2020 Metric Century Challenge
pollys_bott
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Time to start thinking about the Metric Century Challenge for 2020!
The challenge is very straightforward: all you need to do is ride one metric century, a ride of 100 km (62.18 miles) each and every month during 2020. Riding one a month is enough but why not set yourself a target to aim for? Get out and ride as many as you can! If 100km isn't long enough then why not try to do a double-century every month? :twisted:
The guidelines are:
* Click 'reply to post' to add yourself to the list of participants before 31st January 2020. Please don't post until you have a ride or are sure you will have one. It will save me some time every month if there aren't any extraneous posts.
* Post only once per participant and edit your original post after each ride, please update your rides by the last day of each month in something along these lines:
Jan 15th, 100kms, 62.18 miles, 1 point, total kms 100, total points 1... and then as you do each ride edit the same post doing a running total of kms and points. Some people don't put the miles in, some put elevation in... whatever floats your boat, but please do keep your points totals up to date.. It just saves me having to go through and add them all up each time.
* Complete your first ride by 31 Jan 2020. No late starters or double rides to catch up after 31 January 2020.
* Ride one metric century each and every month.
* Each Metric Century is worth one point. Double metrics (200km) are worth two points and so on.
* For brevet rides or anything similar lasting longer than one continuous day, the date the ride completed is the date posted. (Your post would look something like this: 10 May 4 Points 403.29 km Total Points 14 Total kms 1,429.76)
Jan 15th, 104.3 kms, 1 point. Total 1 point.
Feb 26th 102 kms, 1 point. Total 2 points.
March 31st 112.2 kms, 1 point. Total 3 points.
April 22nd 107 kms, 1 point. Total 4 points.
May 20th 122.2 kms, 1 point. Total 5 points.
June 10th 149.4 kms, 1 point. Total 6 points.
June 16th 111.5 kms, 1 point. Total 7 points.
June 23rd 218.5 kms, 2 points. Total 9 points.
The challenge is very straightforward: all you need to do is ride one metric century, a ride of 100 km (62.18 miles) each and every month during 2020. Riding one a month is enough but why not set yourself a target to aim for? Get out and ride as many as you can! If 100km isn't long enough then why not try to do a double-century every month? :twisted:
The guidelines are:
* Click 'reply to post' to add yourself to the list of participants before 31st January 2020. Please don't post until you have a ride or are sure you will have one. It will save me some time every month if there aren't any extraneous posts.
* Post only once per participant and edit your original post after each ride, please update your rides by the last day of each month in something along these lines:
Jan 15th, 100kms, 62.18 miles, 1 point, total kms 100, total points 1... and then as you do each ride edit the same post doing a running total of kms and points. Some people don't put the miles in, some put elevation in... whatever floats your boat, but please do keep your points totals up to date.. It just saves me having to go through and add them all up each time.
* Complete your first ride by 31 Jan 2020. No late starters or double rides to catch up after 31 January 2020.
* Ride one metric century each and every month.
* Each Metric Century is worth one point. Double metrics (200km) are worth two points and so on.
* For brevet rides or anything similar lasting longer than one continuous day, the date the ride completed is the date posted. (Your post would look something like this: 10 May 4 Points 403.29 km Total Points 14 Total kms 1,429.76)
Jan 15th, 104.3 kms, 1 point. Total 1 point.
Feb 26th 102 kms, 1 point. Total 2 points.
March 31st 112.2 kms, 1 point. Total 3 points.
April 22nd 107 kms, 1 point. Total 4 points.
May 20th 122.2 kms, 1 point. Total 5 points.
June 10th 149.4 kms, 1 point. Total 6 points.
June 16th 111.5 kms, 1 point. Total 7 points.
June 23rd 218.5 kms, 2 points. Total 9 points.
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I'm in. Thanks for organising again!
After a slow start I'm off...
