Having been inspired to make more use of my free gift from my 79 year old Dad about 12 months ago I recently spent 13 days during a quarantine period at home cycling 320km (200 miles) and taking 14 hours 12 minutes to complete. Starting 3 rest days now so I came up with a plan to do 6 x 50 minute sessions (total 5 hours every 9 days). Judging by the first session today I should manage around 31km per day or 93km over 3 days. By Friday this should see my total reach 411km and I began this fitness regime on Monday 9th November. What I have noticed so far is that the machine seems to calculate that 100 calories are consumed every 4.4km. I am currently 14 stone 7lbs so will monitor this once per month to see if there is any weight loss. I am 1.85 metre tall or around 6 feet tall.

Day 14 complete now 15 hours 52 minutes and after a harder afternoon session managed to complete 34km today so the total now stands at 354km.

Day 15 morning session completed and started hard hitting 5km in just 12 minutes was feeling strong so I ended up doing 54 minutes so now total in 16 hours 44 minutes and 22km completed in that period. Overall total distance now 376km.

Despite cleaning the wife's car at lunch time managed another 22km this afternoon in 54 minutes again making the total distance now 398km. Total saddle time now 17 hours 38 minutes.

Went for a 6km walk before dinner last night and the pedals seemed really heavy this morning so managed just 12km in a 31 minute session. Now 18 hours 9 minutes and 410km total distance.

Day 16 completed another 52 minutes and 22km this afternoon bringing the totals to 432km and 19 hours 1 minute. Six days rest now and back on the bike next Friday after 72 hours at work.

Could have been lazy today before my 3 nights but decided to jump on the bike for 59 minutes and completed 25km taking the total to 457km and total time to exactly 20 hours. Just under 600 calories used today and Day 17 complete with an averaged speed so far at 22.8kph.

Good 1 hour morning session covering 25km and totals are now 482km and 21 hours.

Day 18 completed wearing the Garmin watch saw a peak of 120BPM heart rate and managed another 18km in 40 minutes taking the totals to 500km and 21 hours 40 minutes.

Just found some research online that suggests cycling for just 20 minutes per day will burn 1,000 calories per week and even a gentle pace of 12mph (19kph) will burn 563 calories per hour.

Steady two 20 minute sessions both 8.5km so total now 517km. Two more sessions to do later.

Day 19 completed with 2 more 30 minute sessions this afternoon followed by a nice soak in the bath. Did a further 25km in one hour so totals are now 542km and 23 hours 20 minutes. Maximum this morning 125BPM and 130BPM this afternoon heart rate according to the Garmin Venu which has now gone up from the £200 Black Friday deal to £279 at Curry's PC World (even more expensive at Amazon). Just for reference wife tried 5 minutes on my uphill setting 4 and managed 1.3km and hitting 116BPM and collapsed in a heap wondering how I can go so hard for so long.

Two morning sessions totalling 40 minutes and 17km so now stand at 24 hours and 559km.

Day 20 completed very tired this afternoon and wanted to stop a couple of times but my stubborn nature kicked in and managed another hour and 26km. Totals now 585km and 25 hours and looking forward to going back to work for a rest. 

Day 21 completed just 2 sessions of 30 minutes today before my 3 night shifts and managed 25km taking the total to 610km and 26 hours. Noticed at 600km went past 14,000 calories since I started this one month ago. BMR or resting metabolic rate for an adult man is between 1,600 and 1,800 calories per day. For a woman it is around 1,550 calories per day.

Too busy and too tired yesterday to jump on the bike so eased my way back today with 3 sessions of 20 minutes and 25km. Day 22 completed and totals now 635km and 27 hours.

After washing my car and drilling extra holes in some of the wife's favourite belts (she has lost nearly 2 stone this year) completely forgot to post my 4 sessions of 15 minutes on the bike taking the totals on Day 23 to 660km and 28 hours. Resting now until Saturday.

15 hours ago, shyVRS245 said:

After washing my car and drilling extra holes in some of the wife's favourite belts (she has lost nearly 2 stone this year) completely forgot to post my 4 sessions of 15 minutes on the bike taking the totals on Day 23 to 660km and 28 hours. Resting now until Saturday.

I still think you should try a real bike on real roads with hills and wind and stuff, bit more real

Well didn't make it onto the bike as planned yesterday due to my colleague having a problem with his 16 plate Mini so my Area Manager asked me to do an extra day shift and now just 2 nights instead. Morning session today 35 minutes and 14km. Another session later this afternoon.

Day 24 completed and totals now 685km and 29 hours. Machine said I burned 520 calories in the hour on the bike today.

Day 25 completed and felt really strong today despite working 72 hours in the last 6 days and managed another 25km in 1 hour bringing the totals to 710km and 30 hours. Average speed 23.66kph.

Mega day on the bike today with six 20 minute sessions (started early) and covered 54km in 2 hours so Day 26 completed and totals now stand at 764km and 32 hours. Hopefully feel strong again for something similar tomorrow.

Active day so far having had a lunchtime 3.3 mile walk followed by 1 hour 23 minutes on the bike which resulted in another 36km taking the Day 27 totals to 800km and 33 hours 23 minutes. Also preparing our Xmas dinner for this evening with carrots, parsnip drizzled with honey, sweet potato and normal spuds, brussels, broccoli with yorkshire pudding and lashings of gravy washed down with a glass of Chilean Merlot. Should be enough Turkey at 1.4kg for the two of us as the packaging states it feeds eight people. Happy Xmas everyone on Briskoda.

After too many mince pies, too much turkey it was just 56 minutes on the bike today before my first night shift and 23km so the Day 28 totals are now 823km and 34 hours 19 minutes.

Despite just 6 hours sleep managed to motivate myself to do 41 minutes today and 17km so the Day 29 totals are now 840km and 35 hours.