The 2015 Half Century (50 km or 50 mile) A Month Challenge

[Effyb4]

12th April: Stanford, Grays, Bulphan, North Ockendon and back 32.6 miles. 1 point
19th April: Stanford, Hornchurch, Rainham, Purfleet and Grays 37.7 miles. 1 point
2nd May: Stanford, Bulphan, Billericay, Hanningfield reservoir and back 40.7 miles. 1 point
4th May: Stanford, Bulphan, Upminster, Rainham, Purfleet and Grays 35.1 miles. 1 point
10th May: Stanford, Grays, Bulphan, North Ockendon, Bulphan, Grays, East Tilbury and back. 35 miles. 1 point
11th May: Stanford, Horndon, Bulphan, Upminster, Harold Wood, South Weald, Great Warley, Bulphan and back 38.8 miles. 1 point
20th May: Maldon, Hatfield Peverel, Great Notley, Great Bardfield, Little Bardfield, Thaxted, Debden and Saffron Walden 37.5 miles. 1 point
21st May: Saffron Walden, Debden, Broxted, Molehill Green, Bamber's Green, Takely, White Roding, Abbess Roding, Beauchamp Roding, Norton Heath, Blackmore, Mountnessing, Billericay and home 50.3 miles. 2 points
24th May: Stanford, Bulphan, Little Burstead, Billericay, Ingatestone, Blackmore, Doddinghurst, Brentwood, Bulphan and home 49.5 miles. 1 point
30/5/15 Stanford, Dunton, Little Burstead, Billericay, Hanningfield, Battlesbridge, Hockley, Canewdon and Southend 37.1 miles. 1 point
7th June: Stanford, Grays, Orsett, Bulphan, Orsett, Grays, Orsett, Horndon-on-the-hill and home 34.8 miles. 1 point
21st June: https://www.strava.com/activities/329985733 55.3 miles 2 points
12th July: http://app.strava.com/activities/344476835/segments/8187793039 46.2 miles 1 point
19th July: https://www.strava.com/activities/349426509 51.6 miles 2 points
9th August: https://www.strava.com/activities/365051631 35.2 miles 1 point
22nd August: https://www.strava.com/activities/374937335 34.4 miles 1 point

Total: 19 points

 

[cyberknight]

56 mile steady club run, a bit slow for me tbh but sweltering .
https://www.strava.com/activities/375594969

 

[ray2602]

03/01/2015 Marchwood - Godshill - Ibsley - Lyndhurst - Marchwood 76km 1 point
20/01/2015 Marchwood - Test Way - Marchwood 55 km 1 point
08/02/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst- Lyndhurst - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 51 km 1 point
10/02/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Bartley - Minstead - Ibsley - Ringwood - Brockenhurst - Beaulieu - Marchwood 51.5 miles 2 points
14/02/2015 Marchwood - Lyndhurst - Brockenhurst - Lymington - Beaulieu - Marchwood 68 km 1 point
21/02/2015 Marchwood - Lyndhurst - Lepe - Hill Top - Marchwood 52 km 1 point
27/02 2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Lyndhurst - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 51 km 1 point
07/03/2015 Kennet Valley Audax 100 km 3 points
10/03/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Bramshaw - Godshill - Ibsley - Lyndhurst - Marchwood 74 km 1 point
12/03/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Bramshaw - Bolderwood - Lyndhurst - Marchwood 52 km 1 point
27/03/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lymington - Pilley - East End - Beaulieu - Marchwood 55 km 1 point
29/03/2015 Dorset Coastlet Audax 107 km 3 points
14/04/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - South Baddesley - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 61 km 1 point
15/04/2015 Marchwood - Bramshaw - Bolderwood - Brockenhurst - Beaulieu - Marchwood 61 km 1 point
02/05/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lymington - Pilley - East End - Beaulieu - Marchwood 58 km 1 point
04/05/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lymington - Pilley - East End - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 50.2 miles 2 points
10/05/2015 New Forest Audax & Lymington to Marchwood 131 km 3 points
26/05/2015 Marchwood - Lymington - Lap of The Isle of Wight - Lymington - Marchwood 146 km 3 points
19/06/2015 Marchwood - Calshot - Lepe - Beaulieu - Sowley - Marchwood 67 km 1 point
13/07/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - 2 laps of Sowley Pond - Beaulieu - Marchwood 50 km 1 point
18/07/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lepe - Fawley - Beaulieu - Marchwood 51 km 1 point
19/07/2015 Marchwood - Fawley - Lepe - Beaulieu - East End - Beaulieu - Marchwood 67 km 1 point
21/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/350848005 51 miles 2 points
22/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/351786545 101 miles 4 points
24/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/353021810 50 km 1 point.
28/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/355893129 50 km 1 point
01/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/358837754 50 km 1 point
02/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/359658569 50 miles 2 points
04/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/361152630 54 km 1 point
06/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/362856382 102 miles 4 points
09/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/365062682 55 km 1 point
13/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/368162487 55 km 1 point
23/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/375895726 53 km 1 point

 

[Spoked Wheels]

