ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
There are already challenge threads for monthly imperial centuries (100 mile rides) and metric centuries (100 km or 62.14 mile rides). I thought it would be a nice idea to come up with an easier challenge for those who don't have the time, energy or inclination to do the longer rides.
So here you go ... your challenge is to do at least one half century ride every calendar month of the year. You can arbitrarily choose to do 50 km (31.07 mile) or 50 mile rides in any given month depending on how you feel at the time, what the weather is like, and how much free time you have. If you fail to do one or the other, then your challenge has come to an end and will have to be restarted later. If you start off on one of the century challenges, but fail for some reason, you can always drop down into this challenge and keep on going!
You can start when you like, but I suggest that (in keeping with the other 2 challenges) a bronze star can be awarded for those who do a half century every month from January to December. (Currently, the imperial century riders get a gold star, and it has been suggested that the metric century riders will get a silver star. These are small graphics which can be displayed in the signature line under your posts.)
If you would like to keep a points tally, award yourself 1 point for a 50 km ride, 2 points for 50 miles, 3 points for 100 km or 4 points for 100+ miles. Obviously one ride can only score one lot of points.
I hope that this challenge is feasible for most of you. I know that 100+ km can seem an awfully long way for many cyclists, so perhaps 50+ km would be a more approachable challenge.
If you intend to have a go, post below and keep us up to date with your rides as we proceed through the year.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Mod Note: In common with the other X-a month challenge thread, this thread is for general chat about the challenge. There is a separate thread here for registering your rides and points (also stickied). Post in this thread just once, and subsequently edit that one post each time you do a qualifying ride. Chatting here and logging rides on a different thread helps to keep that thread as tidy as possible.
{further note - I'm splitting up Colin's original thread to move all posts that appear to be only records of rides - but if anyone thinks I've moved a post that shouldn't have been, or not moved one that should, either PM me or just report the post that needs to be moved ...}
Spinney
So here you go ... your challenge is to do at least one half century ride every calendar month of the year. You can arbitrarily choose to do 50 km (31.07 mile) or 50 mile rides in any given month depending on how you feel at the time, what the weather is like, and how much free time you have. If you fail to do one or the other, then your challenge has come to an end and will have to be restarted later. If you start off on one of the century challenges, but fail for some reason, you can always drop down into this challenge and keep on going!
You can start when you like, but I suggest that (in keeping with the other 2 challenges) a bronze star can be awarded for those who do a half century every month from January to December. (Currently, the imperial century riders get a gold star, and it has been suggested that the metric century riders will get a silver star. These are small graphics which can be displayed in the signature line under your posts.)
If you would like to keep a points tally, award yourself 1 point for a 50 km ride, 2 points for 50 miles, 3 points for 100 km or 4 points for 100+ miles. Obviously one ride can only score one lot of points.
I hope that this challenge is feasible for most of you. I know that 100+ km can seem an awfully long way for many cyclists, so perhaps 50+ km would be a more approachable challenge.
If you intend to have a go, post below and keep us up to date with your rides as we proceed through the year.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Mod Note: In common with the other X-a month challenge thread, this thread is for general chat about the challenge. There is a separate thread here for registering your rides and points (also stickied). Post in this thread just once, and subsequently edit that one post each time you do a qualifying ride. Chatting here and logging rides on a different thread helps to keep that thread as tidy as possible.
{further note - I'm splitting up Colin's original thread to move all posts that appear to be only records of rides - but if anyone thinks I've moved a post that shouldn't have been, or not moved one that should, either PM me or just report the post that needs to be moved ...}
Spinney
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