Mark, if you use km then it sounds like you've gone further and faster ;) Down with miles!!
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Mark, if you use km then it sounds like you've gone further and faster ;) Down with miles!!
Going to wait until the snow is gone before I go out again. The roads are in a terrible state at the moment, potholes all over the place!
21 miles today but boy that was hard. Cold and windy but it felt like my legs were made of stone :(
Falling onto my arse due to ice didn't help either :D
Ibby reckons it's because I have been walking too much (62 miles in January) where I thought it would help?!
First rides after a break are always hard. Your legs just aren't ready to pedal., but I don't think walking has hurt your cycling. At worst, you've gotten fresh air. :)
Exactly, walking will not hurt your cycling in any way.
First of all cycling is pretty much about a good endurance and walking did help keep you heart fitness better then if you would have done nothing at all.
Secondly when walking you are using many more muscle groups then when you are cycling, which again can only help and will not hurt your cycling performance.
As mentioned by janneppi, it is normal that the first session after a pause is a bit of a struggle, you'll see that the second outing will be much better.
Cool. I will keep up the walking miles then :D
In which case I largely agree with you, as seeing as I've moved to Australia, I reckon I can record my acheivements in KM's now instead of miles ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
I've fuly converted to a cycling obsessive within a couple of weeks, this week I managed the 32km round trip to the station 3 times, plus a 12.5km round trip, all in for the week about 110km's, which from virtually nothing a few weeks ago is a pretty good start to cycling life, got my average speeds up, had a puncture (so i'm officially in the club) and spend an unhealthy amount of time on Wiggle, Cycling express and Cell websites looking at bikes I want to upgrade too, even though I've only had my 2nd hand road bike for about a month.
This weeks acheivements include an average 29km/h ride for 16km's and hitting a top speed in excess of 50km/h
Show us your bike then!