Cycling / Running - Logs, Stories, & Pictures (any fellow cyclists or runners here?)

[Cosmic Penguin]

Only less than 5 days from my third try of 21000 meters of doom - ouch! :uhh:
At least the weather should be perfect, unlike my last one just 3 months ago (which I DNF-ed after complete exhaustion running in the cold rain with still 8 km to go)......

 

[80mileshigh]

Only less than 5 days from my third try of 21000 meters of doom - ouch! :uhh:

So how did you go?

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

So how did you go?

Well better than the last one, but at 2 hours and 50 minutes (only 10 minutes from the time limit and more than 20 minutes from my personal best) and forced to walk the last 3 km (cramping signals all over my legs..... ), I can't say I am satisfied. But then I don't do systematic training for the past few years so I am not surprised. Time to greatly beef up my training if any improvement can be seen...... :shifty:

BTW with 72000 runners (and 65000 that has shown up) this race has become some kind of fiesta. Unfortunately this also has negative consequences: on the "premiere racer group" of the 10 km race (although everyone can register for this group, in addition to 5 others) a "racer" tries to take a photo of him(her?)self running when the race starts (maybe to put it on Facebook? :rofl, but dropped the phone and tripping down at least twenty of those much more professional runners and injuring at least a few of them. :facepalm: :beathead:

 

[80mileshigh]

That's a huge effort! Kudos!

I also had big effort on that day, breaking the 100 mile barrier, riding 167 km with 3100 metres (over 10,000 feet) of climbing.

 

[Tex]

Well better than the last one, but at 2 hours and 50 minutes (only 10 minutes from the time limit and more than 20 minutes from my personal best) and forced to walk the last 3 km (cramping signals all over my legs..... ), I can't say I am satisfied. But then I don't do systematic training for the past few years so I am not surprised. Time to greatly beef up my training if any improvement can be seen...... :shifty:

BTW with 72000 runners (and 65000 that has shown up) this race has become some kind of fiesta. Unfortunately this also has negative consequences: on the "premiere racer group" of the 10 km race (although everyone can register for this group, in addition to 5 others) a "racer" tries to take a photo of him(her?)self running when the race starts (maybe to put it on Facebook? :rofl, but dropped the phone and tripping down at least twenty of those much more professional runners and injuring at least a few of them. :facepalm: :beathead:

Well congrats on finishing your run! That trip up from the picture fiasco looks epic. :facepalm:

 

[Tex]

For those who already follow me on Strava or Facebook, I guess you saw I got 3rd place this past weekend in a road race. Here is the full video footage with data and annotations of that race:

 

[80mileshigh]

Anyone watching Paris-Nice or Tirreno-Adriatico?

The Australian Richie Porte is well placed, 30 seconds ahead on the GC, at Paris-Nice, with just the final time trial to go. If he wins he'll be the first Australian to win the race.

His attack on the climbing finish of Stage 5 yesterday was brilliant:

(Porte's attack at 7:10)

 

[80mileshigh]

Well, Richie did it, winning Paris-Nice.

And I accomplished my goal of completing a Hors catégorie climb, so a good weekend for Australian cycling all round .

I rode up Mt Donna Buang, about 95km east of Melbourne, with about 3,500 feet of continuous ascending.

Here's a photo I took from the summit:

 

[FADEC]

I'm happy to report that I am fully back to the world of sports. My training now includes pushups again. While doing so (50x), there is still a slight pain remaining in the right collarbone, near the shoulder. It's not really a pain but rather a "something" which is negligible (doesn't cause any discomfort afterwards) and which will completely disappear within the next weeks as my training progresses I think.

I do 4x intense strength training per week (@37 minutes early in the morning, from Monday to Thursday) as well as 4x cycling per week currently (@60 minutes in the evening from Monday to Wednesday, and 105 minutes on Thursday). Friday, Saturday and Sunday remains fully reserved for the weekend, which most of the time consists of aviation and space flight anyway, i.e. flight simulation

That's currently just over 7 hours of sports within 4 days, which I think is fine.

I still didn't get a camera for my bike though, but I will finally get one next month.

 

[80mileshigh]

I completed a long held goal this weekend to cycle in Australia's alpine region.

I rode in a sportive / gran fondo on Saturday with several hundred other cyclists over a course of 163km (just over 100 miles) with 3717 metres of climbing (over 12,000 feet). The weather turned really nasty about half way through and I was glad to reach the finish. Amongst riders who uploaded their rides to Strava I had the fifth fastest for the course on the day.

Two photos attached here show the start of the event, and Mt Buller, which was the biggest climb of the day - another hors catégorie by Strava's definition (I didn't take the Buller photo and it doesn't have snow on it right now).

A road race was held the next day from the same start point to the top of the mountain. I didn't take part in this but I was heartened to see that my time from the previous day would have put me near the top of C grade ( ~ Cat 3 in US).

 

[rodion_herrera]

I'm glad there's such a thread as this Among my other passions aside from astronomy, and simulations, is cycling. I come from a family of cyclists. In fact, when I started Orbiter back in 2002, I used a bicycle to get to work. Prior to that, as a young lad, I was active in local amateur race circuits, both road and mountain biking. However, a bad accident in 2004 gave me a sort of trauma, and I stopped cycling for over 9 years. Recently though, I've slowly gotten back on the saddle, and been riding about 5-6 miles every other day, just to build up on the legs. It's great that, nowadays, you can utilize things like smartphones with GPS to keep track of your progress in terms of increasing pace and mileage, and you get to share your ride via apps like MapMyRide and similar.

