The SWC 2022 Daily and Total Mileage Thread

[az_cyclist]

7/8/22. 30 miles today

 

[groupw]

37 on the Stradalli. 83 when I left. 98 when I got back. 

[JerrySTL ★]

18.3 miles with WoJSTL on the tandem. The weatherman said 7% chance of rain. WRONG! The trailhead parking lot was full of cars so we weren't the only people deceivedThe trailhead parking lot was full of cars so we weren't the only people deceived by the weather report.

[shootingstar]

28 kms. today..just gorgeous bright blue sky summer day. Low humidity. 

8 kms.past 2 days.

[Mr. Beanz]

Solo 41 miles at 17.3 average speed.  At one point,  I saw a group getting on the trail about 1/8 of a mile ahead.  I had to work hard to see if I could catch them.  About 4 miles later I did. The dude on the back seemed to be doing every trick in the book to drop me. Slow down,  speed up,  slow me down on the under passes. 

Ok dude, I caught your paceline from 1/8 back , you ain't going to drop me.  He did make it hard to recover like I wanted.  Just then I saw a buddy walking on the side of the road.  

He shouted I EXPECT YOU TO GO TO THE FRONT,  YOU'RE STRONG ENOUGH TO PULL THOSE GUYS. 😄

I  had been on the back for a mile trying to recover buy when he said that,  I said F this guy. I went to the front,  slowed a bit so the lead rider could take my wheel easily. He was happy to seeing none of the others were helping. I pulled them for about a mile and a half but had to stop for water. Plus I like to do solo efforts. 

As I did, the guys were  shouting thanks! So that was nice. 

I used the facilities  refilled then headed off again.  I ended up passing one of the riders who fell off the pace. He was struggling but I wasn't in slow down to help a buddy mode today. 😄

[Longjohn ★]

Tried some different roads today. Caught up to an Amish buggy on a long uphill. I wasn’t going to pass him but he pulled off the road to let a string of cars pass him so I did too. As soon as I got past him he pulled back out, I stayed ahead of him the whole way up the hill but I was sweating. So was the horse. The map of my route looks good, believe me it was a crappy way to go to the lake. I have a Strava friend that rides a lot of the roads I do. I dared him to try my route. The roads that were not gravel were just chip sealed this week. I saw a lot of cycling friends from years ago at the lake. I had all day so talked to a lot of people. I even talked to an old couple from Pittsburgh on e-bikes that we’re taking pictures of wildflowers.

32 miles 1,500 feet of elevation gain.

[groupw]

1 hour ago, Mr. Beanz said:

Solo 41 miles at 17.3 average speed.  At one point,  I saw a group getting on the trail about 1/8 of a mile ahead.  I had to work hard to see if I could catch them.  About 4 miles later I did. The dude on the back seemed to be doing every trick in the book to drop me. Slow down,  speed up,  slow me down on the under passes. 

Ok dude, I caught your paceline from 1/8 back , you ain't going to drop me.  He did make it hard to recover like I wanted.  Just then I saw a buddy walking on the side of the road.  

He shouted I EXPECT YOU TO GO TO THE FRONT,  YOU'RE STRONG ENOUGH TO PULL THOSE GUYS. 😄

I  had been on the back for a mile trying to recover buy when he said that,  I said F this guy. I went to the front,  slowed a bit so the lead rider could take my wheel easily. He was happy to seeing none of the others were helping. I pulled them for about a mile and a half but had to stop for water. Plus I like to do solo efforts. 

As I did, the guys were  shouting thanks! So that was nice. 

I used the facilities  refilled then headed off again.  I ended up passing one of the riders who fell off the pace. He was struggling but I wasn't in slow down to help a buddy mode today. 😄

So the dickwad who was making the ride tough for you was just a wheel sucker as well? Did you tell the guy pulling he should drop that guy?

[petitepedal ★]

3.71 mile walk..time is about the same 1 hour 10 minutes but it is getting easier

 

[Parsnip Totin Jack ★]

41 miles 2,300 feet climbed, three hours. Local ride from home with learning new roads. 

[TrentonMakes]

21 miles at 15.5 mph.

528 YTD

[bikeman564™]

7/9   51.4 + 4.5 mi

7/10   22.2

(234 mi for the week, 354 for the month so far) not  a bad start to July.

