Machka 

Tell us about your weekend cycling adventures! Where do you plan to ride? Where did you ride? Who did you ride with? What challenges did you take on?
If you participated in other sports, tell us about them too. Did you swim, kayak, hike, ski?
Got pics?

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Friday -- just walking ... about 2 km, bringing my total this week to about 16 km. It's a bit of a rest week!


We're hoping to cycle this weekend ... maybe a shorter ride on Saturday and a longer ride on Sunday, if all works out. But it will depend a little bit on the weather.

Machka 

From my Thursday morning walk ...

Machka 

Getting ready to go ...

Machka 

Saturday -- a somewhat wintery day out there, so we decided to go to the gym instead.

90 minutes on the treadmill (30 minutes running, 10 minutes brisk hill climbing, 50 minutes just brisk walking at a gradual incline) = 9 km

15 minutes on the rowing machine = 2.5 km

22 minutes on a new exercise bicycle = 7.25 km

Total: 2 hours & 7 min of exercise, and covering a virtual distance of 18.75 km



The new exercise bicycle was one of these ... kind of interesting, and the 22 minutes went by in a flash.
Expresso - Interactive Fitness


Rowan did something a little bit different that included swimming. That's the beauty of our fitness centre, we can each do our own thing ... together.

Tubesteak

friday: rest

saturday (today): 44.3 miles. first ride of a training regiment for a century in 6 weeks or so. rode with two guys from one of the lbs group rides.

sunday: (tomorrow): ~30 miles planned. old dismal swap in virginia. recovery ride

Jakedatc

Thurs: 42mi thurs night ride with a friend

Sat: 45mi with shop A group. still a bit tired from thurs but still did my turns.

bbattle

I joined the Spring City Cycling Club's group ride "Sharps Cove and Hollow" ride. 42 miles. Good crowd that split into two more manageable groups. I was in the faster one and we moved along around 18mph(29kph) on the out trip. Beautiful weather, lovely scenery. Hay has been baled, corn ready to harvest, cotton flowering all over. I decided to mash my way up some rollers and unfortunately, one was a bit longer than I remembered. I got over it but I was cooked. The next one was even longer and I was suddenly dead last. I time trialed my way to the rest stop but couldn't catch my group.

Several of the riders were drinking chocolate milk (Yoo-hoo brand) at the rest stop. They swear it's the best thing on a hot day. I wasn't so sure and stuck to my water.

After the rest stop, the "fast" group splintered and I was riding alone again. On a down and back stretch in Sharps Cove, I passed the slower group and considered riding with them; they were such a fun group. But I soldiered on and caught up with a couple of ladies and we had a nice time finishing out the ride.

42 miles, 16.8mph pace As you can see from the elevation profile, there wasn't much flat riding to be had.

Machka 

I love the smell at that time of year. It's one of the many, many reasons I ride.

LMaster

More road bike tests for me. Rode about 35 mins on the CAAD10, and about 30 min on the Giant Defy 1. Definitely having fun learning some about bikes during the buying process.

Machka 

Sunday -- 38.45 km up the cycleway and back.

It was cool, with a high of about 12C, and a bit of wind gusting to 24 km/h, but it was mostly sunny so that was nice.


My legs were tired from yesterday's effort.

Machka 

Glad to hear you're having fun with it.

alexaschwanden

I going for a 34 mile ride with a friend of mine from San Jose to Sunnyvale using the Guadalupe river trail.

mcours2006

Saturday: 100km ride--that's a time and distance PR for me. It felt great for the most part. Location was nothing to brag about, just took very circuitous route around home/community. I'm a bit leery of going too far as the first hour or so of the ride it is still dark out. Nonetheless, time in the saddle is time in the saddle.

Sunday: 45km-ride with my commuter bike on a route that has a few more bumps. And because I needed some variety. Quite cool out too--14*C.

Gotta love early morning weekend rides.

Oldhead

Saturday just did 10 miles with intervals, today 45 miles.

bbattle

Cyclist, a UK magazine, has a very positive review of the CAAD 10.

af2nr

I did the Virginia Cycling Challenge Burke's Garden Metric yesterday in Tazewell, VA. It was a very nice ride and well supported, ended up with 63.66 miles with 4,343' of elevation gained. I would like to go back next year and do the full century, haven't logged enough miles or climbing this year to bite that off.

alexaschwanden

I rode 34 miles with my friend from San Jose to Sunnyvale and back. It was a nice day today.

calliebear9

Saturday- 25 miles on Coyote Creek
Sunday- 15+ miles on Canada rd.

i did 75+ miles this week!! That is most ever...by far.

Machka 

Congrats on the PR!

Machka 

Congratulations!!

And how was it?

Heathpack 

Well I'm on a training break, so not much cycling for me this weekend. We took a long weekend, so my weekend started Thursday. I got in 30 miles at dawn before we left town.

This weekend we were participating in a spectator sport- auto racing. We went to an event called the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, which is a series of races of restored classic race cars.

Like these 1957 & 1958 Maseratis:


And this 1912 Franklin:


And this famous LeMans car, a Porsche 917, which has inspiried me to change the color scheme on my Madone:


Then we got home early enough that I managed to sneak in a 30 mile ride on the Madone. I guess I was inspired by the go-fast cars because I put up my fastest time ever on today's ride.

Machka 

That would be fascinating!!

We go to the Speedway occasionally.

bikecrate

Nothing out of the ordinary weekend rides on Saturday and Sunday in S. Tampa. I got out pretty early both days and it was still dang hot. Also had to content with clouds of gnats and various points. Blah, but beats being at work.

Machka 

Right now, I'm thinking a little bit of hot would be nice ... it's been quite chilly on this half of the world for a while. But you can keep the gnats.

bikecrate

Funny, I was thinking the exact opposite, envying the thought of a chilly walk in the woods. I’ve live in FL almost 45 years and I've been able to handle some summers better than others. Last year I had very little problems. This year it is really getting to me. I’ve all but given up on afternoon riding until the heat breaks.