The 2018 Half Century ( 50km or 50 mile ) a Month Challenge

[13 rider]

Feb 4th 33.5 mile 1 point
Anstey ,Cropston ,Cossington ,Ratcliffe ,Hoby ,Ragdale ,Wymeswold ,Barrow ,Mountsorrel ,Anstey
Feb 5th 50.3 miles 2 points
Anstey ,Ratby ,Shackerstone ,Bilstone ,Shenton ,Market Bosworth ,Ratby ,Anstey
Feb 10th 31.2 miles 1 point
Anstey ,Quorn ,Loughborough ,Copt Oak ,Swithland ,Cropston ,Anstey

Points in this challenge 12
Points in all challenges 26

 

[Bazzer]

January
5th Culcheth, Glazebury, Warburton, Lymm, Mere, Knutsford, Tatton Park, Rostherne, Lymm, Warburton, Culcheth, Croft and home 56 kms
7th Fernhead, Woolston, Warburton, Irlam, Flixton, Worsley, East Lancs to Lowton, WInwick, Houghton Green, Locking Stumps, Croft and home 55 kms
14th Croft, Winwick, Ashton in Makerfield, Earlstown, St Helens (where some tw@t almost left hooked me), Windle, Bickerstaffe, Melling, Kirkby, Rainford, WIndle, East Lancs to Lane Head, Kenyon, Croft and home 72 kms
25th Croft, Lowton, East Lancs to Rainford, Ormskirk and then reversed the ride. 64 kms

February
1st Culcheth, Glazebury, alongside the ship canal to Barton, Worsley, East Lancs to Lowton, Newton, Winwick, Houghton Green, Fernhead, Locking Stumps, Croft home. 51.2 kms
11th Culcheth, Glazebury, Warburton, Lymm, Mere, Knutsford, Tatton Park, Rostherne, Lymm, Warburton, Culcheth, Croft and home 55 kms


Running total 6 points

 

[Lilliburlero]

Jan 28th 50.12 miles on the Mercia CC Reliability Ride https://www.strava.com/activities/1379666079 https://www.relive.cc/view/1379666079

Feb 11th 31.41 miles on the CC Giro reliability Ride https://www.strava.com/activities/1402237826 https://www.relive.cc/view/1402237826

 

[Noodle Legs]

No 3 done...

Hugglescote, Ellistown, Stanton Under Bardon, Markfield, Newtown Linford, Beacon Hill, Woodhouse Eaves, Woodhouse, Quorn, Loughborough, Nanpantan, Oaks in Charnwood, Coalville, Sinope, Ravenstone, Hugglescote

31.9 mi/51.34km 1 point
https://www.strava.com/activities/1402369735

 

[Jon George]

11th February
Ipswich - Westerfield - Ipswich - Tuddenham (wonderful smell of someone's bacon breakfast) - Ipswich - Westerfield - Witnesham - Tuddenham - Ipswich - Kesgrave - Martlesham - Foxhall - Ipswich
52.13km
1 Point
Total 5 points

 

[steverob]

January: 4 rides, 6 points
1st February: 31.95 miles - A ride of two parts: 11 miles ridden north of the Olympic Park on a Boris along NCN1 & Q2; followed by 20 laps of the Lee Valley Velopark road cycling circuit on a hired road bike - https://www.strava.com/activities/1386499622 and https://www.strava.com/activities/1386499920 - 1 point
11th February: 37.76 miles - Ride down to Chesham and back with @Sbudge, featuring a couple of small-ish Chiltern climbs, but a lack of lung capacity meant I couldn't go fast or push on to do 50 miles like I wanted to - https://www.strava.com/activities/1402455650 - 1 point

Total so far: 8 points

Trying something different with my ride logs this year - rather than just a list of towns/villages I visited, I'm going to attempt to put a bit of a description of the actual ride instead. Might make it more relevant to anyone reading who isn't from my local area and so has no clue where the places I'm riding through actually are. However I will keep the Strava links just in case more details are needed.