[JerrySTL ★]

54 miles on the Giant Defy Advance. 2022 I Scream for Ice Cream ride long route. Great weather.

[shootingstar]

12 km. After doing a baby hill, I trundled along to another pancake breakfast. Before that I did kill a few min. at a garden again. Just as I thought they were late in getting the BBQ fired up for the pancakes.

[Mr. Beanz]

An easy 20 miles to relax the legs for work tomorrow. 15.1  average speed. .

The Sh!tty Shopping Cart Tour 😄

Didn't seem that hot but my legs were dripping. 🤣

[ChrisL]

51 one solo miles.  It was nice to ride where, when and the pace I wanted.  It seems 2 of my weekly rides are basically riding for someone else. 

[Road Runner]

On 1/1/2022 at 2:19 AM, Road Runner said:

Cycling	22,054	Miles
Running	268.8	Miles
Walking	944.8	Miles
Skiing / SS	228.0	Miles
Gym / Swimming / Other	87:24	Hrs:min

                        Last update - 6 PM EDT,  7/10/22

Totals as of 10 July.  Only 3K more cycling to reach once-around-the-earth.  

[groupw]

5.75 on the kayak. Canyon Lake. Cloudy and low 90s the first effort. 2nd was shorter. Temp up to 102 on the lake. 

[Scrapr ★]

July forth   26 mins swim (2000 meters...1.25 miles)

July 8th       27 mins swim (2000 meters)

July 10       26 mins swim   (2000 meters)

The HOA has lap swim set aside early & late. I don't like swimming late so I edge into the open swim when it's starting to warm up.  I hope to get up to 2 miles per workout by the end of summer. 93 tommorah so I'll go earlier.

 

[Longjohn ★]

19 hours ago, Old No. 7 said:

41 miles 2,300 feet climbed, three hours. Local ride from home with learning new roads. 

Be careful you don’t run into that gate. Gates can mess you up.

[Parsnip Totin Jack ★]

2 minutes ago, Longjohn said:

Be careful you don’t run into that gate. Gates can mess you up.

So I’ve heard. 

[az_cyclist]

On 7/9/2022 at 6:44 PM, Mr. Beanz said:

Solo 41 miles at 17.3 average speed.  At one point,  I saw a group getting on the trail about 1/8 of a mile ahead.  I had to work hard to see if I could catch them.  About 4 miles later I did. The dude on the back seemed to be doing every trick in the book to drop me. Slow down,  speed up,  slow me down on the under passes. 

Ok dude, I caught your paceline from 1/8 back , you ain't going to drop me.  He did make it hard to recover like I wanted.  Just then I saw a buddy walking on the side of the road.  

He shouted I EXPECT YOU TO GO TO THE FRONT,  YOU'RE STRONG ENOUGH TO PULL THOSE GUYS. 😄

I  had been on the back for a mile trying to recover buy when he said that,  I said F this guy. I went to the front,  slowed a bit so the lead rider could take my wheel easily. He was happy to seeing none of the others were helping. I pulled them for about a mile and a half but had to stop for water. Plus I like to do solo efforts. 

As I did, the guys were  shouting thanks! So that was nice. 

I used the facilities  refilled then headed off again.  I ended up passing one of the riders who fell off the pace. He was struggling but I wasn't in slow down to help a buddy mode today. 😄

It is a great feeling when someone thanks you for taking a pull.

[az_cyclist]

On 7/9/2022 at 6:44 PM, Mr. Beanz said:

Solo 41 miles at 17.3 average speed.  At one point,  I saw a group getting on the trail about 1/8 of a mile ahead.  I had to work hard to see if I could catch them.  About 4 miles later I did. The dude on the back seemed to be doing every trick in the book to drop me. Slow down,  speed up,  slow me down on the under passes. 

Ok dude, I caught your paceline from 1/8 back , you ain't going to drop me.  He did make it hard to recover like I wanted.  Just then I saw a buddy walking on the side of the road.  

He shouted I EXPECT YOU TO GO TO THE FRONT,  YOU'RE STRONG ENOUGH TO PULL THOSE GUYS. 😄

I  had been on the back for a mile trying to recover buy when he said that,  I said F this guy. I went to the front,  slowed a bit so the lead rider could take my wheel easily. He was happy to seeing none of the others were helping. I pulled them for about a mile and a half but had to stop for water. Plus I like to do solo efforts. 

