2024 Annual Lunacy Distance Challenge

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FrothNinja

Veteran
Target 36 miles (I think)
Qualifying rides: 11

Ride 5, May 18 -
Burnley, Brunshaw, Long Causeway, down the knife edge into Cornholme (41.5mph max), Todmorden, Rochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall, Heptonstall Moor, Gorple Reservoirs, Widdop, down to Thursden valley (40.5 max), Coldwell, Walton Summit, Trawden, Winewall, Laneshaw Bridge, Salter Syke, Colne, Foulridge, Slipper Hill, Blacko, Roughlee, Newchurch, Roughlee, Noggarth, the Ridge, Black Hill, The Ridge, Wheatley Lane, Fence, Burnley (total 63.6 miles / 102.4 km plus 1,479 m / 4,855 ft ascent)
Ride 10, August 10 - Shrewsbury, Battlefield, Leaton, Baschurch, Ruyton XI Towns, Wykey, Rednal, Acton Square, Whittington, St Martins (highest point I think), Criftins, Crickett, Tetchill, Bagley, Baschurch, Fitx, Preston Montford, Belle Vue (total 51.3 miles / 82.6 km plus 472 m / 1,550 ft ascent).
Ride 3, March 18 - Burnley, the Ridge, Sabden, Whalley, A59, Preston, A59, Old Langho, Billington, Sabden, the Ridge, Higham, Wheatley Lane, Brierfield, Burnley - (total 50.1miles / 80.6 km plus 1054 m / 3,458 ft ascent)
Ride 9, July 21 - Burnley, Haggate, Thursden valley, Trawden, Laneshaw Bridge, Lothersdale, Carlton-ish, Tow Top, bridle paths, Calf Edge, Proctor Height, Bleara Rd, Earby, Kelbrook, Foulridge, Blacko, Roughlee, Clarion House, Spen Brook, the Ridge, Higham, Fence, Burnley (total 39.5 miles / 63.5 km plus 1,356 m / 4,448 ft ascent)
Ride 1, March 3 - Burnley, Barrowford, Yorks/Lancs border, Blacko, Roughlee, Clarion, Sabden Fold, the Ridge, Black Hill, White Hill, Higham, Wheatley Lane, Brierfield, Burnley - (total 37.3 miles / 60.0 km plus 511 m / 1,677 ft ascent)
Ride 7, May 26 - Burnley, Brierfield, Wheatley Lane, Noggarth, Roughlee, Newchurch, Roughlee, Blacko, Whitemoor, Barnoldswick, L&L, Salterforth, Foulridge, L&L, Burnley (total 36.9 miles / 59.4 km plus 480 m / 1,575 ft ascent)
Ride 4, March 24 - Burnley, Fence, Spen Brook, Clarion, Roughlee, Blacko, White Moor, Barnoldswick, Salterforth, Foulridge, Colne, Laneshaw Bridge, Colne, Castercliffe, Trawden, Winewall, Colne, Nelson, Brierfield, Fence, Burnley - (total 36.7miles / 59.1 km plus 1035 m / 3,396 ft ascent)
Ride 8, June 21 - Burnley, Worsthorne, Gorple Road to Gorple, Widdop, Haggate, Nelson, Brierfield, Wheatley Lane, Noggarth, Roughlee, Newchurch, Spen Brook, Higham, Fence, Burnley (total 36.6 miles / 58.9 km plus 1,032 m / 3,386 ft ascent)
Ride 11, Sept 21 - Burnley, Cliviger, Worsthorne, Haggate, Thursden, Coldwell, Walton Summit, Trawden, Winewall, Laneshaw Bridge, Blue Bell, Colne, Foulridge, up Slipper Hill, Blacko, Roughlee, Newchurch, Spen Brook, Fence, the Ridge, Higham, Fence, Burnley (total 36.6 miles / 58.9 km plus 1,034 m / 3392 ft ascent)
Ride 2, March 7 - Coalburn, Deadwaters, West Cauldcoats, Gilmourton, Avon Water, Dungavel, Allanton, Loudoun Hill, Drumboy, Drumclog, Dungavel, Avon Water, Linbank, Sandford, Deadwaters, Coalburn (total 36.3 miles / 58.4 km plus 657 m / 2,155 ft ascent)
Ride 6, May 25 - local miles, need to check but it may have been my fastest 50km - started warm and sunny, ended cold and windy (total 36.1 miles / 58.1 km plus less than 200m ascent).
 

lazybloke

Priest of the cult of Chris Rea
Location
Leafy Surrey
Added two more rides, now have 26 qualifying.
Target was 60km. Now stretched to : 94km

