Total Miles for September - woo hoo!

[martinkap]

740 miles in August
674 miles in September ... the semester started, and teaching 250 students (+ one celebrity) takes a toll

All miles ridden on the fixed gear bike (48/16 ratio) in either moderately hilly (NJ parks) or flat (Manhattan is NOT flat, but cannot be considered hilly either) environment.

Martina

[RolliePollie]

426 for me. 50 flat miles, 376 hilly miles! I'm content with this mileage total since I only get to ride Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

I'm not sure my October is off to such a good start...it's supposed to rain a lot on Saturday (although I'll believe it when I see it!). I have my first Century coming up on Oct. 18 so I need to keep up with the training miles!!!

[arielmoon]

Thank you Misandal - that encourages me and means a lot. I know that I have a long way to go and being an overweight (70 lbs.) rider with heart stents, I have to keep working hard to regain my health. I am truly in awe of all of you however - I hope that next year I will be in the 400+ miles per month category!

Seriously you inspire me. You are making positive changes to get healthy and strong. Dont be humbled- be proud! YAY for you!!

[OakLeaf]

My average speed for September was only 13.9mph but my elevation gain was 51,776'.

I did pretty good considering half my miles were pretty flat...
out of the 357 miles (7 rides total), 16,201 feet of elevation gain, average 15.5 mph.

[Misandal]

Oakleaf, that's not an average month for me. I rode the Blue Ridge Parkway in 5 days - that's a good way to get some impressive elevation! That 5 days accounts for 49,660' of my total. (See my ride report in Adventure Stories.)

UPDATE: Trek has not yet replaced my cracked fork, but my LBS hooked me up with a temporary replacement (God bless 'em!) so I can be riding again while we wait for the one that will match my bike. The loaner is BRIGHT RED and my bike is white. I'm stylin'!

[BarbaraAlys]

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

Good thing the ride wasn't too hilly

I have only 116.9 miles in Sept, but it was ALL last week-end.....


What do you mean it wasn't too hilly!!?? <sigh> I stink at hills....

Barbara

Great meeting you on the LoneStar Ride, sorry we couldn't ride together, but you would not have liked averaging 11.6mph!

b.

[BarbaraAlys]

Thank you Misandal - that encourages me and means a lot. I know that I have a long way to go and being an overweight (70 lbs.) rider with heart stents, I have to keep working hard to regain my health. I am truly in awe of all of you however - I hope that next year I will be in the 400+ miles per month category!

You did more than I did this month, and you did WAY more than the average American, so keep being proud of it! And with heart stents too! You are awsome!

Barbara

[malkin]

My goal is always to make good time.

[tennisgirl43]

All these reports are inspiring to me, too! I've only been road biking since mid-July, but I'm in love with it!

I did 333 miles in September. 13 rides - mostly rolling hills. Avg speed is about 16 mph.

I did 296 miles in August.

My goal for October is 400 miles.

[Geonz]

I deeply admire people achieving their *own* goals and improving themselves and not getting hung up on comparisons. IT takes a lot more guts to get out and do when the silly numbers don't make anybody go "WOW!" - but they *do* make *you* stronger and healthier and happier.

And consider that while endurance nuts go further... um, stand up at any public gathering and ask the *general public" if they've ridden 200 miles in a month.

Right

So go put your miles in at bikejournal.com under "team estrogen" and then every; single mile you ride will add to the team's total!

(But yea, I wanna know about the celebrity!!)

[OakLeaf]

I have only 116.9 miles in Sept, but it was ALL last week-end.....
What do you mean it wasn't too hilly!!?? <sigh> I stink at hills....
Barbara
Great meeting you on the LoneStar Ride, sorry we couldn't ride together, but you would not have liked averaging 11.6mph!
b.

Eek! Wow, great job on the ride without any other riding last month!
Great to meet you too! My sister totally dropped me too it's best to ride one's own pace on a ride that long, I think.

For comparison, here's Saturday's leg of the LSR (first image) against our local 80-miler from the Saturday before:

But I wasn't kidding when I said those shallow grades were kicking my @ss! My legs just didn't have that gear! I was better the second day after I found a little bit of a rhythm. It was more like riding in a headwind than riding the hills I'm used to.

Anyway I had great fun! I enjoyed meeting you and seeing a bit of your part of the world.

[wildhawk]

Thanks everyone for your words of encouragement and for your amazing ride totals! I am in awe - and definately inspired to do my best out there! You are the best!!!