Originally Posted by
bigclydesdale
This is starting to seem like a weiner-measuring contest. Can anyone really remain a clydesdale by cycling 66-100 miles per day? How many chocolate donuts do you eat after each ride to replace the calories?
I was hoping to gain some perspective as a new cyclist, who is also a Clyde. I am looking to establish some reasonable goals by hearing from my peers.
I dunno about the 66-100 miles per day (average), if I ever reach that, I'll let you know.
My experience was that I lost a fair bit of weight by riding a lot and eating whatever I wanted, and then sort of plateaued. To lose any more, I either needed to ride even more or eat less, so I started trying to change how I eat. Basically, tried to cut out the burgers and fries and some of that kind of stuff that just really packs on the fat.
Right now, I'm running around 208-210, and don't feel like I have a whole lot left to lose, but still hope to get below 200.
My mileage has always been a combination of training rides (usually 20 or 33 miles a day) and occasional longer-distance rides for randonneuring or charity rides. Here lately, I've been training for a specific ride (
http://sites.google.com/site/texasstampede1200/) and trying to get in more miles for that.
I would suggest as a reasonable goal, to figure maybe an hour a day every day, take that times your average speed, and see if you can hold that distance per month. If you get faster, then your miles go up. If you enjoy it more, spend more time at it, etc., your miles go up. In my case, I'll have more miles on a weekend, but miss a day here or there during the week that counteracts that.