I just tried but the forum wouldn't let me post. No error message, but the create thread button did nothing.
FWIW, here's what my post said:
The 2016 Metric Century (100km) A Month Challenge
This thread is only for the logging of your qualifying rides.
PLEASE DO NOT POST ANYTHING ELSE BUT QUALIFYING RIDES IN THIS THREAD
To log a ride, add a post containing all of your 2016 metric centuries to date. One ride per line, with the date, distance, short route description, and any links you want to add. Do not post just a link.
When you add a post, copy all of the rides from your previous post so that your latest post contains all of your ride.
You can add links to Strava, RideWithGPS etc if you wish, but these are not mandatory.
Photos, and subjective thoughts on the ride or the challenge in general should go elsewhere, for example
The Metric Century (100KM) A Month Challenge ChatZone
See
this thread for examples.
The rules, such as they are, are as follows:
- You must complete at least one ride of least 100km (a metric century) in each calendar month. If you miss a month then you are out of the challenge until next year.
- The 100km must be in a single ride. Breaks for meals, repairs, sightseeing, lollygagging etc. are allowed, but not several completely separate rides.
- There is an optional points competition. You get one point for each complete 100km ridden as part of the challenge. So one point for a 100km ride, two for a 200km ride, three for 300km and so on. You cannot carry over distance from one ride to the next: Two separate 150km rides would be two points, not three. Keep a running total of your points in your ride log if you wish.
- You may join the challenge in any month during the calendar year (since the idea is to provide motivation to complete at least one 100km ride per month, every month), but you can only join once per calendar year (since a key element of the challenge is to encourage consistency). i.e. If you miss a month, you should wait until the following calendar year to rejoin. Obviously, January is the best month to join, because that's the only way you can claim a full calendar year.