I did it!!

[Boon 51]

Well done from me over here, its a great feeling when you reach your target..

 

[morrisman]

nice one, another 0.5 miles and you would have got a metric half century.

The problem with riding any distance is doing a little bit more would always be good for some reason or other. For instance on my my last ride in October I did an extra lap of the crescent to nudge it over 20 miles - 20.01 to be precise. This made me happy until I did the stats and found my yearly milage was then 4099.98 miles

 

[raleighnut]

Could have been worse, like 3999.98 now that would have been a p*sser.

 

[morrisman]

Could have been worse, like 3999.98 now that would have been a p*sser.

In that case I would have gone out again even if it was a monsoon.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Could have been worse, like 3999.98 now that would have been a p*sser.

me too, I would go out

 

[paul04]

Well done

 

[dee.jay]

Well done! I went out with two guys from work last week and did 29 miles. I was happy if I'd beaten 20 but gutted to only be one off the thirty. 29 is still 29 though. My next big goal is 100km and from here that means cycling down to the coast and once you get down from the inland, 80km of it is more or less flat so that should be good. Going to build up to that ready for March April time. I've got major exam in feb so riding will be commuting only for the next few months with the odd joyride

 

[Mummy3monkeys]

That's fantastic. It's a great feeling when you meet the goals that you've set yourself. So......what's next?

My ultimate goal is to ride a 61m sportive in August, and so I am gradually building up my distance with that goal in mind.

 

[raleighnut]

My ultimate goal is to ride a 61m sportive in August, and so I am gradually building up my distance with that goal in mind.

Just remember to start off slowly/comfortably for the first 5-10 miles, after that warm-up you'll end up passing a bunch of riders who rushed off and are struggling now, stay relaxed and let the bike eat the miles up.
I do assume you mean 61 Km

 

[Mummy3monkeys]

@raleighnut I do assume you mean 61 Km

No, I did mean 61m, it is 99.9km

 

[raleighnut]

@raleighnut I do assume you mean 61 Km

No, I did mean 61m, it is 99.9km

Ah Miles, not m (metres) my mistake, apololgies

 

[Mummy3monkeys]

No apologies needed, just my rubbish short hand

 

[Dogtrousers]

nice one, another 0.5 miles and you would have got a metric half century.

There are other units in which you could claim centuries and half centuries.
For example, after 20.12km you can claim a furlong century. After 27.43km you have travelled a kilo-shackle. 50.3 km is a 10 kilo-rods (or poles, or perches) 114.3 km is 100 kilo-ells.
For serious audaxers, 241.5 km is a half-century of leagues.
If you track your climbing then after 1830m of climb you can award yourself a kilo-fathom.

Edit: in the 10 mins since I posted that I spotted 3 errors. I've probably replaced them with different errors, and left some other errors.

 

[Boon 51]

There are other units in which you could claim centuries and half centuries.
For example, after 20.12km you can claim a furlong century. After 27.43km you have travelled a kilo-shackle. 50.3 km is a 10 kilo-rods (or poles, or perches) 114.3 km is 100 kilo-ells.
For serious audaxers, 241.5 km is a half-century of leagues.
If you track your climbing then after 1830m of climb you can award yourself a kilo-fathom.

Edit: in the 10 mins since I posted that I spotted 3 errors. I've probably replaced them with different errors, and left some other errors.

We must have gone to the same school then...

 

[mrvandango]

That's great, well done!

I recently did a circuit after work, got about 2 mins from home and spotted I'd got to 19 miles. I went straight on at the roundabout instead of heading home and racked up another 6 to hit the 25 mark. My wife thought I was mad..