_Ben_ said:
ok i found the awards page... it keeps talking about 'seasons' - what defines thesE?
A season is 1st Nov to 31st October.
The first awards you might want to aim for are the Brevet 500 (5 * 100km or 150km Audaxes in a season).
Or, if you're happy doing 200km rides then the Brevet 1000 (which can be got with either 10 * 100km or 5 * 200km Audaxes in one season).
The Brevet series of awards tend to push you to do more of the same events as they are sort of cumulative distance awards.
Or the Randonneur Series which will push you to do longer and longer events. The Randonneur 500 is a 50km, 100km, 150km and then a 200km Audax in one season.
The Randonneur 1000 pushes you a bit further and requires a 300km Audax.
The Super Randonneur award requires a 200, 300, 400 and 600km Audax in one season. About 300 people a year do this.
Remember, the awards are there to encourage you to do more or go further, they aren't a requirement and no-one will look at you snootily if you only decide to only ever do 100km audaxes (although if you do 4 or 5 I bet you'll consider doing a 150km Audax).