12 Jan - Westerley Winter Warmer - 108km, 1,407m, 27.8kmph - 1 Point
19 Jan - Harp Hilly Hundred - 103km, 1,398m, 28.5kmph - 1 Point
28 Feb - Wet and Miserable - 100km, 1,157m, 25.3kmph - 1 Point
1 Mar - VCC RR - 112km, 1,552m, 28.3kmph - 1 Point
8 Mar - Berko RR - 108km, 1,322m, 28.4kmph, 1 Point
15 Mar - Ware's Cambridge - 126km, 1,526m, 30.2kmph - 1 Point
22 Mar - CV19 - R3 - 115km, 1,352m, 28.1kmph - 1 Point
5 Apr - 100km - 1 Point
10 Apr - 100km - 1 Point
11 Apr - 100km - 1 Point
18 Apr - 100km - 1 Point
26 Apr - 100km - 1 Point
3 May - 100km - 1 Point
8 May - 100km - 1 Point
9 May - 100km - 1 Point
17 May - 100km - 1 Point
25 May - 200km - 2 Points
31 May - 200km - 2 Points
14 June - 100km - 1 Point
21 June - 200km - 2 Points
28 June - 100km - 1 Point
5 July - 100km - 1 Point
12 July - 100km - 1 Point
15 July - 100km - 1 Point
19 July - 200km - 2 Points
28 July - 100km - 1 Point
9 Aug - 200km - 2 Points
23 Aug - 100km - 1 Point
30 Aug - 200km - 2 Points
6 Sept - 100km - 1 Point
13 Sept - 100km - 1 Point
20 Sept - 100km - 1 Point
4 Oct - 100km - 1 Point
25 Oct - 100km - 1 Point
1 Nov - 100km - 1 Point
8 Nov - 100km - 1 Point (fell off and broke a bone in my hand)
6 Dec - 100km - 1 Point (hand seems recovered now)
13 Dec - 100km - 1 Point
20 Dec - 100km - 1 Point
26 Dec - 100km - 1 Point
Total Points - 460 -
I'm in. More motivation to get the training in:0
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Go on thenFat chopper. Some racing. Some testing. Some crashing.
Specialising in Git Daaahns and Cafs. Norvern Munkey/Transplanted Laaandoner.0 -
Oh why not?!
04-01-2020: 120.3 kms, 1,192 m - strava.com/activities/2981076960
25-01-2020: 126.3 kms, 1,428 m - strava.com/activities/3041751471
01-02-2020: 121.1 kms, 1,349 m - strava.com/activities/3061990284
08-02-2020: 127.1 kms, 1,525 m - strava.com/activities/3082415123
07-03-2020: 119.1 kms, 1,173 m - strava.com/activities/3161856512
14-03-2020: 132.2 kms, 1,594 m - strava.com/activities/3182418351
21-03-2020: 104.1 kms, 1,260 m - strava.com/activities/3203131227
04-04-2020: 102.2 kms, 1,202 m - strava.com/activities/3253186099
11-04-2020: 104.3 kms, 1,212 m - strava.com/activities/3283884472
25-04-2020: 106.1 kms, 1,146 m - strava.com/activities/3350205442
02-05-2020: 106.6 kms, 1,251 m - strava.com/activities/3384871560
09-05-2020: 108.3 kms, 1,120 m - strava.com/activities/3423715020
16-05-2020: 122.3 kms, 1,221 m - strava.com/activities/3459577729
30-05-2020: 135.4 kms, 1,744 m - strava.com/activities/3535580760
13-06-2020: 113.2 kms, 894 m - strava.com/activities/3607200104
20-06-2020: 101.2 kms, 1,193 m - strava.com/activities/3643021123
25-06-2020: 103.2 kms, 1,111 m - strava.com/activities/3668605393 - 100th straight day on the bike
04-07-2020: 107.1 kms, 1,656 m - strava.com/activities/3711542734
11-07-2020: 130.7 kms, 1,551 m - strava.com/activities/3745713774
18-07-2020: 129.6 kms, 1,620 m - strava.com/activities/3780464086
25-07-2020: 116.2 kms, 1,088 m - strava.com/activities/3810813822
01-08-2020: 140.3 kms, 1,338 m - strava.com/activities/3847937807
08-08-2020: 169.1 kms, 1,874 m - strava.com/activities/3883425847
15-08-2020: 110.3 kms, 1,163 m - strava.com/activities/3915863268
22-08-2020: 129.2 kms, 1,324 m - strava.com/activities/3949253977
29-08-2020: 138.5 kms, 1,508 m - strava.com/activities/3981750038
05-09-2020: 135.1 kms, 1,415 m - strava.com/activities/4015435463
13-09-2020: 121.0 kms, 1,211 m - strava.com/activities/4053568795
19-09-2020: 135.2 kms, 1,640 m - strava.com/activities/4082085043
26-09-2020: 138.5 kms, 1,555 m - strava.com/activities/4114448665
17-10-2020: 137.3 kms, 1,130 m - strava.com/activities/4206193974
07-11-2020: 114.3 kms, 933 m - strava.com/activities/4301455784
21-11-2020: 113.8 kms, 1,182 m - strava.com/activities/4369072785
