2016 Metric Century Challenge
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Thanks for the update PB.
Well done on your June efforts. You *should* be chuffedPollys Bott wrote:Two notables for me this month, managed one solo ton at >30kph avg speed then the next week did my longest ever ride of just over 250kms. Chuffed, but I was supposed to be training for some evening 10s...
If you still don't know what recursion is, read this sentence.0 -
Plus 3 places just for doing 2 instead of 1 in June!
Touch and go as to whether I will get one in July, have a non-cycling holiday plus yet another deadline on my part time masters, but after that I'm hoping for a good August and September to make up for it...0 -
MikeEye wrote:Thanks for the update PB.
Well done on your June efforts. You *should* be chuffedPollys Bott wrote:Two notables for me this month, managed one solo ton at >30kph avg speed then the next week did my longest ever ride of just over 250kms. Chuffed, but I was supposed to be training for some evening 10s...
Good stuff indeed on both of those!0 -
Looks like the breakaway is 20 minutes down the road and no doubt they'll take the race, but after a "busy" July I am well positioned for the all important "best of the rest" peloton sprint...
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marcusjb wrote:MikeEye wrote:Thanks for the update PB.
Well done on your June efforts. You *should* be chuffedPollys Bott wrote:Two notables for me this month, managed one solo ton at >30kph avg speed then the next week did my longest ever ride of just over 250kms. Chuffed, but I was supposed to be training for some evening 10s...
Good stuff indeed on both of those!
Thanks both - quieter for me last month due to the school holidays starting but mightily impressed by some of the numbers being stacked up...jan feb mar apr may jun jul total 5 5 5 11 9 13 16 64 Runner2Cycling (1,+1) 4 6 10 7 13 12 10 62 Dead Calm (2,-1) 1 2 7 6 19 7 20 62 Durrin (2,+1) 5 1 1 7 18 10 10 52 marcusjb (4,-1) 7 5 8 7 6 7 7 47 GdSMartin (5,=) 4 4 5 2 4 6 7 32 Milemuncher1 (6,=) 5 1 3 7 4 5 5 30 bikergirl17 (7,-1) 3 3 4 6 5 3 6 30 Bob Scarle (7,+1) 1 3 2 6 4 3 11 30 ugo.santalucia (7,+5) 4 3 2 5 5 3 4 26 Fat Cat (10,-1) 1 1 4 4 5 6 5 26 Charlie Potatoes (10,+1) 4 6 3 4 4 1 1 23 diplodicus (12,-3) 2 2 3 3 5 2 4 21 Manx Shred (13,=) 1 1 2 1 1 3 7 16 htsw5 (14,+4) 1 1 1 1 2 5 1 12 Pollys Bott (15,=) 2 5 1 1 1 1 1 12 Mike Eye (15,=) 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 12 wotnoshoeseh (15,=) 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 11 dandrew (18,+1) 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 10 bobmcstuff (19,=) 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 9 whitehart (20,-1) 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 8 stanthomas (21,+1) 1 2 1 4 4 2 14 MCHedgerow (22,-8) 4 3 4 3 5 19 genki (23,=) 1 3 4 5 1 14 Smiley_boy2501 (24,=) 4 1 2 1 8 Omar Little (25,=) 1 2 1 4 itboffin (26,=) 2 1 3 ducknumber1 (27,=) 1 2 3 cgraley77 (27,=) 1 1 joshjevans (29) 1 1 leedsmjh (29) 1 1 Rank.amateur (29) 1 1 XCMark (29)
Mighty close at the front of the field now! Two keen pursuers and Ugo bridges across from the gruppetto to the chasing bunch.0 -
Annoyingly now I finally have some evenings free and can squeeze in a few evening 100ks, it's already getting dark at 9... Hoping I'll still have a decent August and September but some of you lot are busy lapping the rest of us 0
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Dear Polly
Pardon the public posting - I can't get the private messaging on here to work anymore - but you seem to have missed my two century rides last month from your July rider totals scoreboard. I've also had to update my own log tonight with my sole August 100km (seen as it's the last day of the month) but please take it on my word that I had logged those July rides prior to the end of last month too.
Best wishes
MCH0 -
MC Hedgerow wrote:Dear Polly
Pardon the public posting - I can't get the private messaging on here to work anymore - but you seem to have missed my two century rides last month from your July rider totals scoreboard. I've also had to update my own log tonight with my sole August 100km (seen as it's the last day of the month) but please take it on my word that I had logged those July rides prior to the end of last month too.
Best wishes
MCH
I think the private messaging works OK, it's because I hadn't logged in for ages and read your PMs, they stay in your outbox until the recipient reads them.
Must admit I was confused.com because on the last update I did I saw there are two rides for you for June but nothing on your first post on the first page... have only just realised /remembered you have a second list of rides, for July I must have only looked at your first one on the first page, sorry! Any chance you can delete that first post?
