Monthly Archives: November 2011

Big Weekend, passed 3 months and 1st over 100km ride

Posted on November 14, 2011 11:33 am by Steve

It was a busy weekend. Due to family commitments I decided to forgo the Southern Suburbs Road Cyclists “Muddies” group ride in favor of doing a very early Bains Rd climb that way I could be home an hour before … Continue reading →

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Ride #41 Bains Road Climb – PR: -16 seconds over 3.2km’s

Posted on November 11, 2011 5:58 am by Steve

Continuing on my focus of improving my ability to climb hills on my rides I went for a short ride today with the prime target of improving my time on the Bains Road climb. Today I planned to approach the … Continue reading →

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Ride #40 Bains Rd Climb (Cat 3)

Posted on November 9, 2011 5:45 am by Steve

5:45am, 22C: 18.72km, 51m57s, 2:47/km, 21.6kph, 3,305KJ’s, 126/156 avg/max HR Bains Rd: 3.4km, 5.8% average grade, Elevation Gain 202m, details On Strava. I have still not reached 3 months of bike riding yet but it is obvious that I am especially … Continue reading →

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Review of blog entries people have read in the last 3 months

Posted on November 8, 2011 9:22 am by Steve

 I do not have a big following so I find it interesting to check out which posts people find interesting enough to read. I admit I mainly do this blog for my own record and make it public to keep … Continue reading →

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Diet & Riding – Kilojoules Deficit over 1 week, 2.7KG’s lost

Posted on November 6, 2011 11:44 am by Steve

After gaining 6 kg’s in the past 4 months since I had to stop running due to injury I have become concerned with my weight. I have crept up to 88 kg’s after making it down to my goal of … Continue reading →

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Ride #39 Southern Suburbs Road Cyclists “L” ride number 2, 5th Nov 2011

Posted on November 5, 2011 6:46 am by Steve

My first feel of summer riding a bike. Today hit 31C during the ride with a strong Northerly breeze. The “L” ride is designed by Wattsy (Andrew Watts) to be gentle and relatively easy for beginners to achieve. It has … Continue reading →

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Ride #38 A Coast Explorer

Posted on November 4, 2011 4:48 pm by Steve
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4:48PM 26C: 36.97KM, 1:37:26, 2:38/KM, 22.8 KPH, 127/148 Avg/Max HR My wife Lynn had an end of year/Christmas party to go to at the Glenelg Pier Hotel. I decided to ride down to Glenelg to retrieve her as she was … Continue reading →

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Ride #37 Darlington, full length of Expressway return via Sea to Vines bike track – Spinning

Posted on November 4, 2011 5:49 am by Steve

5:49am 13C: 41.28km, 2h07m27s, 3:05/km, 19.4kph, 6,665KJ’s, 110/152 avg/max HR Spinning, or recovery A concerted effort yesterday so today just spinning. Todays plan was to test myself spinning. I wanted to do the cement mixer speed spinning not the egg … Continue reading →

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