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September 100+ miles/kilometers thread...from summer to fall

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Old 09-17-18, 11:18 AM
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9/4 - 17.33 - brutally humid after a humid/rainy holiday weekend with family
9/8 - 22.52 - rained for 3 days straight - extremely windy day (gusts up to 25+ MPH) but the longest ride since returning to the saddle a little over a month ago.
9/10 - 17.58 - slightly windy but great day for a ride in less than 1.25 hours. Daylight is getting slim after work.
9/15 - 19.16 - great day in SE WI but also humid
9/16 - 25.52 - early day of riding and weather was great, new PR for distance and felt pretty good

MTD - 102.11 - 14 days to get 98 miles. Going to be tough with the things going on at work and daylight hours getting shorter, but going to try my best.
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9/1 - 27 miles
9/2 - 23 miles
9/3 - 63 miles
9/5 - 16 miles
9/8 - 64 miles ... Civil War (Metric) Century... 3" inches of rain fell during the ride.... to say soaking wet was an understatement!!!
9/15 - 8 miles
9/16 - 38 miles

MTD - 239 miles
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Originally Posted by keke
Maybe an obvous question but, how do you guys accurately measure your miles?
I use a Wahoo Elemnt Bolt, and run those figures through Strava ...
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Old 09-17-18, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by ill.clyde
I use a Wahoo Elemnt Bolt, and run those figures through Strava ...
Originally Posted by MattTheHat
I use the Strava app on my iPhone and I also track on my Apple Watch. The Strava app is cool because it has a feature called Beacon which sends your real-time location data to your selected contact(s).

-Matt
thanks guys. need bike computer or wearable device for accuracy it seems.
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I am at 435 miles for the month so far. So i should make my 800 mile goal for the month. I have a metric planned for Saturday and a Full Century planned for the 29th of this month. The full will be my first. I did 2 metrics last month and other than not liking my hill climbing abilities they went well. Since I have been concentrating more than half my rides on hillier rides.
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Old 09-18-18, 12:54 PM
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9/3 - 16 miles
9/4 - 15 miles
9/5 - 16 miles
9/6 - 20 miles
9/7 - 19 miles
9/10 - 19 miles
9/11 - 13 miles
9/12 - 22 miles
9/13 - 12 miles
9/14 - 21 miles
9/17 - 16 miles
9/18 - 13 miles

Total - 201 miles
Goal - 325 miles
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129 mtd
finally got out and did more than my commuting 40 miler
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Goal 400 miles
9/2 - 24
9/3 - 30
9/4 - 25
9/5 - 10
0/7 - 37
9/8 - 25
9/9 - 25
9/10 - 36
9/11 - 27
9/12 - 27
9/13 - 27
9/14 - 20
9/15 - 30
9/17 - 37
9/19 - 23

MTD - 403

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Old 09-19-18, 12:52 PM
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9/3 - 16 miles
9/4 - 15 miles
9/5 - 16 miles
9/6 - 20 miles
9/7 - 19 miles
9/10 - 19 miles
9/11 - 13 miles
9/12 - 22 miles
9/13 - 12 miles
9/14 - 21 miles
9/17 - 16 miles
9/18 - 13 miles
9/19 - 15 miles

Total - 216 miles
Goal - 325 miles
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Old 09-20-18, 08:26 AM
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Goal: 1000 Miles

09/01 - 33.4 miles
09/02 - 64.2 miles
09/03 - 35.2 miles
09/04 - 18.1 miles
09/05 - 27.9 miles
09/06 - 12.1 miles
09/07 - 19.0 miles
09/08 - 20.2 miles
09/09 - 75.3 miles
09/10 - 28.0 miles
09/11 - 16.1 miles
09/13 - 23.6 miles
09/14 - 17.1 miles
09/15 - 12.8 miles
09/16 - 66.1 miles
09/17 - 18.9 miles
09/18 - 19.7 miles
09/19 - 20.7 miles
09/20 - 26.9 miles (hope to get another ride in tonight)


MTD - 555.3 miles

Still behind schedule
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9/3 - 16 miles
9/4 - 15 miles
9/5 - 16 miles
9/6 - 20 miles
9/7 - 19 miles
9/10 - 19 miles
9/11 - 13 miles
9/12 - 22 miles
9/13 - 12 miles
9/14 - 21 miles
9/17 - 16 miles
9/18 - 13 miles
9/19 - 15 miles
9/20 - 20 miles

Total - 236 miles
Goal - 325 miles
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Old 09-20-18, 06:36 PM
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9/4 - 41 miles
9/6 - 42 miles
9/9 - 10 miles
9/13 - 41 miles
9/15 - 21 miles
9/20 - 24 miles
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Old 09-21-18, 08:20 AM
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9/7 - 19 miles
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9/11 - 13 miles
9/12 - 22 miles
9/13 - 12 miles
9/14 - 21 miles
9/17 - 16 miles
9/18 - 13 miles
9/19 - 15 miles
9/20 - 20 miles
9/21 - 18 miles

Total - 254 miles
Goal - 325 miles
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Old 09-22-18, 02:58 PM
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9/5 - 15.1
9/8 - 15.1
9/9 - 26.7
9/11 - 31.2
9/13 - 40.3
9/22 - 27.9 Beautiful clear and cool day. Was laid low for week previous by allergies and the stuff I took to counteract. September goal in doubt.

