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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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
Total Points - 24
Pairing back my reported info to the minimum.
Specialising in Git Daaahns and Cafs. Transplanted Laaandoner.
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
18 pts
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
I had a dismal start to last year's - didn't even get past January - hoping this year can be somewhat better....
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
TOTALS
3820.8km, 24713m, 31.5k/h, 33 points
Specialising in Git Daaahns and Cafs. Transplanted Laaandoner.
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 (sorry, not updated until July)
06/07/20 104 km 1170 m - 1 point
Total 7 points 758 km
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
Total - 38 points
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 Points
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 points
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 points
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
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 points
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)
Cold and icy, struggled all the way.
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/18290Ft
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
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 :-)
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? :-)
Thoughts anyone?
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.
Specialising in Git Daaahns and Cafs. Transplanted Laaandoner.
Far safer than doing some DIY or gardening!
And, in true ironic fashion, I've done my bloody back in today doing the vacuuming!
Specialising in Git Daaahns and Cafs. Transplanted Laaandoner.
Enjoy the quiet roads whilst you can and stay healthy :-)
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.