We picked a fight with every &^#(@ hill in our county yesterday and today. 25 mi yesterday, 20 mi today, 3.000 feet of climbing. My heart says "yay me", my back says "you stink".
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We picked a fight with every &^#(@ hill in our county yesterday and today. 25 mi yesterday, 20 mi today, 3.000 feet of climbing. My heart says "yay me", my back says "you stink".
Yesterday I did 55.5 miles in 4:30. That is the furthest I've yet ridden, and in the first half of that there were several very steep hills. Short, but hard to see how much steeper they could have been.
Am trying not to stress over my speed. I am slowly getting faster and right now endurance and finding/unleashing my inner hill-climbing beast seems more important.
Today have no route planned - I need a recovery ride so am just going to go wherever my bike wants to go :)
I feel successful I completed the "copper triangle" 78 miles. woohoo
8.2 miles of mountain biking, on my own! I usually do not ride alone so it was an accomplishment to have the confidence to do so. I have been really struggling mentally with a lot of problems so to have a good day was helpful on many levels. :)
eh, 50. I was supposed to be 120mi but the weather forecast changed this morning to rain, so we shortened our ride (and got soaked to the bone anyway). Sad to have shortened the ride, but there will be plenty more days in the near future to get in miles.
Good for you! I love that ride. Which direction did you go? Over Freemont or Vail first?Quote:
Originally Posted by DebbieDowner
38 miles. 2:21, rolling hills
71 miles today...82 miles yesterday. I usually don't keep track of how long it takes...other than that we leave at 6am and try to be home by 12 noon. Today we got home by 11:15...yesterday we were home by 11:45.
Are we going to have 2 threads that discuss daily rides?
I know that we haven't had lots of "date--ride" threads, but we *do* have quite a few posters for the weekends, at least.
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Originally Posted by Crankin
My apologies. I guess I didn't look far enough back in the pages before I posted this thread.
My longest ride yet...75 miles in right at five hrs.
I didn't feel like riding at all yesterday. After three days off, I lost my mojo.
So, I decided to do an easy ride. 9.42 miles in 58 minutes. At least I got out...
I did 12.6 miles before work this morning.
40 flat miles with the club, up around the north shore towns of Danvers, Ipswich, Hamilton, Wenham, and Topsfield. Mostly through neighborhoods, a few rural spots that were nice. After eating lunch at Panera, we rode back to the start, at an ice cream place, where I had strawberry soft serve.
For Tuesday, yesterday, 50 miles, in a little under 4 hours. Last two miles, was not sure I was going to make it home in the heat, 96 degrees. Rode to work every day last week. Sometimes a long ride in the heat helps you work through all the stuff in your head. :cool: