macpolski

That's fantastic! I remember Jan '16 when I set a goal of riding 18 miles. What a feeling I got when I accomplished that objective. Pedal on!!!! Stay safe.

Rje58

Goal = 200

7/01 -- 15.9
7/02 -- 12.5
7/04 -- 20.6
7/05 -- 10.6
7/06 -- 7.2
7/07 -- 16.0
7/09 -- 20.2
7/10 -- 10.1
7/11 -- 12.4
7/14 -- 7.1
7/16 -- 25.9
7/17 -- 17.0
7/18 -- 8.7
7/20 -- 16.4
7/22 -- 9.8
7/24 -- 15.5
7/25 -- 14.7
7/26 -- 19.1
7/27 -- 7.4
7/29 -- 25.9
7/30 -- 7.5

MTD: 300.6 - Final total for July

Made 300 miles in my first full month of riding. The last time I rode on a regular basis was 1972, when I was 13 or 14 years old. Started back around the middle of June.

ill.clyde

7/6 - 22 miles
7/7 - 11 miles
7/9 - 15 miles
7/10 - 13 miles
7/11 - 15 miles
7/12 - 12 miles
7/13 - 15 miles
7/14 - 13 miles
7/17 - 15 miles
7/18 - 12 miles
7/19 - 19 miles
7/20 - 14 miles
7/23 - 51 miles
7/24 - 10 miles
7/25 - 16 miles
7/26 - 3 miles - ride around town with my wife ... her first ride with me
7/27 - 13 miles
7/28 - 15 miles
7/30 - 29 miles
7/31 - 12 miles

Total - 325 miles

Fantastic month .. on to August!

mrodgers

Pittsburgh to DC
7/01 - 75.3
7/02 - 61.4
7/03 - 47.8
7/04 - 77.5

Pittsburgh ride
7/08 - 38.6 - got dumped on with rain

Erie Canal Trail, Buffalo to Albany, NY
7/22 - 63.7
7/23 - 60.5
7/24 - 68.6
7/25 - 49.7
7/26 - 63.5
7/27 - 71.0
7/28 - 47.5

MTD - 725.1 miles

Last year was my biggest year at 2000 miles. Feels great to have 725 just for the month of July. 1 more trip for August when we do 3 days of camping.

macpolski

Things should settle down on the home/family front in July. Going to aim for 250 miles for July

7/02 -- 27.6
7/04 -- 16.9
7/05 -- 20.5
7/07 -- 30.2
7/09 -- 42.0
7/11 -- 22.7
7/12 -- 23.1
7/14 -- 18.6
7/15 -- 25.6
7/16 -- 27.5
7/18 -- 17.2
7/19 -- 30.5
7/20 -- 19.6
7/21 -- 21.5
7/22 -- 22.5
7/23 -- 21.6
7/25 -- 32.5
7/27 -- 41.9
7/30 -- 32.4
7/31 -- 13.3

MTD: 507.7

This is a first for me and I am pleased. Hopefully, August will be as favorable to me for riding.

macpolski

Wow!! What was it like riding high mileage consecutive days like those posted? How many hours a day in the saddle? Curious.

Yendor72

WOW!! Everyone has done a fantastic job this month. I am not going to each my goal. Just too much fun this month. 2 concerts this past weekend, one included a 4 hour round trip. I got home last night at about 12:15 am. It was worth it, but I doubt I will ride when I get home tonight. Living Colour is fantastic live, btw.

July 3 - 19.9 miles
July 7 - 19.8 miles
July 13 - 19.9 miles
July 14 - 19.9 miles
July 20 - 20.0 miles
July 24 - 19.9 miles
July 27 - 20.0 miles
July 28 - 19.8 miles

159.2 miles of 250 miles

drewguy

Nice! Particularly impressive that you rode all but 5(?) days of the month.

drewguy

Hit 318 miles for the month today, with 65 miles on the final two days. Past the goal of 250.

Next month could be tricky . . . a couple of work trips will reduce the number of rides.

Milton Keynes

According to my Strava, I've gotten 297 miles in for July, including my first ever metric century on Saturday. If I'd have known that I lacked less than four miles from having 300 miles in this month, I'd have ridden further this morning. Maybe I'll take my son out for a bike ride tonight.

FRC928

Goal = 150 miles

July 2 = 4.0
July 3 = 10.3
July 4 = 6.4
July 5 = 11.3
July 6 = 11.1
July 8 = 12.1
July 10 = 12.1
July 11 = 11.2
July 12 = 11.6
July 15 = 7.2
July 17 = 12.0 Hot and humid one today!
July 19 = 14.6 Longest ride I've done, felt great!
July 21 = 11.5
July 22 = 12.0
July 24 = 11.2
July 25 = 16.0
July 27 = 14.3
July 28 = 11.0
July 31 = 15.7

MTD = 215.6 miles

Goal achieved! Now let's see how far above it I can go. Gonna shoot for 200.

Made 200+ now I need to figure out what to shoot for in August.

