The New Tilted Mileage Thread
 

New Miles: 135 (bike)
Thread Mileage: 135
Personal Mileage: 135

Notes:

We used to have a thread where people tracked their miles running. I miss that, but figured it would be nice to start a new one rather than resurrecting the old one. Here's how I envision this working. You do some miles on your feet or bike, or any means that are powered by you and not gasoline. You come here and report them. Update your stats, the thread stats, and then in the notes part, you can make some comments on the mileage. Right now, I'm describing this thread. I'm envisioning sort of a blog that everyone is invited as a primary contributor. However, if you just want to log some numbers, that's cool too.

I am by no means a hardcore biker. I own no spandex. I use platform pedals, and most of the time I've pretty slow. There is no carbon fiber anything on my ride.

I moved to Los Angeles about a year ago to go to school. When I did, I got an idea in my head that I'd commute to school by bicycle. I have no idea why. I didn't have a bike. I had only spent like 3 days in LA in my life. I didn't have the slightest idea whether such a thing was in any way reasonable or feasible. So, I traded an old laptop for a bike (thanks alinn) and packed up to move. For a year, I rode my bike to school. I stopped getting parking passes. I just rode. It isn't far -- only about 3 miles each way. But I did it each day went from being winded to being exhilarated. After a bit, I felt like the commute wasn't quite long enough.

After 9 months of this, I decided I would get a nicer bike (meaning one that wasn't bought for someone 5 inches taller than me) and extend my reach. I picked up a Surly Crosscheck, some lights, a rack, and here I am. My new routine is to ride to school. After school, I ride from school to a bus stop, and take the bus to work with my bike on the rack. Then I ride home from work. All told, this is about 15 miles, with 10 miles of it on the trip home from work. At some point, I'll start biking to work too.

I'm proud of my miles because they have meaning. I've got a car, but I ride by choice... Every mile on my bike is a mile that I choose not to spend in my car. It's a mile that isn't bad for the environment, a mile that I spent exercising rather than sitting in a cage, a mile that I didn't pollute, send money to oil dictatorships, or pad the pockets of the oil companies. It's a mile that didn't contribute to the stress of traffic in LA. And I go places. Under my own power.

Tonight's ride sparked the idea for this thread because I saw two interesting things. The first was a pair of motorcycles racing down Silverlake Dr with no lights on. They were probably doing about 75 on a residential street. At first I thought they were just assholes, but then 2 police cars with lights blazing and sirens blaring showed up. And then a helicopter with a spotlight. So they were probably more exciting than I first thought.

Then, as I came huffing and puffing up a hill to turn on Sunset Blvd, I saw the tail end of a convoy or about 40 or 50 bikers disappearing around the corner. It was clearly a group ride of some sort. As I waited for the light to change for my left turn, 2 stragglers went cruising by, obviously having fun. After they had gone about 20 yards past me, one turned and looked in my direction and waved for me to follow them. If they hadn't been headed away from my house at 11:30 PM after a 16 hour day, I probably would have done it. I hope I see them again.

So, you don't have to write a novel to post in this thread. I definitely won't each time I post. But share your thoughts when you've got them, and enjoy getting places through your own energy.

great post uber. great read.

i look forard to contributing to this with my running and swimming numbers.

cool thread. but I work in KM, not miles.

So I ride for 4km every day to work and 4km back. this is since the 1st nice day of summer /spring. I'm probably up to 200km(that would be 25times going to and from work total) so...124.27 miles.

New Miles: 124.27 (bike)
Thread Mileage: 259.27
Personal Mileage: 124.27

Me too! Damn imperial Americans!

Anyway, I'm on 28 km as of today for this week, all running.

So let's add it up!

highthief gets 17.4 miles.

Thread Mileage: 276.67

dlish, I love the idea of your swimming miles -- let's do it!

