Target ascent - 1,031m (stretch 1,067m)
Qualifying rides - 10
Ride 1, Jan 13 - Work commute from Pendle to Preston and back. Swung out to the north past Ribchester etc on the way back to stretch it, just, to 100 km (total 62.8 miles / 101.1 km, plus 1,042 m / 3,419 ft ascent)
Ride 2, Jan 28 - Burnley, Whalley, Preston, Langho, Wiswell, Sabden, Fence, Burnley (total 50.5 miles / 81.2 km, plus 1,059 m / 3,475 ft ascent)
Ride 3, Feb 3 - Burnley, Higham, Read, Whalley, Copster Green, Mellor Brook, Salmesbury, Salesbury, Clitheroe, Pendleton, Nick Of Pendle, The Ridge Fence, Burnley (total 42.1 miles / 67.7 km plus 1,082 m / 3,550 ft ascent)
Ride 4, Feb 11 - Work commute from Pendle to Preston and back, targeting climbs on the way back to qualify for this challenge (total 50.4 miles / 81.1 km, plus 1,089 m / 3,575 ft ascent)
Ride 5, Mar 1 - Burnley, Whalley, Brown Hill, Mellor, Salmesbury, Middleforth, scary roads to Much Hoole, Tarleton, up through Hesketh Bank, cake binge (1x choc, 3 x ginger), back through Tarleton, then South and North Roads, Moss Side, terrifying roads to and past the Muddy Moss Centurion, Farington Moss, Bamber Bridge, Gregson Lane, Hoghton, Salmesbury Bottoms (rough road with bags of gravel wash), Further Lane (fun), Mellor, then more or less reversed route out. (total 70.2 miles / 113.0 km, plus 1,196 m / 3925 ft ascent)
Ride 6, Mar 27 - Fence, Barrowford, Colne Edge, Laneshaw Bridge, Keighley Rd (big big mistake - bloody terrifying), Cowling, Dick Lane (specifically to take a pic which I forgot to do because of the scary ride), Buck Stone Lane, Ickornshaw, Stone Head Lane, Lothersdale, Babyhouse Lane, Carleton Lane, Skipton Old Rd, Colne Edge, Barrowford, Nelson, Fence, scary Greenhead Lane, Duke Bar, Townley, Brierfield. (total 50.1 miles / 80.6 km, plus 1,463 m / 4800 ft ascent)
Ride 7, Apr 3 - Pendle to Preston and back, targeting climbs on the way back to qualify for this challenge, but different route to Ride 4 (total 50.4 miles / 81.1 km, plus 1,287 m / 4,225 ft ascent)
Ride 8, Apr 30 - Burnley to Preston return. (total 47.0 miles / 75.7 km, plus 1,135 m / 3,725 ft ascent)
Ride 9, May 12 - Burnley to Preston return. (total 45.4 miles / 73.0 km, plus 1,038 m / 3,405 ft ascent)
Ride 10, May 19 - Burnley to Preston return via Ribchester, Waddington, Clitheroe, Nick Of Pendle. (total 54.1 miles / 87.0 km, plus 1,428 m / 4,685 ft ascent)