AT Cycling Log - 100,000 miles done! Next stop ???

[Blieb]

Yeah can we get an official ruling on those miles being added?

Did 35 road yesterday. Not sure how many I'll put up today, offroad.

total: 16274

 

[_Rick_]

Think won't make my ride today, weather is too changeable, just had a thunderstorm coming through, and here in the mountains you never see them coming... Really don't want to get caught in one.

 

[edcarman]

Yeah can we get an official ruling on those miles being added?
total: 16274

I feel it somewhat defeats the purpose of a log if you just add a lump sum, rather than logging each ride individually (although perhaps some flexibility for weekly sums could be allowed).

2x 44mile, this weekend and last weekend.
http://app.strava.com/rides/15251521
http://app.strava.com/rides/16628511

Total: 16362

 

[mechBgon]

You can do it mechBgon - come back here in the morning with a good story to tell us

Short version for now: despite deciding at the last minute to buddy with another rider, and having to wait up for him a bit, I beat the sunrise by about 18 minutes, setting a fourth consecutive course record with a 5:15 actual wall time (previously a 5:45), and could still top that next year if I go solo and train for it.

Details at 11

Oh, and +95 miles for the ride, plus 3 to get to/from the starting point, so that puts us at...

Total: 16459

 

[drteming]

32 miles this morning. Going to the west coast tomorrow so no riding for a week.

Total: 16491

 

[jman19]

+19 miles today

Total: 16,510

 

[mechBgon]

Short version for now: despite deciding at the last minute to buddy with another rider, and having to wait up for him a bit, I beat the sunrise by about 18 minutes, setting a fourth consecutive course record with a 5:15 actual wall time (previously a 5:45), and could still top that next year if I go solo and train for it.

Details at 11

For those who like ride stories, the detailed version.

I drove out to the place where I traditionally post a smilie-face tear-off poster, and stuck it to the gate with magnets. Then I drove to where I was going to leave a couple bottles of Gatorade for pickup. Then I drove back home. It was still a couple hours to go, so I paced around and thought about my strategy: go particularly hard on the big climbs, then slam some energy gel on the descents to restore my quick energy reserves before the next climb.

It was finally time to go, so I rode to the start, said hi to a bunch of people (there were nearly 50 riders this year!), fixed one guy's front derailleur, sneaked over to the city park to take a leak, and then came back to wait for 11:59PM.

At 11:59PM, I took off (this cueing everyone else it was time to go). The first mile is through downtown, so it was stop-&-go at the stoplights. Then we go through the breezeway of the Spokane Convention Center to get onto the Centennial Trail. SURPRISE! A concert had just ended, and the breezeway was swarming with people. I jumped off and threaded my way through the crowd at a brisk walk. Well, there goes a minute I won't get back

So then I started blasting east on the Centennial Trail, which starts as a bike path and then as a bike lane on an arterial. I had a couple riders in tow, including a guy I'd decided at the last minute to buddy-system with. He'd never done the route, and is fast enough to at least hang in my draft, so we were going to see if it worked out.

A few other riders managed to get up to us. Now we had six guys and were going even faster. I saw my hopes of a fourth consecutive course record dimming if they all stayed with me, but you never know who's planning to do the full route and who's not. I contributed several lengthy pulls at the front to keep the pace up and no one was showing signs of breaking yet.

We got to Idaho and turned south towards the first gravel roads and the first major climb. My buddy took the lead on the climb and I followed. The other three from our group of six began to spread out. AHA, I HAVE DISCOVERED THEIR WEAKNESS :sneaky: Over the top, me and my buddy got up to speed quickly and gapped the followers. Only one bridged back up, and it turned out he was only looking to do 1/3 of the route on his way home. All of a sudden my course-record hopes were much stronger.

