End of Year: Mileage (nerdy stats alert)

OK, thanks! basically, trying hard to recover many bits of normal life, but it is not an easy recovery, physically or mentally.

All the best, stick in there.

387 for me for Sept.

Yeah, all the best dude. I have no idea what happened beyond what you've said here, obviously, but if it's as bad as it sounds and you're back on a trainer already that's good going, I think.

32 miles on Sunday morning took me to 2,001 for the year so far, meaning I've hit the post-baby target I set for myself. Admittedly, a huge chunk of those miles have come as commuting rather than epic weekend adventures, but beggars can't be choosers.

Is it possible to get another 500 done before the end of December, I wonder?

Just under 300 for October, but my end of year slump has arrived now - all enthusiasm for cycling is draining away as the weather turns...

167 for October.

It's probably not possible to get 500 more before year-end; my weekends are massively booked-up this month...

343 all indoors and good god it's not fun for me anymore

How are you doing?

Holding in there, lots of steps, thanks. Physically, I'm improved but parts of the damage are kinda, just done, you know?

Strava shows my first real independent ride today, as I had to drop off my ballot. Doc and therapists signed off on riding ability yesterdy. Between the need to actually deliver the ballot, and the facts that I could bikepath the whole 10 miles and also that 75 f'ing gorgeous degrees goes away after today (maybe til next May), I was committed to riding.

239 for november

Didn't manage many miles in November but did enough to get over my 2015 target of 2,015 miles, though disappointed I didn't hit it earlier.

305 mi. Just got bad clavicle repair news :( more repair required.

Hang in there

59 miles in November; a couple of busy weekends and a 2-week stomach bug.

And yeah, hang in there; more repair sucks but it does mean repair which = getting better.

196 for December giving 4,416 for the year. Not as much as last year, but my second best total by some margin.

238 for Dec, 4433 for year, but the mileage it really got to me this year

286.5

Zero, I think. Or close to zero. On January 7 I played my first game of 5-a-side of the year, and with about ten minutes to go I twisted / hyper-extended my right knee. It is still swollen, nearly a month later, and I have an MRI scan tonight to try and figure out what I did to it. I've been told to cycle to aid recovery but it's been so wet and windy I've not thought it was safe to do so yet; any risk of a fall and aggravating it when I'm injured and not confident just sin't worth it.

Ouch

Take care man, hope the scan went well.

So the MRI scan shows cracked cartilage and a slight tear in the medial ligament, suggesting that I dislocated and immediately relocated my right kneecap. Fun times. Told to get back on the bike as soon as I'm comfortable, which is basically as soon as these fucking hurricanes stop.

There aren't normally this many storms, are there?

I think the fact that they're named now makes it feel like there's more. But yeah, this weather is shite.

Been told not to ride up hills. Knee still swollen. Next specialist reckons it might be ACL now. Fun times.

:-(

Take care man, time and therapy and docs if necessary, you'll get through.

419 for February. Feel almost guilty saying it, seeing as I seem to be the only person left not struck down by physical calamities.

191.9mi in feb

feb 14 - 416
feb 15 - 315
feb 16 - 118

this wet weather can fuck up

I forgot to do March because I was on holiday. I will rectify this before too long and all will be right with the world again.

I rode my bike for the first time in fuckin forever on sunday

:-)

i have learned that the gearing on my road bike just is not suited at all to the hills around here. i dumped all of them into my granny and was still having to stand on the pedals while my pals were happily spinning away at 95rpm

biking is hard :(

shoulder pain on one side only... what could be cause of that? stem too long? saddle-to-bar drop too high? odd it's on one side (left) only

any ideas?

Don't know, but I've been suffering knee pain on one side (left) only. It keeps clicking when I properly extend my leg.

Finally calculated it - March was 334 miles for me

My knees have clicked like a hipster at a jazz club since I was a teenager.

Gbx does Hurricane mtn Rd still exist because I did that in 1990 and it was steep.

The best thing about eastern mtns was that 'wtf is a switchback' spirit.

dunno about hurricane mtn rd, but the general theme out here definitely seems to be STFU (straight the fuck up)

i've got big-boy gears on my road bike (53/39 up front and i think the biggest cog is 25t?) and that was fine in minnesota and really not that fine out here. tryna decide if i should just flip the road bike and put the money into my heavy but dependable cross check

Just 242 for April. Too much work on, can only get out once a week nowadays.

I'm not even on 500 for the year yet. Fucking knee. Still no hills. Manage maybe 40 a week at the moment - about 10-15 commuting and then maybe 25 at the weekend pulling the trailer normally.

342 for May. It's my half-term break this week so I'd been hoping to get a few rides in, but the weather is shite (40mph winds and heavy rain yesterday, no sun forecast until Sunday). Did a time trial last night on the velopark circuit (next to the Olympic velodrome) with both shoes feeling like they had a jug of water sloshing around inside them: https://youtu.be/87ZOBTVsGbo

128 for May, lowest since I spent August in the hospital. Not much comment other than I fear I'm ending biking? Probably not totally, but ~effectively~?

Sort of off topic, but affecting my bike attitude is the Broeckx thing, which is so sad, and really close to home. Was so hoping they wouldn't need to craney him, which I am guessing was the pressure reduction. I was trying to get Dutch news and Google's translation rendered the headline to be "Broeckx undergoes double lobotomy" and I was just "!!!!??"

Not good.

422 for may

335 June

164 for June. Not even on 1,000 for the year yet. I did kick a football at physio for the first time this morning though, and that felt good, and did 25 miles with some steady climbing yesterday morning at a decent tempo. I'm getting there.

327 for June. Lots of social rides and coincidental reunions on the road, it's been fun.

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