How many miles did you ride this week?

[WindingRoad]

Weather has been Poo! Got in 103 for the week. Eight of those miles was in SEVERE thunderstorm! Yuk!

[AppleTree]

66.9... anything over 50 miiles to me is a LOT.


"My computer ate some of my miles." Is that sorta like "my dog ate my homework"?

[nolemom]

217 this week. A good week of enjoyable riding.

[Lauralyn]

I cannot ride as much as I want, usually Sat 22 miles and I am trying for Thurs after work 15 miles. I love to get on my bike and feel the freedom and no stress.
I was so excited to get out on the road all winter but I pulled a thigh muscle over Easter in a really stupid fall and hurt my hip. I need to go for some PT. Biking makes my back and hip feel great but not since my graceful fall, but I will get there.

[deeannef]

Last week I did 161 miles. During the school year 150-200 a week, during the summer 200-250+ a week when I am not teaching.

[maillotpois]

378, but that was just one ride this weekend. The rest was all indoor miles.

[aquamoose32]

378, but that was just one ride this weekend. The rest was all indoor miles.

You rode 378 miles in ONE WEEKEND??? Man, I look like a beginner! Haha I want your training schedule and to be able to get up to that. I usually do about 30-50 miles every other day. I'm tired at the end of the week! 30 miles is fine for me, 50 I am tired. How do I get up to 378?

Do people include commuting miles, a.k.a junk miles in their training calculations?

[Becky]

Do people include commuting miles, a.k.a junk miles in their training calculations?

Commuting miles are junk miles?

My commutes are the most intense rides of the week. Weekend rides might be longer, but they're definitely less intense. Each has its own purpose from a training perspective.

[tulip]

I don't consider commuter miles junk miles at all. Commuting by bike is the best way to work cycling into daily life. When I worked at an office, I commuted 28 miles nearly every day. I hardly consider 100 miles before the weekend junk.

Working from home sure does put a dent in riding! Well, you say, you can just go out for a ride whenever you want to! Well, that's what I said, too! Uh, work is busy and it would be easier to get my miles from commuting.

[Crankin]

I never considered my commuting miles junk... at 28.5 miles RT twice a week, those miles upped my total considerably.

[maillotpois]

You rode 378 miles in ONE WEEKEND??? Man, I look like a beginner! Haha I want your training schedule and to be able to get up to that. I usually do about 30-50 miles every other day. I'm tired at the end of the week! 30 miles is fine for me, 50 I am tired. How do I get up to 378?

Do people include commuting miles, a.k.a junk miles in their training calculations?

34 hours to be exact. It was the last ride in a brevet series I did this year: 200, 300, 400 and then 600k. I actually did 3 200ks and 2 300ks as well as a hard double century and the 400k leading up to this ride. I don't ride outdoors during the week at all - I rely on high intensity computrainer interval training at a training center I belong to. My long rides are on the weekend. And they are long.

And I wouldn't say commute miles are junk at all. They're a mainstay of my husband's training schedule.

[Owlie]

66.9... anything over 50 miiles to me is a LOT.


"My computer ate some of my miles." Is that sorta like "my dog ate my homework"?

LOL!
My computer is really prone to interference, so sometimes it'll just give me wildly inaccurate numbers (like 76mph when I'm stopped at a light, or 0-4 when I'm probably doing closer to 14-15). The inaccurate numbers (especially the low ones) mean that it's not calculating distance correctly.

[aquamoose32]

34 hours to be exact. It was the last ride in a brevet series I did this year: 200, 300, 400 and then 600k. I actually did 3 200ks and 2 300ks as well as a hard double century and the 400k leading up to this ride. I don't ride outdoors during the week at all - I rely on high intensity computrainer interval training at a training center I belong to. My long rides are on the weekend. And they are long.

And I wouldn't say commute miles are junk at all. They're a mainstay of my husband's training schedule.

WOW Congrats on the Brevet series!!!! The thing about commute miles is at least in my town of San Francisco, there is A LOT OF STOPPING. So I may ride 7 miles to work, but it takes me over an hour with all the traffic of cars and dodging pedestrians ect.

This week I rode: 30 miles on wednesday, 40 miles on thurs, 35 miles on friday, 20 miles on sunday, 40 miles on monday, 35 miles on tuesday. All at least 2000 ft of climbing per day. Wow 200 exactly! Is this a bad training schedule since they are all about the same distance? The problem is I just like to ride. I am not training for anything, but I do want to be fast if I want beat someone up the hill!

[Geonz]

Commuting miles are junk miles?

My commutes are the most intense rides of the week. Weekend rides might be longer, but they're definitely less intense. Each has its own purpose from a training perspective.

Hey, when somebody starts a thread saying "Is that a lot?" they are already trying to Rank Things, which usually goes along with needing to label somethings as Not Worthy.

[Becky]

Sue, you're absolutely right