The Metric Century (100KM) A Month Challenge ChatZone

[Rustybucket]

Riding back to Lymington tomorrow - Hoping to do it in under 6 hours totally including stops. So need to average 14mph inc stops. Watch this space to see if I can beat my time! Its 134km.

 

[Rustybucket]

https://www.strava.com/activities/278927175

Will post in the other thread later. Smashed my pb by an hour. Head wind helped.

 

[Rustybucket]

Is everyone on strava who is doing this challenge? I would like to follow and keep up with everyone's progress. Am already following a couple of people.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Is everyone on strava who is doing this challenge? I would like to follow and keep up with everyone's progress. Am already following a couple of people.

No, I'm not. Sorry. I'm on ridewithGPS tho.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

https://www.strava.com/activities/278927175

Will post in the other thread later. Smashed my pb by an hour. Head wind helped.

Good ride that, if you haven't joined it that should be enough for the Gran Fondo 4 challenge

 

[Rustybucket]

Good ride that, if you haven't joined it that should be enough for the Gran Fondo 4 challenge

Thanks feeling knackered now thou.
Yes was lucky it just scraped me over the 130km.

 

[Brandane]

Set out today intending to complete Scotland coast to coast over 3 days, Largs to Berwick on Tweed (ok so that's in England - but only just and I need to go there for a train back to civilisation!). Got a phone call (whilst 40 miles into the ride) from the hotel I had booked for an overnight stop in Carstairs to tell me they had messed up and couldn't honour the laterooms.com booking . I carried on to Lanark, so still managed the 100km, but couldn't find accommodation so took the train home . Might take the bike in the car tomorrow if I can get up early enough, and resume from Lanark - but it's going to cause some logistical problems. Still need to arrange an overnight stop somewhere around Galashiels/Kelso, but hopefully that will be more straightforward.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Best of luck @Brandane with your logistics

 

[Fubar]

Is everyone on strava who is doing this challenge? I would like to follow and keep up with everyone's progress. Am already following a couple of people.

Sent you PM re above.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Is everyone on strava who is doing this challenge? I would like to follow and keep up with everyone's progress. Am already following a couple of people.

No, sorry. Haven't got a GPS device of any sort.

 

[Brandane]

Best of luck @Brandane with your logistics

Thanks. Made it to Lanark for an 11:15 start, and now in Melrose (think I missed out on another 100km ride by about 5km, but Achilles tendons had had enough of the hills).
Final leg tomorrow is Melrose to Berwick on Tweed; that looks to be in the 100km region too. That's assuming achilles don't force an abandonment.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

More appropriate place to discuss it:

March is done and I seem to recall making a stupid comment about things getting easier.

January - 102.81 miles (165.42km) 1 point
February - 103.2 miles ((166.04km) 2 points
March - 104.02 miles (167.36km) 3 points

And you are so knackered that you are posting in the metric century thread rather than the imperial one!

April's qualifier done and my longest ride to date.

January - 102.81 miles (165.42km) 1 point
February - 103.2 miles ((166.04km) 2 points
March - 104.02 miles (167.36km) 3 points
April - 115.13 miles (185.24km) 4 points

Well done, but didn't we decide that you were actually doing the IMPERIAL century a month challenge?

Imperial century thread has also been updated. As already mentioned I'm hedging my bets as I haven't attempted the 100 mile a month challenge before and was completely new to the metric century challenge last year.

The smiley is noted but since this is the second hint that's been dropped, are you trying to say I shouldn't be posting in the metric century thread?

 

[Dogtrousers]

Don't see anything wrong with hedging your bets like that. Fingers crossed I'll have a 100 miler to add on Friday.

 

[ColinJ]

The smiley is noted but since this is the second hint that's been dropped, are you trying to say I shouldn't be posting in the metric century thread?

More a case of me being forgetful and not remembering exactly who posted what, where!

I am currently doing the metric century and half metric century challenges. I don't put the centuries in the half century thread, but if I stall on the centuries later in the year then I would have to go back and 'demote' all the centuries to double half metrics, if you see what I mean?

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

More a case of me being forgetful and not remembering exactly who posted what, where!

I am currently doing the metric century and half metric century challenges. I don't put the centuries in the half century thread, but if I stall on the centuries later in the year then I would have to go back and 'demote' all the centuries to double half metrics, if you see what I mean?

Ah, I understand. I'm keeping it straightforward and listing all the rides that qualify. Might even see if I can manage a double point ride for this challenge if things go well later on. Only need to manage 15km on top of my best so far.