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As I type, BOFFOF is out on his bike riding the 36km that will give him 7000km for the year. So I thought I would start a stats thread.
Mine are (from Strava):
Cycle 6099km (phew, no round number chasing for me)
Run 1290km
Swim 220,762m. (That's 220km! which sounds a lot but it is over 123 sessions (just over 2 per week) at about 1800m per session which sounds less scary.)
EDIT: I know that not everyone is into their stats. This is a thread for those of us who are. :-)
Did most of my cycling before Easter and ran up a paltry 1,316km luckily its still double my running distance (717km) so don't feel too bad hanging round here. My swimming, mercifully, hasn't been recorded!
Oooh, stats! I love stats.
2016
Swim 4.34 miles = 6.98 km
Cycle 1537.14 miles = 2473.79 km
Run 834.93 miles = 1343.69 km
2016 I was only training for 1 marathon instead of my usual 2 a year due to injuries, however, 2017 I've signed up for the Half Ironman Edinburgh in July. 24 week swim, bike, run training starts 3rd week in January so I should be well above all these.
I kind of miss my spreadsheet with all my bike rides on it (it wasn't backed up and died when I dropped my laptop and borked the hard drive) - not for the overall figures so much, but because of the challenge of working on my Eddington number (https://swinny.net/Cycling/-4687-Calculate-your-Eddington-Number). I've never used Strava but I gather you can use it to calculate your Eddington number, which is quite tempting. The spreadsheet I was using was kind of a bodge
Love my stats. Sad, I know.
My only score is for cycling:
10,800 miles = 17,381km
Those who like stats will notice that is a nice round 900 miles a month. There is no way I could stop on a figure such as 6099kms like fimm. It would drive me crazy!!!
Failed in my goal to reach 10000km. Will finish on 9844. Did make 100000m of ascent, 101600. I ran 3.6km and swore "never again".
@stiltskin, those are some numbers. Well done!
@PaddyIrish - there's always tomorrow ;-)
@greenroofer & I are catching the 6.15am to Carlisle tomorrow morning to get a century in and round off our annual stats to the numbers we want.
You're welcome to join us - as is anyone else..
My Eddington number is lowly, probably about 25. What counts as one ride? Today for example I did a ride of 4 miles, one of 6 miles for some quaxing and then a ride home of 4 miles. Or do I count it as one day of 14 miles?
2016 so far
Cycle 5124 km (3184 miles)
Swim 0 km
Run 0k m
I did 33% of my riding in the torpedo and 42% on my sparkly purple recumbent. I didn't do very much riding purely for leisure.
Tomorrow I will probably go out to watch the fireworks and see in the new year, so that would add another 10 to 15 miles.
I reached my 9,000km for the year with a 39km ride to Saltoun Station this afternoon. I'm pleased with that especially as it was all recreational. Beating it would have turned it from a challenge into a chore though. So it was the perfect target distance. Elevation gain: 82,390m. Lowest mileage month was July as usual.
At the start of the year I decided I wanted to cycle at least 3660 km, with at least 36600 m of climbing. I passed those marks in the first week of October and ended on 4423 km. Will need to aim for 5000 km next year. Also just discovered that my Eddington Number is in the low 20s.
My imperial Eddington number is 39 (bottom 35%), but metric is 59 (top 25%).
IWRATS'STATS:
Cycled: Yes
Ran: Yes
Swam: Yes
Though to be fair purists would insist that I had merely engaged in recumbent wading/deferred drowning rather than actual swimming so total is my lack of aquatic grace.
6 miles for some quaxing
CCE/HMHB crossover. Rare, but they do occur.
Eddington numbers are based on days rather than rides, so that would be 14 @arellcat
I found it a really good motivator to squeeze a few extra miles into a day because even if you've done a ride that will count towards your next E-number, if you tack a few more miles on the end, then it will 'last' longer to contribute to future increments.
only 4,600 km logged but fairly confident that the unlogged rides took me to around 6.5k
might step up my game in the new year
Most of my mile-eating seems to come when there is a lack of public transport 26/12/15 depart 03.00 lovely moonlit ride Leicster to Birmingham for morning coach.
26/12/16 lazier daytime departure 13.00 for same ride to visit someone in Brum for supper/Irish Coffee and then wait for 02.35 coach back.
Tempted for 01/10/17 to ride back after fireworks unless anyone wants to share a car? Depending on numbers it may be worth taking a car club car through - unless there is a decent gig on to fill in time until early coaches. Last year I noted musicians heading for Cramond at 01.00 and saw the same guys returning as the coach went through Roseburn.
My stats from Strava are:
Distance 3,947.2 km
Time 229h 2m
Elev Gain 17,543 m
Rides 619
My Eddington number is 17 - these days I don't have much time for long rides. This site will work it out from your number from Strava: https://swinny.net/Strava/-4691-My-Strava-Eddington-Number
my eddington is 27
but my gematria calc is 603
and the cassette played poptones
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2016
- Cycle 1,422.5 miles
- Run 202.5 miles
- Swim 0.2 miles (?) - how many miles do you get for swimming round in 5 metre circles in the training pool with mini-edd1e_hs under tow?
- Eddington 4 (since that's my commute)
Just got my annual video from Strava. Utterly pointless, but quite cool nonetheless.
3500km plus a few on the MTB and 38km of vertical (76 if you count descents).
My Eddington number is 27/43 Imperial/metric as that is my commute.
- Cycle 5,013 miles, of which about half is commuting
- Run 0 (except the occasional run for bus or child or bus with child, and if it's not on Strava it doesn't count)
- Swim 0 (ditto, but without the bus, obviously)
The intention was that it would be a slightly rounder number, but I was led astray by @Hankchief today so I ended up doing a slightly longer ride than expected.
10,218km including an effortless pb for December thanks to the fantastic weather.
2016 was marked by my first super randonneur award (rides of 200, 300, 400 and 600km), which I was very pleased to get under my belt (it takes a bit of luck as well as stupidity).
On two occasions I nearly embarrassed myself by crying with relief in public. Once in Macdonalds in Galashiels at the end of the 600. The other time was I think on 23 Dec after a stonkingly awful extended commute (thanks to the stonkingly awful weather)
Just done Veloviewer.
Eddington no for 2016 was 40 and for all my strava records 63.
Plus remembered did my first HC climb (Monte Amiata)
Good stats @amir. Reminded me that I did my first HC too. Hintertux in Austria.
Thanks. Austria, what a great place to cycle. My biggest issue with big climb is the descent rather than the up
2016 Infographic by HankChief, on Flickr
Managed to hit my goals of 300 days on a bike (including 171 school runs), a century ride each calendar month, a 200mile ride and 5,000 miles overall. The only goal I didn't hit was to spend less time cycle campaigning, but in that instance I would say the end result was worth it :-)
The highlight of my time on the bike had to be the North Coast 500. Thoroughly recommend it.
Oh, & my wee one cycled with pedals for the first time #prouddad
1006 miles on Strava + some unrecorded Pashley miles.
Down from 6000, 2 years ago and 2500 last year.
Is it within 'the rules' to include spin bike miles? In which case + 100.
On two occasions I nearly embarrassed myself by crying with relief in public.
Well that's my favourite post of 2017 so far. Doubly so if you have a Y-chromosome in the mix. Pushing your cycling abilities can indeed put you in some weird emotional places.
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