2010 Metric Century Challenge

gbs

@velo: thanks, I have held steady at 2pcm so far this yr mostly attributable to the motivation that the table provides

timmyflash

31!!! Blimey. Might need to step up efforts a bit. Nice flat-ish loop to Windsor in the morning.

timmyflash

Ok, so i'm looking for some 'easy' points -

Does it count if you do 50km to get to work then 50km to get home? i.e. done in two sections on the same day. Or does that not count? The fact i'm asking makes me feel like i'm trying to pike some points.. ha

bikergirl17

that came up before and the answer provided was no, that is two rides... a cake/cafe stop for an hour or so in a long ride is fine.

timmyflash

Damn

pollys_bott

Did my longest ever ride on Tuesday, 128 kms, and I think the heat did for me rather than the distance. We weren't going at any great pace - able to easily hold a conversation - but my heart was pounding (relatively). Being a pale-faced pasty freckle-boy I was well-lathered up with suncream and I'm guessing this must have stopped me sweating and made the old ticker work harder. So the question I have is whether anyone can recommend any good long-sleeved light-coloured tops so I can keep the sun off my arms without bathing in sunblock and ending up boiling inside? Cheers.

PS - for those of you thinking 'get up at 0400 and ride'; well I'd love to but I doubt I'd be back in time for the nursery run

genki

bikergirl17 wrote:

that came up before and the answer provided was no, that is two rides... a cake/cafe stop for an hour or so in a long ride is fine.

damn. i was going to ask the same question. can't we just call it a 'work stop'? I've now got a lovely 33km ride to work which in the recent weather and early sunrises has sometimes been stretched meaing 100km+ days in total. not that I've counted them, but if I could I'd be heading for the top of the league

ThreeLionsBrian

timmyflash wrote:

Ok, so i'm looking for some 'easy' points -

Does it count if you do 50km to get to work then 50km to get home? i.e. done in two sections on the same day. Or does that not count? The fact i'm asking makes me feel like i'm trying to pike some points.. ha

I suppose if you can prove you were constantly supping and eating cake at work, to say no would be discriminatory

genki

ThreeLionsBrian wrote:

timmyflash wrote:

Ok, so i'm looking for some 'easy' points -

Does it count if you do 50km to get to work then 50km to get home? i.e. done in two sections on the same day. Or does that not count? The fact i'm asking makes me feel like i'm trying to pike some points.. ha

I suppose if you can prove you were constantly supping and eating cake at work, to say no would be discriminatory

My kit is still damp when I put it on again in the evening. Does that count?

ThreeLionsBrian

I suppose that if we were talking about an Imperial 100 then the commute could be taken into consideration. But as 100k is little more than a 3/5 hour ride the stops shouldn't be more than a pit stop for necessities like Tea & Cake & a quick leak.

Hagrid

I am out. Bike stolen. :evil:

seward4or5

Pollys Bott wrote:

Did my longest ever ride on Tuesday, 128 kms, and I think the heat did for me rather than the distance. We weren't going at any great pace - able to easily hold a conversation - but my heart was pounding (relatively). Being a pale-faced pasty freckle-boy I was well-lathered up with suncream and I'm guessing this must have stopped me sweating and made the old ticker work harder. So the question I have is whether anyone can recommend any good long-sleeved light-coloured tops so I can keep the sun off my arms without bathing in sunblock and ending up boiling inside? Cheers.

PS - for those of you thinking 'get up at 0400 and ride'; well I'd love to but I doubt I'd be back in time for the nursery run

Not strictly cycling gear but Canterbury do tight fitting base layers which you can wear under your other kit. There are two types, one designed to keeo you warm and the other cool (despite being long sleeved). http://www.canterbury.com/webapp/wcs/st ... ntPage%3D2

pneumatic

Hagrid wrote:

I am out. Bike stolen. :evil:

bummer!

On reflection, though, another good argument for having lots of bikes!

velocitizen

July update, includes all posted June rides.
Sorry to lose a few this month, especially Hagrid.

We want to see Genki's Marmotte photos.

Rider Points
toontra 42
Airwave 39
daibhi 38
Heaney 28
genki 27
lucky paddy 26
bikergirl17 23
infamous 22
threelionsbrian 21
redgreenbaron 19
Big Ted 18
Fuji Mackers 18
Mad One 15
capilinconnemara 14
gbs 14
pdstsp 13
flix23 11
pneumatic 9
velocitizen 9
Batch78 8
leedsmjh 8
timmyflash 8
MikeEye 7
Pollys Bott 6

Just re-read some of the questions/comments last month, for me a 100km ride is a 100km ride, a stop at a shop, for tea, for lunch, but a day at work is a bit of a longer break...Good training though!
Expect the August update to be a bit late, holiday time.
Enjoy July.

Velocitizen

genki

velocitizen wrote:

We want to see Genki's Marmotte photos.

Well since you asked...