Do stationary bikes count? I use a stationary bike for my cardio workout that I've recently started

8 more for me. i'm not gonna start saying 8,253. 8 is good enough. so 8km = 5miles.

thread mileage: 282miles
Mine: 208km.

cj2112, in my book, miles traversed by your own effort count, even if they are virtual. So jump right in and let's go somewhere (or nowhere)!

Personal Mileage: 6 miles
Tread Mileage:290 miles (276 + 8 miles = 284 miles + 6 more miles = 290)

Great thread idea! I missed the boat on the push-up challenge, so I'm glad I caught onto this early.

New Miles (bike): 28.5 miles
Thread Mileage: 318.5 (290 + 28.5)
Personal mileage: 28.5 miles

New Miles: 5.7 (bike)
Thread Mileage: 324.2 (318.5 + 5.7)
Personal Mileage: 140.7

Notes: I'm glad you guys like this idea. Today's ride was just school and back. I was tired from last night, so it felt good to take it easy. I'm not sure if I'll have the luxury of riding this weekend or not -- I have to study a lot. We'll see.

uber - just got back from doing 44 x 25m laps straight (one of them butterfly = 1100m swim = 0.6875miles

this just isnt fair

maybe i should start a swimming thread

I'll get in on the action here....warning i bike alot!

yesterday- 22km
total since May- 1480km

Nice thread :).

I can go back to last weekend: 35 mile hike :). Then, this week, I took the bus on Monday and walked all the other days (I'm considering that I will walk home soon). Each way is 3.5 km or about 2.2 miles, so that's 2.2*2*4 = 17.6 miles.

I also walked for lunch yesterday, let's say 1.2 miles each way (might have been slightly more but this gives a nice round final number, heh) so 17.6 + 2.4 = 19 miles.

19 + 35 = 54.

So:
New Miles: 54 (walking)
Thread Mileage: 378.2 (324.2 + 54)
Personal Mileage: 54
-----Added 25/7/2008 at 12 : 52 : 37-----
Oh CanuckGuy, I didn't factor in your totals.. Are you using the 22 or 1480 km total?

dlish, perhaps a swimming thread is in order :). I will see what I can contribute too by sitting in the hot pots at the local swimming pool.

or maybe there shoud be a factor if you are swimming like 1km swim = 250000000000 km run or something to that equivelant.

let me know how you go with the scouting reports from poolside ktsp ;)

Today, 52 miles on the bike, year to date 1130 miles. Hiking since June, 55 miles.
So if you count this week only, then thread miles = 430.2, if you count ytd then thread miles = 1563.2

I've been riding lots of miles for something like the last 10 years. I start work at 5:00AM a couple days week, work to 1:00PM then ride for a few hours, ride more on weekends and vacations. I used to ride about 4000 miles a year, the last few years have been about 2500 miles/year. Between more hours working, time at the gym and hiking, I might bike a little less this year.

today 26/7/08

1200m non stop freestyle
7 x 50m bursts freestyle
2 x 50m bursts 25m butterfly/25 freestyle


total = 1650m = 1.03125 miles

Had a calf strain so no running for the last few days, but ran a good 5KM today (I think that's 3.1 miles).

Sweet on the biking! I used to log about 5,000km a season on my bike. But I have since calmed down lots. I went for a small ride yesterday though, 20km.

I feel inspired (that and no one wants to come over, cooking for myself sucks) to get out. So perhaps I will add some more tonight.

Mine: 216km.
thread miles = 1568miles

keep it up everyone!

My trips to school are shorter than ubertuber's, but I make them pretty frequently. I never wear my GPS watch for the commuting trips (though I should) so I always just estimate a one-way trip at one mile. In reality, some trips are 0.9 mi and some are 2-3. I figure it all averages out in the end. I'm just happy to be finding time to ride the bike at all between my two summer jobs!

Today was a simple there and back: 2 + 1568 = 1570 miles

I can't wait until August 25th when the university gym decides that I am a student again and lets me inside. Then I can do the 2-mile ride there, swim for a bit, and tool around campus for another 3-5 miles before coming home. Man, oh man, I can't wait.

