2,500 miles in a year challenge

[mimitabby]

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

me too.
there are hundreds of ways to compete!

[sbctwin]

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?

[light_sabe_r]

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

Sign up here

and set your yearly goal to 2500miles or 4000km

[veekcee]

I signed up.

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!

[LBTC]

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!

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~

[Sheesh]

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.

[kelownagirl]

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. Do I have to do anything else besides do my goal in my profile?

[tattiefritter]

Kelownagirl, you have to set your goals public. Your mileage chart then shows up when you post in the forum.

Mine is still stubbornly set to 0! Having a think about the enormity of this especially as the vast majority of my miles are offroad which always seem not enough distance for the effort you put in (that's my excuse anyway ). Barring minging weather and not dying after my long run on Saturday I should get off the mark this weekend - fingers crossed.

Good luck everybody.

[guest1]

for those of you trying to calculate indoor miles, please remember your outdoor mph is an AVERAGE of what you are riding -- meaning, you may climb a hill at 8 mph, get to top and speed down at 20 mph, giving you an AVERAGE of 14 mph (8 + 20 = 28/2 = 14). So, when on a trainer, you may be doing hill climbing training, or sprint training, strength training, or a combo of all in a 45 min to 1 hour exercise. Again, just take an AVERAGE outdoor ride and add your miles accordingly. The key to remember is that mph is an AVERAGE number of various terrains and efforts, and this can cross-over to indoor mileage calculations.