28-11-2020: 111.0 kms, 1,157 m - strava.com/activities/4401907946
12-12-2020: 134.2 kms, 1,511 m - strava.com/activities/4462262648 - breaking 20,000 kms for year
35 pts1 -
Yes please
Jan 04..................1 point.................104 km .................total points 1...............total km 104
Jan 11..................1 point.................100 km .................total points 2................total km 204
Jan 18..................1 point.................117 km .................total points 3.................total km 321
Jan 25..................1 point.................119 km .................total points 4.................total km 440
Feb 08..................1 point.................122 km ................total points 5.................total km 562
Feb 29..................1 point.................102 km ................total points 6.................total km 664
Mar 01..................1 point.................131 km ................total points 7.................total km 795
Mar 02..................1 point.................129 km ................total points 8.................total km 924
Mar 07..................1 point.................166 km ................total points 9..............total km 1,090
Mar 21..................1 point.................102 km ..............total points 10..............total km 1,192
Apr 09...................1 point.................100 km ..............total points 11..............total km 1,292
May 02...................1 point.................100 km ..............total points 12..............total km 1,392
May 08...................1 point.................115 km ..............total points 13..............total km 1,507
Jun 14...................1 point.................100 km ..............total points 14..............total km 1,607
Jun 21...................1 point.................106 km ..............total points 15..............total km 1,713
Jul 04....................1 point.................114 km ..............total points 16..............total km 1,827
Jul 11....................1 point.................100 km ..............total points 17..............total km 1,927
Jul 18....................1 point.................129 km ..............total points 18..............total km 2,056
Jul 25....................1 point.................108 km ..............total points 19..............total km 2,164
Aug 1....................1 point.................128 km ..............total points 20..............total km 2,292
Aug 8....................1 point.................105 km ..............total points 21..............total km 2,397
Aug 22..................1 point.................106 km ..............total points 22..............total km 2,503
Sep 05..................1 point.................130 km ..............total points 23..............total km 2,633
Sep 09..................1 point.................113 km ..............total points 24..............total km 2,746
Sep 19..................1 point.................144 km ..............total points 25..............total km 2,790
Sep 26..................1 point.................126 km ..............total points 26..............total km 2,916
Oct 10..................1 point.................136 km ..............total points 27..............total km 3,052
Nov 22..................1 point.................109 km ..............total points 28..............total km 3,161
Nov 28..................1 point.................100 km ..............total points 29..............total km 3,261
Dec 05..................1 point.................104 km ..............total points 30..............total km 3,365
Dec 12..................1 point.................100 km ..............total points 31..............total km 3,465
Dec 20..................1 point.................107 km ..............total points 32..............total km 3,5721 -
Go on then - I'm in....