09/06/2015 Alum Chine - Sandbanks - Swanage - Corfe Castle - Wareham - Sanford - Upton - Poole - Bournemouth - Christchurch - Rinngwood - Christchurch - Bournemouth - Alum Chine 77.2 miles
13/06/2015 Alum Chine - Christchurch - Ringwood - Christchurch - Alum Chine 42.14 miles
04/07/2015 Alum Chine - Sandbanks - Bournemouth - Burley and back to Alum Chine 52.8 miles
18/07/2015 Alum Chine - Sandbanks - Poole - Bournemouth - Burley and back to Alum Chine 58.3 miles
25/07/2015 Alum Chine - Christchurch - Ringwood and back to Alum Chine 38.4 miles
08/08/2015 Alum Chine - Sandbanks - Poole - Bournemouth - Talbot Heath -Little Down - and back to Alum Chine 37.1 miles
15/08/2015 Alum Chine - Bournemouth - Christchurch - Burley - Christchurch and back home 40.4 miles
18/08/2015 Alum Chine - Sandbanks - Swanage - Corfe Castle - Wareham - Sanford - Upton - Poole and back home 40.3 miles
22/08/2015 Alum Chine - Christchurch - Burley and back home 45.7 miles

Edit: a bit late in posting but I haven't missed a month so far

 

[ray2602]

03/01/2015 Marchwood - Godshill - Ibsley - Lyndhurst - Marchwood 76km 1 point
20/01/2015 Marchwood - Test Way - Marchwood 55 km 1 point
08/02/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst- Lyndhurst - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 51 km 1 point
10/02/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Bartley - Minstead - Ibsley - Ringwood - Brockenhurst - Beaulieu - Marchwood 51.5 miles 2 points
14/02/2015 Marchwood - Lyndhurst - Brockenhurst - Lymington - Beaulieu - Marchwood 68 km 1 point
21/02/2015 Marchwood - Lyndhurst - Lepe - Hill Top - Marchwood 52 km 1 point
27/02 2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Lyndhurst - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 51 km 1 point
07/03/2015 Kennet Valley Audax 100 km 3 points
10/03/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Bramshaw - Godshill - Ibsley - Lyndhurst - Marchwood 74 km 1 point
12/03/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Bramshaw - Bolderwood - Lyndhurst - Marchwood 52 km 1 point
27/03/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lymington - Pilley - East End - Beaulieu - Marchwood 55 km 1 point
29/03/2015 Dorset Coastlet Audax 107 km 3 points
14/04/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - South Baddesley - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 61 km 1 point
15/04/2015 Marchwood - Bramshaw - Bolderwood - Brockenhurst - Beaulieu - Marchwood 61 km 1 point
02/05/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lymington - Pilley - East End - Beaulieu - Marchwood 58 km 1 point
04/05/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lymington - Pilley - East End - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 50.2 miles 2 points
10/05/2015 New Forest Audax & Lymington to Marchwood 131 km 3 points
26/05/2015 Marchwood - Lymington - Lap of The Isle of Wight - Lymington - Marchwood 146 km 3 points
19/06/2015 Marchwood - Calshot - Lepe - Beaulieu - Sowley - Marchwood 67 km 1 point
13/07/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - 2 laps of Sowley Pond - Beaulieu - Marchwood 50 km 1 point
18/07/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lepe - Fawley - Beaulieu - Marchwood 51 km 1 point
19/07/2015 Marchwood - Fawley - Lepe - Beaulieu - East End - Beaulieu - Marchwood 67 km 1 point
21/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/350848005 51 miles 2 points
22/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/351786545 101 miles 4 points
24/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/353021810 50 km 1 point.
28/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/355893129 50 km 1 point
01/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/358837754 50 km 1 point
02/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/359658569 50 miles 2 points
04/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/361152630 54 km 1 point
06/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/362856382 102 miles 4 points
09/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/365062682 55 km 1 point
13/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/368162487 55 km 1 point
23/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/375895726 53 km 1 point
24/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/376458365 57 km 1 point

 

[ray2602]

03/01/2015 Marchwood - Godshill - Ibsley - Lyndhurst - Marchwood 76km 1 point
20/01/2015 Marchwood - Test Way - Marchwood 55 km 1 point
08/02/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst- Lyndhurst - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 51 km 1 point
10/02/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Bartley - Minstead - Ibsley - Ringwood - Brockenhurst - Beaulieu - Marchwood 51.5 miles 2 points
14/02/2015 Marchwood - Lyndhurst - Brockenhurst - Lymington - Beaulieu - Marchwood 68 km 1 point
21/02/2015 Marchwood - Lyndhurst - Lepe - Hill Top - Marchwood 52 km 1 point
27/02 2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Lyndhurst - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 51 km 1 point
07/03/2015 Kennet Valley Audax 100 km 3 points
10/03/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Bramshaw - Godshill - Ibsley - Lyndhurst - Marchwood 74 km 1 point
12/03/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Bramshaw - Bolderwood - Lyndhurst - Marchwood 52 km 1 point
27/03/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lymington - Pilley - East End - Beaulieu - Marchwood 55 km 1 point
29/03/2015 Dorset Coastlet Audax 107 km 3 points
14/04/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - South Baddesley - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 61 km 1 point
15/04/2015 Marchwood - Bramshaw - Bolderwood - Brockenhurst - Beaulieu - Marchwood 61 km 1 point
02/05/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lymington - Pilley - East End - Beaulieu - Marchwood 58 km 1 point
04/05/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lymington - Pilley - East End - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 50.2 miles 2 points
10/05/2015 New Forest Audax & Lymington to Marchwood 131 km 3 points
26/05/2015 Marchwood - Lymington - Lap of The Isle of Wight - Lymington - Marchwood 146 km 3 points
19/06/2015 Marchwood - Calshot - Lepe - Beaulieu - Sowley - Marchwood 67 km 1 point
13/07/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - 2 laps of Sowley Pond - Beaulieu - Marchwood 50 km 1 point
18/07/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lepe - Fawley - Beaulieu - Marchwood 51 km 1 point
19/07/2015 Marchwood - Fawley - Lepe - Beaulieu - East End - Beaulieu - Marchwood 67 km 1 point
21/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/350848005 51 miles 2 points
22/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/351786545 101 miles 4 points
24/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/353021810 50 km 1 point.
28/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/355893129 50 km 1 point
01/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/358837754 50 km 1 point
02/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/359658569 50 miles 2 points
04/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/361152630 54 km 1 point
06/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/362856382 102 miles 4 points
09/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/365062682 55 km 1 point
13/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/368162487 55 km 1 point
23/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/375895726 53 km 1 point
24/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/376458365 57 km 1 point
25/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/377234964 67 km 1 point

