Total Miles for September - woo hoo!

**wildhawk** · 09-30-2008, 07:42 PM

O.K. so I know that most of you are riding way more than I am, but for the month of August I only logged 67 miles. I was determined to get my mileage up and the total for September is 197! My goal was 200, so I missed it by 3 miles, but next month I will get even more logged - weather and health permitting. My bike is performing great, and I have been working on picking up speed in intervals. I have my first 50k this coming Sunday, so wish me luck!

**Aggie_Ama** · 09-30-2008, 07:45 PM

Ummm I consider myself a more experienced rider than you and I only had 227 for the month. I think you did awesome!! Me not so much lol.

Can't wait to hear about the 50k this weekend, I am sure you will completely kill it.

**mary9761** · 09-30-2008, 07:54 PM

I'm thrilled to be able to say that I was able to ride 222.7 miles. I rode over 126 of those last week. It's great to be back on the bike!

**Jiffer** · 09-30-2008, 08:08 PM

Congrats on boosting your mileage!

What a great accomplishment.

I'm excited about a monthly mileage thread. I hope you were intending for others to post their monthly totals, because I'm guessing that's what's going to happen.

I averaged 391 this month, 47 less than last month (which is my highest ever at 438). Now that I'm done training for my century and school started again (I homeschool my kids), I'm not riding quite as much. About three times a week. (But part of my total was the century.)

**melissam** · 09-30-2008, 08:50 PM

I didn't think I accumulated much mileage this month, since I only rode on the weekends. However, after tallying it up, I found out that I got to 515.47, which isn't too shabby.

Highlights from the month of September included:

Riding a 200k (125 mile) ride with Jobob and Veronica
Climbing Mt. Hamilton on Labor Day with the Bike Forums group
Riding in Waves to Wine, a benefit for the National MS Society. It's a two day ride, and I did 100 miles on Day 1 and 75 on Day 2
Riding with Dachshund and her new Seven
Meeting bikergirlsj and her friends on a ride thru Portola Valley and Woodside
Experiencing the zenlike nature of doing a night ride with Jobob and Leebob

wildhawk, have fun on your 50k!

mary, welcome back!

- Melissa

What a way to close out the summer. It was a good month indeed!

**Mr. Bloom** · 10-01-2008, 12:35 AM

Originally Posted by melissam

I didn't think I accumulated much mileage this month, since I only rode on the weekends. However, after tallying it up, I found out that I got to 515.47, which isn't too shabby.

Me too! and I came in at 478. WIth the shorter days, I can't get as many miles in the evening...and I refuse to ride in the dark.

**squirrell** · 10-01-2008, 02:26 AM

I got in 347 miles in September but I spent most of it doing short fast rides trying to get ready for my first Triathlon--i was part of a team and was supposed to do the bike ride BUT, we didn't do it because of a torrential thunderstorm.

In August, I got in 508--that's my highest monthly total since I started riding in April of this year.

This month, I should have close to 500 again I'm thinking, as I've got my first Century later in the month and am doing some long distances (for me anyway!) in preparation for that.

**kfergos** · 10-01-2008, 03:54 AM

You all are awesome! It's cool to hear your goals for future months, too. Fall can be such a lovely time of year to ride.

That said, this is going to sound bad, but... My total for September is 740 miles. And that was with slacking off and only doing a couple longer rides on weekend rides. This is the power of commuting consistently: I don't think I drove to work once all month.

**OakLeaf** · 10-01-2008, 04:01 AM

I came in at 357... and half of that was this weekend

Good thing the ride wasn't too hilly

**indigoiis** · 10-01-2008, 05:52 AM

Because I was training for, and did a century, I was higher than normal. I was about 280.

**PscyclePath** · 10-01-2008, 06:45 AM

909 for August, which is a current personal best, and 806 for September.

It's getting dark earlier and light later now, so a lot of my riding from here out will be in the dark or at least low light.

tom

**Misandal** · 10-01-2008, 07:28 AM

Wildhawk, awesome job on upping the mileage! Good luck on your 50K this weekend. Please let us know how it goes for you!

Tom, dang dude, that's a lot of miles.

I have 518.98 miles from September 1 through September 12. On account of my cracked fork, which I'm still waiting for Trek to replace, I got zero miles from September 13 through 30.

**arielmoon** · 10-01-2008, 07:37 AM

You gals (and guy) are incredible! Kudos to all!

September Rides 19

Average Speed (mph) 19.03

Distance (miles) 404

Max Speed (mph) 34

August was 335

1,211 miles since I started logging miles on bikejournal in May.

**kfergos** · 10-01-2008, 07:44 AM

Originally Posted by arielmoon

Average Speed (mph) 19.03

DUDE. That's a pretty impressive average speed right there. I bet you leave a trail of disappointed slower guys behind you.

**arielmoon** · 10-01-2008, 07:51 AM

Originally Posted by kfergos

DUDE. That's a pretty impressive average speed right there. I bet you leave a trail of disappointed slower guys behind you.

yeah that would be my BF. In fact my average would be higher if I wasnt lolligagging waiting for him to catch back up when we ride together.

On monday's group ride the boys were kind enough not to drop me and we averaged 22.4

One guy told me afterward that they couldnt drop me if they tried but I think he was just being nice. I do a lot of drafting on that ride

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