I had a dismal start to last year's - didn't even get past January - hoping this year can be somewhat better....0 -
January
04/01/20 - 100.8km, 368m, 30.3k/h, 1 point
05/01/20 - 100.8km, 413m, 28.7k/h, 1 point
11/01/20 - 169km, 692m, 31.4k/h, 1 point
18/01/20 - 103.2km, 464m, 31.2k/h, 1 point
19/01/20 - 100.1km, 368m, 29.6k/h, 1 point
23/01/20 - 105.7km, 576m, 31.2k/h, 1 point
25/01/20 - 101.1km, 563m, 29.8k/h, 1 point
February
01/02/20 - 105.3km, 603m, 31.4k/h, 1 point
08/02/20 - 100.3km, 466m, 31.5k/h, 1 point
March
06/03/20 - 117.2km, 1719m, 26.7k/h, 1 point
07/03/20 - 171.6km, 2498m, 26.2k/h, 1 point
26/03/20 - 112.7km, 1035m, 30.5k/h, 1 point
April
04/04/20 - 130.3km, 726m, 32k/h, 1 point
09/04/20 - 100.6km, 412m, 32k/h, 1 point
15/04/20 - 107.3km, 1039m, 30.8k/h, 1 point
19/04/20 - 102.6km, 461m, 32.6k/h, 1 point
21/04/20 - 118.8km, 477m, 34.2k/h, 1 point
23/04/20 - 101km, 445m, 29.7k/h, 1 point
25/04/20 - 105.1km, 402m, 34.6k/h, 1 point
May
03/05/20 - 104.2km, 313m, 34.7k/h, 1 point
20/05/20 - 206.2km, 1099m, 31.9k/h, 2 points
25/05/20 - 104.1km, 435m, 30.2k/h, 1 point
28/05/20 - 183.3km, 920m, 30.2k/h, 1 point
31/05/20 - 127.6km, 890m, 29.4k/h, 1 point
June
02/06/20 - 141.9km, 774m, 32.7k/h, 1 point
09/06/20 - 300.3km, 31.4k/h, 1017m, 3 points
20/06/20 - 101km, 32.4k/h, 422m, 1 point
24/06/20 - 116.3km, 668m, 30.3k/h, 1 point
25/06/20 - 168.9km, 733m, 31.1k/h, 1 point
July
02/07/20 - 103.5km, 31.4k/h, 615m, 1 point
18/07/20 - 144.7km, 31.1k/h, 436m, 1 point
August
02/08/20 - 100.5km, 35.4k/h, 358m, 1 point
08/08/20 - 101.4km, 32.9k/h, 364m, 1 point
09/08/20 - 106.2km, 32.2k/h, 623m, 1 point
TOTALS
5172.6km, 26594m, 31.9k/h, 37 pointsFat chopper. Some racing. Some testing. Some crashing.
Specialising in Git Daaahns and Cafs. Norvern Munkey/Transplanted Laaandoner.0 -
Looks like I’m in again:
04/01/20 103 km 1000 m - 1 point
08/02/20 115 km 1500 m - 1 point
07/03/20 101 km 1040 m - 1 point
27/04/20 114 km 1340 m - 1 point
15/05/20 111 km 1188 m - 1 point
12/06/20 110 km 1020 m - 1 point
06/07/20 104 km 1170 m - 1 point
22/07/20 102 km 1492 m - 1 point
03/08/20 111 km 893 m - 1 point
07/09/20 105 km 1000 m - 1 point
16/09/20 101 km 1200 m - 1 point
17/09/20 101 km 1500 m - 1 point
13/10/20 102 km 960 m - 1 point
06/11/20 108 km 1220 m - 1 point
01/12/20 106 km 1320 m - 1 point MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
Total 15 points 1594 km
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I fell in today ...
