I went for a nice MTB ride after work for about 1.5 hours. I really have to get some sort of cycling computer so I know how far I actually went. I purposely picked a route that had lots of climbing, so now I'm tired and going (back) to bed.
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marcski
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i haven't checked into the this thread and/or logged my rides in a while. Did 50 on the road on sat, 1.5 hours in the woods on sun, my regular road: 28 miler/1900' climbing on tues morning, a short 1 hour ride on wednesday morning in the woods with 3 nice hills and then 1.5 hours in the woods this morning and I redid the big hill loop after my buddies left for work. 
Tomorrow planning a supposedly beautiful 80 mile ride up the west side of the hudson valley over the Beacon bridge and then down the east side of the hudson valley and back over the Bear Mtn Bridge to a buddy's house, where we're starting from. I'm psyched for this one!
Tomorrow planning a supposedly beautiful 80 mile ride up the west side of the hudson valley over the Beacon bridge and then down the east side of the hudson valley and back over the Bear Mtn Bridge to a buddy's house, where we're starting from. I'm psyched for this one!
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37 Monday (8/13), 50 Tuesday(8/14), 50 Wednesday(8/15). Lots of big hills.
37 Monday (8/13), 50 Tuesday(8/14), 50 Wednesday(8/15). Lots of big hills.
andyzee
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Not riding anywhere near as much this year as last, been getting into hiking much more and now with changing jobs I've been a bit preoccupied. But, did get in 33 miles on the D&R trail today with V and 4 friends, was a nice day for it. Rode our bikes from Frenchtown, NJ down to New Hope, Pa. Walked around a bit, had lunch on the river and stopped at a micro brewery where we sampled some brew and rode the 16 miles back :lol:
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Gorgeous day for a ride. A bit windy..but the views were spectacular. Rode up Rt. 218 into Newburgh. If you're not familiar with this road, it runs along the eastern flank of, I think, Storm King Mtn, right above the hudson, looking directly across at Breakneck Ridge, which Andyzee has recently posted hike reports of. I will try to get a picture up on here from today once I get it emailed to me. Ended up about 77 miles with 5250 in elevation gain at 15.6. (with a nice lunch break).
Got out on the MTB again yesterday. I did some more exploring in Nepaug state forest and found some really cool single track, as well as some stuff that was way over my head. My pace was pretty slow since I kept stopping to try and figure out where I was, but I rode for over 2.5 hours total. I had trouble getting going at the beginning of the ride, like I had never rode before. It got a little better once warmed up, but I never felt like I got a good rhythm going with all the stopping. I cleaned some logs and other technical sections that I had previously walked over so that made me feel good. All in all a pretty good ride, the weather was just about perfect.
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Last Sunday, I did my first Century ride at the Lance Armstrong Livestrong Ride in Philly. It was awesome, great support and rest stops and beautiful scenery, the ride was west of philly through lots of hills (over 7000' of vert), farmland. I averaged over 15 mph, I was happy.
Since then I've been on vacation and have road every day:
Mon: 28 miles
Tues: 38
Wed: 40
Thurs: 33
Fri: 38
277 miles while on my vacation week.
Since then I've been on vacation and have road every day:
Mon: 28 miles
Tues: 38
Wed: 40
Thurs: 33
Fri: 38
277 miles while on my vacation week.
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2 hours at Mianus this afternoon. I haven't been to that place in about 8-10 years. It did get eroded some and it has a ton more trail signs. It is fun, but no real extended climbs.
I got out for about 45 minutes yesterday at my local fire road place. It was nice to finally get back out again after not being on the bike for 2 weeks. I'm hoping to get back out again today, but I don't if that's going to happen...
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Local woods ride today. Didnt' have much time. 57 mins, 980' of climbing. Got the ole ticker upto 180. Basically non-stop, 4 big hills, with a few single tracks in between. I don't know how many miles....More of a hill ride today.