Up the next ascent, I kept the pace down a little so we didn't lose the guy who'd bridged... an extra "engine" would be handy on the flats coming up. But he was running out of steam. When we did hit the flats, I got on the front and pulled. Dude #3 peeled off, and then it was just me and my buddy for the last 2/3 of the course.

I was starting to hit my stride and also knew the course really well, so it was slightly frustrating that my buddy wasn't descending very fast (his lights weren't that powerful, but gravel road isn't exactly treacherous either). But I wasn't going to leave him if I could hit my pre-sunrise target, so I spent the rest of the ride somewhat restrained. On the last 25 miles, which are paved, I was probably running 1-2mph below my potential to avoid dropping him from my draft... he's a good endurance racer, but I have a higher power ceiling.

We finished at 5:14AM, for an elapsed time of 5:15. The next finishers came in 33 minutes later, close to my previous course record. My actual riding time this year was only about 12 minutes better than last year, but I had literally just one stop this year, taking a leak and grabbing my stashed waterbottles at about mile 64.

Stats from the ride:

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/206831863
http://app.strava.com/rides/16639523

 

[highland145]

I feel it somewhat defeats the purpose of a log if you just add a lump sum, rather than logging each ride individually (although perhaps some flexibility for weekly sums could be allowed).

This.

30 Fri and Sat.

Total:16540

 

[_Rick_]

12 miles yesterday. Felt so tired when leaving work.
So frustrating to overtake the same people every 200 meters, because they run the red lights, and I pull super human sprints between the lights. So we both average 20kph, but me by spending half the time stationary and half the time going at full chat.
And as every over taking maneuver is a risk in traffic, it's a bit bothersome.

Hate riding in town.

Oh well, total

16552

 

[highland145]

16

Total:16568

 

[_Rick_]

3x2x6

Slacking off this week, not feeling great, not really motivated, and the sun does start setting earlier, while my office hours end up getting later.

Total 16604

 

[Baked]

I'll just count the last week. 30 miles.

Total: 16634

 

[highland145]

4....the last 2 in a monsoon. Wife told me not to go.

Total:16638

 

[jman19]

20 miles today

Total: 16658

 

[mechBgon]

This week I just used the direct commuting route, so 3 miles per day x 5 days = 15 miles.

Total: 16673

Next week I hope to start putting in more miles after work. The main challenge is to not be mentally exhausted at the end of the day. We'll see how it goes.

 

[Safeway]

M 8/6 - 46.9 miles
T 8/7 - 47.1 miles
W 8/8 - 46.7 miles
Th 8/9 - 46.8 miles
F 8/10 - 46.7 miles
Sa 8/11 - 68.8 miles
Su 8/12 - 47.7 miles

350.7 miles for the week

Total: 17024 miles

 

[drteming]

Back from the left coast.

28 miles today

Total: 17,052

 

[Ns1]

+9 last week, pretty pathetic.

Total: 17,061

 

[mechBgon]

I did 3 miles yesterday and 24 today, most of it after work. Went fairly fast, 18.9mph average, which is fine for the commuting mountain bike with a load of baggage.

Total: 17088

 

[Demo24]

Finally had some good weather after a week of rather poor weather and not being able to ride. 16 yesterday, felt good


Total: 17104

 

[_Rick_]

Yesterday's 12 went by with only one attempted murder by a cyclists going the wrong way.

17116

 

[_Rick_]

And another 12 yesterday.
17128

 

[Ns1]

+10 so far this week

based on this graph, is my speed closer to 11mph avg or 17mph avg?

 

[serpretetsky]

divide the distance you bicycled by the time it took you and you'll have your average.
are you questioning the accuracy of your app?

 

[Ns1]

divide the distance you bicycled by the time it took you and you'll have your average.
are you questioning the accuracy of your app?

Well it appears the avg speed is calculating the avg including the time i spend stopped (ie all the dips below 10mph appear to be from slowing/stopping) which I don't think accurately reflects my avg speed.

what you typed is how i believe the system is actually calculating the average speed.