Cheers...0 -
jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug total 5 5 5 11 9 13 16 13 77 Runner2Cycling (1,=) 4 6 10 7 13 12 10 6 68 Dead Calm (2,=) 1 2 7 6 19 7 20 5 67 Durrin (3,-1) 5 1 1 7 18 10 10 1 53 marcusjb (4,=) 7 5 8 7 6 7 7 4 51 GdSMartin (5,=) 4 4 5 2 4 6 6 5 36 Milemuncher1 (6,=) 5 1 3 7 4 5 5 4 34 bikergirl17 (7,=) 1 3 2 6 4 3 11 3 33 ugo.santalucia (8,-1) 3 3 4 6 5 3 5 1 30 Bob Scarle (9,=) 1 1 4 4 5 6 5 4 30 Charlie Potatoes (9,+1) 4 3 2 5 5 3 4 1 27 Fat Cat (11,-1) 2 2 3 3 5 2 4 5 26 Manx Shred (12,+1) 4 6 3 4 4 1 1 1 24 diplodicus (13,-1) 1 1 2 1 1 3 7 1 17 htsw5 (14,=) 1 2 1 4 4 2 2 1 17 MCHedgerow (14,=) 1 1 1 1 2 5 1 2 14 Pollys Bott (16,=) 2 5 1 1 1 1 1 2 14 Mike Eye (16,=) 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 14 bobmcstuff (16,+4) 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 13 wotnoshoeseh (19,-3) 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 12 dandrew (20,-1) 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 10 whitehart (21,=) 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 9 stanthomas (22,=) 4 3 4 3 5 19 genki (23,=) 1 3 4 5 1 14 Smiley_boy2501 (24,=) 4 1 2 1 8 Omar Little (25,=) 1 2 1 4 itboffin (26,=) 2 1 3 ducknumber1 (27,=) 1 2 3 cgraley77 (27,=) 1 1 joshjevans (29) 1 1 leedsmjh (29) 1 1 Rank.amateur (29) 1 1 XCMark (29)
Runner2cycling stretches his lead with another superb month of riding, DeadCalm & Durrin stay as a two-man chase group with the second pair of chasers being marcusjb and GdSMartin.
Kudos to whitehart for getting his August ride in with ten minutes to spare! 0 -
Limited damage... did lots of short steep rides in Scotland, but very little in the way of centuriesleft the forum March 20230
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Pollys Bott wrote:MC Hedgerow wrote:Dear Polly
Pardon the public posting - I can't get the private messaging on here to work anymore - but you seem to have missed my two century rides last month from your July rider totals scoreboard. I've also had to update my own log tonight with my sole August 100km (seen as it's the last day of the month) but please take it on my word that I had logged those July rides prior to the end of last month too.
Best wishes
MCH
I think the private messaging works OK, it's because I hadn't logged in for ages and read your PMs, they stay in your outbox until the recipient reads them.
Must admit I was confused.com because on the last update I did I saw there are two rides for you for June but nothing on your first post on the first page... have only just realised /remembered you have a second list of rides, for July I must have only looked at your first one on the first page, sorry! Any chance you can delete that first post?
Cheers...
Ok thanks PB. The confusing first post is now deleted.0 -
MC Hedgerow wrote:MC Hedgerow wrote:This really worked well for me as a challenge last year, so here goes again for this year. Thank you for keeping it going Polly.
1 Jan - 101km (1pt)
13 Feb - 125km (1pt)
28 Feb - 116km (1pt)
05 Mar - 103km (1pt)
09 Apr 139.5km (1pt)
16 Apr 105.6km (1pt)
23 Apr 107.5km (1pt)
30 Apr 120.0km (1pt)
2 May 104.0km (1pt)
15 May 100.5km (1pt)
22 May 118.0km (1pt)
30 May 118.1km (1pt)
5 Jun 103.3km (1pt)
18 Jun. 176.7km (1pt)
3 Jul. 106.6km (1pt)
10 Jul. 100.7km (1pt)
18 Aug 111.8km (1 pt)
25 Sep 103.0km (1 pt)
2 Oct 103.1km (1pt)
8 Oct. 114.6km (1 pt)
22 Oct 220.3km (2 pts)
30 Oct 223km (2 pts)
27 Nov 108.1km (1pt)
11 Dec 101km (1pt)
Total = 26 pts0 -
September has been bonkers. Rainy season and a job! I'm still in with 6 rides completed during the month. I will update the details as soon as I have time to think.
I've got one ride so far in October so I'll probably complete the challenge (if I can update here in time) but I'm going to be drifting back through the pack. A bonkers bonk? I have gained a whole new respect for folks who combine serious miles with a full time job.0 -
6 in a month is better than any I have managed this year!!DeadCalm wrote:September has been bonkers. Rainy season and a job! I'm still in with 6 rides completed during the month. I will update the details as soon as I have time to think.