Jan 5th - 107.10 km - 1 point
Jan 19th - 109.74 km - 1 point
Jan 24th - 101.44 km - 1 point
Feb 2nd - 107.36 km - 1 point
Feb 7th - 102.04 km - 1 point
Feb 22nd - 102.61km - 1 point
Mar 6th - 100.08km - 1 point
Mar 8th - 109.79km - 1 point
Mar 13th - 103.00km - 1 point
Mar 21st - 102.59km - 1 point
Mar 29th - 101.97km - 1 point
Apr 1st - 100.9km - 1 point
April 5th - 101.55km - 1 point
April 10th - 101.75km - 1 point
April 12th - 101.6km - 1 point
April 19th - 101.74km - 1 point
April 21st - 100.94km - 1 point
April 24th - 107.38km - 1 point
April 26th - 102.36km - 1 point
May 1st - 101.2km - 1 point
May 3rd - 163.41km - 1 point
May 7th - 103.34km - 1 point
May 9th - 101.86km - 1 point
May 17th - 103.12km - 1 point
May 20th - 101.05km - 1 point
May 24th - 104.17 - 1 point
May 26th - 101.32km - 1 point
May 31st - 100.99km - 1 point
June 4th - 104.5km - 1 point
June 7th - 101.48km - 1 point
June 10th - 102.89km - 1 point
June 14th - 101.10km - 1 point
June 20th - 322.9km - 3 points
June 28th - 113.07km - 1 point
July 2nd - 102.0 km - 1 point
July 7th - 102.88km - 1 point
July 11th - 131.41km - 1 point
July 13th - 179.85km - 1 point
July 17th - 101.35km - 1 point
July 19th - 106.23km - 1 point
July 23rd - 183km - 1 point
July 26th - 102.95km - 1 point
July 29th - 102.59km - 1 point
Aug 2nd - 112.85km - 1 point
Aug 7th - 259.31km - 2 points
Aug 9th - 106.23km - 1 point
Aug 16th - 105.51km - 1 point
Aug 20th - 102.04km - 1 point
Aug 23 - 205.69km - 2pts
Aug 30 - 102.29km - 1pt
Sep 4 - 101.3km - 1pt
Sep 6 - 102.97km - 1pt
Sep 17 - 101.86km - 1pt
Sep 19 - 180.28km - 1pt
Sep 25 - 101.12km - 1pt
Sep 27 - 101.49km - 1pt
Oct 7 - 101.76km - 1pt
Oct 11 - 112.83km - 1pt
Oct 18 - 103.55km - 1pt
Oct 22 - 101.37km - 1pt
Oct 25 - 101.36km - 1pt
Oct 31 - 102.37km - 1pt
Nov 6 - 101.67km - 1pt
Nov 7 - 108.59km - 1pt
Dec 24 - 101.65km - 1pt
Dec 26 - 103.13km - 1 pt
Dec 29 - 101.85km - 1 pt
Dec 30 - 101.85km - 1 pt
Total - 72 points2020/2021/2022 Metric Century Challenge Winner1 -
Jan
05/01/20 - 100.2km - 1 Point
12/01/20 - 124.2km - 1 Point
19/01/20 - 161.1km - 1 Point
26/01/20 - 161.9km - 1 Point
Feb
02/02/20 - 164.3km - 1 Point
23/02/20 - 105.4km - 1 Point
March
01/03/20 - 165.8 - 1 Point
15/03/20 - 162.3 - 1 Point
Totals;
1145.2km
8 Points0 -
8 Jan........112km........1 point
21 Jan........107km........1 point
25 Feb........109km........1 point
Didn’t manage to get a ride before lockdown in March and don’t think it’s right to them now, so that me out of the challenge till next year
Total...........228km........3 points0 -
I'm in.
04 Jan - 111 km - 1 point
06 Jan - 101 km - 1 point
12 Jan - 100 km - 1 point
16 Jan - 110 km - 1 point
Total: 4 points0 -
Yup, will give it a go again.
Jan
05 Jan - 101.1 km - 1 point
12 Jan - 103.8 km - 1 point
Feb
22 Feb - 129.2 km - 1 point
Total: 3 Points
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I probably should.....
4th Jan 141k 1 point Total 1 point
8th Jan 104k 1 point Total 2 points
11th Jan 106k 1 point Total 3 points
18th Jan 146k 1 point Total 4 points
29th Jan 100k 1 point Total 5 points
1st Feb 101k 1 point Total 6 points
8th Feb 119k 1 point Total 7 points
26th Feb 109k 1 point Total 8 points
4th Mar 101k 1 point Total 9 points
7th Mar 115k 1 point Total 10 points
17th March 150k 1 point Total 11 points
20th March 112 k 1 point Total 12 points
11th April 102k 1 point Total 13 points
19th April 111k 1 point Total 14 pointsFFS! Harden up and grow a pair
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10th year...
