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[Geonz]

Oh, COME ON Ride to the gym!!!

Logging feverishly here... having fun at the forum ... alas, I don't think I have *any* chance of catching "Howard" this year,

[mimitabby]

Oh, COME ON Ride to the gym!!!

um I do ride to the gym. But when i would be taking afternoon rides, I'm not. I'm working out. There really are only so many hours in a day.

[Crankin]

I post my rides as soon as I get back, but you would be bored reading my journal; that's because I don't write anything except the weather and maybe if i feel really bad. I just don't want people reading what i write, so I don't (I mean people I don't know, not you guys). I don't mind people looking at my miles, though. It's just a number.
I don't count indoor miles. I am also a purist. I just started counting the puny amount of miles I ride on my "commuter/errand bike" which is not really my commute bike, since it's so heavy, i ride my road bike.

[mimitabby]

My journal just has the miles.

[Fredwina]

um I do ride to the gym. But when i would be taking afternoon rides, I'm not. I'm working out. There really are only so many hours in a day.

You're heard of lights?

[kelownagirl]

I'm so pathetic that I generally enter my miles while I am still in my sweaty bike clothes.

Then I enter them again on Beginnertriathlete.

I am in the BJ 2500 miles race too - trying to catch Mimi. (You don't need to ride to the gym Mimi. )

[mimitabby]

You're heard of lights?

Dearest Fredwina (my heroine)
Where I live at this time of year, it is light before I get up and it is almost light when I am going to bed. I don't need lights.

[nicole309]

Wow! Who knew?
I added up what I could definately account for this year and I am nearly at 1,000. I never would have guessed all those 2's and 5's would add up!

[crazycanuck]

I'm dere...but i only have 4236km's so far for the year. I'm trying to keep up with you ladies over your summer!

Í want to know what the top 5 riders at BJ actually do for a living! To be at 15,000km for the year would mean they'd be retired? Someone please explain..

Anywho, i'm just aiming for 10,000 for the year. It seems far away though.

C

[Crankin]

I often wondered what they do, too. Even if they are retired, they must not do much besides riding. I rode 3,000 miles last year; my goal was 2500 and the mild fall allowed me to ride a lot more. Now that I won't be working after NEXT FRIDAY, I am not sure how much more I will ride. I probably will do more errands by bike, but even if I do the 2 regular club rides twice a week and long rides on the weekends plus a little more, I am not sure how much more this will add up to. I have 3500 as a "sort of" goal in my head, but at this point, I think I would rather get faster than ride more. I'm at 1,055, which is about 3 weeks ahead of where I was last year at this time, because I've been commuting a couple of days a week.

[Velobambina]

I'm dere...but i only have 4236km's so far for the year. I'm trying to keep up with you ladies over your summer!

Anywho, i'm just aiming for 10,000 for the year. It seems far away though.

C

Winter is tough, especially if you get snow and/or ice. There are positives about winter riding, i.e., finding yourself having the trail either to yourself or with other die-hard, trail rule savvy athletes. Acclimating to the cold, riding in the dark, etc., is the real challenge but that's a temporary thing. Once you figure out the right layers/"keep warm system," you'll be fine. You might consider investing in winter cycling shoes, too. Well worth the investment.

I have to admit that I feel indignant when the warm weather folks come out of their toasty caves and start crowding/behaving badly &/or unsafely on "my" trail. Anyone who slogs it out there in 20 degrees w/wind chills even lower should have emminant (sp?) domain! LOL

You can do the 10K. I just takes determination and discipline.