I've got one ride so far in October so I'll probably complete the challenge (if I can update here in time) but I'm going to be drifting back through the pack. A bonkers bonk? I have gained a whole new respect for folks who combine serious miles with a full time job.
I've not managed one for October yet as I ran out of time this morning, and I'm fully booked at weekends for the rest of the month and work is mental. I am thinking of doing a pan flat 20km loop near my office and doing it 5 times in the dark just so I don't go out. I'm so happy to still be in it at this point, I'm not going out now.0 -
jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep total 5 5 5 11 9 13 16 13 6 83 Runner2Cycling (1,=) 4 6 10 7 13 12 10 6 6 74 Dead Calm (2,=) 1 2 7 6 19 7 20 5 3 70 Durrin (3,=) 7 5 8 7 6 7 7 4 5 56 GdSMartin (4,+1) 5 1 1 7 18 10 10 1 1 54 marcusjb (5,-1) 4 4 5 2 4 6 6 5 5 41 Milemuncher1 (6,=) 5 1 3 7 4 5 5 4 3 37 bikergirl17 (7,=) 1 1 4 4 5 6 5 4 7 37 Charlie Potatoes (7,+2) 1 3 2 6 4 3 11 3 3 36 ugo.santalucia (9,-1) 3 3 4 6 5 3 5 1 6 36 Bob Scarle (9,=) 4 3 2 5 5 3 4 1 4 31 Fat Cat (11,=) 2 2 3 3 5 2 4 5 3 29 Manx Shred (12,=) 4 6 3 4 4 1 1 1 2 26 diplodicus (13,=) 1 1 2 1 1 3 7 1 1 18 htsw5 (14,=) 1 2 1 4 4 2 2 1 1 18 MCHedgerow (14,=) 1 1 1 1 2 5 1 2 2 16 Pollys Bott (16,=) 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 2 16 bobmcstuff (16,=) 2 5 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 15 Mike Eye (18,-2) 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 14 wotnoshoeseh (19,=) 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 13 dandrew (20,=) 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 13 stanthomas (20,+2) 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 11 whitehart (22,-1) 4 3 4 3 5 19 genki (23,=) 1 3 4 5 1 14 Smiley_boy2501 (24,=) 4 1 2 1 8 Omar Little (25,=) 1 2 1 4 itboffin (26,=) 2 1 3 ducknumber1 (27,=) 1 2 3 cgraley77 (27,=) 1 1 joshjevans (29) 1 1 leedsmjh (29) 1 1 Rank.amateur (29) 1 1 XCMark (29)
Apologies for the belated update; combination of wife's 40th (she partly celebrated by doing her first imperial ton
), daughter's 9th (purple Frog 69) and a manic three weeks at work after a major IT 'update' (!)... anyway, we're here now.
Steady as she goes at the top of the leader board with Runner2Cycling pursued by a pair of pairs pursued by a gang of five. Stanthomas passes the lanterne rouge baton on to whitehart!0 -
My sole October century was a total nightmare - I ended up having to wait till Sunday 30th which was the last possible day I had to do it, even bailed on a good Halloween party on the Saturday so I wouldn't be hungover. My saddle felt funny from the start, at about 35km it got a bit crunchy and I got off and saw the carbon rails had snapped at the back... Now any normal person would have turned around and ridden home (I could have changed saddles and done another 30km to take me over the 100) but for some reason I kept going.
It gave no support at all and was rolling backwards which put my hips at a much more acute angle than normal - my lower back was agony after 65km on that.
And my poor gooch has only just about recovered, my gent was numb for hours.
I AM going to complete the challenge this year!0 -
One ride to go to finish off... and if December's weather is half decent, I might even put in a few more over Christmas. I signed up for the Etape du Dales, so I am in for this metric challenge even for 2017left the forum March 20230
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shocking behaviour from me I havent updated at all this year and its the first year i've managed multiple 100k rides a month, also the first year of joining a club, why did i wait nine years.
I'm in for 2017 and i'll update, promise :-)Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
itboffin wrote:shocking behaviour from me I havent updated at all this year and its the first year i've managed multiple 100k rides a month, also the first year of joining a club, why did i wait nine years.
I'm in for 2017 and i'll update, promise :-)
If you updated for 2016 now I'm sure nobody would mind...0 -
I just had a look at garmin connect seems I've failed in September, what a bummer I didn't even noticeRule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
bobmcstuff wrote:itboffin wrote:shocking behaviour from me I havent updated at all this year and its the first year i've managed multiple 100k rides a month, also the first year of joining a club, why did i wait nine years.
I'm in for 2017 and i'll update, promise :-)
If you updated for 2016 now I'm sure nobody would mind...