 

[13 rider]

Running total 47 points
27th Aug 100.7 miles 4 points
Anstey out to the Vale of Belvoir and return
29th Aug 32.8 miles 1 point
Anstey to Wymeswold and return
5th Sept 34.1 miles 1 point
Anstey to Ragdale and return
9th Sept 35.5 miles 1 point
Anstey to St Bernard's ,Quorn and return
12th Sept 37.7 miles 1 point
Anstey to South Cropston and return
19th Sept 50.3 miles 2 points
Anstey to Gaddesby and return
26th Sept 68.9 miles 3 points
Anstey to Stathern and return
4th Oct 50.2 miles 2 points
Anstey to St Bernard's and return the long way
10th Oct 34.3 miles 1 point
Anstey to Market Bosworth and return
19th Oct 39.2 miles 1 point
Bridlington to Driffield and return
1st Nov 50.2 miles 2 points
Anstey to Gaddesby and return via Woodhouse

 

[ColinJ]

20th January: A 50 km ride described in THIS POST. 1 point.

20th February: A 50 km ride described in THIS POST. 1 point.

18th March: Another hilly local 50+km ride described in THIS POST. 1 point.

22nd March: A sunny Spring day and time for the first ride this year on my Cannondale! 51 km, described in THIS POST. 1 point.

5th April: Another sunny Spring day, another hilly ride on my Cannondale. 60 km, described in THIS POST and THIS POST. 1 point

23rd May: I did a 113 km ride at the start of the month (Tour de Yorkshire sportive, medium route) but that one is being counted on the metric century a month challenge so I thought I'd do a separate half metric century ride yesterday while the sun was shining and conditions were less windy than of late ... Todmorden, Lumbutts, Shade, Walsden, Littleborough, Blackstone Edge, Blue Ball Road, Hubberton Green, Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale, Blackstone Edge, Littleborough, Walsden, Shade, Todmorden. 56 km. 1 point.

30th June: A 58 km hilly ride, described in THIS POST - Todmorden, Shade, Lumbutts, Mankinholes, A646 through Hebden Bridge to Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale Climb, A58, Blue Ball Road, Hubberton Green, Steep Ln, back to Cragg Rd, descent to Mytholmroyd, Greenway to Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall Rd/Lee Wood Rd/Draper Ln, Slack, Blackshaw Head, Great Rock, Cross Stone Rd, Todmorden, 1 point.

5th July: A 55 km hilly ride very similar to last week's, mentioned in THIS POST - Todmorden, A646 through Hebden Bridge to Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale Climb, A58, Blue Ball Road, Hubberton Green, Steep Ln, back to Cragg Rd, descent to Mytholmroyd, Greenway to Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall Rd/Lee Wood Rd/Draper Ln, Slack, Blackshaw Head, Great Rock, Cross Stone Rd, Todmorden, 1 point.

10th July: Another 50 km Cragg Vale/Blue Ball Rd loop with a bit extra tagged on to take it up to the half metric century. 1 point.

14th July: 'Ride bikes while the sun shines'! Another variation on my Cragg Vale/Blue Ball Rd loop. This time starting via Littleborough, and ending via Blackshaw Head and Great Rock. 51 km, 1 point.

16th July: More sun, another time round a variation of the Cragg Vale loop. 50 km, 1 point.

22nd July: An evening ride with just_fixed on the A646 and round the Rossendale valley. 51 km, 1 point.

30th July: Something a bit different - 2 rides back-to-back, one on my cyclocross bike, one on my road bike, totalling 53 km, 1 point, see THIS POST.

2nd August: Another Cragg Vale/Blue Ball Rd/Heptonstall Rd/Great Rock variation, 53 km, 1 point.

3rd August: Banged out another 50 km on a repeat evening A646/Rossendale ride with just_fixed (who had gone back to a Brompton, so perhaps he should change his forum name again to sometimes_fixed, fixed_and_brompton or something else! ), 1 point.

8th August: A very hilly half metric with pal Bill. Warmed up along A646 to Walk Mill, then took to the hills ... Worsthorne, Haggate, Coldwell, Trawden, Laneshaw Bridge, Herders, Scar Top, Stanbury, Penistone Hill, Oxenhope, Cock Hill, Hebden Bridge, 59 km, 1 point.

15th August: A very hilly ride with pal Carrie. An extended version of my 'Trauma of Trawden' loop, 66 km, 1 point.