13) 21/06/2024-22/06/2024: 210.5km (130.85 miles): London > Coulsdon > Smallfield > Ardingly > Ditchling Beacon > Brighton > Brighton Marina breakfast > Shoreham > Steyning > Ashurst > Dial Post > West Grinstead > Southwater > Copsale > Horsham > Rowhook > Forest Green > Coldharbour > Dorking > Home
23) 03/08/24 : 141 km : Home > Gatwick > Blindley Heath > Godstone > Gatton > Banstead > Hook > Cobham > Home
(Link to your ride today)
9) 24/05/2024: 139km (86.51 miles): to Leatherhead Station, <train>, Friday Night Ride to the Coast: London South Bank > Eltham > Swanley > Higham > Strood > Whitstable > Canterbury station, <train>, ride home.
26) 20/09/2024: 126.3km (78.5 miles) : Waterloo/Blackfriars/Westminster/National Theatre, Friday Night Ride to the Coast: National Theatre > Stratford > Chelmsford > Terling > Maldon, Escape to trains: Maldon > Heybridge > Wickham > Witham, Across London: Liverpool St > Waterloo
3) 20/04/2024 : 126km : Home > rail station. Vauxhall station > Peckam > Walworth > London South Bank > Kennington > Woodmansterne > Turners Hill > Lower Beeding > Shoreham-by-Sea > Southwick station. Dorking station > home. (ride description in wrong thread!)
24) 11/08/2024: 119.5km : Tour of the Hills audax - repeated ascents of the North Downs and Greensand Ridge (your ride today).
15) 04/07/2024: 108 km : Caen > Liseux > Honfleur
5) 5/5/2024 : 108km : Isle of Wight randonnee: Fishguard > Fishguard (clockwise) via Pondwell, Bembridge, Alverstone, Sandford, Wroxall, Whitwell, Niton, Freshwater, Yarmouth, Newbridge, Newtown, Cowes and Wootton (your ride today)
11) 09/06/2024 : 105 km : Home > Warnham > Dunsfold > Bramley > Cobham > home (your ride today)
16) 02/07/2024 : 103 km : Avranches > Bayeux
22) 31/07/2024: 100.5 km : East Grinstead - GRoombridge East Grinstead, followed by Home - Dorking - Home (circuitously!)
>>Link to my ride today<<
1) 24/04/24: 97 km : Dial Post > Winterfold Forest > Rusper > Dial Post. (link to your ride today)
14) 29/06/24: 94 km : Jersey : St Helier - Gorey - Saint John - Le Braye - St Brelade - St Aubin - St Lawrence - St Helier
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10) 02/06/2024: 92.6 km: Guildford > Shalford; Downslink to Partridge Green > Lower Beeding > Colgate > Rusper > Dorking > Home.
17) 06/07/2024: 91.74km : Fecamp > Dieppe > Arques-la-Bataille
18) 05/07/2024: 89 km: Honfleur > Le Havre > Etretat > Fecamp > Restaurant > Hotel
7) 12/05/24 : 86 km : Home > Pixham > Shellwood Cross > Rusper > Horsham > Doomsday Green (what a cracking name!) > Mannings Heath > Buchan Hill Forest > Bewbush (what a ghastly name!) > Three Bridge <TRAIN SECTION> Redhill > Reigate > PIxham > Home. (your ride today)
2) 13/04/2024 : 81 km (50.3 miles) : Home - Newdigate - Horsham - Nutbourne - North Stoke - home, not including the train journey part. (link to your ride today).
25) 15/09/2024 : 80.58 km ( 50 miles) : Rye > Dungeness > Dymchurch > Appledore > Rye
19) 01/07/2024: 76.4 km : St Malo > Mont St Michel > Avranches
20) 03/07/2024: 73.28km : Bayeux > Port en Bessin > Longues sur Mer > Arromanches-les-Bains > Ver-sur-Mer > Caen
8) 19/05/2024: 71.5 km (43.81 miles): Loop via Woking > Tongham > Puttenham > Guildford
21) 30/06/2024: 67.81 km : St-Malo > La Ville-es-Nonais > Plouer-sur-Rance > Dinard > St-Malo
4) 30/4/24: 66.7 km (41.5 miles) : Home > Peasmarsh > Bramley > Munstead > "beautiful rural lanes section" > "ghastly bridlepath horror" > Grafham > Wonersh > Chilworth > home (Link to veloviewer stupidity)
6) 09/05/24 : 65 km : Home > Leatherhead > Langley Vale > Walton on the Hill > Mogador > Reigate > Leigh > (was heading further afield but a slow puncture made me re-evaluate) > Pixham > Box Hill > Home (link to your ride today)
12) 19/06/24 : 63 km : Home > Ranmore > Dorking > Compton > Bramley > Shere > Effingham > Home (your ride today)
 