2020-1-19: 165,3km, 1 point - totals: 1 points, 165,3kms (Øresund rundt)
2020-2-29: 110,4km, 1 point - totals: 2 points, 275,7kms (February)
2020-3-20: 121km, 1 point - totals: 3 points, 396,7kms (March)
2020-3-27: 204,4km, 2 points - totals: 5 points, 601,1kms (BRM200 Hillerød)
2020-4-5: 109,7km, 1 point - totals: 6 points, 710,8kms (TT+cross)
2020-4-10: 310,3km, 3 points - totals: 9 points, 1021,2kms (BRM300 Hillerød)
2020-4-13: 128,8km, 1 point - totals: 10 points, 1150kms (brevet abandon)
2020-4-18: 205km, 2 points - totals: 12 points, 1355kms (BRM200 Hillerød)
2020-4-25: 237,3km, 2 points - totals: 14 points, 1592,2kms (BRM200 Hillerød+transport)
2020-5-9: 400,8km, 4 points - totals: 18 points, 1993,1kms (BRM400 Hillerød)
2020-5-15: 213,6km, 2 points - totals: 20 points, 2206,6kms (BRM200 Hillerød)
2020-5-22: 205km, 2 points - totals: 22 points, 2411,6kms (BRM200 Hillerød)
2020-6-1: 308,9km, 3 points - totals: 25 points, 2720,5kms (BRM300 Hillerød)
2020-6-13: 215,3km, 2 points - totals: 27 points, 2935,8kms (BRM200 Hillerød)
2020-6-26: 207,2km, 2 points - totals: 29 points, 3143kms (BRM200 Hillerød)
2020-6-27: 109,5km, 1 point - totals: 30 points, 3252,5kms (Bridge meeting)
2020-7-17: 607,6km, 6 points - totals: 36 points, 3860kms (BRM600 Hillerød)
2020-7-27: 158,1km, 1 point - totals: 37 points, 4018,2kms (Als-Digehytterne)
2020-7-28: 146,7km, 1 point - totals: 38 points, 4164,9kms (Digehytterne-Ribe/Esbjerg-Husby)
2020-8-6: 323,7km, 3 points - totals: 41 points, 4488,6kms (Corona Superbrevet 1)
2020-8-7: 331km, 3 points - totals: 44 points, 4819,7kms (Corona Superbrevet 2)
2020-9-29: 111,7km, 1 point - totals: 45 points, 4931,4kms (Ttraining)
2020-10-31: 102,2km, 1 point - totals: 46 points, 5033,6kms (Oct. MCC - wander)
2020-11-22: 108,2km, 1 point - totals: 47 points, 5141,8kms (November MCC)
2020-12-31: 102,7km, 1 point - totals: 48 points, 5244,5kms (December MCC)
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18 Jan 114km, 1 point - totals 1 point, 114 km. 1492m
Cold and icy, struggled all the way.0 -
I will give it a bash...
DATE DISTANCE ELEVATION POINTS TOTAL POINTS
22/01 106Km/66.3Miles 1160Mtr/3806Ft 1 Point 1 Point
24/01 110Km/68.5Miles 2017Mtr/6617Ft 1 Point 2 Points
05/02 125Km/78 Miles 1397Mtr/4583Ft 1 Point 3 Points
12/02 102Km/63.5Miles 1001Mtr/3284Ft 1 Point 4 Points
4 Rides 443Km/276.3Miles 5575Mtr/18290Ft0 -
Back once again... but only just.
26 Jan 101km, 1 point - total 1 point, 101km Middleton Beach loop plus Rich @ Bognot #grim
8 Feb 102km, 1 point - total 2 points / 203km Southsea / Winchester / Stockbridge loop #joe
15 March 107km, 1 point - total 3 points / 310km Southsea / Winch / Stockbridge #joeprang
13 April 101Km, 1 point - total 4 points / 411km Middleton Beach loop #giletday #earlydoors
31 May 101Km, 1 point - total 5 points / 512km Middleton Beach loop #hotnheavy
28 June 101Km, 1 point - total 6 points / 613km Middleton Beach loop #properheadwind
26 July 101Km, 1 point - total 7 points / 714km Middleton Beach loop #pacedoutcrawledback
30 Aug 106Km 1 point - total 8 points / 820km Southsea/Winchester/Stockbridge loop
#gustymorning
11 Sep 109Km 1 point - total 9 points / 929km Isle of Wight randonnee with Mick & Hants Hogs
28 Sep 103km 1 point - total 10 points / 1032km Tilford anniversary ride (headwind)
7 Oct 100km 1 point - total 11 points / 1132km Chichester/ Petersfield loop
#undercooked
13 Oct 101 km 1 point - total 12 points / 1233km Chichester/ Petersfield loop #faded
18 Oct 100 km 1 point - total 13 points / 1333km Middleton Beach loop record 3hr42m #rollinbacktheyears
13 Nov 100 km 1 point - total 14 points / 1433km Southsea/Winchester/Stockbridge loop with Joe #backonthebike
9 Dec 100 km 1 point - total 15 points / 1533km Bishops Waltham loop
30 Dec 101km 1 point - total 16 points / 1634km Middleton Beach loop #nippy #10slowmiles
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jan total 7 7 Cruff (1) 5 5 Svetty (2) 4 4 diplodicus (3) 4 4 Dead Calm (3) 4 4 piedwagtail (3) 3 3 CarbonClem (6) 2 2 Dish_dash (7) 2 2 Dorset Boy (7) 2 2 Phil 485 (7) 2 2 Renard (7) 2 2 tonysj (7) 1 1 Durrin (12) 1 1 Mad Malx (12) 1 1 whitehart (12) 1 1 Pollys Bott (12) 1 1 davep1 (12) "
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Welcome back to returning riders and hello and welcome to new additions to the MCC peloton. Cruff starts the new year as he finished the old, with Svetty in hot pursuit. A trio of riders are on his tail with everyone else strung out behind.
