The Metric Century (100KM) A Month Challenge ChatZone

[Dogtrousers]

And with that post now in, @Dogtrousers becomes our 8th finisher! Congratulations on your sixth completion and your first since 2019.

Thanks. 2020 would have been a fail anyway, due to a nasty crash early on and injuries to self and bike, not to mention lockdowns. 2021 lockdowns were still around and I busied myself with @ColinJ 's climbing/weird route planning challenge. I made my comeback last year with the imperial century challenge. And that was a real struggle and to be honest not much fun as I found it so hard. So I've decided that the 100k challenge is my level - after all I do have my free bus pass these days.

 

[cyberknight]

December done and dusted 64.5 miles,103.8 km
Very steady one to the CTC Belton mince pie event with a very mixed bag of riders then I needed another 16 miles to get my distance

 

[steverob]

December done and dusted 64.5 miles,103.8 km
Very steady one to the CTC Belton mince pie event with a very mixed bag of riders then I needed another 16 miles to get my distance

Congrats on your first MMCRC completion!

Nine riders have now completed - only one more is left to post, and when they do it'll mean 2023 was the best year in terms of percentage of entrants finishing (currently it's second best only behind 2017).

 

[13 rider]

Technically Im done I rode an imperial ton today but will be posting that ride for the imperial thread and I don't like to cross post rides , I aim to get a metric century in between Xmas and New year if that doesn't happen I will have to consider wether to cross post or admit defeat not sure how I feel

 

[cyberknight]

Technically Im done I rode an imperial ton today but will be posting that ride for the imperial thread and I don't like to cross post rides , I aim to get a metric century in between Xmas and New year if that doesn't happen I will have to consider wether to cross post or admit defeat not sure how I feel

surely its over and counts for both ?

 

[13 rider]

surely its over and counts for both ?

Yes technically, however I've always posted separate rides for each challenge because if you complete the imperial ton challenge then technically you've done the metric century and the half century challenges by default which to me isn't correct but technically not against the rules

 

[Ajax Bay]

don't like to cross post rides

Absolutely. Separate rides for the two challenges on the years I did them alongside one another.
Just need another great mild weather window and manage 'real life' priorities.
Mine on Saturday was punctuated by visiting friends not seen for 30 years in the house they've owned since the 70s and I lived in (while they were away for a year) in '84. Spent too long (sunset approaching), rolled out; and a further ten minute delay as the front had gone flat (couldn't find any cause).

 

[ukbabz]

Plans changed which meant I had a few free hours to get out and ride yesterday. The temps were quite nice, although the headwind was challenging at times. So I've managed to add one last entry for the year taking total to 35 metric centuries (and 10 of these were metric ones). I'd love to be able to do an imperial century a month but family commitments make it tricky enough.

 

[13 rider]

I'm now officially declaring being done 66 miles doing my standard loop in rather blustery conditions , Weather window opened so it would have been rude not to finish the challenge in what I feel is the correct way

 

[steverob]

Well done @13 rider - was worried I was going to have to chase you up, which would certainly be the wrong way round for once!

Eight successive completions for you, which puts you second on the all-time list, behind only @Sea of vapours.

 

[13 rider]

Cheers Steve , the forecast always looked reasonable for today so that was always the target , Would have been difficult if I hadn't got it done today
7 years of doing all 3 challenges now

 

[UphillSlowly]

Hello @ColinJ is this the right place to sign up for the 2024 metric century monthly challenge?
Thanks

 

[Ajax Bay]

@steverob ?
@UphillSlowly - no requirement to 'sign up': just post your January ride in the 2024 version of the current 2023 thread (iaw its format - see first post) and 'yurrin'.

 

[steverob]

Yes, I will probably get round to posting a 2024 thread at some point soon; although happy for someone else to do so if they have any ambition to make an early start to next year's challenge.

 

[steverob]

And with 3 minutes to go in 2023, the 2024 thread is now up.

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/the-2024-monthly-metric-century-100km-ride-challenge.295641/