I'll be posting some of my road bike adventures here soon

-RODION

 

[Athena]

I'm glad there's such a thread as this Among my other passions aside from astronomy, and simulations, is cycling. I come from a family of cyclists. In fact, when I started Orbiter back in 2002, I used a bicycle to get to work. Prior to that, as a young lad, I was active in local amateur race circuits, both road and mountain biking. However, a bad accident in 2004 gave me a sort of trauma, and I stopped cycling for over 9 years. Recently though, I've slowly gotten back on the saddle, and been riding about 5-6 miles every other day, just to build up on the legs. It's great that, nowadays, you can utilize things like smartphones with GPS to keep track of your progress in terms of increasing pace and mileage, and you get to share your ride via apps like MapMyRide and similar.

I'll be posting some of my road bike adventures here soon

-RODION

Wow, your lucky you can go mountain biking, all i have here in paranaque is incredibly bumpy roads and the-not-so-healthy atmosphere. :dry:

 

[rodion_herrera]

Wow, your lucky you can go mountain biking, all i have here in paranaque is incredibly bumpy roads and the-not-so-healthy atmosphere. :dry:

I use a road bike at the moment, so I do street cycling. My mountain bike is currently in another city, and as much as I would like to ride it here in Davao, it needs a serious overhaul. Besides, I have no idea where the good trails here are, but once I get my mountain bike here, I'll hunt those trails down.

BTW di ko alam na Filipino ka pala LOL

-RODION

 

[Tex]

I completed a long held goal this weekend to cycle in Australia's alpine region.

I rode in a sportive / gran fondo on Saturday with several hundred other cyclists over a course of 163km (just over 100 miles) with 3717 metres of climbing (over 12,000 feet). The weather turned really nasty about half way through and I was glad to reach the finish. Amongst riders who uploaded their rides to Strava I had the fifth fastest for the course on the day.

Two photos attached here show the start of the event, and Mt Buller, which was the biggest climb of the day - another hors catégorie by Strava's definition (I didn't take the Buller photo and it doesn't have snow on it right now).

A road race was held the next day from the same start point to the top of the mountain. I didn't take part in this but I was heartened to see that my time from the previous day would have put me near the top of C grade ( ~ Cat 3 in US).

Congrats mate! Time to start racing!! :thumbup:

 

[Tex]

16th overall out of 63 riders in my first stage race last weekend. Here's the race report:

http://blakesenduranceblog.com/2013/03/19/fayetteville-srace-report/

 

[stevcast]

Days gone by

I started running in the 7th grade, and continued running until I was 32 years old. I used to run 4 miles in the morning, and then put in another 5-10 in the afternoon (in college), on top of lifting weights and doing strength training. I loved to run!!! I loved the feeling of being in shape, and I used to really enjoy running late at night, or very early in the morning (1 or 2 in the morning) because of the serenity.
I would still be running today except for the fact that I ended up with such severe osteoarthritis that I can barely walk, but do I ever miss it!!! I am now in my 50's (did I just say that? How did I get so old so fast?), and I am looking in to having hip replacement surgery. As somebody who has been there and done that, running smart on a "forgiving" surface such as grass is a very wise idea. But in all honesty, if I had to do it all over again I wouldn't change a thing! I know that I will never be able to train the way I used to, but I am hopeful that maybe I can start a light running program again if my surgery is successful.
Keep running, keep cycling, do it in an intelligent manor, and enjoy it as long as you can, because being in shape is the best feeling in the world. Being out of shape is like being stuck as a prisoner in your own body.
stevcast

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

After thinking back and forth for the past 2 months, and despite facing unknowns and slightly falling behind in training, I finally made the decision: I will push for my first marathon (yes, 42915 meters) sometime in early 2014, perhaps February. The mind was set after the horrific realization on Monday that running with my legs is not a given, and it's best to treasure the fact that I have my pair of legs intact for running and make the best use out of it!

And I will run on several shorter races (10K, half-marathon) in the fall and winter beforehand so as to prove my ability.

 

[Evil_Onyx]

After a Swimming hiatus of 12 years, i now wish to thank my swimming teacher for the sterling job she did, 1. i can still swim 2. after 50m i could keep up with the more hard core people in the pool at the time. and 3. after 1000m i felt like i could do another 1000m. Thank you for teaching me that a good swimming technique is better than pure power.

It did help that she was a sadistic b**** , 50 x 25m lengths for a worm up... followed by 50 lengths of each stroke Crawl, backstroke, breaststroke followed but the dreaded butterfly.

Once I can do 2k in under an hour I'm going to sign up for a swimathon.

 

[Urwumpe]

I always thought my small and short running track is just 3 km long and a nice one for todays first running in the year after long rehab time after my lung infection.

Wrong, it is 4.5 km long according to GPS essentials. 50% error in my distance estimate. I feel so stupid now.

 

[Evil_Onyx]

Don't feel stupid, feel good for doing an extra 1500m with out knowing it.