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New Metric Century Challenge

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  • November 1, 2009 at 12:01 pm #12017
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    We have completed the first years Metric Century Challenge, and I have a few suggestions.

    Should we start a new thread for this years challenge to keep it neat and tidy. Also start a new metric century chat thread too.

    I think we should not worry about getting in one scoring ride every month, that way it is a bit more inclusive, and people won’t feel like they can’t join in if they either miss a month or don’t see it until later in the year.

    Lastly, can I claim longest ride – 225.3km

    Highest score in a month – June, 7 points

    Highest total score – 54 points

    That was a good year, and the challenge meant there were times when I used it as a good excuse to put in more miles, and times when it forced me to stay out when I really fancied going home…

    I have a few challenges this coming year that require me to get some good miles in, so will be in again this year.

    What did I win Tony and Dave?

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  • January 26, 2010 at 9:17 am #631773
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    STATO

    cheers guys, it wasnt too
    cheers guys, it wasnt too hard really, think i was hyped up on adrenalin. Will be doing a proper offroad one in August as im entered for the Kielder100 (www.sip-events.co.uk/kielder-home.html), thats 100 MILES offroad! ouch!

    Keep up the chat, its good for motivation when im sat in the office looking out at the wind and rain :”(

    January 25, 2010 at 8:04 pm #631771
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    Fringe

    maybe next years MCC rules
    maybe next years MCC rules should include at least one off-road jaunt, or maybe a double point score..

    or fixed, or a tricycle, or a, or a, or a..etc etc.

    alright maybe not eh.

    (good luck with the Arran metric btw DaSy, i once spent a week in Orkney and by day 2 i’d been up and down the same three roads twice)

    January 25, 2010 at 6:45 pm #631769
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    Anonymous

    STATO – that sounds like a
    STATO – that sounds like a tough day in the saddle, a cold, icy off-road metric is pretty epic.

    Fringe – well done on getting it done!

    Everyone seems to be making their life tough here, I do mine on road with a bike brimming with gears…

    I have a metric planned in Feb for a circuit, maybe two, round the Isle of Arran…I think I may have to hollow out a bear to cycle in for warmth though, I’m a soft suvvener you know!

    January 25, 2010 at 4:18 pm #631767
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    stuke

    I’ve entered the flapjack as
    I’ve entered the flapjack as well to get some more easy pre season miles in. going to ride from Westbury to the start and then back again at the finish to bring it up to 100 miles

    January 25, 2010 at 3:49 pm #631765
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    Fringe

    yeah by mile 47 i did think i
    yeah by mile 47 i did think i should have stayed home and done some hoovering, but most of it was okay. chippenham flapjack sounds interesting, my march metric will be the LVIS Audax (28th march).

    http://www.lvis.org.uk/news.htm

    and there ya go, theres a post about it from yesterday..they get about them LVIS lot.

    January 25, 2010 at 2:55 pm #631763
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    dave atkinson

    that doesn’t sound like much
    that doesn’t sound like much fun fringe 😕

    i haven’t managed one for either december or january. plenty of shorter rides but nowt long. hoping to do the chippenham flapjack in feb though…

    January 25, 2010 at 2:40 pm #631761
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    Fringe

    that was the hardest metric
    that was the hardest metric c. ive done so far. had to get it done today as no other available days left in Jan,and other normal work/family/school run related stuff. anyhow picked a 15mile-ish loop about 12 miles away and battered myself round it 3 and a half times and managed my best time so far – 3hr.46, at an average of spot on 17mph. (on a single speed too, mind.)

    “still gives you somefing to do dunit” as someonce once said to me. 😀

    January 25, 2010 at 12:26 pm #631759
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    dave atkinson

    100k off road is a fearsome
    100k off road is a fearsome ride rich, nice one 🙂

    January 25, 2010 at 11:59 am #631757
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    Jon Burrage

    Was lovely to get out at the
    Was lovely to get out at the weekend, a nice training ride.
    Feels good to be back out around the lakes and hills of north somerset

    January 25, 2010 at 11:36 am #631755
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    STATO

    Hi Guys, ive not posted on
    Hi Guys, ive not posted on here before but been lurking for a while. Decided this is the year to attempt some big things so have taken up your 100k challenge to start things off (tho 2 months too late).

    First big ride of the year should always be one to remember so I dragged a mate out and we took the MTB’s on a loop of the local bridleways and disused railways. Despite being fantastic weather (for January) there was still a lot of ice on the tracks which forced us, willing or not, into the muddy verge for most of the first 40k. Thankfully the ice relented and we settled into a nice casual pace for the rest of the ride, quite a change from the manic pace of our usual MTB rides. With dark coming too soon this time of year the last 15k was done with the aid of lights and we were soon home after a re-fuel of several more choclate bars. Total ride, 114km – 70% bridleways, 20% tarmac cyclepath, 10% road. 10hrs door-to-door, 7hrs riding time.

    Next 100k is going to be on the road bike!! and i think my mate might invest in some less draggy tyres :0)

    Cheers,
    Rich.

    January 24, 2010 at 4:10 pm #631753
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    Anonymous

    Cheers Fringe – I have been
    Cheers Fringe – I have been training fairly well indoors for the last 3 or 4 weeks, averaging about 9 – 10 hours a week on the turbo, lots of that has been intervals and tempo work, so I have no real excuse!

    The swine flu was actually fairly mild form of flu to be honest, if I had to have flu, that was about the best one to have…

    I really need to make sure I improve on my last years fitness, as I have some fairly tough challenges planned for the year, but I’m pretty motivated at the mo’ so I think it should be good.

    Good luck with the weather tomorrow, hopefully it’ll be a nice day for it…

    January 24, 2010 at 3:12 pm #631751
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    Fringe

    averaging 19mph or
    averaging 19mph or thereabouts for a ‘swine flu survivor’ whose not been out aint bad..good going.

    gotta try and get my Jan metric in tomorrow i suspect.

    January 24, 2010 at 2:11 pm #631749
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    Anonymous

    My first ride in the outside
    My first ride in the outside world for about 6 weeks!

    A straight out and back, up the A4 through Hungerford and back. I couldn’t believe how hard I was finding it on the way out, and by 20 miles I was not feeling very happy. I turned round at 31 miles, and realised that I had been riding into a reasonable headwind for an hour and three quarters!

    My return journey was a lot better, and ended up getting the 63 miles done in about 3 hours 25 mins.

    Still, I have leathered it on the turbo over the last few weeks, two hours of tempo last night alone, so I hope to get a bit of speed back over the next few weeks.

    December 28, 2009 at 4:01 pm #631747
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    Fringe

    tricky one today, despite icy
    tricky one today, despite icy roads, dropping temperature, nearly last day of Dec. and a puncture, but got it done.

    December 20, 2009 at 6:02 pm #631745
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    Blackhound

    December starting to look
    December starting to look dificult to score a point currently.

    First weekend I was ill with a virus and the second had agreed to meet up for a mtb ride.

    Yesterday I had a hangover after the works do and it snowed overnight. Decided 100km return to Bakewell on the A6 might be dodgy so went out on mtb for a couple of nice hours on local hills. Away for Christmas and an audax on 2nd January. 28/29th December remain my last hope. I have scored each month since October 2008 and would like to keep up the achievement.

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