30th August, Heptonstall loop plus extended Cragg Vale loop, 55 km, 1 point.

*********

Total for the year in this challenge: 18 points.

 

[ray2602]

03/01/2015 Marchwood - Godshill - Ibsley - Lyndhurst - Marchwood 76km 1 point
20/01/2015 Marchwood - Test Way - Marchwood 55 km 1 point
08/02/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst- Lyndhurst - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 51 km 1 point
10/02/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Bartley - Minstead - Ibsley - Ringwood - Brockenhurst - Beaulieu - Marchwood 51.5 miles 2 points
14/02/2015 Marchwood - Lyndhurst - Brockenhurst - Lymington - Beaulieu - Marchwood 68 km 1 point
21/02/2015 Marchwood - Lyndhurst - Lepe - Hill Top - Marchwood 52 km 1 point
27/02 2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Lyndhurst - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 51 km 1 point
07/03/2015 Kennet Valley Audax 100 km 3 points
10/03/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Bramshaw - Godshill - Ibsley - Lyndhurst - Marchwood 74 km 1 point
12/03/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Bramshaw - Bolderwood - Lyndhurst - Marchwood 52 km 1 point
27/03/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lymington - Pilley - East End - Beaulieu - Marchwood 55 km 1 point
29/03/2015 Dorset Coastlet Audax 107 km 3 points
14/04/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - South Baddesley - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 61 km 1 point
15/04/2015 Marchwood - Bramshaw - Bolderwood - Brockenhurst - Beaulieu - Marchwood 61 km 1 point
02/05/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lymington - Pilley - East End - Beaulieu - Marchwood 58 km 1 point
04/05/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lymington - Pilley - East End - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 50.2 miles 2 points
10/05/2015 New Forest Audax & Lymington to Marchwood 131 km 3 points
26/05/2015 Marchwood - Lymington - Lap of The Isle of Wight - Lymington - Marchwood 146 km 3 points
19/06/2015 Marchwood - Calshot - Lepe - Beaulieu - Sowley - Marchwood 67 km 1 point
13/07/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - 2 laps of Sowley Pond - Beaulieu - Marchwood 50 km 1 point
18/07/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lepe - Fawley - Beaulieu - Marchwood 51 km 1 point
19/07/2015 Marchwood - Fawley - Lepe - Beaulieu - East End - Beaulieu - Marchwood 67 km 1 point
21/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/350848005 51 miles 2 points
22/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/351786545 101 miles 4 points
24/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/353021810 50 km 1 point.
28/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/355893129 50 km 1 point
01/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/358837754 50 km 1 point
02/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/359658569 50 miles 2 points
04/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/361152630 54 km 1 point
06/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/362856382 102 miles 4 points
09/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/365062682 55 km 1 point
13/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/368162487 55 km 1 point
23/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/375895726 53 km 1 point
24/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/376458365 57 km 1 point
25/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/377234964 67 km 1 point
02/09/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/383388723 50 km 1 point

 

[ray2602]

03/01/2015 Marchwood - Godshill - Ibsley - Lyndhurst - Marchwood 76km 1 point
20/01/2015 Marchwood - Test Way - Marchwood 55 km 1 point
08/02/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst- Lyndhurst - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 51 km 1 point
10/02/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Bartley - Minstead - Ibsley - Ringwood - Brockenhurst - Beaulieu - Marchwood 51.5 miles 2 points
14/02/2015 Marchwood - Lyndhurst - Brockenhurst - Lymington - Beaulieu - Marchwood 68 km 1 point
21/02/2015 Marchwood - Lyndhurst - Lepe - Hill Top - Marchwood 52 km 1 point
27/02 2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Lyndhurst - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 51 km 1 point
07/03/2015 Kennet Valley Audax 100 km 3 points
10/03/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Bramshaw - Godshill - Ibsley - Lyndhurst - Marchwood 74 km 1 point
12/03/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Bramshaw - Bolderwood - Lyndhurst - Marchwood 52 km 1 point
27/03/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lymington - Pilley - East End - Beaulieu - Marchwood 55 km 1 point
29/03/2015 Dorset Coastlet Audax 107 km 3 points
14/04/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - South Baddesley - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 61 km 1 point
15/04/2015 Marchwood - Bramshaw - Bolderwood - Brockenhurst - Beaulieu - Marchwood 61 km 1 point
02/05/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lymington - Pilley - East End - Beaulieu - Marchwood 58 km 1 point
04/05/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lymington - Pilley - East End - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 50.2 miles 2 points
10/05/2015 New Forest Audax & Lymington to Marchwood 131 km 3 points
26/05/2015 Marchwood - Lymington - Lap of The Isle of Wight - Lymington - Marchwood 146 km 3 points
19/06/2015 Marchwood - Calshot - Lepe - Beaulieu - Sowley - Marchwood 67 km 1 point
13/07/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - 2 laps of Sowley Pond - Beaulieu - Marchwood 50 km 1 point
18/07/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lepe - Fawley - Beaulieu - Marchwood 51 km 1 point
19/07/2015 Marchwood - Fawley - Lepe - Beaulieu - East End - Beaulieu - Marchwood 67 km 1 point
21/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/350848005 51 miles 2 points
22/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/351786545 101 miles 4 points
24/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/353021810 50 km 1 point.
28/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/355893129 50 km 1 point
01/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/358837754 50 km 1 point
02/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/359658569 50 miles 2 points
04/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/361152630 54 km 1 point
06/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/362856382 102 miles 4 points
09/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/365062682 55 km 1 point
13/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/368162487 55 km 1 point
23/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/375895726 53 km 1 point
24/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/376458365 57 km 1 point
25/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/377234964 67 km 1 point
02/09/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/383388723 50 km 1 point
06/09/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/386414848 65 miles 2 points

 

[ColinJ]

20th January: A 50 km ride described in THIS POST. 1 point.

