The Annual Lunacy (aka "I Don't Do Winter") Challenge Chatzone

[bluenotebob]

with that in mind I am setting my target at 100kms with the added incentive that 7 rides of 112kms or over will increase my metric lifetime Eddington to 112.
I'm looking forward to the challenge.

Great !

I'm also impressed by your Eddington Metric number. How many more do you need to get to 113?

 

[Ridgeback Roller]

I'm also impressed by your Eddington Metric number. How many more do you need to get to 113?

113 might be a stretch to far for 2025 - I've just checked and i would need 15 x 113 or greater. I used to do regular 100kms Sunday social rides with the local CTC , so have accumulated lots of 100-110km rides but not so many above that.

 

[ianrauk]

CTC Veterans Triennial challenge ride series ( 100 mile rides for the over 50s organised by local CTC sections in the UK)

Looking at getting my 4th badge this year.

 

[steverob]

For anyone new still unsure what the deal is with when and how often to do your rides, note that last year I did 13 rides of over 100km for this challenge, but my first wasn't until 30th March, while my last was on the 27th October, meaning I had almost five months of the year where I didn't log any rides in this challenge. It really is the most flexible of all challenges on this forum.

 

[lazybloke]

I'm in again.
Going to up my target from 60km to 61km for 2025.
I stretched way past that to 94km last year, but 2025 is going to be tough finding time for cycling, thanks to a new job, not to mention all the decluttering and DIY that the house needs after bringing up children for the last 2 decades.

 

[lazybloke]

I put my 28th lunacy ride in today, 72 km, but my lunacy distance has already stretched beyond that, so no change.
Was good to get out - temps ranged from about 6-8 degreees, and for once my choice of two layers on my top was sufficiently warm, although it was nice to get back home at 4pm for a mug of tea and some food; I'd not eaten since my shredded wheat at 8am.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I'll try to join this year. I'm setting the bar low because this looks like a busy year, and it's full of goals and deadlines, so if I'm adding another I'm going to make sure it's achievable. I'm setting the distance at 40km, which is my commute if I cycle both ways; if all else fails, I'll cycle to work and back...

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

The challenge thread for next year has been posted – and therefore available for anyone who fancies getting off the mark on New Year’s Day..

It would be nice if more people joined us in 2025, so a shout out to:

@Chief Broom
@chriswoody
@Marchrider
@sevenfourate

Please give this some thought. All you have to do is determine your distance target (to be done in a day) – then do 13 rides at (or above) that distance before 31st December 2025.

You don’t have to ride every month (unlike the Monthly challenges) and you can also include more than one ride in the day to reach your target.

Shout out also to some previous entrants:

@Rickshaw Phil
@Andy in Germany
@Bazzer
@Aravis

It would be great to see you back in the challenge next year!

Thanks for the shout out.

I am hoping to give the Imperial Century Challenge another go this year. At the moment I don't know if my fitness is up to scratch and both this month and next could be tricky for available free days to get the rides in, so I'm still thinking of this one if things don't go to plan.

 

[bluenotebob]

I'm up and running in this year’s challenge – a wet and windy 92km yesterday. Hugely enjoyable despite the conditions.

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/page-2272#post-7347523

@FrothNinja you did a qualifying ride last week .. don’t forget to post it in the challenge thread!

@Marchrider ... I think you also did a qualifying ride earlier this week? (on the ride where you passed that wonderful bench with the owls). Please post the route and distance in the challenge thread.

 

[Marchrider]

@Marchrider ... I think you also did a qualifying ride earlier this week? (on the ride where you passed that wonderful bench with the owls). Please post the route and distance in the challenge thread.

is this where I am doing 13 rides of 50 mile ?

I have had two this year that were close, but not quite over that 50 line. a 48.1 miles and a 47.2 miles

I don't have a 'trip counter' on the bike so unless I remember the odometer reading before I set off I don't know how far I have been
all my distances are calculated with Bike-Hike when I get home

 

[bluenotebob]

is this where I am doing 13 rides of 50 mile ?

I have had two this year that were close, but not quite over that 50 line. a 48.1 miles and a 47.2 miles

Yes .. I thought you'd done one. Sorry - my mistake.

Good luck getting the first one over the line !

 

[SpokeyDokey]

For various reasons I have been a slacker in 2024. These being:

The awful 2024 Lake District weather ie rain, rain and even more rain. So much so that we are actively considering moving home long-term which would be a major turnabout in our life plan.

Numerous low-level injuries - back (twice), left knee (3 times) and currently left shoulder. Caused mainly by doing too much heavy lifting re DIY and one slip in the rocky Lakeland Fells.

And... generally becoming a lazy bugger as I get older (68 now), and despite maintaining a very good level of fitness for my age (according to my GP - as well as me!) the lure of my gym (turbo, treadmill and multi-gym) which is year round warm, cosy and requires minimal 'getting ready', virtually always trumps cycling or hiking/scrambling these days.

On the upside I am very diligent about completing my indoor exercise plan. So, maybe this challenge, being so flexible, will help me transfer my diligence back into cycling!

So having failed to qualify for the 2025 50k/50 miles challenge, here I am.

I am not keen on k's tbh and much prefer miles. Principally, as that is what my brain always defaults to and, because of this, my bike computer, smart watch, and mapping software settings reflect my preference.

So, I will kick off with 30 miles for 2025 and see how I get on.

TLDR: Lazy bugger hampered by Lake District weather, and minor injuries, in 2024 decides to give 30 miles a punt in the 2025 ALC.

 

[Sea of vapours]

Lazy bugger hampered by Lake District weather

It's very nice indeed today ...

 

[SpokeyDokey]

It's very nice indeed to day ...

I think you are a bit East of me if I remember rightly - was it you that had a barn/cottage to let?

I am north of Kendal.

Cold, damp and a bit murky over Potters Fell ‐ our weather barometer!

 

[Sea of vapours]

Not me. That's @MontyVeda. That said, I am a bit east and near said barn!
Disappointing, in that I'm heading that way, to Kendal, shortly and it's beautifully sunny here on the side of Ingleborough.