9/1/2023: 20 miles, 1:23 time, 14.3 mph average pace
9/2/2023: 50 miles, 3:48 time, 13.1 mph average pace
9/3/2023: 10 miles, active recovery ride on an ebike, so time/pace is irrelevant
9/4/2023: 33.3 miles, pace unknown, forgot to hit 'resume' on Strava after pausing at a stoplight. Oops. If it wasn't recorded, did it happen?
9/7/2023: 22.6 miles, 20 miles at 16.4 mph average pace, then 2.6 miles cooldown. Fastest 20 miles I've managed ever. Could not have gone faster but could have maintained the pace for longer. Missed the last two days due to my daughter being in the hospital.
9/9/2023: 100.0 miles at 13.6 mph average pace. Read it and weep. This is my first century. Lots of learnings that I'll post about in a separate post. I'm pretty sure my soul left my body in the last 15 miles. Not bad for a 300 lb fat guy.
9/13/2023: 22.7 miles at 16.8 mph average pace. New 20 mile average pace record for me. Had to take the past couple days off because of work travel. Hoping to rack up some big miles here in a bit.
9/15/2023: 31.3 miles at 12.4 mph average pace. Between it being dark and on a unfamiliar route this turned into more of a Zone 2 workout than planned, but that's okay.
9/18/2023: 12.6 miles at an unknown pace, was just a pleasure ride with the kid
9/19/2023: 8 miles at 16.8 mph pace. "I won't need this flat kit" he thought. Narrator "he would in fact need it". Oops. Had to make the call of shame when I got a flat and it cut my ride short.
9/21/2023: 22.5 miles. Tried going for a new 20 mile pace record but then it started raining on me and got dark, so I ended up only at 14.8 mph average pace. There's no such thing as bad weather, just bad gear and I have bad gear.
9/24/2023: 11.2 miles. Relaxed ride with the kids. Gotta start putting in some miles if I'm going to hit my goal, which I'm determined to do.
9/25/2023: 22.4 miles at 14.4 mph pace. I'm finding that I'm beginning to slow down and my joints are beginning to hurt. I only did 125 miles in August, so this is a huge jump for me and I think I'm pushing myself a smidge too hard considering I only started cycling in July. I'll probably take next week off, but I'm determined to hit my 500 mile goal for the month of September.
9/26/2023: 18.6 miles at a 14.5 mph pace. Actually got chilly riding. Can tell it's finally fall.
9/27/2023: 23.2 miles at a 14.8 mph pace. Had a ton of errands to run and didn't get out for a ride until 9 PM. But, no bugs, no people (also no light), so it was nice and peaceful. And cold.

MTD: 408.6 miles

Goal: 500


In September I'm riding for the Great Cycle Challenge to raise money for the Children's Cancer Research Fund.


https://greatcyclechallenge.com/riders/AaronMoller