Up the Glandon -


The descent off the Galibier-


Heading up Alpe d'Huez -


The finish -


7:27 for the whole day, or 6:59 according to the results where they neutralised the Glandon descent. 221st out of 5,200 finishers. The Metric Challange helped a lot in getting the training done.

velocitizen

Genki
Can't think of a better way to get your July ride done.
A great time for the ride as well.

pollys_bott

seward4or5 wrote:

Not strictly cycling gear but Canterbury do tight fitting base layers which you can wear under your other kit. There are two types, one designed to keeo you warm and the other cool (despite being long sleeved). http://www.canterbury.com/webapp/wcs/st ... ntPage%3D2

Thanks for that, will probably try one of those. Cheers...

Serious question - how in God's name do people get out and do 4 / 5 / 6 centuries a month? Am I the only one here with a full time job and two young sprogs?

capilinconnemara

I missed out on whole of July and only back on the bike and it will be a while before I cover 100km again
Thanks again Velo

gbs

Pollys Bott wrote:

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Serious question - how in God's name do people get out and do 4 / 5 / 6 centuries a month? Am I the only one here with a full time job and two young sprogs?

I am impresssed that you can carve out sufficient time for a single century each month!. Given that one needs 5 hours or so allowing for the ride, bike clean, shower, etc yr organisation/delgation skills must be v strong.

I guess it is no consolation but at the moment I can schedule my week around weather patterns. I work on freelance basis and only intermittently full time; most of my commitments/obligations can be adjusted so that I can maintain family, cyling and tennis activities so 4 centuries pcm are not difficult.

batch78

Surely we need a update for rides in July still? Anybody seen Velo?

In his absence I've been cheeky enough to put this list together, hopefully we'll hear from him soon for the almost due August list!


Rider Points
toontra 51
Airwave 45
daibhi 41
Heaney 33
genki 29
lucky paddy 28
bikergirl17 27
infamous 23
threelionsbrian 24
redgreenbaron 23
Big Ted 28
Fuji Mackers 22
Mad One 17
capilinconnemara 14
gbs 18
pdstsp 16
flix23 14
pneumatic 11
velocitizen 9
Batch78 9
leedsmjh 10
timmyflash 9
MikeEye 8
Pollys Bott 7

Capilinconnemara, can't see a July ride for you?

pdstsp

Nice one batch78. I think Velo siad he would be late updating due to holidays - nice to see someone filling in the role!. Some seriously impressive numbers in there.

flix23

Boo, I've failed. August has been and gone and I have managed a sum total of 33 miles through out the whole month. Holidays, music festivals, and house moving, mix they do not with cycling.

velocitizen

Batch78
Grand stuff, thanks for updating, I did plan to update but holidays, riding and stuff got in the way, I'll update my rides and summarise August before the weekend.

batch78

No trouble at all, hope you had a good time!

One other thing I noticed, is there any reason In-gearjohn isn't included on your lists? He's posted 18 rides to date.

edit: He was on earlier lists just seems to have dropped off the one I copied.

And yes there are some serious figures now :shock:

velocitizen

September update on the challenge.

Airwave 57
toontra 52
daibhi 43
Heaney 36
Big Ted 34
bikergirl17 34
lucky paddy 33
genki 32
threelionsbrian 30
redgreenbaron 26
infamous 24
Fuji Mackers 23
gbs 23
Mad One 21
in-gearjohn 20
pdstsp 19
velocitizen 13
pneumatic 12
leedsmjh 11
timmyflash 11
Batch78 10
MikeEye 9
Pollys Bott 9

Great stuff, bring on Autumn.

gradiric

Haven't been on this list before so bit of a cheeky late entry, but I'm unlikely to ride this many centuries in a year again (>30 imperial centuries to date...most of which were in June/July riding the route of the TdF 2 weeks ahead of the pros). Promise, I've done at least one per month though to abide by the rules!

Airwave 57
toontra 52
gradiric 46
daibhi 43
Heaney 36
Big Ted 34
bikergirl17 34
lucky paddy 33
genki 32
threelionsbrian 30
redgreenbaron 26
infamous 24
Fuji Mackers 23
gbs 23
Mad One 21
in-gearjohn 20
pdstsp 19
velocitizen 13
pneumatic 12
leedsmjh 11
timmyflash 11
Batch78 10
MikeEye 9
Pollys Bott 9

timmyflash

Just realised i've not done my ride for Sep for various reasons. Got a half marathon next Sunday for which i've done next to no training, so will have to try to fit in Saturday morning, before i go watch Fulham, then have a drinks free evening watching my mates band play. Argh!! I'm going to be in tatters! This might be the end

batch78

Nah, if you manage this weekend it'll just make you stronger, what doesn't kill you and all that.

Specifically a drink free evening watching a band!!

velocitizen

October update, lost a couple this month.
Please no really late starters, wait until 2011.
Got out today for a nice ride in the Peak District.
Have a plan for November and December.
Good luck to you all.

Name Points

Airwave 70
toontra 53
daibhi 46
lucky paddy 42
bikergirl17 36
Big Ted 35
genki 35
threelionsbrian 33
gbs 27
Fuji Mackers 25
infamous 25
in-gearjohn 23
Mad One 22
pdstsp 20
pneumatic 15
velocitizen 14
leedsmjh 12
timmyflash 12
Batch78 11
MikeEye 11
Pollys Bott 10

pneumatic

cheers Velo

66 starters, 21 survivors, two splits in the Peloton (30's, 20's, teens), a lone rider out front and a few chasers. It's getting exciting!