Metric Century Challenge 2021
pollys_bott
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Time to start thinking about the Metric Century Challenge for 2021!
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 2021. 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 2021. 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 2021. No late starters or double rides to catch up after 31 January 2021.
* Ride at least 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 27th, 104.8 kms, 1 point, total 1 point.
Feb 16th 104.2 kms, 1 point, total 2 points
March 30th 100.6 kms, 1 point, total 3 points
April 20th 105.3 kms, 1 point, total 4 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 2021. 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 2021. 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 2021. No late starters or double rides to catch up after 31 January 2021.
* Ride at least 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 27th, 104.8 kms, 1 point, total 1 point.
Feb 16th 104.2 kms, 1 point, total 2 points
March 30th 100.6 kms, 1 point, total 3 points
April 20th 105.3 kms, 1 point, total 4 points
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Back at it again. I find this a great motivator, particularly in these COVID times, so than you @pollys_bott .
3 Jan - 100km - 1 point
10 Jan - 100km - 1 point
17 Jan - 100km - 1 point
7 Feb - 100km - 1 point
21 Feb - 100km - 1 point
28 Feb - 100km - 1 point
7 Mar - 100km - 1 point
14 March - 100km - 1 point
21 March - 100km - 1 point
28 March - 100km - 1 point
3 April - 100km - 1 point
11 April - 100km - 1 point
16 April - 100km - 1 point
25 April - 200km - 2 point
1 May - 100km - 1 point
9 May - 100km - 1 point
14 May - 200km - 2 points
16 May - 100km - 1 point
23 May - 200km - 2 points
29 May - 200km - 2 points
31 May - 100km - 1 point
6 June - 100km - 1 point
13 June - 100km - 1 point
20 June - 100km - 1 point
27 June - 200km - 2 points
10 July - 200km - 2 points
15 July - 200km - 2 points
18 July - 100km - 1 point
25 July - 100km - 1 point
1 Aug - 100km - 1 point
8 Aug - 100km - 1 point
15 Aug - 100km - 1 point
29 Aug - 100km - 1 point
2 Sept - 100km - 1 point
12 Sept - 100km - 1 point
19 Sept - 100km - 1 point
2 Oct - 100km - 1 point
31 Oct - 100km - 1 point
7 Nov - 100km - 1 point
14 Nov - 100km - 1 point
21 Nov - 100km - 1 point
5 Dec - 100km - 1 point
19 Dec - 100km - 1 point
Total Points: 50 Points2 -
Here we go ...
Jan 9th - 101.78 km - 1 point
Jan 17th - 102.83 km - 1 point
Jan 23rd - 101.60 km - 1 point
Jan 29th - 102.63 km - 1 point
Feb 6th - 113.09 km - 1 point
Feb 12th - 101.53km - 1 point
Feb 21st - 101.12km - 1 point
Feb 24th - 103.40km - 1 point
Feb 28th - 108.02km - 1 point
March 7th - 161.55km - 1 point
March 13th - 106.82km - 1 point
March 17th - 100.99km - 1 point
March 21st - 111.03km - 1 point
April 4th - 111.79km - 1 point
April 8th - 104.43km - 1 point
April 11th - 185.66km - 1 point
April 18th - 102.48km - 1 point
April 25th - 106.87km - 1 point
April 29th - 101.17km - 1 point
May 2nd - 101.27km - 1 point
May 9th - 105.84km - 1 point
May 16th - 112.77km - 1 point
May 23rd - 105.15km - 1 point
May 28th - 101.41km - 1 point
May 31st - 100.91km - 1 point
June 4th - 101.92km - 1 point
June 6th - 104.4km - 1 point
June 9th - 169.53km - 1 point
June 13th - 103.03km - 1 point
June 23rd - 339.3km - 3 points
July 1st - 102.7km - 1 point
July 8th - 101.68km 1 point
July 11th - 104.04km - 1 point
July 22nd - 103.14km - 1 point
July 25th - 105.08km - 1 point
July 29th - 105.97km - 1 point
July 31st - 111.47km - 1 point
August 4th - 102.63km - 1 point
August 8th - 105.13km - 1 point
August 11th - 181.92km - 1 point
August 15th - 111.7km - 1 point
August 20th - 104.11km - 1 point
August 22nd - 108 km - 1 point
August 25th - 103.96km - 1 point
August 28th - 103.4km - 1 point
Sept 3rd - 102.1km - 1 point
Sept 5th - 101.85km - 1 point
Sept 11th - 103.1km - 1 point
Sept 16th - 220.11km - 2 points
Sept 22nd - 102.74km - 1 point
Sept 26th - 111.47km - 1 point
Sep 29th - 105.09km - 1 point
Oct 3rd - 101.3km - 1 point
Oct 6th - 103.19km - 1 point
Oct 10th - 113.93km - 1 point
Oct 24th - 105.23km - 1 point
Nov 3rd - 112.68km - 1 point
Nov 7th - 103.68km - 1 point
Nov 12th - 102.31km - 1 point
Nov 14th - 106.56km - 1 point
Nov 20th - 109.85km - 1 point
Nov 28th - 102.94km - 1 point
Dec 2nd - 102.17km - 1 point
Dec 12th - 104.8km - 1 point
Dec 26th - 103.08km - 1 point
Dec 27th - 101.34km - 1 point
Dec 29th - 106.32km - 1 point
Dec 30th - 107.37km - 1 point
Total - 71 points2020/2021/2022 Metric Century Challenge Winner1 -
Add me in, assuming I get to ride outside soon!0
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Doing a lot of off road at the moment which makes 100km rides challenging, still I will give it a go.
