Road Cycling - YEAH! My Avg. Speed went up!!

I have been stuck at 16 to 17 avg. mph
FOR-EV-ER!!!!

The last couple of days though I have finally broken into 18 mph avg. and I was going 20 miles. So I didn't think that was too shabby.
Especially since I started cycling about 9 months ago.
Yipee!!!!

Sorry I just had to stop and "smell the roses!" as you might say?
Hope you guys don't mind!
:p

Congrats, Tilly1!

That's better than my 14+ I've been averaging when I go for distance! And don't even ask about my hill speed:rolleyes: !

My speed has been very slowly climbing and yesterday I cut 10 minutes off my time for the 6 mile climbing ride to my house from my Weight Watchers meeting. WooHoo!

Good going. I guess everyone else on the road will just have to watch out when you start averaging 20mph. :)

It is very exciting to reach a milestone or a goal! 18mph is rolling - good job! :beer:

Thanks guys I was pretty excited. Especially since there was a climb in the ride as well. :p
Finally happy to have some improvement in my speed!
Thanks again!

Motivational reply: Yea, and? Call us up when you hit 20mph. :D

Serious replay: Congrats! Nothing matches that feeling when you hit a goal, especially one you have to work so hard for!

Andrew

Tilly1: that is an awesome breakthrough. i look back in my journals of rides and see july 18th, 1997 ---> avg'ed 16.8!!! i felt strong...was really flying. can't wait till tomorrow.

i look back at those days with wonder. now the stakes are higher and gains are slow and small. i remember when 20mph avg for a ride was unthinkable. now it is natural on my fast days.

now i find myself being able to pull on rides going 23-24 mph. but went on a group ride this past saturday and the pace went to 29 mph for a while only 1/2 hour into the ride and i blew up and limped home. now 24 and a bit is my upper limit for longer lengths at a time.

but nothing matches the enthusiasm of my journal posts when i hit 17mph or 18 mph on 30 mile rides!!! thanks for reminding me what this is all about.

I'm stuck at 14.8 - about where I was during the cycling season last year. One big difference though is that the length of my average ride is 11 miles longer this year. So all in all I feel pretty good about this year's stats vs last year.

Congrats Tilly1! :D

I also have learned to break into the 18 mph average time bracket and I know the feeling. My coworker and I rode 39 miles yesterday morning with a 18.2 av. and this am I did 20 at 18.4. I don't know what the hills around there are like, here we have a lot of rolling hills with flats between. I was killing myself trying to do 23-25 mph in the flats and struggling on the rolling hills this was getting me in the 17 mph range. Last week, sorta by accident, I decided to just do right around 20 in the flats and rest and that way I have something to hammer the hills with. I found I made climbs at 20 that before I was loosing time badly on. Now I'm seeking out the biggest baddist hills we have in this flat land to train on.

Once again, be safe and ride on!:p

GO tilly1!!!

its hard to break the speed barriers, so congrats! And just wait You'll look back on this when your up to 20 and say.. wow.. i was slow!

:)