The 2016 Half Century (50 KM or 50 Mile) A Month Challenge - Chatzone

[kapelmuur]

A question about the rules of this challenge, are turbo rides acceptable?

There's been a mini monsoon here today and roads are flooded, I can't ride tomorrow so I've done my weekend ride on my BKOOL turbo. The ride plus warm down totalling 50km - recorded on Strava.

Can I claim a point?

 

[13 rider]

A question about the rules of this challenge, are turbo rides accebptable?

There's been a mini monsoon here today and roads are flooded, I can't ride tomorrow so I've done my weekend ride on my BKOOL turbo. The ride plus warm down totalling 50km - recorded on Strava.

Can I claim a point?

Although it's not stated in the rules for this year I believe all rides have to be outside no turbos so no point I'm afraid . Credit to you doing 50 km on a turbo

 

[Sbudge]

@Sbudge

Have fun on your ride and stay safe!

Best of luck to you and I hope your butt survives intact!

Thanks, weather turned out pretty perfect in the end, some very light showers which were just enough to cool things down. Butt and bits more or less intact today too!

 

[Lilliburlero]

Thanks, weather turned out pretty perfect in the end, some very light showers which were just enough to cool things down. Butt and bits more or less intact today too!

Well done @Sbudge

 

[13 rider]

Thanks, weather turned out pretty perfect in the end, some very light showers which were just enough to cool things down. Butt and bits more or less intact today too!

Well done imperial century challenge next year then

 

[Sbudge]

Mini ride report, it was that nice I need to share it!

This was my first imperial century. Plotted a course from my usual weekend base in Wendover that started with a noted local hill (Whiteleaf) but then headed out into the flatter terrain roughly bounded by Wendover, Bicester, Buckingham and Bletchley .

The roads were about 90% open, single track country roads with little or no traffic. I can imagine with the wind up they could be a little tough but on this occasion it was just right. More by accident than design there were quite a few glorious straight stretches of completely empty tarmac. I was using a deeper section set of wheels (57mm) than I normally use for the Chiltern climbs and it turned out to be a good choice. Despite getting a bit tired in the last 20km I still managed to average about 26kmh on an entirely solo ride, my best yet.

Lots of very beautiful little villages which, if I wasn't so determined to get a decent time, would have made ideal cake stops. More than happy to share the GPX with anyone who fancies a relaxed 100 miler within 40 minutes of London. (https://www.strava.com/activities/605909039)

 

[Sbudge]

Well done imperial century challenge next year then

Eeek, doing one a month in Spring/Summer sounds fine. Doing them in the Winter winds...less so.

 

[cosmicbike]

Got my metric half in last week, no exciting route just a variation on the norm. That brings up the halfway point, and the stage at which I withdrew last year due to ill health, otherwise known as the inability to walk, nevermind ride a bike.
Here's hoping for a healthy rest of 2016 and onwards...

 

[13 rider]

Got my metric half in last week, no exciting route just a variation on the norm. That brings up the halfway point, and the stage at which I withdrew last year due to ill health, otherwise known as the inability to walk, nevermind ride a bike.
Here's hoping for a healthy rest of 2016 and onwards...

Well done @cosmicbike let's hope your health holds and you see it through this year .good luck and keep on

 

[NorthernDave]

A brace of metric half centuries this weekend - one yesterday that I've already posted a report on, but forgot to put on here and one this morning, report for that one shortly

 

[tallliman]

Well done @Sbudge!

 

[kapelmuur]

Although it's not stated in the rules for this year I believe all rides have to be outside no turbos so no point I'm afraid . Credit to you doing 50 km on a turbo

Domage! My usual turbo ride is 15 to 20km, but I pressed on to 50km in the hope of a point! I guess it shows the incentive value of the challenge.

I always ride outdoors if I can, it's much more fun than sitting on a turbo or rollers. I used to have rollers but didn't have the mental strength to ride them for long, by 30 minutes I'd be screaming with boredom.

The VR turbo is much better, it's very nice when the weather is bad to follow a route on the laptop under sunny skies in Spain or Italy, but I do find it physically more demanding than actual cycling. Nevertheless, I have to have my most determined head on to ride turbo for more than an hour.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Not going too well this month - only half a dozen rides around 20-25 miles so far and no challenges completed.

Apart from my Pectineus muscle issue caused by a climbing move 10 days back my S-I-L died on Monday aged only 60 after a very long battle with cancer.

And then on a much lower scale of issue I woke up last night around 3pm with a back muscle spasm - literally took 15 minutes to drag myself to the loo for a pee. Took some Paracetamol & Ibuprofen and Lovely Wife applied Voltarol and an hour later I drifted off to sleep.

Got up this morning and no real pain but felt sore - bizarre! No idea why this happened.

Will try to get out and do a challenge ride on Friday but after Monday's events I am struggling with motivation and my priority is to support my wife.

 

[cosmicbike]

Not going too well this month - only half a dozen rides around 20-25 miles so far and no challenges completed.

Apart from my Pectineus muscle issue caused by a climbing move 10 days back my S-I-L died on Monday aged only 60 after a very long battle with cancer.

And then on a much lower scale of issue I woke up last night around 3pm with a back muscle spasm - literally took 15 minutes to drag myself to the loo for a pee. Took some Paracetamol & Ibuprofen and Lovely Wife applied Voltarol and an hour later I drifted off to sleep.

Got up this morning and no real pain but felt sore - bizarre! No idea why this happened.

Will try to get out and do a challenge ride on Friday but after Monday's events I am struggling with motivation and my priority is to support my wife.

There are, quite rightly, much more important things than a bike ride.

 

[Katherine]

Not going too well this month - only half a dozen rides around 20-25 miles so far and no challenges completed.

Apart from my Pectineus muscle issue caused by a climbing move 10 days back my S-I-L died on Monday aged only 60 after a very long battle with cancer.

And then on a much lower scale of issue I woke up last night around 3pm with a back muscle spasm - literally took 15 minutes to drag myself to the loo for a pee. Took some Paracetamol & Ibuprofen and Lovely Wife applied Voltarol and an hour later I drifted off to sleep.

Got up this morning and no real pain but felt sore - bizarre! No idea why this happened.

Will try to get out and do a challenge ride on Friday but after Monday's events I am struggling with motivation and my priority is to support my wife.

 Don't worry. Sorry for your loss. If you do get a chance for a ride, just enjoy it.