20th February: A 50 km ride described in THIS POST. 1 point.

18th March: Another hilly local 50+km ride described in THIS POST. 1 point.

22nd March: A sunny Spring day and time for the first ride this year on my Cannondale! 51 km, described in THIS POST. 1 point.

5th April: Another sunny Spring day, another hilly ride on my Cannondale. 60 km, described in THIS POST and THIS POST. 1 point

23rd May: I did a 113 km ride at the start of the month (Tour de Yorkshire sportive, medium route) but that one is being counted on the metric century a month challenge so I thought I'd do a separate half metric century ride yesterday while the sun was shining and conditions were less windy than of late ... Todmorden, Lumbutts, Shade, Walsden, Littleborough, Blackstone Edge, Blue Ball Road, Hubberton Green, Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale, Blackstone Edge, Littleborough, Walsden, Shade, Todmorden. 56 km. 1 point.

30th June: A 58 km hilly ride, described in THIS POST - Todmorden, Shade, Lumbutts, Mankinholes, A646 through Hebden Bridge to Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale Climb, A58, Blue Ball Road, Hubberton Green, Steep Ln, back to Cragg Rd, descent to Mytholmroyd, Greenway to Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall Rd/Lee Wood Rd/Draper Ln, Slack, Blackshaw Head, Great Rock, Cross Stone Rd, Todmorden, 1 point.

5th July: A 55 km hilly ride very similar to last week's, mentioned in THIS POST - Todmorden, A646 through Hebden Bridge to Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale Climb, A58, Blue Ball Road, Hubberton Green, Steep Ln, back to Cragg Rd, descent to Mytholmroyd, Greenway to Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall Rd/Lee Wood Rd/Draper Ln, Slack, Blackshaw Head, Great Rock, Cross Stone Rd, Todmorden, 1 point.

10th July: Another 50 km Cragg Vale/Blue Ball Rd loop with a bit extra tagged on to take it up to the half metric century. 1 point.

14th July: 'Ride bikes while the sun shines'! Another variation on my Cragg Vale/Blue Ball Rd loop. This time starting via Littleborough, and ending via Blackshaw Head and Great Rock. 51 km, 1 point.

16th July: More sun, another time round a variation of the Cragg Vale loop. 50 km, 1 point.

22nd July: An evening ride with just_fixed on the A646 and round the Rossendale valley. 51 km, 1 point.

30th July: Something a bit different - 2 rides back-to-back, one on my cyclocross bike, one on my road bike, totalling 53 km, 1 point, see THIS POST.

2nd August: Another Cragg Vale/Blue Ball Rd/Heptonstall Rd/Great Rock variation, 53 km, 1 point.

3rd August: Banged out another 50 km on a repeat evening A646/Rossendale ride with just_fixed (who had gone back to a Brompton, so perhaps he should change his forum name again to sometimes_fixed, fixed_and_brompton or something else! ), 1 point.

8th August: A very hilly half metric with pal Bill. Warmed up along A646 to Walk Mill, then took to the hills ... Worsthorne, Haggate, Coldwell, Trawden, Laneshaw Bridge, Herders, Scar Top, Stanbury, Penistone Hill, Oxenhope, Cock Hill, Hebden Bridge, 59 km, 1 point.

15th August: A very hilly ride with pal Carrie. An extended version of my 'Trauma of Trawden' loop, 66 km, 1 point.

30th August, Heptonstall loop plus extended Cragg Vale loop, 55 km, 1 point.

6th September: Repeat of 30th August ride, 55 km, 1 point.

11th September: Rode to Earby to watch stage 2 of Tour of Britain go by, 82 km/51 miles, 2 points, see THIS POST.

15th September: Repeat of 14th July route plus a few times round the block, 55 km, 1 point.

22nd September: Pal Bill and I did A646, Todmorden, Littleborough, Blackstone Edge, Blue Ball Road, Hubberton Green, Scout Rd, Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale, Blackstone Edge, Littleborough, Tod, A646, shops, home, 53 km, 1 point.

25th September: A recce of some of the route for my next forum ride. A646, Todmorden, Sourhall, Bacup Rd, Shade, Walsden, Calderbrook Rd, Littleborough, A58, Blackstone Edge Old Rd, A58, Blackstone Edge, Blue Ball Rd, Ripponden, Walk Mill, Sowerby, Steep Lane, Hathershelf Lane, Scout Rd, Mytholmroyd, Caldene Ave, Greenway, Fairfield, Heptonstall Rd, Lee Wood, Slack, Blackshaw Head, Great Rock, Cross Stone Rd, A646, home, 51 km, 1 point.

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Total for the year in this challenge: 24 points.

