2009 Metric Century Challenge

itboffin

21/01/09....100km.....1pt
01/02/09....110km.....1pt HOTA (Hell of Ashdown) in the snow
17/03/09....107km.....1pt Highclere CommniCat + getting there and back
27/03/09....103km.....1pt
07/04/09....103km.....1pt So damn windy today ugh!
20/04/09....101km.....1pt
01/05/09....153km.....1pt Pub run
06/05/09....127km.....1pt Dash to the New Forest
09/05/09....107km.....1pt Cheddar Gorge
25/05/09....100km.....1pt
14/06/09....143km.....1pt Dragon Ride - 1971
04/07/09....100km.....1pt Windy
17/07/09....100km.....1pt
23/08/09....112km.....1pt Windy Windy Wasps Wind
30/08/09....103km.....1pt Wind & Drizzle
27/09/09....100km.....1pt Test Valley Tour - 420 (cramps)

Total 16 points

redddraggon

itboffin

Why do you keep posting? Just edit your first post

itboffin

redddraggon wrote:

itboffin

Why do you keep posting? Just edit your first post

I like the sound of my own voice/posts besides I like getting emails - nothing to do with not having thought of that :oops:

irishmaninbrussels

Can I join in?... newbie moving from Brussels to the Peak District... riding an old Batavus steel mount with frame gears... doing Vatternrunden 300Km in June.

25/1/09....103Km
6/2/09....127Km
5/3/09....112Km
20/3/09...160km

batch78

No late starters

Rules, who needs rules!

I don't mind if you don't Velo, but your the arbitrator.

velocitizen

batch78 wrote:

No late starters

Rules, who needs rules!

I don't mind if you don't Velo, but your the arbitrator.

irishmaninbrusells

Welcome to the challenge, good luck.

velocitizen

April update on the challenge 54 starters, 41 still in, including 2 late starters.
A few riders yet to post March rides, Barkiesnake, Blaugrana, mad one, Steve-m are you all still in?

1878 3
Barkiesnake 2
Batch 78 4
Blaugrana 2
Brewitz 3
Cappilinconnemara 8
C-S-B 12
Conciouspilot 4
Cygnet 4
Daibhi 8
Doyler78 3
Ed harris 9
Elganesh 5
El_presidente 3
Flood cp 5
FCE2007 3
Feltup 4
Garmin 8
Heaney 4
Irishmaninbrussels 4
Itboffin 4
LA 17
Leedsmjh 3
Linsen 3
Lloyd bower 14
Mad one 9
Mbt1967 4
Pdstsp 5
Pneumatic 3
Redddragon 5
Redgreenbaron 9
Renard 3
Robjhp 10
SBezza 7
Snakehips 5
Steve-m 3
Stubbo 12
T.C. 4
Toontra 13
Velocitizen 4
Whyamihere 5

Good luck for April.
Velocitizen

velocitizen

May update on the challenge 54 starters, 35 still in.
Name-Points
1878 4
Batch 78 6
Brewitz 4
Cappilinconnemara 14
C-S-B 20
Cygnet 5
Daibhi 14
Doyler78 7
Ed harris 14
El_presidente 5
Flood cp 10
FCE2007 5
Feltup 7
Garmin 12
Heaney 5
Itboffin 7
LA 21
Leedsmjh 4
Linsen 4
Lloyd bower 17
Mad one 22
Mbt1967 6
Pdstsp 10
Pneumatic 5
Redddragon 7
Redgreenbaron 15
Renard 4
Robjhp 12
SBezza 9
Snakehips 10
Stubbo 21
T.C. 5
Toontra 23
Velocitizen 5
Whyamihere 7

May should be an easy month.
Velocitizen

RedGreenBaron

Thanks Velo

pdstsp

Thanks from me too Velocitizen.

steve-m

velocitizen wrote:

April update on the challenge 54 starters, 41 still in, including 2 late starters.
A few riders yet to post March rides, Barkiesnake, Blaugrana, mad one, Steve-m are you all still in?

Sadly not, my April ride was curtailed by my two fellow riders wanting to cut short and my keys/wallet being at one of their places so I had to go back with them, I also run and had races later in the month so no cycling. Nevermind, it means someone will now be riding their November / December rides on their own - you know who you are.

batch78

May should be an easy month.

Just realised you'd written that, you've jinxed me!!

May most difficult yet, very wet and gusting winds, thanks

velocitizen

batch78 wrote:

May should be an easy month.

Just realised you'd written that, you've jinxed me!!

May most difficult yet, very wet and gusting winds, thanks

Today and tomorrow look quite promising, and I hear there is a 100km ride from Donnington up to the Peak district next weekend if you're still short of a ride.

doyler78

velocitizen wrote:

batch78 wrote:

May should be an easy month.

Just realised you'd written that, you've jinxed me!!

May most difficult yet, very wet and gusting winds, thanks

Today and tomorrow look quite promising, and I hear there is a 100km ride from Donnington up to the Peak district next weekend if you're still short of a ride.

Next week - especially towards the end week they are predicting is going to be a scorcher

whyamihere

May was very hard for me, exam revision had to come first. Finally got out for a decent ride today, and after having a month virtually off the bike, it hurt...

Riding to Edinburgh and back next month though, so that's at least an extra 1000km I'll be adding.

velocitizen

June update on the challenge 54 starters, 34 still in.