New Miles: 5.7 (bike)
Thread Mileage: 1570 + 5.7 = 1575.7
Personal Mileage: 146.4

Planning on riding home from work tomorrow, which will be good for some distance. I just wasn't feeling up to it today.

Just got home from a 40k ride.... thats roughly 25 miles.

Thread Mileage = 1600.7

224km for me.
thread mileage: 1606

5 Km again today for me as I am concentrating on speed work ahead of a race in a couple of weeks.

So 1609 thread mileage.

4 miles tonight

1613 thread mileage

New Miles: 5.7 (bike)
Personal Mileage: 152.1
Thread Mileage: 1613 + 5.7 = 1618.7

I'm getting 39 mpg in my hybrid Camry - does that count for anything?

New Miles: 3.5 (bike)
Personal Mileage: 5.5
Thread Mileage: 1618.7 + 3.5 = 1622.2

I was just trying to get to school and back and feeling kind of bummed because I missed the open lab hours, but then I discovered an excellent hill tucked away behind the trail by my house on the way back. Some sick part of my brain thought, 'YES, what an excellent time to do a hill workout even though it's humid and I'm wearing jeans!' Well, I guess I thought it was a good idea since I'm going to try to ride my fixie in a triathlon in two months and I don't want my body to be too surprised when I encounter unfamiliar hills. So I did two slow, controlled rides to the top (standing then seated), then two speed rides to the top (standing then seated in aerodynamic mode), then a final extra slow ride seated until the hill got too steep (about halfway) when I had to stand to keep moving forward. It's a good thing there was a nice long flat area to slow down in at the bottom or I would NOT have been able to stop myself. My quads are el done-o.

Sure -- if you are pushing it while you run or towing it while you bike or swim!!

Missed a bike ride with the guys, ended up walking to compensate.

New Miles (walk): 4.1 miles
Personal mileage: 32.6 miles
Thread Mileage: 1626.3 (1622.2 + 4.1)

Put a Cateye on my bike Sunday. 75 miles this week.

Personal 75
Thread mileage 1701.2

Uh, no - I beg to differ. While I only get 33-34 mpg in the winter when the engine has to run more to stay warm, I regularly get 37-39 this time of the year. Even took a 12 hour trip last spring going 70-80 mph on the interstate and ran in the 37-39 range.

Bike miles this week 83, YTD 1213, thread miles 1784.2

Another 5KM today - for the sole purpose fo runing with my wife for the first time! She's new to running and so obviously is a lot slower than me so I jogged to accomodate.

Thread miles now at 1787.2

About 22 miles of walking this week, between the commute and lunch breaks.
Personal mileage = 54 + 22 = 76.
Thread mileage = 1787.2 + 22 = 1809.2

ı walked all of İstanbul in 4 days..does that count??

10.5 miles before I broke my chain today.
1809.2 + 10.5 thread mileage = 1819.7

Sucks too because I was going to start riding to work next week when I get my mirror from Nashbar.

I'm training for my first half-marathon. It's being held in December.

I guess I just decided to take up running as a way to get fit and the half-marathon is a personal challenge to myself. I never considered myself to have any sort of endurance, and I could have never seen myself doing this several years ago.

Anyway, I started running at the beginning of the year, pretty much all on the treadmill. I've probably run 100ish miles so far in the past several months. But I'll start counting today.

Today's miles: 5
My miles: 5
Thread miles: 1819.7 + 5 = 1824.7

New Miles (bike): 3 miles
Personal mileage: 35.6 miles
Thread Mileage: 1827.7 (1824.7 + 3)

Biked to my buddy's place, ended up drinking too much to bike back. I'll make the miles back this week.

bicycle.

yesterday- 68km
total since May- 1757km

did you peeps want to add that to the thread total lol? I did an average of 24km each day last week.

Ran 10.1 KM yesterday. That's about 6.3 miles.