 

[ray2602]

03/01/2015 Marchwood - Godshill - Ibsley - Lyndhurst - Marchwood 76km 1 point
20/01/2015 Marchwood - Test Way - Marchwood 55 km 1 point
08/02/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst- Lyndhurst - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 51 km 1 point
10/02/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Bartley - Minstead - Ibsley - Ringwood - Brockenhurst - Beaulieu - Marchwood 51.5 miles 2 points
14/02/2015 Marchwood - Lyndhurst - Brockenhurst - Lymington - Beaulieu - Marchwood 68 km 1 point
21/02/2015 Marchwood - Lyndhurst - Lepe - Hill Top - Marchwood 52 km 1 point
27/02 2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Lyndhurst - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 51 km 1 point
07/03/2015 Kennet Valley Audax 100 km 3 points
10/03/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Bramshaw - Godshill - Ibsley - Lyndhurst - Marchwood 74 km 1 point
12/03/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Bramshaw - Bolderwood - Lyndhurst - Marchwood 52 km 1 point
27/03/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lymington - Pilley - East End - Beaulieu - Marchwood 55 km 1 point
29/03/2015 Dorset Coastlet Audax 107 km 3 points
14/04/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - South Baddesley - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 61 km 1 point
15/04/2015 Marchwood - Bramshaw - Bolderwood - Brockenhurst - Beaulieu - Marchwood 61 km 1 point
02/05/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lymington - Pilley - East End - Beaulieu - Marchwood 58 km 1 point
04/05/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lymington - Pilley - East End - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 50.2 miles 2 points
10/05/2015 New Forest Audax & Lymington to Marchwood 131 km 3 points
26/05/2015 Marchwood - Lymington - Lap of The Isle of Wight - Lymington - Marchwood 146 km 3 points
19/06/2015 Marchwood - Calshot - Lepe - Beaulieu - Sowley - Marchwood 67 km 1 point
13/07/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - 2 laps of Sowley Pond - Beaulieu - Marchwood 50 km 1 point
18/07/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lepe - Fawley - Beaulieu - Marchwood 51 km 1 point
19/07/2015 Marchwood - Fawley - Lepe - Beaulieu - East End - Beaulieu - Marchwood 67 km 1 point
21/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/350848005 51 miles 2 points
22/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/351786545 101 miles 4 points
24/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/353021810 50 km 1 point.
28/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/355893129 50 km 1 point
01/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/358837754 50 km 1 point
02/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/359658569 50 miles 2 points
04/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/361152630 54 km 1 point
06/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/362856382 102 miles 4 points
09/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/365062682 55 km 1 point
13/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/368162487 55 km 1 point
23/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/375895726 53 km 1 point
24/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/376458365 57 km 1 point
25/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/377234964 67 km 1 point
02/09/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/383388723 50 km 1 point
06/09/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/386414848 65 miles 2 points
27/09/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/401618345 50 km 1 point

 

[ColinJ]

20th January: A 50 km ride described in THIS POST. 1 point.

20th February: A 50 km ride described in THIS POST. 1 point.

18th March: Another hilly local 50+km ride described in THIS POST. 1 point.

22nd March: A sunny Spring day and time for the first ride this year on my Cannondale! 51 km, described in THIS POST. 1 point.

5th April: Another sunny Spring day, another hilly ride on my Cannondale. 60 km, described in THIS POST and THIS POST. 1 point

23rd May: I did a 113 km ride at the start of the month (Tour de Yorkshire sportive, medium route) but that one is being counted on the metric century a month challenge so I thought I'd do a separate half metric century ride yesterday while the sun was shining and conditions were less windy than of late ... Todmorden, Lumbutts, Shade, Walsden, Littleborough, Blackstone Edge, Blue Ball Road, Hubberton Green, Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale, Blackstone Edge, Littleborough, Walsden, Shade, Todmorden. 56 km. 1 point.

30th June: A 58 km hilly ride, described in THIS POST - Todmorden, Shade, Lumbutts, Mankinholes, A646 through Hebden Bridge to Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale Climb, A58, Blue Ball Road, Hubberton Green, Steep Ln, back to Cragg Rd, descent to Mytholmroyd, Greenway to Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall Rd/Lee Wood Rd/Draper Ln, Slack, Blackshaw Head, Great Rock, Cross Stone Rd, Todmorden, 1 point.

5th July: A 55 km hilly ride very similar to last week's, mentioned in THIS POST - Todmorden, A646 through Hebden Bridge to Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale Climb, A58, Blue Ball Road, Hubberton Green, Steep Ln, back to Cragg Rd, descent to Mytholmroyd, Greenway to Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall Rd/Lee Wood Rd/Draper Ln, Slack, Blackshaw Head, Great Rock, Cross Stone Rd, Todmorden, 1 point.

10th July: Another 50 km Cragg Vale/Blue Ball Rd loop with a bit extra tagged on to take it up to the half metric century. 1 point.

14th July: 'Ride bikes while the sun shines'! Another variation on my Cragg Vale/Blue Ball Rd loop. This time starting via Littleborough, and ending via Blackshaw Head and Great Rock. 51 km, 1 point.

16th July: More sun, another time round a variation of the Cragg Vale loop. 50 km, 1 point.

22nd July: An evening ride with just_fixed on the A646 and round the Rossendale valley. 51 km, 1 point.

30th July: Something a bit different - 2 rides back-to-back, one on my cyclocross bike, one on my road bike, totalling 53 km, 1 point, see THIS POST.

2nd August: Another Cragg Vale/Blue Ball Rd/Heptonstall Rd/Great Rock variation, 53 km, 1 point.