1878 5
Batch 78 7
Brewitz 6
Cappilinconnemara 25
C-S-B 20
Cygnet 7
Daibhi 20
Doyler78 9
Ed harris 20
El_presidente 5
Flood cp 10
FCE2007 6
Feltup 8
Garmin 14
Heaney 11
Itboffin 10
LA 23
Leedsmjh 7
Lloyd bower 17
Mad one 31
Mbt1967 7
Pdstsp 12
Pneumatic 7
Redddragon 8
Redgreenbaron 18
Renard 6
Robjhp 13
SBezza 12
Snakehips 14
Stubbo 33
T.C. 8
Toontra 32
Velocitizen 6
Whyamihere 9

Couple of nice big rides in there last month, particularly liked Cappilinconnemara and his Tour of Ireland, and Heaney’s 6 pointer Chepstow-Menai Bridge-Chepstow (BCM Audax). Stubbo, Toontra and Mad one are leading on points. No word from Lloyd bower recently. Enjoy these long June days. I'm hoping to get a June ride in overnight on the solstice weekend, sunset-sunrise.

Velocitizen

pdstsp

Thanks Velo - the attrition rate is a lot lower this year than last - going to have to pull the finger out!!

toontra

Thanks for the admin Velo. Just some advance warning - unless I have a mishap I'll be posting some big numbers in June & July with some endurance rides coming up, the main one being Auxax UK's London-Edinburgh-London which will be 14 points worth (1400k). :shock:

velocitizen

toontra wrote:

Thanks for the admin Velo. Just some advance warning - unless I have a mishap I'll be posting some big numbers in June & July with some endurance rides coming up, the main one being Auxax UK's London-Edinburgh-London which will be 14 points worth (1400k). :shock:

Toontra
Good luck with the L-E-L, thats far beyond anything I could manage, 200km being my furthest so far. I am in awe of those Audax riders that spend a weekend doing 600km, lets hope the weather is kind to you all.

EdHarris

Thank you for summarizing and organising the thread Velocitizen. I'm going on a tour too: of UK and Ireland so I'm also expecting the post some big numbers!

capilinconnemara

Velo thanks for keeping this upto date its a great incentive to keep the rides long.

stubbo

Just like to add my thanks also Velo, like toontra i'm clocking up the numbers in preparation for the LEL...... in fact like yourself until Jan this year the furthest i'd ridden was 200k, so why i'm doing the LEL i'll never know! Must be hitting 40 soon!

lloyd_bower

Thanks for the gentle reminder Velo. I've just updated my rides from late April, May.

Going through the winter month's on the other side of the world, not that it ever it gets particularly cold here (outside anyway!), just regular wet downpours particularly on the w/ends

Been off the bike these last few days having got knocked off by a car commuting from home from work :x , thankfully my foot which took the brunt of the hit apart from the bike is beginning to heal now.

batch78

Mate, as sorry as I am to hear about a fellow cyclist beiing hit, hope your recovery's coming along nicely, it really is hard to feel more then only a small amount sympathetic. :twisted:

Weather heres been crazy, mid 20's and balmy one minute, windy wet and low teens the next.

Heaney

Yes, Velo, thanks for the updates and the comments. I, too, am doing, I'll amend that, attempting LEL. Nice to see others on here trying it too.
Did the Bryan Chapman to see how the sleep deprivation went.....not too bad really. 2 hrs sleep over the 40 hrs 10 mins it took to do it.
Don't know about you other LELers but I'm going to try to complete 220 miles and then sleep whatever is left of the 24 hr period and carry on like that. Have you any thoughts on schedules?
Sorry, maybe I should start a new thread for this.

velocitizen

July update on the challenge.
54 starters, 34 still in.
A few riders who haven’t posted a June ride yet.


1878 6
Batch 78 8
Brewitz 7
Cappilinconnemara 31
C-S-B 43
Cygnet 10
Daibhi 25
Doyler78 11
Ed harris 30
El_presidente 5
Flood cp 17
FCE2007 6
Feltup 9
Garmin 19
Heaney 13
Itboffin 11
LA 23
Leedsmjh 8
Lloyd bower 22
Mad one 37
Mbt1967 7
Pdstsp 18
Pneumatic 8
Redddragon 9
Redgreenbaron 19
Renard 6
Robjhp 14
SBezza 17
Snakehips 18
Stubbo 42
T.C. 8
Toontra 41
Velocitizen 7
Whyamihere 9

Glad that the monthly updates are appreciated, good luck all those doing LEL this month, and any other big rides.

Velocitizen

pdstsp

Thanks as always Velo.

Paul

EdHarris

Just returned from terrific week and a half tour in Ireland: June has been updated.

Once again, thank you for the summary Velocitizen.

stubbo

EdHarris wrote:

01 Jan 68.11m/ 109.6km (1 Point)
20 Jun- 1 Jul (Tour of UK and Ireland) c. 931m/ 1500km (9 Points)

Thanks again Velo.

EdHarris looks like you've short changed yourself, i thought this was the metric 100 challenge, not the imperial!

EdHarris

stubbo wrote:

EdHarris wrote:

01 Jan 68.11m/ 109.6km (1 Point)
20 Jun- 1 Jul (Tour of UK and Ireland) c. 931m/ 1500km (9 Points)

Thanks again Velo.

EdHarris looks like you've short changed yourself, i thought this was the metric 100 challenge, not the imperial!

Ah yes, it does look like that, but the reality is that I didn't complete 100km every single day (most days we did, and on one day we rode at least 200km): I wish I could put more points on but methinks the rules allow only for each 100km day, unless I'm wrong or have misunderstood multiday ride allowances?