Amy's Ride 2011 ride report

It seems ride reports are the thing to do these days so here's the Amy's Ride Report but I want to hear from you.

I thought it was well organized, the traffic control was fantastic. Car free Willunga Hill was excellent as was the Freeway of course. The route was pretty special for me because I don't ride that neck of the woods much so Range Rd was a treat.

The riders were all into in and enjoying it with a noticeable absence of racers and fast pace lines, but I was at the back of the bunch leaving and riding with some non regular riders for most of the SEXY.

But finally it was really, really excellent to see so many of you and so many wearing the Adelaide Cyclists jerseys. They stood out in the peloton and I hope they made your achieve some personal goals ( ordering closes next weekend ;)

Until next year, chapeau BikeSA and The Amy Gillet Foundation.

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Permalink Reply by Paul S (Maximus) on November 9, 2011 at 20:53

Wow. I'm jealous! 

I obviously have a very long way to go. I am averaging 21kph over all terrains over the last 12 months. Its crept up a little, but not as much as I'd like.

I climb very slowly, so I think that's my achilles heel.

Permalink Reply by Kraig Murtaugh on November 9, 2011 at 12:18

Cheers Paul, I did very little road riding due to work constraints, I have a Tacx Fortius trainer set up in the shed, which is where I did the majority of my training,  and can ride the hills of Italy, Belgium and Holland or the  mountains of France from home, along with a new healthy diet and a few meal replacement supplements seemed to work a treat for me. I think the best was losing 15kg though.

Permalink Reply by Paul S (Maximus) on November 9, 2011 at 20:57

That's a top effort.

I need to lose 12kg to get to the upper limit of my BMI which is 88kg. That's not going to be easy, but I started the South Beach diet Monday

When I went up Mt Lofty a few weeks ago, it felt like I had an anchor attached to the bike. (it was actually around my waist)

Which meal replacements did you use?

Permalink Reply by Kraig Murtaugh on November 9, 2011 at 21:21

Basically I've been on a high protein low carb diet and doing 2 to 3, 90 to 150 minute sessions on the trainer each week.

Supplements I take as meal replacement are BSC Hydroxy Burn Pro instead of lunch every day then also again pre and post training, I also use www.myfitnesspal.com to help track nutritional values of food and my excercises, this also links to a smart phone so you can scan barcodes etc of things that you eat.

Permalink Reply by Frank on November 10, 2011 at 12:14

If you ride alot, you need food, just the right food is the key here.

 

Strip all sugars from diet and eat fruit and bananas not bars or gels.

 

Don't do deep fried or food with preservatives and no snacks that are sugar laden, have an apple and the weight will drop off.

Key is, burn more calories than you eat but make sure you do eat as when you exercise, you need fuel(food).

A ride like Amy's would burn 2500 calories(according to my computer) on average, so do the math.

 

Can you do it? Yes you can!!!

 

Do it and than get a really expensive bike as a reward to make yourself ride even more!!!

Permalink Reply by Jim Cooper on November 10, 2011 at 20:23

I'm 55. Returned to cycling after a loooong absence 14 months ago. Did the 100kms in 4 hours actual pedal time = 25km/h av.

Permalink Reply by colin ware-lane on November 10, 2011 at 21:18

well done jim great effort

Permalink Reply by Louis on November 10, 2011 at 9:44

my 1st time on amy's ride, had a blast, good chatting and riding with strangers http://maps.google.com/?q=http://share.abvio.com/3fef/93e6/4b36/862...

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