Getting closer to 5 days a week
06-25-12, 08:25 AM
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Getting closer to 5 days a week
I've been working up to doing my 18 mile (with gravel and hills) commute all 5 working days. I think I was a bit optimistic about how long it would take me to get there.
Last week I did my first 4 days of commuting. Monday, Tuesday then Thursday, Friday. Things went pretty well through Friday morning's commute, but by the time I was heading home on Friday, I could tell I had not yet recovered from the morning. That ride home was SLOW. I'm going to try the same 4 days this week and see how it goes. Next change will be to try 3 consecutive days before I take a day off.
Last week I did my first 4 days of commuting. Monday, Tuesday then Thursday, Friday. Things went pretty well through Friday morning's commute, but by the time I was heading home on Friday, I could tell I had not yet recovered from the morning. That ride home was SLOW. I'm going to try the same 4 days this week and see how it goes. Next change will be to try 3 consecutive days before I take a day off.
06-25-12, 09:01 AM
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What kind of times are you making? What sort of hills?
06-25-12, 09:09 AM
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Best time so far is 1 hour 21 minutes some odd seconds. As long as I beat 1 1/2 hours, I figure I'm doing OK. Some days (like last Friday afternoon), it takes longer.
Here's a graph of the commute
The GPS says the total clime/drop is around 2000'/2000'. The big hill is a bit over 500' on the way to work, closer to 600' on the way home.
Here's a graph of the commute
The GPS says the total clime/drop is around 2000'/2000'. The big hill is a bit over 500' on the way to work, closer to 600' on the way home.
06-25-12, 09:28 AM
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Best time so far is 1 hour 21 minutes some odd seconds. As long as I beat 1 1/2 hours, I figure I'm doing OK. Some days (like last Friday afternoon), it takes longer.
Here's a graph of the commute
The GPS says the total clime/drop is around 2000'/2000'. The big hill is a bit over 500' on the way to work, closer to 600' on the way home.
Here's a graph of the commute
The GPS says the total clime/drop is around 2000'/2000'. The big hill is a bit over 500' on the way to work, closer to 600' on the way home.
06-25-12, 09:41 AM
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holy crap dude you get up to 55 mph??? That is nuts!
06-26-12, 08:08 AM
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These comments are making me feel better about how long it is taking me to get to 5 days a week. 
It's a fun ride, but it does take a bit out of me.
It's a fun ride, but it does take a bit out of me.
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I take 1h05min. to 1h15min. (depending mostly on wind direction) to go 19 miles on an almost perfectly flat ride, 4 days a week ( I only work 4 days) so, to me, you do pretty well!
06-26-12, 03:06 PM
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I am 5 days a week. Been that way the whole year. Some weeks, the wife might carry me to work in the truck, but they are few. All my bikes are road bikes. I usually ride different ones. Funny, thing, I haven't been on a motorcycle this year!! 
06-26-12, 09:24 PM
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I've been working up to doing my 18 mile (with gravel and hills) commute all 5 working days. I think I was a bit optimistic about how long it would take me to get there.
Last week I did my first 4 days of commuting. Monday, Tuesday then Thursday, Friday. Things went pretty well through Friday morning's commute, but by the time I was heading home on Friday, I could tell I had not yet recovered from the morning. That ride home was SLOW. I'm going to try the same 4 days this week and see how it goes. Next change will be to try 3 consecutive days before I take a day off.
Last week I did my first 4 days of commuting. Monday, Tuesday then Thursday, Friday. Things went pretty well through Friday morning's commute, but by the time I was heading home on Friday, I could tell I had not yet recovered from the morning. That ride home was SLOW. I'm going to try the same 4 days this week and see how it goes. Next change will be to try 3 consecutive days before I take a day off.
Congrats on doing this. Hope you have fun! That's the real point of it.
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