Thread mileage = 1876

Edit: I added Canuckguy's mileage form yesterday to the totals, but not his overall mileage as that's not my call.

just home from my bicycle ride...

today-71km
personal mileage- 1828km


thread mileage- 1920(miles)

ran 3 miles today

personal: 8 miles

thread: 1923 miles

just out to stretch the legs this morning.

today- 34km (bicycle)
personal mileage-1862 km


thread mileage- 1944 miles


Come on folks, gorgeous summer weather only for a limited time (us northerners) get out there and be active!!!!

I'm too lazy to continue adding my personal mileage up... that's what my running log is for and I'm not as concerned about the distance I cover on wheels.

At least 4 miles riding today, followed by 2 running.

1944 + 6 = 1950 miles

A mere 2 miles running today, concentrating on short runs in prep for the next race.

Thread miles = 1952

250km for me after a 26km ride. i'm not gonna waste my time adding it to the thread as it's miles and I go in KM.

Personal: 250km

Got the chain fixed

1952 + 10.9 = 1962.9 thread miles

4-mile run on the track during some kind of a practice. For once, I outran everyone there. The speedsters who had whatever practice they were having called it quits after maybe a mile or less and this one fit looking lass was running the opposite direction and faster, but she stopped after 3-ish miles. She ran faster, catching me a little closer and closer to my side each time we passed one another but I did a whole extra mile at almost the same pace. That helps erase that one demoralizing time I ran there while the track team was practicing... something I'd recommend to anyone! :no:

New total: 1966.9

Short bout of speedwork last night (3.2KM or 2 miles) and 7.5 KM (4.7 miles) steady run this morning for new thread total of 1973.6.

I ran 3 miles last night.

My miles: 11

Thread: 1976.6 miles

Bike miles this week 62, YTD 1275 thread total 2038.6

I ran 4 miles yesterday and 3 today.

my miles: 18

thread: 2056.6

nice. i just noticed this.

past 2 days, 30 miles by bike.

2086.6 threadmiles.

This weekend was great, but whoa how time flies! I taught my visiting friend how to ride a bike and got back out on the trail with my marathon training group (first group run for me since June and only the second one this season thanks to overscheduling). I always forget to wear my GPS watch when I bike, so again with my (conservative) mileage estimates...

Friday: 5 (bike)
Saturday: 9.75 (run)
Sunday: 2 (bike)
Monday: 2 (bike)
Tuesday: 3 (run)
Today: 2 (bike)

2086.6 + 23.75 = 2110.35

About 15KM running this week - have a race this weekend so have kept mileage low. That's about 9.3 miles.

Thread total = 2119.6

easy run.. 3 miles

Thread total = 2122.6

90 miles on the bike this week, 5 miles hiking. Thread total 2217.6

Rode 17.5 miles today. Lovely day in the neighborhood until I had a momentary lapse in judgment and rode into a tree. My pretty little elbow got into a scrape with the asphalt and I left about 2mm of flesh and a good deal of blood behind. Super.

Thread total: 2235.1

3.5 miles running today.

21.5 total for me so far.

2238.6 for the thread.

Been two weeks or so since my last update...

Today- 34.11km bike ride (lots of hills)

Since last update: 230km

Personal total- 2092km

I prefer KM but this thread is in miles....



Thread total: 2381.6 (miles)

Quick ride to school and back.

2381.6 + 2 = 2383.6 miles

ran 4 miles today. puts me at 25.5.

thread's at 2383.6 + 4 = 2387.6

Ran 3 + bike commute (2)

2387.6 + 5 = 2392.6

ran 3 miles today, 28.5 so far for me.

2395.6 total for the thread

Ran 10K in the 'hood after work today. Now that it's the end of summer, I'm just getting over my irrational fear of exertion during the hottest part of the day. Turns out I don't explode when I run at that time. :p

2395.6 + 6.2 = 2401.8

Ran 3 miles today... 31.5 total for me so far.

2404.8 for the thread.

Rode 11+ miles this morning. Was staffing an aid station for my marathon training group - alone. It really sucks to need to pee for 4 hours because nature is the only place you have to do it in and you're afraid somebody is going to run off with your $300 bike. Thankfully, I seemed to make a lot of people happier with my help (mostly the cold Gatorade and water I think). That makes it all worthwhile.

