The Imperial Century A Month Challenge Chatzone

[ianrauk]

This weekends cycling shennanigans. Aprils qualifying ride done and dusted with another ride of the fabulous Man Of Kent Audax. A lovely day for it or was it?. It was bright blue sunny skies all day. However the cold easterly wind made riding much harder then it should have been. Even though the temperatures reached 17.5°, the wind made it feel much colder. But it was a great ride never the less. Feeling good and strong, especially for the second half of the ride. I told myself I wanted to be back at base for 6pm, I did it by 15 minutes. Making a conscious decision not to faff or hang around at controls. 15-20 minutes at the most and it worked out quite well.
Its always nice to see and ride with some of the regular Audax chums and to meet some new ones.
So scores on the doors,
130 miles for the Audax and 37 miles from and back to home, making a grand total of 167 miles.
Imperial century ride # 351
Imperial month in a row #173

Toot Toot at New Romney Railway

Elham Valley. The picture really doesn't do it justice and how beautiful this place is.

 

[robjh]

This weekends cycling shennanigans. Aprils qualifying ride done and dusted with another ride of the fabulous Man Of Kent Audax. A lovely day for it or was it?. It was bright blue sunny skies all day. However the cold easterly wind made riding much harder then it should have been. Even though the temperatures reached 17.5°, the wind made it feel much colder. But it was a great ride never the less. Feeling good and strong, especially for the second half of the ride. I told myself I wanted to be back at base for 6pm, I did it by 15 minutes. Making a conscious decision not to faff or hang around at controls. 15-20 minutes at the most and it worked out quite well.
Its always nice to see and ride with some of the regular Audax chums and to meet some new ones.
So scores on the doors,
130 miles for the Audax and 37 miles from and back to home, making a grand total of 167 miles.
Imperial century ride # 351
Imperial month in a row #173
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Toot Toot at New Romney Railway
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Elham Valley. The picture really doesn't do it justice and how beautiful this place is.
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Agree about the cold wind - despite the sunshine it wasn't a day for stripping off too many layers.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

With barely enough riding done to keep the fitness up since the last one I really thought I was going to be out of the challenge this month. However, stubbornness has won out again and I got my qualifier done on Friday. 101.59 miles at 12.3 mph average on the flattest route I could come up with at the time. Ride report here for anyone who would like to see it: https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/post-7404174

A few snaps from the day: