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  1. #1
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    Jun 2006
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    What's your typical riding week like?

    My typical riding week is:

    20 miles flat speed intervals

    20 miles hills (now drills, making myself repeat the same hard hill several times)

    40-70 mile club ride/fundraiser/big ride

    I'd like to add another day. . .

    Also, anybody add a spinning class or two to her routine?

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
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    I'm the only one allowed to whine
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    I commute 1-5 days a week, noodle along on a couple errands, and go for one or two longer rides just for jollies. Ususally involving iced lattes at some point.
    "If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson

  3. #3
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    Jul 2005
    Location
    Illinois
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    Let's see, moved to Tucson just in time for "back side of the sun" heat so it's goes something like this: go to garage (where it's 110+ degrees) and look at bike, say heck with it and go in the house and stare at exercise bike, then go flop in chair and wait for Fall.

    Electra Townie 7D

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Aug 2002
    Location
    Cape Cod, MA
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    I'm trying to get in an early morning before-work ride at least 3 times a week, usually 9-14 miles.

    I have been driving my mtb to work with me in the hopes of getting in a trail ride after work. So far I haven't managed to do that too often.

    I try to get in one longer ride, increasing about 5 miles a week. So far I'm up to 40miles. Hope to get in 45 miles tomorrow if the rain holds off long enough.

    Rainy days I hop on the trainer with Coach Troy.

    I want to get up to riding 75 miles on my own a few weeks before I'm planning to do my first century in September.

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Jun 2006
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    Hurray for first century! That's an awesome goal.

    I had no idea riding on Cape Cod would be so great- I was in Wellfleet last summer and did some awesome, hilly rides. I'll be back up at the end of July and can't wait!

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Vancouver, BC
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    The only sorta' set thing is Saturday: long ride with either my club or the boyfriend, usually in the 100 km range.

    I try to ride about four more days every week, sometimes as little as 20 km, at best 60-70 km. In the winter I have a more precise schedule (hills, intervals, recovery...) because I need some sort of a framework to get me out and riding. In the shiny days like now I spend a lot of time in "recovery" mode... especially after the Saturday rides with the boyfriend (think 4 hours at 85% of my max heart rate... or higher). I live around hills so it's hills rep all the time anyway. Sometimes I hit it, sometimes I take it easy, depends on how I feel...

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Jun 2006
    Location
    California
    Posts
    94
    Wednesday and Friday 31 mile round trip commute to work. Saturday or Sunday 18 - 22 mile ride (with a stop at my sister's house to show off !)

 

 

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