September MTD 156.3 miles
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9/4 - 41 miles
9/6 - 42 miles
9/9 - 10 miles
9/13 - 41 miles
9/15 - 21 miles
9/20 - 24 miles
9/22 - 63 miles (August metric)
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9/5 - 15.1
9/8 - 15.1
9/9 - 26.7
9/11 - 31.2
9/13 - 40.3
9/22 - 27.9
9/23 - 15.0

September MTD 171.3 miles
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Sept 9 - 35
Sept 11 - 28
Sept 13 - 34
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Sept 17 - 42
Sept 18 - 8
Sept 19 - 36
Sept 20 - 16
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9/4 - 17.33 - brutally humid after a humid/rainy holiday weekend with family
9/8 - 22.52 - rained for 3 days straight - extremely windy day (gusts up to 25+ MPH) but the longest ride since returning to the saddle a little over a month ago.
9/10 - 17.58 - slightly windy but great day for a ride in less than 1.25 hours. Daylight is getting slim after work.
9/15 - 19.16 - great day in SE WI but also humid
9/16 - 25.52 - early day of riding and weather was great, new PR for distance and felt pretty good
9/22 - 25.76 - nice chilly morning to ride
9/23 - 11.77 - anniversary weekend days getting shorter in the Midwest and working hours increasing not a lot of time to ride

MTD - 139.65
Goal 200 miles

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09/01 - 33.4 miles
09/02 - 64.2 miles
09/03 - 35.2 miles
09/04 - 18.1 miles
09/05 - 27.9 miles
09/06 - 12.1 miles
09/07 - 19.0 miles
09/08 - 20.2 miles
09/09 - 75.3 miles
09/10 - 28.0 miles
09/11 - 16.1 miles
09/13 - 23.6 miles
09/14 - 17.1 miles
09/15 - 12.8 miles
09/16 - 66.1 miles
09/17 - 18.9 miles
09/18 - 19.7 miles
09/19 - 20.7 miles
09/20 - 45 miles
09/23 - 7.2 miles
09/24 - 15.7 miles

MTD - 596.4

Three more days of continuous rain. Way behind schedule.
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Old 09-24-18, 08:48 AM
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9/4 - 15 miles
9/5 - 16 miles
9/6 - 20 miles
9/7 - 19 miles
9/10 - 19 miles
9/11 - 13 miles
9/12 - 22 miles
9/13 - 12 miles
9/14 - 21 miles
9/17 - 16 miles
9/18 - 13 miles
9/19 - 15 miles
9/20 - 20 miles
9/21 - 18 miles
9/24 - 23 miles

Total - 277 miles
Goal - 325 miles
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Old 09-24-18, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Rock71
I am at 435 miles for the month so far. So i should make my 800 mile goal for the month. I have a metric planned for Saturday and a Full Century planned for the 29th of this month. The full will be my first. I did 2 metrics last month and other than not liking my hill climbing abilities they went well. Since I have been concentrating more than half my rides on hillier rides.
9-17= 30
9-18=30
9-19=20
9-20=25
9-21=10
9-22=63
9-23=10
MTD: 623 First full century Saturday.
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Old 09-24-18, 03:31 PM
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9/2 - 15.9
9/5 - 20.9
9/7 - 20
9/9 - 32.1
9/10 - 14.6
9/11 - 7.1 Bad day to ride, somthin is better than nuthin
9/13 - 23.4
9/14 - 26.8
9/15 - 34.4 HOT! Like, Africa hot.
9/17 - 39.6
9/18 - 24.6
9/20 - 33.6
9/21 - 24
9/22 - 7.4 (Stupid trainer, stupid 9 inches of rain)
9/23 - 33.6 Rode in the drizzle like a big boy
9/24 - 33.6
MTD - 391.3
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Old 09-25-18, 08:35 AM
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09/01 - 33.4 miles
09/02 - 64.2 miles
09/03 - 35.2 miles
09/04 - 18.1 miles
09/05 - 27.9 miles
09/06 - 12.1 miles
09/07 - 19.0 miles
09/08 - 20.2 miles
09/09 - 75.3 miles
09/10 - 28.0 miles
09/11 - 16.1 miles
09/13 - 23.6 miles
09/14 - 17.1 miles
09/15 - 12.8 miles
09/16 - 66.1 miles
09/17 - 18.9 miles
09/18 - 19.7 miles
09/19 - 20.7 miles
09/20 - 45 miles
09/23 - 7.2 miles
09/24 - 34.7 miles
09/25 - 20.7 miles so far

MTD - 636.2 miles

Way behind goal.


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Old 09-26-18, 12:05 PM
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9/3 - 16 miles
9/4 - 15 miles
9/5 - 16 miles
9/6 - 20 miles
9/7 - 19 miles
9/10 - 19 miles
9/11 - 13 miles
9/12 - 22 miles
9/13 - 12 miles
9/14 - 21 miles
9/17 - 16 miles
9/18 - 13 miles
9/19 - 15 miles
9/20 - 20 miles
9/21 - 18 miles
9/24 - 23 miles
9/26 - 22 miles

Total - 299 miles
Goal - 325 miles
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