Thanks for organising polys_bott.
Jan 23..................1 point.................100 km .................total points 1...............total km 100
Feb 07.................1 point.................121 km .................total points 2...............total km 221
Feb 27.................1 point.................107 km .................total points 3...............total km 328
Mar 06.................1 point.................116 km .................total points 4...............total km 444
Mar 13.................1 point.................119 km .................total points 5...............total km 563
Mar 20.................1 point.................116 km .................total points 6...............total km 679
Mar 28.................1 point.................139 km .................total points 7...............total km 818
Apr 03..................1 point.................102 km .................total points 8...............total km 920
Apr 10..................1 point.................112 km .................total points 9............total km 1,032
Apr 17..................1 point.................138 km ...............total points 10............total km 1,170
Apr 24..................2 point.................208 km ...............total points 12............total km 1,378
May 01................1 point.................130 km ...............total points 13............total km 1,508
May 02................1 point.................102 km ...............total points 14............total km 1,610
May 09................1 point.................105 km ...............total points 15............total km 1,715
May 15................1 point.................114 km ...............total points 16............total km 1,829
May 22................1 point.................142 km ...............total points 17............total km 1,971
June 05................2 point.................208 km ...............total points 19............total km 2,179
June 10................1 point.................101 km ...............total points 20............total km 2,280
June 12................1 point.................119 km ...............total points 21............total km 2,399
June 19................1 point.................140 km ...............total points 22............total km 2,539
June 20................1 point.................101 km ...............total points 23............total km 2,640
July 05..................1 point.................100 km ...............total points 24............total km 2,740
July 11..................1 point.................103 km ...............total points 25............total km 2,843
July 17..................1 point.................122 km ...............total points 26............total km 2,965
July 22..................1 point.................101 km ...............total points 27............total km 3,066
July 31..................1 point.................148 km ...............total points 28............total km 3,214
Aug 27.................1 point.................100 km ...............total points 29............total km 3,314
Sep 04.................1 point.................106 km ...............total points 30............total km 3,420
Sep 11.................1 point.................104 km ...............total points 31............total km 3,524
Sep 18.................1 point.................107 km ...............total points 32............total km 3,631
Sep 25.................1 point.................129 km ...............total points 33............total km 3,760
Oct 10.................1 point.................101 km ...............total points 34............total km 3,861
Oct 17.................1 point.................122 km ...............total points 35............total km 3,983
Oct 23.................1 point.................115 km ...............total points 36............total km 4,098
Nov 06.................1 point.................123 km ...............total points 37............total km 4,221
Nov 13.................1 point.................101 km ...............total points 38............total km 4,322
Dec 11.................1 point.................105 km ...............total points 39............total km 4,427
Done!!
Might try and squeeze one more to get to 40 points, we'll see....
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Many thanks Polly.
My second try at this - after dropping out halfway through 2018. My take is that so long as I'm confident I can complete it self supported without cafe stops etc (or my wife is available to rescue me) I am covid safe.
So, no wind or rain for this January ride - just cold.
