2026 Annual Lunacy Climbing challenge

[13 rider]

Target 3500 ft , stretch target 4500 ft

Ride 1 May 18th 6421ft ,Moustiers Saint Marie to a Loop in The Verdon Gorge
Ride 2 May 21st 5850ft ,Malaucene ,Bedion ,Mt Ventuex summit ,Malaucene
Ride 3 May 17th 5630ft ,Aix De Provence to Moustiers saint Marie
Ride 4 Apr 19th 5285 ft ,Markfield to Daventry doing a loop before return
Ride 5(New) Jun 29th 5188 ft ,Markfield to Northampton and return
Ride 6 Mar 22nd 4902 ft ,Markfield to Kettering a loop around the back of Kettering and return 107 miles
Ride 7 May 22nd 4708 ft ,Malaucene to Parc des Bonnies Provencales
Ride 8 May 30th 4583 ft ,Markfield south to Daventry ,Southam and back up the Fosse way
Ride 9 Feb 17th 4531 ft ,Markfield out to South Derbyshire and Staffordshire and local loops to complete an Imperial ton
Ride 10 May 20th 4462 ft ,Sisteron to Malaucene
Ride 11 Jun 21st 4072 ft ,Holywell Bay ,Newquay ,St Colomb Major ,Lanivet ,Roche ,Mitchell ,Holywell Bay
Ride 12 Jan 22nd 4058 ft ,Very similar ride to ride 8 but avoided some hills
Ride 13 Jun 14th 3711 ft(New) Holywell bay ,Shortlanesend ,Truro ,Feock ,Chasewather ,Mitian ,Goonhavern ,Holywell bay

 

[geocycle]

Lunacy challenge 13 x 1300 m of climbing

New ride 21 June Cross o Greet, Trough of Bowland, Jubilee Tower, Littledale 89km with 1432 m of climbing

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/post-7647267


Progress against challenge in order of ascent:

24 May Penyghent, Halton Gill, Arncliffe, Settle. 137 km with 1718 m of climbing
19 April Jubilee Tower, Trough of Bowland, Bowland Knotts. 93 km with 1608 m of climbing
21 June Cross o Greet, Trough of Bowland, Jubilee Tower, Littledale 89km with 1432 m of climbing
26 April Sedbergh and Howgills 105 km with 1430m of climbing
17 May Trough of Bowland, Newton, Chipping. 86 km with 1363 km of climbing
1 February Fellfoot on Windermere 106 km 1360 m of climbing
6 April Stainforth, Langcliffe and Settle, Settle 1341 m of climbing
1 January Circuit around Kendal and Staveley. 102 km with 1328 m of climbing
21 March Cross ‘o’ Greet, Trough of Bowland and Jubilee Tower. 86 km with 1318 m of climbing

 

[Pgd]

Target ascent: 600m

Ride 1, Jan 28th: tour of North London hills. 51.25kms, 663m ascent
Ride 2, Feb 28th: local Ashdown Forest/High Weald loop including Kidds Hill. 51kms, 728m ascent
Ride 3, Mar 18th: Holborn, Sydenham Hill (3 different ascents), New Addington, Tatsfield, Woldingham station. 46kms, 636m ascent

Ride 4, May 24th: East Grinstead, Turners Hill, Balcombe, Staplefield, Bucks Head, St Leonard's Forest, Tilgate, Worth Way back to EG. 57kms, 672m ascent

Ride 5, June 21st: East Grinstead to Crawley Down to pick up the L2B route; peeled off again at Falmer; back to EG along the A275. 54 miles/87 Kms, 1136m ascent