When you first started...

[Kathie]

Oh my gosh, that is so cute!!!

My boyfriend just bought an Element. I told him now we can get a dog since we have a proper dog car.

Your pictures are very inspirational!

Kate

The Ele is the perfect dog car!

Kathie,

I started riding last year and did about 4-5 days a week, maybe 15-30 miles on weekdays, up to 40 miles on weekend days.

Come to think of it, that's about how much I still ride. Only now I actually try to find the hills. In Minneapolis, that's a challenge.

Congratulations on your new obsession. I hope you get hooked as much as I have!

Cheers,
Kate

Thanks Kate...so on a weekend day you now do 40 miles in one day! WOW! I wanna get strong enough to do that!

'04 green Element here too! We stash our bikes inside (back seats removed). DH built a little rack for them in there. Great vehicle!

/thread hijack

Emily

Hijack away! It's a great car!

About 3 years ago when I started I was doing 3-4 rides a week - mostly about 10kms and my longest ride each week would be about 20kms.

Now I ride 6 times a week...
This includes a race of about 30-35km each week (unless its a TT which is only 20-25km) plus a warm up and cool down of about 15-20kms as well.

I try and do one ride of about 50-60kms when the weather is nice, and the other rides are about 20-25kms, or an hour on the spin bike.

Not getting much outside time at the moment due to midwinter light and bad weather so am on the spin bike more than I like.

Thanks for you post. I like seeing where you started and where you are now. I'm all about setting goals and it helps to see what others are doing.

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Sundial...I posted back with pics but awaiting a moderator to approve it!