Jan 23 - 110 km (1,219 m asc) - 1 point Almost Beacon Hill
Feb 27 - 111 km (1468 m ascent) - 1 point Butser or Bust
Mar 31 - 102 km (1125 m ascent) - 1 point Gravel, mud, sand and roads
Total: 3 points, 323km
Only just in for March!0 -
2021-1-24: 112,4km, 1 point - totals: 1 points, 112,4kms (January MCC)
2021-2-27: 103,8km, 1 point - totals: 2 points, 216,2kms (February MCC)
2021-3-31: 105,4km, 1 point - totals: 3 points, 321,6kms (March MCC)
2021-4-17: 203km, 2 points - totals: 5 points, 524,6kms (BRM200 Hillerød)
2021-4-24: 210,8km, 2 points - totals: 7 points, 735,4kms (BRM200 Slagelse)
2021-5-31: 103,5km, 1 point - totals: 8 points, 838,9kms (work century)
2021-6-6: 410,1km, 4 points - totals: 12 points, 1248,9kms (BRM400 Hillerød)
2021-7-13: 106,3km, 1 point - totals: 13 points, 1355,2kms (errands)
2021-7-15: 121km, 1 point - totals: 14 points, 1476,2kms (to Karrebæksminde)
2021-8-5: 152,1km, 1 point - totals: 15 points, 1628,3kms (North Funen wander)
2021-8-14: 205,6km, 2 points - totals: 17 points, 1833,9kms (Swedeman Xtri - bike)
2021-8-29: 602,8km, 6 points - totals: 23 points, 2436,7kms (BRM600 Malmö)
2021-9-5: 101km, 1 point - totals: 24 points, 2537,7kms (Steelman Triathlon+transport)
2021-9-7: 135,8km, 1 point - totals: 25 points, 2673,5kms (col Hunting)
2021-9-12: 170,6km, 1 point - totals: 26 points, 2844,1kms (Ironman Nice)
2021-9-25: 305,7km, 3 points - totals: 29 points, 3149,8kms (BRM300 Malmö)
2021-10-23: 181,7km, 1 point - totals: 30 points, 3331,4kms (Ironman Portugal)
2021-11-26: 104km, 1 point - totals: 31 points, 3435,4kms (Nov MCC)
2021-12-5: 128,4km, 1 point - totals: 32 points, 3563,9kms (Gran Canaria 1: Valley of Tears)
2021-12-8: 124km, 1 point - totals: 33 points, 3687,9kms (Gran Canaria 2: Pico de las Nievas)
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25 Jan. 113km. 1 point
15 Feb. 113km. 1 point
18 Mar. 113km. 1 point
2 Apr. 116km. 1 point
14 Apr. 161km. 1 point
23 Apr. 101km. 1 point
9 May. 211km. 2 points
18 May. 129km. 1 point
27 May. 126km. 1 point
8 June. 130km. 1 point
19 June. 105km. 1 point
25 June. 119km. 1 point
7 July. 104km. 1 point
9 July. 146km. 1 point
15 July. 117km. 1 point
11 Aug. 104km. 1 point
18 Aug. 115km. 1 point
9 Sep. 173km. 1 point
21 Sep. 126km. 1 point
16 Oct. 117km. 1 point
5. Nov. 102km. 1 point
17 Dec. 112km. 1 point
Total. 2843. 23 points0 -
Didn’t think I was going to make my Jan ride, but I needed to defend my Lantern Rouge. Thanks again @pollys_bott
27/01/21 114km, 1 point
26/02/21 101km, 1 point
08/03/21 130km, 1 point
16/04/21 113km, 1 point
06/05/21 105km, 1 point
14/05/21 118km, 1 point
18/05/21 101km, 1 point
04/06/21 113km, 1 point
08/06/21 160km, 1 point
11/06/21 118km, 1 point
12/06/21 121km, 1 point
08/07/21 105km, 1 point
14/07/21 132km, 1 point
15/07/21 114km, 1 point
16/07/21 105km, 1 point
12/08/21 110km, 1 point
02/09/21 100km 1 point
23/09/21 115km 1 point
24/09/21 131km 1 point
20/10/21 103km 1 point
Bollox - should have gone out in the first half of November. Covid stopped play.
Total 2308 km, 20 points0 -
Not looking good for me to get one in, which would be the first time in 60 months I'd have failed to do an outdoor 100 km ride.0
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Back in.
