Originally Posted by
SkaXc0re
So my primary goal in riding in weightloss and I found a loop that is exactly 2.5 miles, with a bit of hills and what not. This helps me track how far I've approximatly gone. Iv'e made it 10 miles only once but working on it.
I find I go further/harder if I have somewhere to go so this is almost perfect.
ALMOST becuase its residential and I drive by the same houses up to 4 times in an hour with flashy blinky lights so I dont get hit with a car.... Little selfconcious about this.
So like I said - do you take the same comfortable paths to work out (obviously not explore)?
My husband and I have 4 "usual" routes for after work riding where we are currently living, with possible variations to each. 3 are country road routes which are about 25 km long, depending on how far we go before we turn around. 1 is a rail trail route. And there are some other options as well (i.e. hill repeats, meandering around town, etc.)
And then on the weekends we travel further afield and do quite a bit of exploring..
I've used loops like what you describe to pad out a longer route ... do a couple loops, do a longer route somewhere, and return to do a couple loops. Or if I don't want to go to far ... for example, riding in Winnipeg in the winter I didn't want to be too far from home.
As you start increasing your distance, why not try doing your loop once, then venturing out somewhere else, and then doing your loop again. Mix it up to get some variety.
And you can get an inexpensive computer to track your distance.