Miles per week and Month?

BHSpeedrom7

Ive really upped my training I know it's about qaulity and not quantity but these are 70% quality miles. I do 200-300 miles per week and this is going to be my first month doing over 1000miles in a month, I am only a year cycling. let me know what you guys do? I have a full time job and a fiance.

trad

BHSpeedrom7 wrote: »

I I have a full time job and a fiance.

Say goodbye to one or the other

Hmmzis

Currently doing aprox 120km per week, that would translate to abot 500km a month. Most is commuting with the odd hill rush squeezed in. Enjoying every little bit of it

Páid

I do about 150kms per week commuting Mon-Fri. I don't do any cycling at all at the weekend at the moment. I'm thinking of doing a 60k ride either Saturday or Sunday for the Summer.

Jawgap

BHSpeedrom7 wrote: »

Ive really upped my training I know it's about qaulity and not quantity but these are 70% quality miles. I do 200-300 miles per week and this is going to be my first month doing over 1000miles in a month, I am only a year cycling. let me know what you guys do? I have a full time job and a fiance.

fiance? How much did you spend on the ring and think of the bike you could've bought instead:):)

I have a full time job, and there's a strange woman, two little people and some dogs who live in the house where I keep my bikes.

Well done on the distances.

triggermortis

Got a 3 week old baby and a sore wife to look after at the moment (she needed a section) so not getting out much, but would do around 150Km a week on average

seamus

100km a week commuting, try to get another 100km in most weekends. So between 600 and 800km a month typically.

I would go out midweek, but by the time I've gotten home from work and had something to eat, the idea of getting the bike set up and heading out on the road before it gets dark isn't exactly appealing.

I always wonder about clubs that do midweek spins at 6pm. Do these people not work? Or have a family?

ednwireland

nowhere near enough

LCD

"I have a full time job, and there's a strange woman, two little people and some dogs who live in the house where I keep my bikes".

Classic! Made me laugh & people at work wonder "has he gotten madder"

daragh_

Varies depending on workload and family stuff. 120k Commuting, 100+ Weekend Spin with Club or on my own. 40/50k on a Thursday night with the lads if I'm allowed out. I try to extend the home leg of my commute as the light gets better in the evenings.

BHSpeedrom7

I knew It got when the other day when I said If i didnt have a job think of all the cycling I could be doing lol

trad wrote: »

Say goodbye to one or the other

petethedrummer

BHSpeedrom7 wrote: »

Ive really upped my training I know it's about qaulity and not quantity but these are 70% quality miles. I do 200-300 miles per week and this is going to be my first month doing over 1000miles in a month, I am only a year cycling. let me know what you guys do? I have a full time job and a fiance.

What's your ultimate goal?

Tonyandthewhale

100km minimum with commuting and general tooing and froing (in reality it's almost never less than 150km) and then add on training/touring and the like and I could be doing 300-400km a week, that collapses around exam time or when its very busy at work but then again there are some weeks when I'm off work/college when I'd be doing 700km +. So basically, it's highly variable but then again I've not particular training goals so I don't mind.

BHSpeedrom7

To win races in club competition as joining a club in a weeks time

petethedrummer wrote: »

What's your ultimate goal?

Seweryn

I do approximately 216 km per week commuting alone (if I have 5-day commuting week), if I take the shortest route both ways. But because we have such a fantastic weather for the last number of months, I usually take a different route on my way back home and sometimes I go out during weekend, so my typical mileage is now 250-350 km per week and close to 1200 km per month.
I wish I had more energy to cycle more. I do not train, I just simply ride my bike and that may be an issue with the lack of energy.

doozerie

In my case I do about 120km per week commuting (lots of traffic lights and junctions make for quite a stop-start commute so limited in how useful it is for training), and typically one ride of about 80km or so at the weekend. I add a couple of turbo trainer sessions during the evenings mid-week but that's the limit of time I can throw at it what with having a job and young family. Some people seem to be far better organised than me and can squeeze in extra time on the bike despite being in the same, or more "demanding" (e.g. more than one child), circumstances than me, but I don't think I have sufficient discipline, drive, or energy, for that. Such people prove that it is possible to juggle lots of commitments while still getting in a lot of time on the bike each week, if you are determined enough.

Here is an interesting post by Ryan Sherlock on the topic of training from a few weeks back. There is further useful info in the rest of the thread.

Lumen

BHSpeedrom7 wrote: »

To win races in club competition as joining a club in a weeks time

Which club?

BHSpeedrom7

Bray wheelers

Lumen wrote: »

Which club?

petethedrummer

BHSpeedrom7 wrote: »

To win races in club competition as joining a club in a weeks time

You seem to be doing plenty of miles. In my limited experience you don't need to have massive endurance to keep up, though a reasonable base is necessary. You just need to be able to put out large amounts of power over short periods of time to not get dropped, over and over again. I presume the length, frequency and intensity of these difficult periods will increase as you go up the ranks. It's good to be fit, but you have to be fit for purpose.