28 Jan 100km 1 point (Chichester / Milland loop) #cramp
20 Feb 100km 1 point total 200km 2 points (Chichester / Milland loop) #samesame
6 Mar 100km 1 point total 300km 3 points (Chichester/Haslemere/Petersfield) #ridingthroughglue #unjoursans
14 Mar 100km 1 point total 400km 4 points (Elmer Beach loop 4hr03min) #tailwindout #headwindback
21 Mar 115km 1point total 515km 5 points (Southsea/Tilford/Petersfield) #groundouttheclimbs
4 Apr 100km 1 point total 615km 6 points (Chichester/Haslemere/Petersfield) #QuellLanehorrorshow
18 Apr 103km 1 point total 718km 7 points (Chichester/Tilford/Haslemere) #bigringuptohindhead
24 Apr 105km 1 point total 823km 8 points (Elmer Beach loop 3hr47min) #headwindout #tailwindback
3 May 100km 1 point total 923km 9 points Winchester loop in the big ring #acomedyoferrors
15 May 100km 1 point total 1023km 10 points Petersfield loop #wetandwindy
30 May 101km 1 point total 1124km 11 points (Chichester/Tilford/Haslemere) #bigringuptohindhead #crawledupbeaconhill
5 June 152km 1 point total 1276km 12 points (Southsea/Elmer Beach/Petersfield)
#rollinwithJoe #livetorideanotherday
2 July 153km 1 point total 1429km 13 points (Southsea - Tilford loop) #allthebigclimbs #legsshutupforonce
30 Aug 101km 1 point total 1530 km 14 points (Elmer Beach loop) #backonthebike #killorcure
5 Sep 101km 1 point total 1631 km 15 points (Alresford loop) #newroads #bigringcrawl
17 Oct 104km 1 point total 1735 km 16 points (Southsea/Winchester/Alresford loop) #joeonthewheel
20 Nov 101km 1 point total 1836km 17 points (Elmer Beach loop) #lowgearhighrevs
31 Dec 101km 1 point total 1937km 19 points (Elmer Beach loop) #sneakedin #prangtastic0 -
jan total 4 4 CarbonClem (1) 3 3 Dish_dash (2) 1 1 Durrin (3) 1 1 diplodicus (3) 1 1 whitehart (3) 1 1 Mad Malx (3) 1 1 Pollys Bott (3) 1 1 mrfpb (3) 1 1 Renard (3) "
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A small band of brothers undertaking the challenge this year - it may be an old-fashioned way of doing this sort of thing but as long as there is someone who benefits from having it to aim for then it'll be here. It may be the only month that it happens but for now everyone is in a podium position
with CarbonClem and Dish_dash leading the way.
Hope you're all looking forward to some Spring-like weather for the rest of the month after the somewhat bracing first half of February, stay safe and well...2 -
I'm starting to feel more confident about riding during the year ahead now that I've had my first jab.
Its a shame the "roadmap" wasn't announced a few weeks earlier, I think there'd be more of us taking part.0 -
jan feb total 4 5 9 CarbonClem (1,=) 3 3 6 Dish_dash (2,=) 1 2 3 diplodicus (3,=) 1 1 2 Durrin (4,-1) 1 1 2 whitehart (4,-1) 1 1 2 Mad Malx (4,-1) 1 1 2 Pollys Bott (4,-1) 1 1 2 mrfpb (4,-1) 1 1 2 Renard (4,-1) "
Two months in and Clem & Dish make the early running, diplodicus pops into third spot and the rest of us tootle along at level par. Hope no-one's out there tonight, it's a wee bit blowy... all the best and here's to a quick return to some calmer weather soon :-)0 -
I assume indoor ones don't count? I had assumed they didn't and didn't look at this challenge last year/this year, but I see now it's actually not stated in the rules
I think my total for outdoor 100ks last year was quite good but I don't think I did one a month - didn't really start till March. So far this year I have done 6, but only one outdoors. I expect that I'll get a lot more outdoor ones from now on.0 -
jan feb mar total 4 5 4 13 CarbonClem (1,=) 3 3 3 9 Dish_dash (2,=) 1 2 4 7 diplodicus (3,=) 1 1 3 5 whitehart (4,=) 1 1 1 3 Durrin (5,-1) 1 1 1 3 Mad Malx (5,-1) 1 1 1 3 Pollys Bott (5,-1) 1 1 1 3 mrfpb (5,-1) 1 1 1 3 Renard (5,-1) "
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A couple of us left it late to get our March rides in but after the first quarter of the year everyone is still going. Carbon & Dish maintain their steady starts and diplodicus closes the gap slightly. Whitehart seems determined to avoid the lanterne rouge this year as he breaks away from the bunch & sets off in pursuit of the leaders...0 -
I'm out. A couple of weeks off the bike this month. I considered taking a day off this week for a long ride! But intense family and work stuff for the next two months means I'd be dropping out in May anyway.0
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jan feb mar apr total 4 5 4 6 19 CarbonClem (1,=) 3 3 4 5 15 Dish_dash (2,=) 1 2 4 5 12 diplodicus (3,=) 1 1 3 3 8 whitehart (4,=) 1 1 1 3 6 Renard (5,=) 1 1 1 1 4 Mad Malx (6,-1) 1 1 1 1 4 Pollys Bott (6,-1) 1 1 1 3 Durrin (8,-3) 1 1 1 3 mrfpb (8,-3) "
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Nine become seven as durrin and mrfpb depart. The top three consolidate their positions as whitehart and Renard give valiant pursuit leaving a very small autobus bringing up the rear...