Ride hard and be safe, spring will be here soon :-)
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jan feb total 7 2 9 Cruff (1,=) 5 3 8 Svetty (2,=) 4 2 6 diplodicus (3,=) 4 2 6 piedwagtail (3,=) 3 3 6 CarbonClem (3,+3) 2 2 4 Dorset Boy (6,+1) 2 2 4 tonysj (6,+1) 2 1 3 Dish_dash (8,-1) 2 1 3 Phil 485 (8,-1) 2 1 3 Renard (8,-1) 1 1 2 Durrin (11,+1) 1 1 2 Mad Malx (11,+1) 1 1 2 whitehart (11,+1) 1 1 2 Pollys Bott (11,+1) 4 4 Dead Calm (15) 1 1 davep1 (16) As you were for the head of the field with one notable exception as Dead Calm drops from the leading bunch to be replaced by CarbonClem. Davep1 also misses the February cut leaving a field of 14 - hope we can make it through the next few months, I guess a few hours out on the bike counts as self-isolation, yes? "
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jan feb total 7 2 9 Cruff (1,=) 5 3 8 Svetty (2,=) 4 2 6 diplodicus (3,=) 4 2 6 piedwagtail (3,=) 3 3 6 CarbonClem (3,+3) 2 2 4 Dorset Boy (6,+1) 2 2 4 tonysj (6,+1) 2 1 3 Dish_dash (8,-1) 2 1 3 Phil 485 (8,-1) 2 1 3 Renard (8,-1) 1 1 2 Durrin (11,+1) 1 1 2 Mad Malx (11,+1) 1 1 2 whitehart (11,+1) 1 1 2 Pollys Bott (11,+1) 4 4 Dead Calm (15) 1 1 davep1 (16) "
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As you were at the head of the field with one notable exception as Dead Calm drops out of joint third place. CarbonClem takes his place with everyone else except davep1 staying in for the next month. Stay safe everyone, and enjoy a few hours on the bike as self-isolation eh? :-)
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Is this still carrying on as usual? I know we are allowed a 'daily exercise', but is 100k taking the piss? Should we inadvertantly encourage long rides that may lead to incidental contamination, or people riding further when perhaps that may be bad for them health wise if they have a mild case of Covid? Or am I over thinking it?
Thoughts anyone?2020/2021/2022 Metric Century Challenge Winner0 -
How is it taking the piss? I live on my own and have been working from home for weeks. I haven't been out of the house or had human contact with anyone (other than a walk to the shops to buy a loaf of bread and a pint of milk on Tuesday) for nine days. On my ride, I took a jam butty and a pork pie, and sat and ate them probably a quarter of a mile away from the nearest soul. I took two bidons so I didn't need to stop for water. I started and ended the ride at home, and encountered precisely nobody whilst I was out. I average around 400km a week throughout the year, and this was an endurance ride at less than 220w - so it's not putting me at risk of compromising my immune system.
