How many kms/miles do you ride each week?

[roadiechick]

Hi

Just wondered how many kms/miles everyone rides on average each week? At the moment I am doing about 250km - not sure if that's good or bad, i guess average???

RoadieChick

[Veronica]

My weekly mileage varies - depending on work, weather, my mood etc. I try to do about 100 miles/week. But lately we've been doing a lot more off road riding so my mileage numbers have slipped.

I'd say 250K is pretty good - probably more than most casual riders - less than the Tour riders.

Veronica

[grannydea]

Around 80-100 per week. More if trainning for a ride some where.

[Barb]

I work 2 jobs so I am lucky if I get 50 miles in. I'm hoping this summer I will get to 100 /week.

[Biking Chick]

Originally posted by Veronica

I'd say 250K is pretty good - probably more than most casual riders - less than the Tour riders.

Veronica

Good point Vernoica

Once the snow is gone and the chemicals and salt are off the road I average 100 miles (161 km) solo. My husband I have a couple of routes that we like to ride two nights a week that are about 30 miles (about 48 km).

On the week-ends we will find a charity road ride or ride one of the rail trails. Our new Saris Cycle-On hitch rack will make hauling the bikes a lot easier this year.

[ragbrai40]

My goal is 80-100 mi/wk. Does it always work out that way - NO dang it! Between rain and running kids after school, riding seems to slip to the back burner.

So, I try to make up mileage on weekends w/longer rides.

[emily_in_nc]

I generally get in ~ 150 miles per week during daylight savings time. That includes three shorter weeknight rides and two weekend group rides. From time to time I do a century on the weekend, so my weekly mileage will be higher, and if weather is bad, it will be lower.

Emily

[letty]

During this time of the year I ride about ~160 miles per week: One week day ride ~25miles; one ride to work day 18miles round trip; one long ride on Sat. ~80miles; one medium ride ~40 mile on Sunday.
During the winter the numbers go down to around to ~100 but then I try to compensate with spinning classes.
Letty

[betagirl]

I do about 120 miles a week, give or take. It helps being in a LBS club that does 30 miles on Tues and Thurs, then 40 on Saturday

[fultzie]

i started working more this summer, and deliberately found a place to live off-campus, so my commute is about 20 miles round-trip (depending on class and work... 5 to class, 5 more to work, then 10 back again). if i can find the motivation, i try to squeeze in 20 miles or so before or after work, and then 40-60 miles on the weekends... it averages out to about 150-200 a week, but that's just during the summer! during the regular semester i'm lucky to get in 20 miles a week, outside of the 30-mile races on the weekends.

[ausgirl]

I average about 400km per week and that's including racing. But I ride about 6 days per week. Roadiechick - 250km a week is pretty good and certainly enough for fitness. It depends how long you've been riding and what your goals are. If you're racing and serious about the sport, then you have to do lots of kms. I'm in my 3rd road season and doing these kms, but in my first road season because I was still building up a lot of fitness it would have been closer to 200.

[roadiechick]

ausgirl

how do u split up your kms for the week? do u do some long rides and some short ones, any hill work etc?? this is my first (serious) season by the way. i have been riding about 250km per week for a few months. do u think its time to up the kms?

roadiechick

[annie]

Now that the weather is a bit nicer and the daylight is lasting longer, I am usually able to get 150-200 miles in a week. I try to get out both weekend days, one day being a long ride (60-100 miles) and then 2-3 weekdays. I ride with a group sometimes and alone sometimes. I love both! One of those rides is off-road. I realize I'm lucky to be able to ride that much! My kids are old enough to not need me around too much. My job has an early start and early off, so that gives me extra time. Still............ I always wish I could get out even more.

annie

[Pink Kona]

It's nice knowing I'm not that insane - putting hours upon hours on a pole and weaving through rush hour traffic. My coworkers think I'm nuts - 175+ miles a week for just the sheer fun of it - yowsa! Ride on chicas!

[ausgirl]

Roadiechick, here's what I do...

I race on Saturday, so keeping that in mind.
Sunday is about 110km with the bunch - easy though, only averaging about 30-32kph.
Monday is rest day.
Tuesday is 40km with lots of sprint work in it.
Wednesday is an 80km ride that has a 3km hill climb in the middle of it.
Thursday is a hard 70km ride.
Friday is about 20-30km, very easy.
Saturday is racing - about 60km at the moment, plus often 10km each way to and from racing (good for warm up and cool down).

As for whether its time for you to up the kms, well, how do you feel during your 250km week? Do you find it easy or difficult to do that much? On bunch rides are you able to do your turns comfortably? If this stuff is easy for you, then you can probably increase your kms. Do it gradually though, maybe just to 300km. Maybe there is a longer ride that you can do on the weekend or something.

Your other alternative is increasing the intensity of your training. Maybe you can try changing one or two of your rides to faster bunch rides in your area.

Also do you race? What sort of distance and speed?