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whoops! as I went to update for May I realized I hadn't updated for April: I did 2 200s in April...
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No problem - back in the game :-)durrin said:whoops! as I went to update for May I realized I hadn't updated for April: I did 2 200s in April...
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jan feb mar apr may total 4 5 4 6 6 25 CarbonClem (1,=) 3 3 4 5 10 25 Dish_dash (1,+1) 1 2 4 5 5 17 diplodicus (3,=) 1 1 3 3 3 11 whitehart (4,=) 1 1 1 3 4 10 Renard (5,+1) 1 1 1 4 1 8 Durrin (6,-1) 1 1 1 1 3 7 Mad Malx (7,=) 1 1 1 1 4 Pollys Bott (8,-1) 1 1 1 3 mrfpb (9,=) "
Good work fellas - I thought May had been mostly washed out by shite weather but maybe I'm just getting soft in my old age. Am out anyway thanks to said weather /softness and hayfever on top of possible long covid. Awesome.
Cracking month for Dish as he draws level with the consistent CarbonClem and diplodicus consolidates third in the current standings.0 -
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jan feb mar apr may jun jul total 4 5 4 6 6 7 7 39 CarbonClem (1,=) 3 3 4 5 10 5 6 36 Dish_dash (2,=) 1 2 4 5 5 6 5 28 diplodicus (3,=) 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 16 Renard (4,=) 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 15 Mad Malx (5,+2) 1 1 1 4 1 4 2 14 Durrin (6,-1) 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 13 whitehart (7,-2) 1 1 1 1 4 Pollys Bott (8,=) 1 1 1 3 mrfpb (9,=) "
Some good battles going on this year, Carbon re-opens the gap to Dish in second place whilst diplodicus has another couple of consistent months. At the other end of the bunch there looks to be a keen fight shaping up for the lanterne rouge...
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jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct total 4 5 4 6 6 7 7 8 8 4 59 CarbonClem (1,=) 3 3 4 5 10 5 6 4 3 2 45 Dish_dash (2,=) 1 2 4 5 5 6 5 1 4 3 36 diplodicus (3,=) 1 1 1 4 1 4 2 9 6 1 30 Durrin (4,=) 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 2 2 1 21 Renard (5,=) 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 1 3 1 20 Mad Malx (6,=) 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 16 whitehart (7,=) 1 1 1 1 4 Pollys Bott (8,=) 1 1 1 3 mrfpb (9,=) "
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Many thanks to the MC collective for your patience with my tardy admin, good on you all for keeping those pedals turning this year.
Carbon opens up a decent gap at the front as he seeks to defend the title, with Dish seemingly set for second place. Durrin leaps forward in the pack with a few monster rides and puts the heat on diplodicus for third.
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Is there a 2022 version coming?0
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jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec total 4 5 4 6 6 7 7 8 8 4 6 6 71 CarbonClem (1,=) 3 3 4 5 10 5 6 4 3 2 3 2 50 Dish_dash (2,=) 1 2 4 5 5 6 5 1 4 3 2 1 39 diplodicus (3,=) 1 1 1 4 1 4 2 9 6 1 1 2 33 Durrin (4,=) 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 23 Renard (5,=) 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 18 whitehart (6,=) 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 1 3 1 20 Mad Malx (7,=) 1 1 1 1 4 Pollys Bott (8,=) 1 1 1 3 mrfpb (9,=) "
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Well done to CarbonClem for a strong defence of the title, consistent riding throughout the year. Dish and diplodicus complete the podium and commiserations to Mad Malx for getting scuppered with two months to go.
2022 thread up shortly...
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Thanks Pollys_bot! Love the challenge each year... and last year I hit my record!
Big congratulations to CarbonClem - great effort!1