 

[Sbudge]

3rd January, 56.7km (https://www.strava.com/activities/1338877332) - Just the one hill (!) to start the year.
7th January, 50.2km (https://www.strava.com/activities/1345538913) - Slow and sunny Sunday down to Greenwich
11th February, 51.8km (https://www.strava.com/activities/1402400090) - Gentle sun, not so gentle wind ...Chesham and back with Steve

 

[kipster]

Rubbish weather and chores kept me off of the bike on Saturday, but Sunday was glorious.
40 miles (65km) - Oakley, Overton, Cole Henley, Hurstbourne Tarrant, Whitchurch, Oakley - 1 Point

Total so far : 10 Points

 

[Noodle Legs]

Swarkestone, Stanton by bridge, Melbourne, Isley Walton, Diseworth, Long Whatton, Hathern, Zouch, Normanton on Soar, Stanford on Soar, Cotes, Barrow on Soar, Quorn, Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves, Beacon Hill, Shepshed, Belton, Tonge, Cloud Trail, Swarkestone

38.6mi/62.12km 1 point

https://www.strava.com/activities/1409288276

https://www.relive.cc/view/1409288276?r=wa

 

[The Bystander]

January: 4 rides 4 points
February:
5th 58.7km Walgrave, Old, Harrington, Naseby, Haselbech, Kelmarsh, Harrington, Thorpe Underwood, Lamport, Old, home
16th 54.7km Walgrave, Orlingbury, Sywell, Pitsford, Moulton, Holcot, Hannington, Old, Home

6 points

 

[fatjel]

Jan 24th 52.35 km Harrietsham to Wye and back https://www.strava.com/activities/1372945675
Jan 28th 51.97 km Staplehurst to Tonbridge and back https://www.strava.com/activities/1378969120

Feb 17th 51.39 km New Inn -- Lampeter -- Pencader --New Inn https://www.strava.com/activities/1411715983

 

[aferris2]

1st Jan 2018 64.9 km https://www.strava.com/activities/1335836384 1 point
17 Feb 2018 51.04 miles https://www.strava.com/activities/1412016256 2 points
2018 running total 3 point

 

[Saluki]

January
06/01/18 https://www.strava.com/activities/1343911738 Horncastle-Bardney-Woodhall Spa-Horncastle 1 point
14/01/18 https://www.strava.com/activities/1356911772 Horncastle-Bardney-Southray-Horncastle 1 point
February
17/02/18 https://www.strava.com/activities/1412056636 Horncastle to somewhere to Tattershall and back 1 point

Running Total: 3 point

 

[steverob]

January: 4 rides, 6 points
1st February: 31.95 miles - A ride of two parts: 11 miles ridden north of the Olympic Park on a Boris along NCN1 & Q2; followed by 20 laps of the Lee Valley Velopark road cycling circuit on a hired road bike - https://www.strava.com/activities/1386499622 and https://www.strava.com/activities/1386499920 - 1 point
11th February: 37.76 miles - Ride down to Chesham and back with @Sbudge, featuring a couple of small-ish Chiltern climbs, but a lack of lung capacity meant I couldn't go fast or push on to do 50 miles like I wanted to - https://www.strava.com/activities/1402455650 - 1 point
17th February: 62.20 miles - Rode up to Silverstone and back; furthest north I've been on a ride that started and finished at home (with no trains or lifts involved) - https://www.strava.com/activities/1412054883 - 3 points

Total so far: 11 points

Trying something different with my ride logs this year - rather than just a list of towns/villages I visited, I'm going to attempt to put a bit of a description of the actual ride instead. Might make it more relevant to anyone reading who isn't from my local area and so has no clue where the places I'm riding through actually are. However I will keep the Strava links just in case more details are needed.

 

[Spinney]

January
10th - flat route, Stinchcombe, Berkeley, Oldbury, Thornbury, Cromhall, Wickwar - 32 miles, 1 point

February
17th - Horton, H Upton, lanes towards Tetbury, back to Wotton - 33 miles, 1 point

Total: 2 points