BHSpeedrom7

I think im ok I can usually hold an average just shy of 17mph for a 70mile cycle and after going up glendalough and back down, all on my own, pretty nervous bout my first ride on Sunday though

Plastik

Is it the 10 o'clock Bray group you're going with on Sunday? You'll have nothing to worry about with your pace.

Muller_1

You have more than enough distance in your legs for Bray Club Races. Most guys who ride Bray club races would have a lot less distance in their legs than you.
The races are hanicapped well so there is a good learning curve.

If looking at competing in Club races, you will need to work on your speed including some interval training. In the last Bray Club race I averaged over 42kph for 26km, obviously this pace will vary depending on the handicap.

Note the 10.00am Bray Wheelers spin is at a relaxed pace normally averaging 25-30kph and it is not geared for training for the club races. We have tuesday evening hilly training spins during summer months which would give you a better idea.

BHSpeedrom7

dam thats impressive most ive done is 22mph of 8 miles solo ride all flat, is it possible for me to bring a form and cash to join the club on Sunday? as I really want to get into the races and get graded.

Muller_1 wrote: »

You have more than enough distance in your legs for Bray Club Races. Most guys who ride Bray club races would have a lot less distance in their legs than you.
The races are hanicapped well so there is a good learning curve.

If looking at competing in Club races, you will need to work on your speed including some interval training. In the last Bray Club race I averaged over 42kph for 26km, obviously this pace will vary depending on the handicap.

Note the 10.00am Bray Wheelers spin is at a relaxed pace normally averaging 25-30kph and it is not geared for training for the club races. We have tuesday evening hilly training spins during summer months which would give you a better idea.

manafana

im averaging about 220km a week, but since last week upped to at least 300km week ,mix of climbing oand good hill spins, to build my endurance.

Muller_1

Bray allow non members to come along on a few spins before they have to become members, you would be better sending your membership to our Secretary Membership asap and get your cycling Ireland license as well.


All details are on the Bray website http://www.braywheelers.com/newmembers.htm

So you can some along Saturday or Sunday either way.

If you want any other information PM me and I'll give you my number.

BHSpeedrom7

Where would these take place and at what time? I think I'll still try the group cycle as never ridden with more than 2 riders

BHSpeedrom7 wrote: »

dam thats impressive most ive done is 22mph of 8 miles solo ride all flat, is it possible for me to bring a form and cash to join the club on Sunday? as I really want to get into the races and get graded.

Muller_1 wrote: »

You have more than enough distance in your legs for Bray Club Races. Most guys who ride Bray club races would have a lot less distance in their legs than you.
The races are hanicapped well so there is a good learning curve.

If looking at competing in Club races, you will need to work on your speed including some interval training. In the last Bray Club race I averaged over 42kph for 26km, obviously this pace will vary depending on the handicap.

Note the 10.00am Bray Wheelers spin is at a relaxed pace normally averaging 25-30kph and it is not geared for training for the club races. We have tuesday evening hilly training spins during summer months which would give you a better idea.

Plastik

The weekend spin leaves Kilmacanogue at 10am on Saturdays and Sunday, the racing training spin leave Kilmacanogue at 7pm on Tuesdays, and the racing leaves from the base of the Sugar Loaf at 7.30pm on Thursdays.

'Grading' in terms of A4-A1, you'll need to participate in open races. Racing in the club league has no bearing on this, it's completely separate. You'll need a minimum of the CI Club Competition license to race in the club league - €60 once your club membership is paid. With that you'll still need to buy one-day licenses at the open races at €10 a pop, so if you plan on doing a lot of these it might make more sense to pay for the full CI competition license @ €125.

Absolutely makes sense to go out with the touring group on the weekend a few times to get used to cycling in a large group.

BHSpeedrom7

I would like to be able to do club races, I find the whole joining process confusing of both club and cycling Ireland, I'm a newbie cyclist, is Bray wheelers €50 to join and a further €60 for cycling ireland?

Plastik wrote: »

The weekend spin leaves Kilmacanogue at 10am on Saturdays and Sunday, the racing training spin leave Kilmacanogue at 7pm on Tuesdays, and the racing leaves from the base of the Sugar Loaf at 7.30pm on Thursdays.

'Grading' in terms of A4-A1, you'll need to participate in open races. Racing in the club league has no bearing on this, it's completely separate. You'll need a minimum of the CI Club Competition license to race in the club league - €60 once your club membership is paid. With that you'll still need to buy one-day licenses at the open races at €10 a pop, so if you plan on doing a lot of these it might make more sense to pay for the full CI competition license @ €125.

Absolutely makes sense to go out with the touring group on the weekend a few times to get used to cycling in a large group.

Plastik

That's it. You need to pay your club membership sub and then buy a license from CI.