Originally Posted by
TrojanHorse
Episode 3 - the Return of the Monkey!
1,500 miles is low for a tour professional but for the rest of us it's a very solid number, especially when you lose a couple months to winter. My stated goal this year is 3,000 miles and a double metric but secretly, I want to hit 4,000. I finished about 30 shy of 3k 2 years ago and ankle surgery derailed 2013 and I only finished with about 2000 miles. I'm shooting for 300 miles a month, so just a couple over that and I'll hit 4k. My other goal is to stay off the operating table this year.
My other-other goal is to climb some local roads that have kicked my butt in years prior, including glendora mountain road all the way to the lifts.
CommuteCommando - do you use training peaks in conjunction with a power meter? (and do you subscribe or just use the free web version?) Or is it just to track various things you can track over there.
I have training peaks premium because it allows me to plan meals in advance. I use it mostly for diet planing, but use it as opposed to the others because it lets you enter actual workouts from the Gramin. Others like "MyFitnesPal", have check boxes like "15 minutes moderate cycling", that can be way off. I do not use a power meter, though have considered getting a CyclOps hub. I use a HRM which does a pretty good job of estimating calories burned.