Tell us about your cycle Yesterday.

Slogger Jogger · 09-07-2011 9:43pm #1

This was mine. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/97816806 A nice loop of road from my house on my Lapierre Technic 400 MTB. A fair bit of climbing, but compensating downhills. Great morning for it. Lots of track offroad for options on another day.

Pherekydes · 09-07-2011 9:47pm

Lucan-Clonee-Kilcock (via R125)-Clane-Sallins-K Club-Ardclough-Newcastle (via Lyons estate)-Lucan

76k in 3:23

I'm wrecked now.

Dermot Illogical · 09-07-2011 9:49pm

118km with Swords CC this morning out around Meath.
25km commute to work, 25km commute home.

Pherekydes · 09-07-2011 9:57pm

Oh yeah, I forgot to charge the battery, so my 305 switched itself off after 2:20. :mad:

Pherekydes · 09-07-2011 10:04pm

Slogger Jogger wrote: »

This was mine. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/97816806 A nice loop of road from my house on my Lapierre Technic 400 MTB. A fair bit of climbing, but compensating downhills. Great morning for it. Lots of track offroad for options on another day.

You're breaking Rule #24 :pac:

triggermortis · 09-07-2011 10:18pm

In fairness, it's his Garmin doing the rule breaking...

Beasty · 09-07-2011 10:21pm

Went to the track at Sundrive - warmed up, did the vets 500m TT Championship (ages 50-59), came last, felt sad:(

Warmed up again, did the 2km pursuit Championship, won gold medal, felt (very) happy:D

(first time I've ever won a medal for anything)

goingpostal · 09-07-2011 10:47pm

I cycled from South Circular Road in Limerick City Centre out to the Gaelic Grounds for the Cork vs Galway hurling qualifier and the Limerick vs Offaly football qualifier. I parked my vehicle as close to the ground as is possible. After the match, I spotted our portly ex-Taoiseach loitering outside the ground, surrounded by lickspittles. Under Irish Law, threatening to beat someone up is a crime, punishable by a severe custodial sentence, so I shrewdly kept my trap firmly and conclusively shut. The presence of a lot of rozzers also informed my decision to take a vow of silence. Then I cycled through the exiting throng, out to my mothers house in the Clare Hills. I moved faster than all the pedestrians and the unhappy-looking people stuck in their steel cocoons in the roasting heat. Later on, when the temperatures had dropped, I did the return journey. Oh, tis good to be an Irish cyclist.

Pherekydes · 09-07-2011 10:55pm

Beasty wrote: »

Went to the track at Sundrive - warmed up, did the vets 500m TT Championship (ages 50-59), came last, felt sad:(

Warmed up again, did the 2km pursuit Championship, won gold medal, felt (very) happy:D

(first time I've ever won a medal for anything)

What kind of times are winning these? I'm in the same age group.

Beasty · 09-07-2011 11:01pm

Pherekydes wrote: »

What kind of times are winning these? I'm in the same age group.

Results here

The winning time in the 500m was 41.46s. A new vets record was set (2 riders setting exactly the same time actually) in the 40-49 age group - 37.19s

I did 2m 49.43s for the 2k (although one of the 60+ guys did beat it:o - he is a former national champion though)

Hmmzis · 09-07-2011 11:14pm

Here is mine from the morning:

http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Barrack+Rd&daddr=53.2334192,-6.221474+to:53.27421,-6.26292+to:53.29287,-6.27319+to:53.2854611,-6.2945522+to:53.265162,-6.2974807+to:53.220508,-6.312756+to:53.1900043,-6.251733+to:Bridge+Rd&hl=en&ll=53.241592,-6.224442&spn=0.119166,0.338173&sll=53.224535,-6.220322&sspn=0.059607,0.169086&geocode=FXj1KwMdYySh_w%3BFQtHLAMdXhGh_yn74yBX4QlnSDHwWK_9pscAEw%3BFWLmLAMdeG-g_ymXd1020gtnSDGhEAD8pscAEw%3BFUYvLQMdWkeg_yl_SVZC6AtnSDFwdaz7pscAEw%3BFVUSLQMd6POf_ymD_muTvAtnSDHBv6f7pscAEw%3BFQrDLAMdeOif_ympaz1uUwpnSDHQo_f8pscAEw%3BFZwULAMdzKyf_ynvzGkldqBnSDGW1VeKbAaKhw%3BFXSdKwMdK5ug_ymTtk8P76BnSDEuOpolj1UjLg%3BFS7zKwMdNSOh_w&mra=dme&mrsp=0&sz=13&via=1,2,3,4,5,6,7&z=12

Not sure why google thinks that Bridge rd. is broken, was still OK in the morning (a bit steep though in places).

macnab · 09-07-2011 11:52pm

I cycled 45km into work in 1hr29m, i am cycling home then at 7:30am tomorrow after a 16hr shift. I met a few lads from Clondalkin on the way in (summerhill, Meath) they were training for the Malin to Mizen.

del88 · 10-07-2011 12:19am

I cycled from rush to baldoyle...about 29km...really nice...only started cycling 2 months ago and am becoming addicted....going to do a week long loaded tour around mayo/galway with the girlfriend the third week of august...can't wait

manwithaplan · 10-07-2011 1:24am

Left late for the club spin. Hit the road about 7:55. I live in Killester and the meet up is at Blakes Cross at 8:30. No time for a gentle warm up. I met Iniquitus on the way. He was going so fast I thought we were both late but he gave me the impression that he always rides at that pace.