Target distance: 150km (Actual achieved: 100 miles)
Qualifying rides: 20 - COMPLETE

17. September 13th - 211km / 3,500m (Yorkshire Dales outer circuit)
14. July 15th - 203km / 3,240m (Hawes, Marske, Barnard Castle, Brough, Tebay)
15. August 14th - 202km / 2,900m (Brough, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Garrigill, Shap)
5. May 17th - 201km / 3,250m (Ribblehead, Teesdale, Weardale, return to Kendal)
18. September 19th - 177km / 3,000m (Wensleydale, Nidderdale, Appletreewick)
20. October 3rd - 169km / 2,900m (Foxup, Fleet Moss, Buttertubs, Tan Hill, Dent Head)
16. September 9th - 168km / 3,570m (Fred Whitton plus The Struggle, from Coniston)
7. May 25th - 167km / 3,000m (Lamps Moss, Grinton Moor, Kidstones, Brootes Hill)
11. June 29th - 167km / 2,700m (Pickering, Helmsley, Masham, Pateley Bridge, Eldroth)
4. May 11th - 166km / 2,900m (Wensleydale, Masham, Pateley Bridge, Burnsall, Settle)
8. June 1st - 165km / 3,300m (Kingsdale, Coal Road, Nidderdale, Greenhow, Airton, Settle)
13. July 8th -164km / 3,150m (Foxup, Cray, Grinton Moor, Fleak Moss, Coal Road, Barbon)
12. July 2nd - 164km / 3,100m (Great Dun Fell, Ravenstonedale, White Shaw Moss)
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9. June 11th - 164km / 2,900m (Foxup, Fleet Moss, Buttertubs, Lamps Moss, Barbondale)
3. May 4th - 164km / 2,800m (Newby Head, Coal Road, Tan Hill, Grinton Moor, Ribblehead)
19. September 27th - 163km / 3,200m (Kingsdale, Coal Road, Lamps Moss, Oxnop, Cray)
10. June 20th - 162km / 3,300m (Grinton Moor, Holgate P., The Stang, Tan Hill, Buttertubs)
2. April 30th - 162km / 2,800 (Ribblehead, Wensleydale, Coverdale, Wharfedale, Cross of Greet)
6. May 21st - 162km / 2,700m (Bowland Knotts, Chipping, Malham, Halton Gill, Newby Head)
1. April 27th - 161km / 2,800m (Newby Head, Buttertubs, Tan Hill, Sunbiggin, Dentdale)
 
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bluenotebob

bluenotebob

Veteran
Location
France
Target distance – 76km (stretch distance 85.4km)

Rides done so far: 16 (completed)

11. 27th June 2024 – 104.59km two local loops + a Brignac, la Ville Jallu, Kerminy loop + Mauron/la Ville Rehel (V3)
15. 5th August 2024 – 102.21km two local loops, a Cotinaie/Corbinais/Evriguet loop + Mauron/le Clos Hazel (V3)
2. 19th February 2024 – 101.47km Mauron/Molac/Pleucadeuc (V3)
9. 22nd June 2024 – 93.49km two local loops + Ménéac, Goméné, Trinité, Mohon + Guilliers

16. 4th October 2024 – 92.23km Mauron, Ploërmel, Malestroit, Pleucadeuc (old railway station), V3/D149 junction plus 1 kilometre, D149, Pleucadeuc (town centre), D774, La Tayée, Malestroit, Ploërmel, Mauron

1. 29th January 2024 – 91.43km Mauron/Pleucadeuc (V3)
13. 24th July 2024 – 91.28km two local loops, a Raserais/Villot/Brignac loop + Mauron/Lézonnet (V3)
5. 24th March 2024 – 90.66km Mauron/Pleucadeuc (V3)
6. 29th April 2024 – 88.54km Mauron, Foveno, la Tayée, Mauron
14. 27th July 2024 – 87.49km three local loops, a Brignac/Corbinais/Kerminy loop + Mauron/Loyat (V3)
10. 24th June 2024 – 86.28km two short local loops + Mauron/ Malestroit (V3)
3. 6th March 2024 – 86.26km local SBdM/Plaisance loop + Mauron/le Roc St André (V3)
7. 24th May 2024 – 86.19km Cadoret East/Cadoret West

Relegated:
8. 8th June 2024 – 86.07km two local loops + Mauron/Chapelle Caro (V3)
12. 17th July 2024 – 82.73km three local loops + Mauron, Ploërmel, Mauron
4. 16th March 2024 – 78.70km local SBdM/Plaisance loop + Mauron/le Pont de Bagotais (V3)
 
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bluenotebob

bluenotebob

Veteran
Location
France
Target distance – 76km (stretch distance 85.4km)