3rd August: Banged out another 50 km on a repeat evening A646/Rossendale ride with just_fixed (who had gone back to a Brompton, so perhaps he should change his forum name again to sometimes_fixed, fixed_and_brompton or something else! ), 1 point.

8th August: A very hilly half metric with pal Bill. Warmed up along A646 to Walk Mill, then took to the hills ... Worsthorne, Haggate, Coldwell, Trawden, Laneshaw Bridge, Herders, Scar Top, Stanbury, Penistone Hill, Oxenhope, Cock Hill, Hebden Bridge, 59 km, 1 point.

15th August: A very hilly ride with pal Carrie. An extended version of my 'Trauma of Trawden' loop, 66 km, 1 point.

30th August, Heptonstall loop plus extended Cragg Vale loop, 55 km, 1 point.

6th September: Repeat of 30th August ride, 55 km, 1 point.

11th September: Rode to Earby to watch stage 2 of Tour of Britain go by, 82 km/51 miles, 2 points, see THIS POST.

15th September: Repeat of 14th July route plus a few times round the block, 55 km, 1 point.

22nd September: Pal Bill and I did A646, Todmorden, Littleborough, Blackstone Edge, Blue Ball Road, Hubberton Green, Scout Rd, Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale, Blackstone Edge, Littleborough, Tod, A646, shops, home, 53 km, 1 point.

25th September: A recce of some of the route for my next forum ride. A646, Todmorden, Sourhall, Bacup Rd, Shade, Walsden, Calderbrook Rd, Littleborough, A58, Blackstone Edge Old Rd, A58, Blackstone Edge, Blue Ball Rd, Ripponden, Walk Mill, Sowerby, Steep Lane, Hathershelf Lane, Scout Rd, Mytholmroyd, Caldene Ave, Greenway, Fairfield, Heptonstall Rd, Lee Wood, Slack, Blackshaw Head, Great Rock, Cross Stone Rd, A646, home, 51 km, 1 point.

27th September: A646, Todmorden, Cross Stone Rd, Great Rock, Blackshaw Head, Colden, Slack, Widdop, Thursden, Haggate, Worsthorne, Southward Bottom (I'm having that problem myself as I age - ha ha! ), Walk Mill, Lancs. Cycleway, Bacup Rd, Deerplay, Bacup, Sharneyford, Bacup Rd, Sourhall, Tod, A646, home. 50 km, 1 point.

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Total for the year in this challenge: 25 points.

 

[ray2602]

03/01/2015 Marchwood - Godshill - Ibsley - Lyndhurst - Marchwood 76km 1 point
20/01/2015 Marchwood - Test Way - Marchwood 55 km 1 point
08/02/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst- Lyndhurst - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 51 km 1 point
10/02/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Bartley - Minstead - Ibsley - Ringwood - Brockenhurst - Beaulieu - Marchwood 51.5 miles 2 points
14/02/2015 Marchwood - Lyndhurst - Brockenhurst - Lymington - Beaulieu - Marchwood 68 km 1 point
21/02/2015 Marchwood - Lyndhurst - Lepe - Hill Top - Marchwood 52 km 1 point
27/02 2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Lyndhurst - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 51 km 1 point
07/03/2015 Kennet Valley Audax 100 km 3 points
10/03/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Bramshaw - Godshill - Ibsley - Lyndhurst - Marchwood 74 km 1 point
12/03/2015 Marchwood - Ashurst - Bramshaw - Bolderwood - Lyndhurst - Marchwood 52 km 1 point
27/03/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lymington - Pilley - East End - Beaulieu - Marchwood 55 km 1 point
29/03/2015 Dorset Coastlet Audax 107 km 3 points
14/04/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - South Baddesley - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 61 km 1 point
15/04/2015 Marchwood - Bramshaw - Bolderwood - Brockenhurst - Beaulieu - Marchwood 61 km 1 point
02/05/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lymington - Pilley - East End - Beaulieu - Marchwood 58 km 1 point
04/05/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lymington - Pilley - East End - Beaulieu - Lepe - Marchwood 50.2 miles 2 points
10/05/2015 New Forest Audax & Lymington to Marchwood 131 km 3 points
26/05/2015 Marchwood - Lymington - Lap of The Isle of Wight - Lymington - Marchwood 146 km 3 points
19/06/2015 Marchwood - Calshot - Lepe - Beaulieu - Sowley - Marchwood 67 km 1 point
13/07/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - 2 laps of Sowley Pond - Beaulieu - Marchwood 50 km 1 point
18/07/2015 Marchwood - Beaulieu - Lepe - Fawley - Beaulieu - Marchwood 51 km 1 point
19/07/2015 Marchwood - Fawley - Lepe - Beaulieu - East End - Beaulieu - Marchwood 67 km 1 point
21/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/350848005 51 miles 2 points
22/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/351786545 101 miles 4 points
24/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/353021810 50 km 1 point.
28/07/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/355893129 50 km 1 point
01/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/358837754 50 km 1 point
02/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/359658569 50 miles 2 points
04/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/361152630 54 km 1 point
06/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/362856382 102 miles 4 points
09/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/365062682 55 km 1 point
13/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/368162487 55 km 1 point
23/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/375895726 53 km 1 point
24/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/376458365 57 km 1 point
25/08/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/377234964 67 km 1 point
02/09/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/383388723 50 km 1 point
06/09/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/386414848 65 miles 2 points
27/09/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/401618345 50 km 1 point
30/09/2015 https://www.strava.com/activities/403469829 50 km 1 point

 

[ColinJ]

20th January: A 50 km ride described in THIS POST. 1 point.