As I did, the guys were  shouting thanks! So that was nice. 

I used the facilities  refilled then headed off again.  I ended up passing one of the riders who fell off the pace. He was struggling but I wasn't in slow down to help a buddy mode today. 😄

It is a great feeling when someone thanks you for taking a pull.

[az_cyclist]

7/11/22  30.8 miles this morning.  Had a route for 32, but ran into rain at 9 miles, and at 11 miles the turn was on a gravel section (which I didnt want to ride in the rain), so I decided to head back toward the apartment.  When I got back on route the sun was out so I went exploring.

[JerrySTL ★]

28 miles on the tandem with WoJSTL. On the road by 7:30 am to beat the heat.

[ChrisL]

15 mile easy recovery ride.

[JerrySTL ★]

3 miles walking with WoJSTL. got a late start and paid for it with heat.

[az_cyclist]

7/12/22 30 miles this morning, easy pace

[shootingstar]

Yesterday, 25 km. Nice hot, bright blue sky @30 degrees C. 24% humidity.

[JerrySTL ★]

22 miles with WoJSTL on the tandem.

[groupw]

7/12- 12 miles on the MTB. 16 mph pace!

7/13 - 30 minutes on weights. 1x30 at each station, then bumped to next weight up and did another 10-30 depending on what I was able to do. I didn’t ride the bike to the gym because of the lightning. 

[JerrySTL ★]

25 miles leading a slow group ride. 

[groupw]

16 miles before work on the Stradalli. 17.5 mph average. 90 degrees, 49% humidity. 

[az_cyclist]

7/14/22. 51.5 miles this morning , 1 mile of gravel, about 10 on trails.

[shootingstar]

Yesterday:  8 kms.

Today:  24 kms.

[ChrisL]

Thurs 7/14 - 26 miles after work ride.

[groupw]

11.5 on the MTB. 85F with 62% humidity! Felt like Nebraska weather!

[shootingstar]

Will be 36km. today - 1 long ride, 2nd short ride to optometrist in 2 hrs.

[JerrySTL ★]

4.4 miles walking with WoJSTL.

33 miles on the road bike.

[az_cyclist]

7/15/22. 30 miles this afternoon 

[JerrySTL ★]

20.2 miles with WoJSTL on the Schwinn Twinn Tandem. Warm - almost hot. Late start due to the Cards game the night before. 

[Zephyr]

I have been super negligent posting my rides.  452 miles since my last post including my longest ride of the year yesterday, 65 solo miles at 18.2mph average.  The last 30 miles were in an unexpected rain storm.  I think we need to clean our roads more  (not tan lines, lol)

 

 

[shootingstar]

18 km. which includes market produce shopping and lunch-snack. It's hot but  not too humid.

[TrentonMakes]

Yesterday morning I got my second Covid booster, but I felt OK today aside from a sore arm, so i went for it. 40 road miles, 1590 climbing feet, avg 14.5 mph. Was on some roads I've never ridden before. I hope I still feel OK later... 

568 YTD

[ChrisL]

58 miles. My wife & riding buddy joined me and we had a few more stops than had I gone by myself but they did great.  

[Mr. Beanz]

50 mostly solo miles at 16.2 average speed. Started out thinking I'd just do a long steady solo ride.  But last 24 miles, ran into some friends on a tandem do I worked with them on the return. 

Drunk Bastard Tour 😄

 

 

 

[az_cyclist]

7/16/22. 22 miles this morning. My son invited a friend of his to ride , his first ride since childhood, so we kept the distance and sped down. We did see wild turkeys

[groupw]

30 miles on the MTB. Checked out some roads that re-opened. Explored the access road by the canal. I will explore it east when it’s not quite so warm!

[bikeman564™]

7/11   20.3 mi

7/12   2.1

7/13   18.6

7/14   31.7

7/15   19.3

7/16   31.1

7/17   26.2

[Parsnip Totin Jack ★]

33 miles of two-lane country roads in the Piedmont.

[Mr. Beanz]

21 easy miles relaxing the legs.  Pleasantly liking the light/GPS  mount provided with the new light.  Mounts a bit forward so the end of the has room between it and the bars.