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It started on November 1st 2012 and runs for 12 months. You can still take part and log metrics but you won't be able to 'complete' the challenge as you have missed Nov+Dec (I've already missed Dec if you look a couple of posts up.) only about 21ish people did it all last year/season.
You can always just set yourself your own challenge for 2013.
January sorted. Why do I only do these in the snow? Only two more to go before the clocks change. In a few weeks time I'll be able to start one of these in daylight. Maybe I'll manage to go a bit quicker too.
...and the theme for this year's MCC is snow. Another freezing MC across the white fields of Beds and Herts.
166km yesterday and my hands and feet never got warm. Snow free at home but Charnwood Hills had quite a bit in the fields and verges.
Nov-Feb, first quarter done,
Been a tale of punctures, snow, ice, punctures, flooding, punctures, going arse-over-tip over the handlebars and getting a puncture. Never mind, on the up-side I have got out on the bike through all weathers and maintained what modicum of fitness I have - and sharpened up my puncture repair technique.
Feb run today was perfect - sunshine, crisp, snow on the moors - soon be spring with daylight and the chance of better weather.
A week ago I was flying throught the Peaks in sunshine, today I was suffering a thorough beasting on the wheel of Old Cranky for the whole of the Phil Cooke Challenge. It didn't stop it being a fine day out on a great route, well organised by some lovely people for a very good cause. Even mashing two chainlinks in my front mech couldn't spoil the day. The moral of the story is...always recycle your KMC Master links. You can't have too many in your EPMS.
Needless to say, both rides were as icy as the ninth circle of hell. Roll on Spring!
Mr B.Clanger,
It was a fine day out, but hardly a beasting and clearly you were at a disadvantage on your steel-is-real (and flexi) Condor.
"EPMS" - excellent acronym for those who are aware of the rules
Coincidentally, another cycling friend arranged a recent pedal taking in a few cemeteries with a bit of a history lesson thrown in. One gravestone en route was that of Maria Rossetti, so your reference to Dante's Inferno is the second I've heard in as many weeks.
Looking forward to the next metric century get-together,
Old Cranky.
That Condor is a perfectly fast bike if the owner turns the pedals quickly enough!
Looking forward to the next one and the RHoTN
That's March sorted already, 5/12 and the darkest months behind us. I've done a couple of early morning slogs down to London this week. The highlight was dropping a large gentleman on his Bianchi TT doing a lap of Regents Park. I am a little worried though, I did so while sporting a large beard and with a full pannier attached to my bike. Does this make me a 'Fred?'
Hopefully the weather can only get better for the remaining duration of the challenge and there are about 23 of us still in the game
Half way there and I'm still in it. No more snow. It's all downhill from here surely.
A few more got shelled out during April
Looking forward to August!
Nearly done now. It wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. I'm planning one for Friday. Fingers crossed.
I'm done; my season is over, no more racing and no more metric centuries planned until November
I look forward to receiving a bit hat
Stop keeping us in suspense - where's the announcement of the results and awards?
And finally, will it be run again for 2013-2014?
So, when are the 'prizes' going out ?
oh yeah. on it!
Come on Dave. Pull your socks up
Some of us have started clocking up century rides for the 2013-14 challenge and we need to proudly report them
too true, managed a couple myself so far this month !
yup, i'm a bad man. but it shall come to pass.
though shall it come to pass this century?
It will. but:
NEWSFLASH:
Metric Century 2014 will be starting on 1 Jan 2014 and running for the calendar year. this is because:
a) that makes more sense
b) we've had a lot of stuff on our plate and didn't get round to sorting it out. although i am now
cheers!
It's all good base work for that january push
My best November ever, already had six counting rides. Ah well.
i managed to quote you before you'd commented there. how about *that*?
Sounds sensible. The only question now is do I have December off? Nah. It's nice having gotten into the habit of doing a monthly 100k.
Makes sense. It might be tougher if your new to the metric century to start in January and finish in December.
Totally agree.
"it's about the challenge, not the reward" - as if!? Am I not the only one here for the socks?
Why not just called Metric Century Challenge 2014?
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