20th February: A 50 km ride described in THIS POST. 1 point.

18th March: Another hilly local 50+km ride described in THIS POST. 1 point.

22nd March: A sunny Spring day and time for the first ride this year on my Cannondale! 51 km, described in THIS POST. 1 point.

5th April: Another sunny Spring day, another hilly ride on my Cannondale. 60 km, described in THIS POST and THIS POST. 1 point

23rd May: I did a 113 km ride at the start of the month (Tour de Yorkshire sportive, medium route) but that one is being counted on the metric century a month challenge so I thought I'd do a separate half metric century ride yesterday while the sun was shining and conditions were less windy than of late ... Todmorden, Lumbutts, Shade, Walsden, Littleborough, Blackstone Edge, Blue Ball Road, Hubberton Green, Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale, Blackstone Edge, Littleborough, Walsden, Shade, Todmorden. 56 km. 1 point.

30th June: A 58 km hilly ride, described in THIS POST - Todmorden, Shade, Lumbutts, Mankinholes, A646 through Hebden Bridge to Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale Climb, A58, Blue Ball Road, Hubberton Green, Steep Ln, back to Cragg Rd, descent to Mytholmroyd, Greenway to Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall Rd/Lee Wood Rd/Draper Ln, Slack, Blackshaw Head, Great Rock, Cross Stone Rd, Todmorden, 1 point.

5th July: A 55 km hilly ride very similar to last week's, mentioned in THIS POST - Todmorden, A646 through Hebden Bridge to Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale Climb, A58, Blue Ball Road, Hubberton Green, Steep Ln, back to Cragg Rd, descent to Mytholmroyd, Greenway to Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall Rd/Lee Wood Rd/Draper Ln, Slack, Blackshaw Head, Great Rock, Cross Stone Rd, Todmorden, 1 point.

10th July: Another 50 km Cragg Vale/Blue Ball Rd loop with a bit extra tagged on to take it up to the half metric century. 1 point.

14th July: 'Ride bikes while the sun shines'! Another variation on my Cragg Vale/Blue Ball Rd loop. This time starting via Littleborough, and ending via Blackshaw Head and Great Rock. 51 km, 1 point.

16th July: More sun, another time round a variation of the Cragg Vale loop. 50 km, 1 point.

22nd July: An evening ride with just_fixed on the A646 and round the Rossendale valley. 51 km, 1 point.

30th July: Something a bit different - 2 rides back-to-back, one on my cyclocross bike, one on my road bike, totalling 53 km, 1 point, see THIS POST.

2nd August: Another Cragg Vale/Blue Ball Rd/Heptonstall Rd/Great Rock variation, 53 km, 1 point.

3rd August: Banged out another 50 km on a repeat evening A646/Rossendale ride with just_fixed (who had gone back to a Brompton, so perhaps he should change his forum name again to sometimes_fixed, fixed_and_brompton or something else! ), 1 point.

8th August: A very hilly half metric with pal Bill. Warmed up along A646 to Walk Mill, then took to the hills ... Worsthorne, Haggate, Coldwell, Trawden, Laneshaw Bridge, Herders, Scar Top, Stanbury, Penistone Hill, Oxenhope, Cock Hill, Hebden Bridge, 59 km, 1 point.

15th August: A very hilly ride with pal Carrie. An extended version of my 'Trauma of Trawden' loop, 66 km, 1 point.

30th August, Heptonstall loop plus extended Cragg Vale loop, 55 km, 1 point.

6th September: Repeat of 30th August ride, 55 km, 1 point.

11th September: Rode to Earby to watch stage 2 of Tour of Britain go by, 82 km/51 miles, 2 points, see THIS POST.

15th September: Repeat of 14th July route plus a few times round the block, 55 km, 1 point.

22nd September: Pal Bill and I did A646, Todmorden, Littleborough, Blackstone Edge, Blue Ball Road, Hubberton Green, Scout Rd, Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale, Blackstone Edge, Littleborough, Tod, A646, shops, home, 53 km, 1 point.

25th September: A recce of some of the route for my next forum ride. A646, Todmorden, Sourhall, Bacup Rd, Shade, Walsden, Calderbrook Rd, Littleborough, A58, Blackstone Edge Old Rd, A58, Blackstone Edge, Blue Ball Rd, Ripponden, Walk Mill, Sowerby, Steep Lane, Hathershelf Lane, Scout Rd, Mytholmroyd, Caldene Ave, Greenway, Fairfield, Heptonstall Rd, Lee Wood, Slack, Blackshaw Head, Great Rock, Cross Stone Rd, A646, home, 51 km, 1 point.

27th September: A646, Todmorden, Cross Stone Rd, Great Rock, Blackshaw Head, Colden, Slack, Widdop, Thursden, Haggate, Worsthorne, Southward Bottom (I'm having that problem myself as I age - ha ha! ), Walk Mill, Lancs. Cycleway, Bacup Rd, Deerplay, Bacup, Sharneyford, Bacup Rd, Sourhall, Tod, A646, home. 50 km, 1 point.

1st October: Repeat of Sept 22nd's ride, 53 km, 1 point.

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Total for the year in this challenge: 26 points.