Milton Keynes

Try 300 miles. That's only 10 miles a day.

kevlar_heart 

Goal 400 miles

July 2 28.62 (LifeTaker 2011 Specialized Allez Sport Ultegra) Still dying on climbs
July 4 31.84 (GrimReaper 2016 Cannondale CAADX Ultegra) Road/Trail fun
July 5 17.63 (LifeTaker) New tires check ride <wow>
July 7 25.49 (GrimReaper) Post rain road/mud trail fun)
July 8 8.00 (GrimReaper) Trail ride...one fall uphill
July 8 21.86 (LifeTaker) Nice stretch out ride after tail madness
July 9 19.0 (LifeTaker) First crash of season... head on driver on phone turned left in front of me. Nothing serious.
July 10 28.47 (GrimReaper) Nice ride to Kensico Dam Plaza and back via road and trail on CX bike
July 12 14.81 (LifeTaker) Nice stretch after a day off. Started late...didn't want to hit traffic. PR on segment put me in top 20...yay me
July 13 29.3 (LifeTaker) Hot, humid fun
July 15 31.07 (GrimReaper) Work and play. Trail crowded with accidents
July 16 24.43 (LifeTaker) Big Loop circuit
July 18 24.58 (LifeTaker) Go with the flow ride
July 19 23.17 (GrimReaper) New MTB shoes for CX buke...weeee
July 20 18.08 (LifeTaker) Sprints and rest on a hot, humid day
July 22 14.56 (LifeTaker) Trying to dial in new cassette...not successfully
July 23 31.55 (LifeTaker) New wheels and new 11 x 32 Cassette. Good day for hills!
July 25 31.2 (GrimReaper) Cool day for end of July
July 26 28.58 (LifeTaker) Did some hill intervals to increase fitness. Didn't die
July 28 13.04 (LifeTaker) Late in the day breeze to stretch legs
July 30 22.66 (LifeTaker) Just another band from LA
July 31 31.39 (GrimReaper) Made it to top of Kensico Dam via steep access road. Weeee. Good end of July ride

My climbing legs and lungs have begun to get better, so next month may be more about elevation than distance. I'll stick with 400.

Final for July 2017 518.84 mile

Kensico 1.jpg
kensico 2.jpg

FRC928

• Quote:

  Originally Posted by Milton Keynes

  Try 300 miles. That's only 10 miles a day.

Sounds like a plan!

dagray

After yesterday's six plus and today's eight plus i have a bit over 120 miles for the month.

But no way to download my bike computer as i only have my phone and kindle with me.

The Full Monty

7/16: 6.0 Miles (9.65 km)
7/18: 19.1 Miles (30.73 km)
7:23: 8.1 Miles (13.03 km) 1 QoM!
7/31: 14.8 Miles (23.81 km)

Total; 48.0 Miles (77.25 km)

Fell a bit short in my 100 km half a month, but I'm confident I can get 100 miles next month.

Milton Keynes

I thought I was 3 miles from having 300 miles this month so I went out and rode 3 miles this evening. Turns out I'm still 1/2 mile short. Oh well.

Cyclist0084

July 01 = 8.27 miles.
July 02 = 20.54 miles.
July 04 = 13.40 miles.
July 05 = 7.45 miles.
July 06 = 18.64 miles.
July 11 = 10.41 miles.
July 15 = 12.09 miles.
July 18 = 20.63 miles.
July 22 = 10.34 miles.
July 23 = 15.02 miles.
July 28 = 14.32 miles.
July 29 = 13.53 miles.
July 30 = 18.36 miles.
July 31 = 7.85 miles.

MTD = 190.85 miles of (it didn't happen) 250 miles.
YTD = 1231.59 miles of (at least) 2500 miles.

mrodgers

Funny, 3-4 years ago when I started, I thought I don't really care to ride even 50 miles. I was busy daily riding 12 miles and moving up to around 15-20 miles a day. Then divorce and I found a lot more time on my hands and started riding with a buddy at work where I joined him on a 60 mile ride last year. I was worried. Last year I rode 60-70 miles about every weekend I had available and this year I was talked into doing a benefit ride for veterans Pitt to DC. Wasn't sure I would be able to do consecutive rides like that but it was no problem. Last day of the DC ride I was talked into the New York trip.

We don't ride fast and hard, about average of 10-11 mph. There is so much out there to see when touring these long trails that we take a lot of breaks or side trips (spent an hour exploring a cave on the C&O as opposed to most of the others who were just blasting down the trail to get to the end.)

As for time, when on a trip you are on time constraints. That can go both ways. Either you have to rush to get somewhere, or you don't want to get somewhere too early. We are out to ride, not sit at the hotel. So, we time it to leave around 8 am and get to our stop at around 7 or 8 pm, so 11-12 hours total riding. That means, when we see something, we stop. The DC trip as I said, we saw caves and stopped to explore them. Across NY, we stopped at a clock museum, rail road museum, lots of bike shops. Stopped for ice cream, or to take photos of the falls that we came across.

macpolski

Thanks for the reply. Sounds like it could be something my body could handle. It also sounds like a getaway I will have to look into. Thanks again.

mrodgers

Pittsburgh to DC (First day was June 30)
7/01 - 75.3
7/02 - 61.4
7/03 - 47.8
7/04 - 77.5

Pittsburgh ride
7/08 - 38.6 - got dumped on with rain

Erie Canal Trail, Buffalo to Albany, NY
7/22 - 63.7
7/23 - 60.5
7/24 - 68.6
7/25 - 49.7
7/26 - 63.5
7/27 - 71.0
7/28 - 47.5

Ride out for supper at the lake
7/31 - 15.8

MTD - 740.9 miles

Last year was my biggest year at 2000 miles. Feels great to have 740 just for the month of July. 1 more trip for August when we do 3 days of camping.

snewton

I didn't make 100mi in July, but i got close. I'll break 100mi in Aug.

7/03 - 8.6
7/07 - 13.1
7/08 - 6.5
7/11 - 15.8
7/13 - 6.3
7/15 - 6.5
7/18 - 13
7/25 - 13
7/29 - 10

MTD - 92.6 miles

JGM411

a pathetic 202 miles for July

hotwheels

Just over 220 for me. I need to manage time better and keep a disciplined schedule. Here's to August 300!