In addition, there are far less cars on the road, so far less chance than normal of being hit by one - and the statistics on accidents show that the number of KSIs due to bike accidents where a car was not involved are infinitesimally small compared to the number that are due to DIY.
Whether everyone else is 'encouraged' to go out and do a 100km ride by this thread is up for comment, I guess - but unless cycling is banned completely (which it probably will be in the next few days) then the only argument against this ride seems to be 'you'll piss other people off'. If those other people are not in full possession of the facts, then frankly, there's not much I can do about that.Fat chopper. Some racing. Some testing. Some crashing.
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I'm with Cruff - I've done over 155 kms in the last 2 days and been overtaken by less than 20 vehicles, and I've been through a couple of towns and plenty of villages, plus riding on some A roads.
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Yeah, I've cracked on. Solo riding, additional tools/food, familiar routes, giving others a wide berth and plain kit so my club jersey doesn't highlight me being too far from home!2020/2021/2022 Metric Century Challenge Winner1
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Good on yer. There's a lot of absolute mince on soshul meedja about this - people trying to be all pious and virtue signalling without being in full possession of the facts. Normally about now I'd have stuck a couple of 150 milers in, but going that far from home would obviously be daft (and I'm not sure I could face cycling the same 20 mile loop eight times!) so I'm doing shorter rides than usual. Still see less people on the roads I ride than I do on the quarter of a mile walk to the shop I do once a week, and I'm much further away from then too.
And, in true ironic fashion, I've done my bloody back in today doing the vacuuming!Fat chopper. Some racing. Some testing. Some crashing.
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jan feb mar total 7 2 3 12 Cruff (1,=) 3 3 5 11 CarbonClem (2,+1) 5 3 2 10 Svetty (3,-1) 4 2 4 10 diplodicus (3,=) 4 2 2 8 piedwagtail (5,-2) 2 2 3 7 Dorset Boy (6,=) 2 1 4 7 Dish_dash (6,+2) 1 1 3 5 Durrin (8,+3) 1 1 1 3 Mad Malx (9,+2) 1 1 1 3 whitehart (9,+2) 1 1 1 3 Pollys Bott (9,+2) 2 2 4 tonysj (12,-6) 2 1 3 Phil 485 (13,-5) 2 1 3 Renard (13,-5) 4 4 Dead Calm (15) 1 1 davep1 (16)
Evening chaps, hope you are all keeping safe and well in these unfamiliar times. As I expected we've lost a few this month, those that remain have split into three groups: a four strong breakaway, four more in pursuit and the gruppetto.
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Quite - the facts are quite simple though aren't they, outside for exercise once a day. However, in the absence of a strict time limit the trouble comes when people put their own spin on what constitutes a reasonable amount of time exercising. IME on the local community page it seems to be the couch potatoes pontificating and telling everyone to stay indoors at all costs, I guess they're still sore that McDs and KFC are shut...cruff said:Good on yer. There's a lot of absolute mince on soshul meedja about this - people trying to be all pious and virtue signalling without being in full possession of the facts.
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I haven't been doing this challenge for a couple of years now... what I would do right now is give a holiday, those who want to continue to do 100 km rides, can continue to score points, those who don't can still complete the challenge once all the restrictions are lifted... rides during this period are deferred and need to be completed at a later stage.... makes sense?left the forum March 20230
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The current guidance to police in England is that exercising more than once a day is "likely to be reasonable" and no time limit is specified for the exercise. There is also no time limit given in the regs that the advice is based on.pollys_bott said:
Quite - the facts are quite simple though aren't they, outside for exercise once a day. However, in the absence of a strict time limit the trouble comes when people put their own spin on what constitutes a reasonable amount of time exercising. IME on the local community page it seems to be the couch potatoes pontificating and telling everyone to stay indoors at all costs, I guess they're still sore that McDs and KFC are shut...cruff said:Good on yer. There's a lot of absolute mince on soshul meedja about this - people trying to be all pious and virtue signalling without being in full possession of the facts.
I'm guided by the need to social distance. I limit myself to rides where I'm not going to meet many people, need the loo, buy food or refill water bottles and deal with most foreseeable issues on the bike. This is up to 3 hours for me, unless I pack some decent food for a little meal break.0
