are harder miles than my outdoor ones usually, thanks to Coach Troy!

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Originally Posted by Fredwina

Of course, the challenge is to get to 2500 first...

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Maybe so, but for me, the challenge is to get to 2500 miles...period.:eek: :D

Yeah...that "only 48 miles a week" sounds good - until you add up all those weeks you don't do any riding, or get out once for 15 miles, and then you start thinking of that "debt" that has to get repaid to your goal.
Sigh.
Okay...I'm not really such a defeatist. Especially on January 2nd!
...and, my commuting partner just blew out his knee (probably an ACL) in a fall in PA. So...I'll have to motivate myself to get back on the bike...no more partner to get me going!

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Originally Posted by Bad JuJu

Maybe so, but for me, the challenge is to get to 2500 miles...period.:eek: :D

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me too.
there are hundreds of ways to compete!

How do you actually register for the challenge? I have a bikejournal account, but never actually logged any miles to it. I edited my profile to be public and my team affiliation to Team Estrogen. But, how do you actually register to be included in the challenge...what am I missing? Do I just log my miles and the moderator will keep track of it? :confused:

I signed up.:eek:

Boy, oh, boy...what have I done?!? I'll be 50 at the end of this year; I would love to hit the 2500 mile goal by 12/16! :)

Happy New Year!

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Originally Posted by sbctwin

what am I missing? Do I just log my miles and the moderator will keep track of it? :confused:

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Sign up here

and set your yearly goal to 2500miles or 4000km

wow, I can't believe I did it, but I did. I signed up, and I did my first 12.13 km (7.54 miles) on the trainer today. That took 25 minutes, and it was not at a hard resistance, or a very big gear. In fact, I was reading my business law text at the time - it's the only way I can read the text and *not* fall asleep! :eek:

Anywhoo, Crohn's disease is not going to stop me. I will do my best to reach 2500 miles. I've never managed to count my mileage before, so I have no idea how hard this will be. Hopefully the training months will let me crank up the volume!

Good luck to everyone!!

Hugs and butteflies,
~T~

I'm in! I only did about 700 miles this past year, but once Spring arrives, I'll commute by bike again, so that will give me a jump on improving my mileage for this year. Goals are great motivators for me.

Darn, I was only going to make my goal 3000 km this year but ended up jumping in a going for the whole 4000 km instead (2500 miles). I did 2775 km 2006 (April - November) - hope I can find a way to squeeze in another 1000 km. :eek: Do I have to do anything else besides do my goal in my profile?