The 2018 Metric Century (100km) A Month Challenge

[ColinJ]

30th Jan:
--[71 km singlespeed**] 2 x 50.5 km T-shaped loops on the A646 & A6033 = 101 km. (2 x Tod-Walk Mill-Tod; Tod-Hebden Bridge turning circle-Tod; Tod-Littleborough-Tod.)

2nd Feb:
-- 100 km: Tod, Worsthorne, Trawden, Oxenhope, Cullingworth, Wilsden, Old Allen Road, Manywells Height, Oxenhope, Hebden Bridge, Lumbutts, Summit, Walsden, Tod.

24th Mar:
-- 161 km (imperial century): Tod, A646 to Rose Grove, Padiham Greenway to Padiham, A671, Spring Wood (Whalley), Cow Ark, Chipping, Dunsop Bridge, Trough of Bowland, Galgate, Conder Green, Galgate, Scorton, Inglewhite, Longridge, Ribchester, Billington, Whalley, A671, Greenway, A646 back to Tod.

8th Apr:
-- 136 km: Tod to Mytholmroyd (A646); SITD hilly audax; Mytholmroyd to Tod (A646).

12th May:
-- 146 km [Singlespeed]: Started nickyboy's Llandudno ride from Manchester, diverted onto hilly variation at Flint without GPS support, got a bit lost, punctured, and finally gave up at Rhyl!

2nd June:
-- 205 km [Singlespeed]: Manchester-Dunham-imperial century in Cheshire-Dunham-Manchester.

** I punctured just as I was riding past my front door on the second loop, so I swapped bikes!

 

[Sbudge]

3rd June, 161.4km (https://www.strava.com/activities/1615311441) - Wendover, Britwell, Turville, Goring etc...beautiful but hard

(all previous challenge rides are listed on my first page summary post)

 

[steverob]

3rd June: 136.9km - Tour of Cambridgeshire Gran Fondo, plus the ride to and from the hotel. Very warm but great fun, especially the 20 or so miles I rode with a group of 5 other riders - https://www.strava.com/activities/1615157676

(all previous challenge rides are listed on my edited first page post)

 

[Sea of vapours]

January
26th - 107.2km / 1,960m (Helwith Bridge, Wigglesworth,, Trough of Bowland, Quernmore, Gressingham, Wray)
February
16th - 106.7km / 2,168m (Stainforth, Halton Gill, Malham Tarn, Malham, Bolton-by-Bowland, Slaidburn, Cross of Greet)
20th - 100.2km / 1,935m (Ribblehead, Hawes, Buttertubs, Newby Head, Austwick, Bowland Knotts)
March
13th - 117.5km / 1,680m (Ribblehead, Dentdale, Sedbergh, Kirkby Stephen, Hawes, Helwith Bridge)
20th - 103km / 2,014m (Ribblehead, Stainforth, Halton Gill, Arncliffe, Malham Tarn, Settle, Keasden)
26th - 101km / 2,444m (Bowland Knotts, Chatburn, round Pendle Hill, Sabden, Cow Ark, Cross of Greet)
29th - 104.5km / 1,458m (Ribblehead, Appersett, Sedbergh, Kirkby Lonsdale, Hornby, Keasden)
April
5th - 123.1km / 2,189m (Ribblehead, Hawes, West Witton, Coverdale, Kettlewell, Cracoe, Settle)
14th - 112km / 1,626m (Eldroth, Wigglesworth, Bell Busk, Barnoldswick, Bolton-by-Bowland, Austwick)
19th - 107.6km / 1,977m (Kirkby Lonsdale, Kendal, Grayrigg, Burneside, Cowan Bridge)
28th - 105.5km / 1,945m (Stainforth, Halton Gill, Arncliffe, Malham, Langcliffe, Newby Head, Ingleton)
May
5th - 108.7km / 1,623m (Stainforth, Halton Gill, Burnsall, Bell Busk, Wigglesworth, Keasden)
20th - 137.3km / 2,410m (Ribblehead, Coal Road, Brough, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Stanhope, Lanchester, Washington)
24th - 136.5km / 1,898m (Washington, Coxhoe, Walworth, Richmond, Carperby, Hawes, Ribblehead, Ingleton)
31st - 125.7km / 1,887m (Yorkshire Dales, Howgill Fells, Lake District, Silverdale,, Bowland - 2xNP, 2xAONB))
June
5th - 107.7km / 2,259m (Bowland Knotts, Trough of Bowland, Oakenclough, Dunsop Bridge, Cross of Greet)
7th - 104.3km / 1,522m (Ribblehead, Hawes, Newby Head, Dent, Barbondale, Gressingham)

 

[Goonerobes]