We did the usual loop of North County Dublin without any great incident. The "pretend you're not taking part but are really popping a blood vessel" unofficial gallop up by the Pavilions Shopping Centre confirmed that I can't sprint the length of myself. I peeled off at that stage and got home just before 11. 92 odd km in 3 hours.

Ricky91t · 10-07-2011 7:35am

I cycled 8km yesterday in 19.56 minutes. Basically a 5km climb with a 70 meter elevation gain then a flat off road trail and then a downhill road cycle.

Was my last cycle before my ( first )race today

macnab · 10-07-2011 9:44am

I am home after my 45km ride from work, it took me 1hr44min to get home so an overall average of 26kmph over the round trip.

Cookie_Monster · 10-07-2011 10:34am

errr is this not what the cycle logs are for

kennyb3 · 10-07-2011 10:57am

77km @ 32.3km/ph. Nice uneventful spin but picked up some sunburn

funnights74 · 10-07-2011 11:55am

I take this trip every few weeks, Kinsale road r'bout - 5 Mile Bridge - Riverstick - Kinsale - Old head - Grtstown - Balinadee - Inishannon - Crookstown - Coachford - Blarney - and back to cork. 114 Kms, 4 and a half hours, few testing hills but a good workout.

mfdc · 10-07-2011 12:41pm

Headed down through Dublin and then up into the mountains via the Cruagh climb. It's been a good while since I've been on a proper hill so absolutely murdered myself going up there and put in what I think might be my best time, hooray!

Shortly thereafter, when heading up the climb past Glencree toward the foot of Kippure my non driveside crank fell off

Thought my cleat was going at first with the lateral movement but then had the whole crank dangling from my foot. I choose to believe that I put down so much power on the Cruagh I literally tore my crankset apart, and not that my maintenance has been crap lately

Put it back together sans endcap (god only knows where it is) and headed home down Stocking Lane nice and gingerly, didn't want any more incidents! 72km all told, would've preferred longer but hey...

corblimey · 10-07-2011 1:59pm

Tried to do my longest spin ever, 75+km, but the road I had planned on taking was closed (cars were getting through, but there was bollards across most of the road, so I assumed they were local access only) and I didn't want to chance it. So I took a turn off and got utterly utterly lost. 40km later I find myself practically outside my village, no idea how. So I just went home

PS Just looked at gmaps and still have no idea where I was today. Nice, though!

G rock · 10-07-2011 3:43pm

kilmainham-kilbride-lacken-ballyknockan-wicklow gap-roundwood-sally gap-stocking lane and home.

stupid catseye gave up on me on way down wicklow gap and have lost all record of my distance to date.

think today was about 125k. saw loads of people out. i was in garish yellow on one ss jersey

hello if you saw me!

byebye · 10-07-2011 5:25pm

im just makeing a recovery from a brain virus which had me fairly fecked so today tried a 70k hilly spin managed to get around and am pretty pleased with getting it done! roll on etap!

experimenter · 10-07-2011 5:31pm

Just a hilly 50km spin around the hills of Mount Leinster, Borris area..

Ricky91t · 10-07-2011 5:50pm

11.4 km XC race in 54:42 was slippy and I've never cycled it before, But I finished it and didn't come last I think :pac:

Lawr · 10-07-2011 6:45pm

Got off of my schedule the last few weeks. Took a short run up the Cratloe Hills.
http://www.sports-tracker.com/#/workout/Lawr/776dmfbgh7tv7drc

CianRyan · 10-07-2011 6:48pm

Adis about 50k today.
Tallaght to Blessington via Lugmore and then the N81. Head out to the Vallymount road and turned to head back after the first bend after the narrow bridge. Stuck to the N81 on the way home and learned the through meaning of being dropped on the road between Blessington and Brittas.

This was my longest cycle by about 15k so an average speed of 20kph over the rolling roads was grand for me.
I tried to improve my technique so I spun the legs off myself.

Slogger Jogger · 10-07-2011 7:02pm

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

errr is this not what the cycle logs are for

Depends. This has a random, and light, sample. Theres more details available in the training logs alright.

And, many won't have their own training logs...

Slogger Jogger · 10-07-2011 7:04pm

Pherekydes wrote: »

You're breaking Rule #24 :pac:

Its in metric when I log in? Maybe when others log in they don't see the kms

Slogger Jogger · 10-07-2011 7:05pm

experimenter wrote: »

Just a hilly 50km spin around the hills of Mount Leinster, Borris area..

Cool. Whilst you were doing that, I was running the self same hill... http://connect.garmin.com/activity/98159737 in an imra race. Great day for it.

Tonyandthewhale · 10-07-2011 7:20pm

Was supposed to be cycling home to Galway from a wedding in West Cork (250ish km) but a stupid sprained ankle from last week meant I had to call it quits after a very slow 100km. Was still nice to not have to be in the car for that 100km though.

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