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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
How far to you ride for a bike ride to "count"?
I'm taking a 2 week hiatus from running (and praying my calf will finally heal) and a friend is letting me borrow a bike. I don't think I've ever had a bike other than a beach cruiser, I now this is a "regular" bike. So how far/ hard/ fast/ long do you have to bike ride for it to count as exercise? Or cardio? I don't have a gym membership, so no spinning classes.
Otherwise, I'm walking. I'm open to other suggestions for cardio as well. Thanks 
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Re: How far to you ride for a bike ride to "count"?
2012 Reading Challenge
I could do that
Do you have a heart rate monitor? If so, use that to decide how hard you are working, then do a time-based ride. Alternatively, do a time-based ride by perceived level of effort.
Duke's House: Eating and Running with the Big Dog in Chennai: eatrunbrit.com
2010 Race PRs:
5K - 24:57 10M - 1:28:20 13.1M - 1:57:29 26.2M - 4:28:29
I'm outside the norm. Any ride counts, but for my training it's:
Recovery Ride (Super easy): 60 minutes, about 12-15 miles
Weekday Training Ride (after work, limited time, usually a hard effort like a group ride or intervals): 90-120+ minutes, 20-30+ miles
Weekend Road Ride: Minimum 40 miles, time varies depending on terrain, group, goals.(ie 40 miles in the mountains may be 3.5 hours, but my usual Sat. 40 mile loop of rolling hills is under 2.5 hours)
Weekend Mountain Bike Ride: Minimum 20 miles, time varies depending on terrain/trail, group/by myself
Southeastern Cycling
My Nest Bio and Cycling Advice
Kelly Monaghan's 5K - 5/15/11 - 3rd Place in AG
Walk the Talk 5K - 5/18/11 - 31:12 PR
Ridley Run 3.1 - 4/14/12 - 1st race of the year, 32:45
~2012 Races~
American Birkenbeiner - 50K Ski 3:19:00
Davenport St. Patrick's Day Fun Run - 5K 21:58
UIVA Warrior Challenge - 5K 22:06
Iowa City River Run - 10K 44:37 PR!
Green Bay Marathon 5/20/12
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