Sounds similar to my ride; 70 minutes, 181 max HR, avg 154. I don't know how much I climbed though and I wish I could claim it was basically non-stop, I guess I stopped like 4 times and slowed to a crawl at the top of climbs a few times. I went after as many hills as my limited time would allow. No ST in my ride at all though, all DT and dirt roads.
The last 3 days have been some of the nicest weather wise I've ever seen on a holiday weekend! 75-80 degrees and dry. Got in 3-days of road riding with my wife. Saturday 39 miles, Sunday 57 miles and an easy 20 today. A nice warm up to the 3 century rides we'll be doing in the next 3 weeks.
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Did that same hill ride i did on monday. about 51 mins, 4 large hills, a bit less than a 1000' vert climbing with some single track thrown in. Can't wait to get the roadie back today so i can ride it tomorrow a.m.
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Regular road ride today...28 miles, 1900' of climbing. 1 hour 42 mins. 16.6 avg. A bit slow....but first road ride in 6 days and first one with hills in 12.
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Back in the woods this a.m. Was in there for a good 90 minutes today. A good mix of techy, single track and some good hills. I cleaned my road ride last night....It's looking all shiny and smells from lube. Can't wait to get on it for tomorrow's ride!
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Been a while since posting. In the Kingdom for the month of Aug. Internet connection w/old laptop & cel phone...19kbps
Anyhow: rode my second (15th annual) Echo Lake (all dirt) Road Race..took 2/7 in my 50-59 age group. Broke 40 mins. Hoping for 37:30 next year.
Did a bunch of riding around Jay; 242, 100, 101 & 105. 242 just west of Jay is brutal (knocked my front wheel out of true bigtime descending @ 35mph) coming down the hill - the dirt roads over at Echo Lake were much smoother.
Did 227 miles w/ 29K feet of climbing. Averaging 14+/- mph.
Just did my local ride from the shop to top of Hidden Valley & back..(SW PA)...18 miles, 2200 feet of climbing. 1:20.
Lovin' my Pilot 5.9:beer:
Anyhow: rode my second (15th annual) Echo Lake (all dirt) Road Race..took 2/7 in my 50-59 age group. Broke 40 mins. Hoping for 37:30 next year.
Did a bunch of riding around Jay; 242, 100, 101 & 105. 242 just west of Jay is brutal (knocked my front wheel out of true bigtime descending @ 35mph) coming down the hill - the dirt roads over at Echo Lake were much smoother.
Did 227 miles w/ 29K feet of climbing. Averaging 14+/- mph.
Just did my local ride from the shop to top of Hidden Valley & back..(SW PA)...18 miles, 2200 feet of climbing. 1:20.
Lovin' my Pilot 5.9:beer:
andyzee
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23 miles around the Great Swamp in NJ today. Hot, humid, but a nice ride. Also, got in 33 miles on the D&R trail last Saturday from Frenchtown, NJ to Lamebertville,NJ and then walked across to New Hope, PA, grabbed some lunch. On the way back at Lambertville, we stopped at a micro brewery and sampled some fine beer, you get like 4 small cups for a buck. It seemed to give V more energy and she led the whole crew back all the way the back.
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46 miles on Saturday with the fatherinlaw. Not that speedy, but I had to take it a bit easy on the old guy. LOL. He is amazing, 60 and ill with the big C, but still rides up the hills. He did 46 with me on sat and then another 50 yesterday.
I was "on duty" with the kids yesterday, so didn't get out, but did get out for my regular ride this morning. 28 miles, 1900' of climbing, 17.0 mph. Got some new rubber for the road bike, Continental Grand Prix 4000's. Felt nice and smooth out there today.
I was "on duty" with the kids yesterday, so didn't get out, but did get out for my regular ride this morning. 28 miles, 1900' of climbing, 17.0 mph. Got some new rubber for the road bike, Continental Grand Prix 4000's. Felt nice and smooth out there today.