2404.8 + 11 = 2415.8

Bike miles this week, 184. Thread total 2599.8

I ran 3 the other day (forgot to post it) and 4 today... so that's 38.5 for me total, and...

2606.8 for the thread.

On my mountain bike....

Today- 27.7km bike ride with most of it off road which is rare for me.

Total since last update: 137km

Personal total- 2229km



thread total- 2691.8 miles

Need to start being more consistent with tracking my mileage on a weekly basis, but today I rode 45 miles. So I'll start from there.

2691.8 + spinelust's 45 = 2736.8

Ran 6 today.

2742.8

Monday: 8.45mi (rode to pick up catfood and meet my partner at her work)
Tuesday: 8.84mi (morning & evening commute)
Wednesday: 4.42mi (morning commute)

Total for week so far: 66.7mi

2809.5

2809.5

+ 5 miles

2814.5 miles

Yesterday:
2 miles walking
1 mile bicycling
----------------
3 miles total (not much, but I want to start keeping track of how much I do both)

Thread: 2817.5

Ran 3 "easy" miles to get rid of the lactic acid in my ass, but just got more sore. Sitting is uncomfortable. Nice work, me. Today would have been better for riding, except for that intermittent drizzle and my fancy foam handlebar tape that will probably disintegrate if it gets too wet.

2817.5 + 3 = 2820.5 miles

4.4 mi (evening commute)
1.8 mi (Safeway run)

Personal total for week so far: 72.9

Thread total: 2826.7

i ran 4 miles today -- 42.5 total for me

thread total: 2830.7

4.5 miles on the stationary bike today

Personal total - 14.5

Thread total - 2835.2

today: 8.8 (morning & evening commute)
personal total for the week: 81.7
thread total: 2,844.0

Bike miles this week 127, thread total 2971

Crushing 102km ride today.

Also fell for the first time that I can remember, doing a slow turn, forgot i was in a very tall gear as i rounded a steep incline and could not get my foot out of the pedal fast enough...right over hehe.

Today: 102km
Since last update: 185.4km

personal total: 2414.4km

Thread total: 3086.2 miles

Friday (walking): 1.9 mi
Saturday (riding) 12 mi
Personal total thus far: 95.6 mi

Thread total: 3,100.1 mi

3.6 miles walking today

Thread total: 3,103.7 mi

Ran 12 miles yesterday and had something of a victory. I actually ran fast. Well, not in the grand scheme of things, but for me? WAY faster than I thought I would be able to keep up for so many miles. I'm happy to know I can do it!

3,115.7 mi

Just out to stretch the legs after yesterdays century.

Today: 41.98km

Personal Total: 2455.98km


Thread total: 3141.79 miles

4 miles running today. 46.5 miles running for me total.

thread: 3145.79 miles

Nice ride in the country today, little wind.

Today: 69.39km

Personal Total: 2525.37km




Thread Total: 3188.91 miles

ran 3 miles yesterday, so i'm up to 49.5.

thread total: 3192.91 miles

Today: 27.26km on the bike

Personal Total: 2552.63km


Thread Total: 3209.81 miles

3.5 miles today

Thread total: 3213.31

Week so far: 31.70 mi (morning & evening commutes on foot Monday, by bike on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and my morning ride today)
Personal total so far: 127.30 mi
Thread total: 3,245.01

3 miles today

Thread total: 3248.01

Friday: 9.89 mi (evening commute)
Saturday: 3.1 mi (running)
Personal: 140.29 mi
Thread total: 3,258 mi

Mileage from the last week - 24KM, or 16 miles.

Thread total: 3,274 miles

ran 3 miles just now. 52.5 for me total.

3277 miles for the thread.

last time I posted, I was up to 250km. I must have done 5 or six more atleast at 8km ride each. so let's just say 300km.

8 (bike)
21 (run)

3277 + 29 = 3306