I would... part of the challenge is to follow the rulesleft the forum March 20230 -
jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct total 5 5 5 11 9 13 16 13 6 5 88 Runner2Cycling (1,=) 4 6 10 7 13 12 10 6 6 1 75 Dead Calm (2,=) 1 2 7 6 19 7 20 5 3 4 74 Durrin (3,=) 7 5 8 8 6 7 7 4 9 4 65 GdSMartin (4,=) 5 1 1 7 18 10 10 1 1 1 55 marcusjb (5,=) 4 4 5 2 4 6 6 6 5 8 50 Milemuncher1 (6,=) 3 3 4 6 5 3 5 1 6 7 43 Bob Scarle (7,+2) 1 1 4 4 5 6 5 4 7 5 42 Charlie Potatoes (8,-1) 5 1 3 7 4 5 5 4 3 1 38 bikergirl17 (9,-2) 1 3 2 6 4 3 11 3 3 1 37 ugo.santalucia (10,-1) 4 3 2 5 5 3 4 1 4 1 32 Fat Cat (11,=) 2 2 3 3 5 2 4 5 3 3 32 Manx Shred (11,+1) 4 6 3 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 28 diplodicus (13,=) 1 2 1 4 4 2 2 1 1 6 24 MCHedgerow (14,=) 1 1 2 1 1 3 7 1 1 1 19 htsw5 (15,-1) 1 1 1 1 2 5 1 2 2 1 17 Pollys Bott (16,=) 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 17 bobmcstuff (16,=) 2 5 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 16 Mike Eye (18,=) 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 15 wotnoshoeseh (19,=) 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 14 dandrew (20,=) 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 1 14 stanthomas (20,=) 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 12 whitehart (22,=) 4 3 4 3 5 19 genki (23,=) 1 3 4 5 1 14 Smiley_boy2501 (24,=) 4 1 2 1 8 Omar Little (25,=) 1 2 1 4 itboffin (26,=) 2 1 3 ducknumber1 (27,=) 1 2 3 cgraley77 (27,=) 1 1 joshjevans (29) 1 1 leedsmjh (29) 1 1 Rank.amateur (29) 1 1 XCMark (29)
Well done everyone for keeping at it, ten months down and two to go... extra kudos to Bobmcstuff for his tale of October MCC woe, good on yer!!0 -
Challenge completed, well done to me!
I suggest for 2017 we go squared!
100 = 1 point
200 = 4 points
300 = 9 points
400 = 16 points!
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ugo.santalucia wrote:I assume nobody will do more than 400 Km in a day... :-)
Even a slow rider with knackered lungs can do 600km in a day.
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marcusjb wrote:ugo.santalucia wrote:I assume nobody will do more than 400 Km in a day... :-)
Even a slow rider with knackered lungs can do 600km in a day.
As in 24 hours? That is 25 km/h if you never stop. Not sure how many do in practice. Either way, 36 points well deserved. I think it is a good idea to challenge us to go a bit further in our rides.
EDIT: I think you are talking nonsense. The 24 hour TT record is just over 800 km, that is with time trial equipment by top class athletes. Now you claim that someone in poor health coul do 75 percent of what a top athlete can do.
My lungs are ok and I cycle 8 thousand miles per year. At best I can do 60-65 percent of what a top athlete do, in terms of power output... The jump to 75 percent is a pretty big one.
I appreciate in your bubble of long distance audaxers you know a few dozen people who can do that, but those are hardly Joe average... Or folks with shattered lungsleft the forum March 20230 -
Another year completed. That's 4 on the trot for me
Good luck everyone. Let's hope the weather holds."You really think you can burn off sugar with exercise?" downhill paul0 -
Charlie Potatoes wrote:Another year completed. That's 4 on the trot for me
Good luck everyone. Let's hope the weather holds.
Well done. Especially so for covering a lot of ground late in the year.left the forum March 20230 -
ugo.santalucia wrote:Charlie Potatoes wrote:Another year completed. That's 4 on the trot for me
Good luck everyone. Let's hope the weather holds.
Well done. Especially so for covering a lot of ground late in the year.
10 days in Spain helped "You really think you can burn off sugar with exercise?" downhill paul0 -
Charlie Potatoes wrote:ugo.santalucia wrote:Charlie Potatoes wrote:Another year completed. That's 4 on the trot for me
Good luck everyone. Let's hope the weather holds.
Well done. Especially so for covering a lot of ground late in the year.
10 days in Spain helped
12 in Scotland didn't
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ugo.santalucia wrote:Charlie Potatoes wrote:ugo.santalucia wrote:Charlie Potatoes wrote:Another year completed. That's 4 on the trot for me
Good luck everyone. Let's hope the weather holds.
Well done. Especially so for covering a lot of ground late in the year.
10 days in Spain helped
12 in Scotland didn't "You really think you can burn off sugar with exercise?" downhill paul0