Rides done so far: 17 (completed)

11. 27th June 2024 – 104.59km two local loops + a Brignac, la Ville Jallu, Kerminy loop + Mauron/la Ville Rehel (V3)
15. 5th August 2024 – 102.21km two local loops, a Cotinaie/Corbinais/Evriguet loop + Mauron/le Clos Hazel (V3)
2. 19th February 2024 – 101.47km Mauron/Molac/Pleucadeuc (V3)
9. 22nd June 2024 – 93.49km two local loops + Ménéac, Goméné, Trinité, Mohon + Guilliers
16. 4th October 2024 – 92.23km Mauron/Pleucadeuc (V3)
1. 29th January 2024 – 91.43km Mauron/Pleucadeuc (V3)
13. 24th July 2024 – 91.28km two local loops, a Raserais/Villot/Brignac loop + Mauron/Lézonnet (V3)
5. 24th March 2024 – 90.66km Mauron/Pleucadeuc (V3)
6. 29th April 2024 – 88.54km Mauron, Foveno, la Tayée, Mauron
14. 27th July 2024 – 87.49km three local loops, a Brignac/Corbinais/Kerminy loop + Mauron/Loyat (V3)

17. 14th October 2024 – 87.21km Cadoret, Rohan, écluse de Boju, Larlan, Hémonstoir, rigole d’Hilvern, St Caradec, St Marcel, Hémonstoir, Larlan, St Gonnery, Hilvern, écluse de Boju, Rohan, Cadoret, Pomeleuc, Cadoret

10. 24th June 2024 – 86.28km two short local loops + Mauron/ Malestroit (V3)
3. 6th March 2024 – 86.26km local SBdM/Plaisance loop + Mauron/le Roc St André (V3)

Relegated:
7. 24th May 2024 – 86.19km Cadoret East/Cadoret West
8. 8th June 2024 – 86.07km two local loops + Mauron/Chapelle Caro (V3)
12. 17th July 2024 – 82.73km three local loops + Mauron, Ploërmel, Mauron
4. 16th March 2024 – 78.70km local SBdM/Plaisance loop + Mauron/le Pont de Bagotais (V3)
 
Target distance: 150km (Actual achieved: 100 miles)
Qualifying rides: 21 - COMPLETE

17. September 13th - 211km / 3,500m (Yorkshire Dales outer circuit)
14. July 15th - 203km / 3,240m (Hawes, Marske, Barnard Castle, Brough, Tebay)
15. August 14th - 202km / 2,900m (Brough, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Garrigill, Shap)
21. October 17th - 201km / 3,400m (Great Dun Fell via Tebay, back via Dentdale)
5. May 17th - 201km / 3,250m (Ribblehead, Teesdale, Weardale, return to Kendal)
18. September 19th - 177km / 3,000m (Wensleydale, Nidderdale, Appletreewick)
20. October 3rd - 169km / 2,900m (Foxup, Fleet Moss, Buttertubs, Tan Hill, Dent Head)
16. September 9th - 168km / 3,570m (Fred Whitton plus The Struggle, from Coniston)
7. May 25th - 167km / 3,000m (Lamps Moss, Grinton Moor, Kidstones, Brootes Hill)
11. June 29th - 167km / 2,700m (Pickering, Helmsley, Masham, Pateley Bridge, Eldroth)
4. May 11th - 166km / 2,900m (Wensleydale, Masham, Pateley Bridge, Burnsall, Settle)
8. June 1st - 165km / 3,300m (Kingsdale, Coal Road, Nidderdale, Greenhow, Airton, Settle)
13. July 8th -164km / 3,150m (Foxup, Cray, Grinton Moor, Fleak Moss, Coal Road, Barbon)
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12. July 2nd - 164km / 3,100m (Great Dun Fell, Ravenstonedale, White Shaw Moss)
9. June 11th - 164km / 2,900m (Foxup, Fleet Moss, Buttertubs, Lamps Moss, Barbondale)
3. May 4th - 164km / 2,800m (Newby Head, Coal Road, Tan Hill, Grinton Moor, Ribblehead)
19. September 27th - 163km / 3,200m (Kingsdale, Coal Road, Lamps Moss, Oxnop, Cray)
10. June 20th - 162km / 3,300m (Grinton Moor, Holgate P., The Stang, Tan Hill, Buttertubs)
2. April 30th - 162km / 2,800 (Ribblehead, Wensleydale, Coverdale, Wharfedale, Cross of Greet)
6. May 21st - 162km / 2,700m (Bowland Knotts, Chipping, Malham, Halton Gill, Newby Head)
1. April 27th - 161km / 2,800m (Newby Head, Buttertubs, Tan Hill, Sunbiggin, Dentdale)
 
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