205 miles in a day (Tommy Godwin Challenge) - the Progress thread

[velovoice]

I spend too much time here really without throwing another forum into the mix.

Fair enough. Suppose it depends on what you want out of a cycling forum now or for the foreseeable. CC is certainly my "hang out" but I'm on YACF every single day to follow the HAM'R challenge. Next year, I'll probably go back to just having a little nose around 2-3 times a year.

 

[Mugshot]

Fair enough. Suppose it depends on what you want out of a cycling forum now or for the foreseeable. CC is certainly my "hang out" but I'm on YACF every single day to follow the HAM'R challenge. Next year, I'll probably go back to just having a little nose around 2-3 times a year.

Nah, you're right enough, it was a little tongue in cheek. I'll start having a peep at it

 

[ianrauk]

A big day for Steve... 219 miles on the nose..

GO STEVE!!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

A big day for Steve... 219 miles on the nose..

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GO STEVE!!

219, that'll do fine! And if he returns on a similar route tomorrow he'll avoid the central band of rain that's forecast.

 

[Crackle]

Not by me (full time employed + law student = no time). YACF, not CC, is what Steve uses.There's quite literally 100x the chat and info going on over there versus what's on CC, with a new thread for EVERY SINGLE day of Steve's ride, separate threads for each discussion topic, separate (long!) thread for Tarzan. Suggest you join, if only for the duration of HAM'R.

It's actually information overload on yacf. I need my updates in bite sized chunks.

 

[Mugshot]

Only 170 miles for Kurt yesterday, and a funny looking loopy route to boot. Also a lower average than usual.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Only 170 miles for Kurt yesterday, and a funny looking loopy route to boot. Also a lower average than usual.

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I can see a lot of to-ing and fro-ing on the flat riverside but I can't match it with the contour map. And the map doesn't seem to indicate a finishing point. Does a loop ride only show the starting point on Strava? Not that the contour finishes at the same altitude as the start, anyway. A comment suggests it was another wet day for him.

Still, SA has now outdistanced him 4 days in a row.

 

[ianrauk]

From Jo at the other place

Day 70: Steve claims to have a "rest day" closer to home but still manages almost 200 miles. Kurt had a tough day with a Mississippi headwind, problems with one of his GPS, a broken brake cable and a visit from the puncture fairy. His final leg was on home ground back in Arkansas giving him 176 miles for the day.

Day 71: The fourth day in a row in which Steve has ridden further than Kurt slowly closing the gap between them. Steve rides around 220 miles from MK to Hull in good weather. Kurt faces 170 miles of rain around Little Rock, AR.

 

[Mugshot]

As it's been a month now, here's the second in the series of Strava stats for our 5 heroes.
The +/- is in comparison to the data on 13/02/15

 

[Mugshot]

I can see a lot of to-ing and fro-ing on the flat riverside but I can't match it with the contour map. And the map doesn't seem to indicate a finishing point. Does a loop ride only show the starting point on Strava? Not that the contour finishes at the same altitude as the start, anyway. A comment suggests it was another wet day for him.

Still, SA has now outdistanced him 4 days in a row.

Here's a close up, the finish button was under the start button.

 

[ianrauk]

Blimey, just checked the tracker.
Steve's heading south and he's 57 miles in already - gearing up for a big day.

GO STEVE!!

 

[summerdays]

Hope it's south east, it's wet here!

 

[ianrauk]

He's currently in the Fens taking advantage of a very nice tailwind.

 

[Stephen C]

He's currently in the Fens taking advantage of a very nice tailwind.

It was cracking riding weather just south of Cambridge, sunny, cool, slight tailwind. Steve should have a nice wind pushing him west towards MK.

 

[fimm]

I hope it wasn't as wet further south as it was here in Edinburgh yesterday evening. I was wetter than a wet thing after about 10 minutes and telling myself that Steve would have decent waterproofs (unlike me!)