January 6th - 100km - Test Valley - Alderbury, West Tytherley, Mottisfont, Stockbridge, Somborne, Landford, Hamptworth.
February 17th - 102km - Wilts & Dorset - Fordingbridge, Verwood, Ashmore, 6d Handley, Cranborne, Alderholt, Woodfalls.
March 24th - 104km - New Forest - Bartley, Beaulieu, Brockenhurst, Burley, Bransgore, Breamore.
April 7th - 102km - Wilts & Dorset - Nunton, Alvediston, Donhead Hollow, 6d Handley, Verwood, Stockton, Woodgreen.
April 14th - 101km - Dorset - Woodfalls, Fordingbridge, Verwood, Ferndown, Cranborne, Whitsbury, Downton.
April 21st - 100km - To the coast - Bartley, Beaulieu, Lepe, Blackfield, Lyndhurst, Stoney Cross, Woodfalls.
May 12th - 101km - Forest & Dorset - Woodfalls, Ibsley, Alderholt, Three Legged Cross, Horton, Donhead, Bishopstone, Nunton.
May 19th - 102km - Test Valley - Alderbury, Mottisfont, Longstock, Kings Somborne, Braishfield, Hamptworth.
June 2nd - 102 km - Mostly Wilts - Fordingbridge, Verwood, Tollard Royal, Ebbesbourne, Broad Chalke, Coombe Bissett, Nunton.
June 9th - 105km - All Wilts - Alderbury, Pitton, Porton Down, Larkhill, Codford, Wylye, Wilton, Nunton.

 

[steverob]

9th June: 112.8km - Rode up into Central Bedfordshire on the lookout for more tiles. Came back via a small section of the Luton-Dunstable Busway, now that it's been fully paved. First month this year with two centuries! - https://www.strava.com/activities/1627508227

(all previous challenge rides are listed on my edited first page post)

 

[Lilliburlero]

Jan 1st-102.6 km - Overseal-Repton-Draycott Clay-Fradley-Measham-Overseal https://www.strava.com/activities/1335677396https://www.relive.cc/view/1335677396

Feb 18th - 161.4 km - Overseal- Ashby de la Zouch - Heather - Market Bosworth - Twycross - Tamworth - Drakelow - Measham - Overseal https://www.strava.com/activities/1413772472 https://www.relive.cc/view/1413772472

March 25th - 167.3 km - Overseal - Ashby - Overseal - Market Bosworth - Earl Shilton - Stoke Golding - Market Bosworth - Heather - Ashby - Overseal https://www.strava.com/activities/1471154543 https://www.relive.cc/view/1471154543

April 5th - 188.5 km - Overseal, Copt Oak, Quorn, Melton Mowbray, Grantham, Boston, Spilsby, Skegness. https://www.strava.com/activities/1491550081 https://www.relive.cc/view/1491550081

May 13th - 172.3 km Overseal, Rossliston, Hatton, Ilam, Alkmonton, Ashbourne, Neewood. Rossliston, Overseal. https://www.strava.com/activities/1569591769 https://www.relive.cc/view/1569591769

June 10th - 177 km Overseal, Ashby de la Zouch, Quorn, Eastwell, Belvoir, Grantham, Scalford, Sileby, Copt Oak, Heather, Overseal. https://www.strava.com/activities/1629627921 https://www.strava.com/activities/1629634199 https://www.relive.cc/view/1629634199

 

[ColinJ]

30th Jan:
--[71 km singlespeed**] 2 x 50.5 km T-shaped loops on the A646 & A6033 = 101 km. (2 x Tod-Walk Mill-Tod; Tod-Hebden Bridge turning circle-Tod; Tod-Littleborough-Tod.)

2nd Feb:
-- 100 km: Tod, Worsthorne, Trawden, Oxenhope, Cullingworth, Wilsden, Old Allen Road, Manywells Height, Oxenhope, Hebden Bridge, Lumbutts, Summit, Walsden, Tod.

24th Mar:
-- 161 km (imperial century): Tod, A646 to Rose Grove, Padiham Greenway to Padiham, A671, Spring Wood (Whalley), Cow Ark, Chipping, Dunsop Bridge, Trough of Bowland, Galgate, Conder Green, Galgate, Scorton, Inglewhite, Longridge, Ribchester, Billington, Whalley, A671, Greenway, A646 back to Tod.

8th Apr:
-- 136 km: Tod to Mytholmroyd (A646); SITD hilly audax; Mytholmroyd to Tod (A646).

12th May:
-- 146 km [Singlespeed]: Started nickyboy's Llandudno ride from Manchester, diverted onto hilly variation at Flint without GPS support, got a bit lost, punctured, and finally gave up at Rhyl!

2nd June:
-- 205 km [Singlespeed]: Manchester-Dunham-imperial century in Cheshire-Dunham-Manchester.

9th June:
-- 175 km [Singlespeed]: Humber Bridge forum ride from York.

** I punctured just as I was riding past my front door on the second loop, so I swapped bikes!

 

[cosmicbike]

5th January 2018-Chertsey-Walton-Bushey Park-Richmond Park-Home. 101.4km.
22nd February 2018 – Chobham-Wentworth-Windsor Great Park-Ascot-Windlesham-WGP-Home. 100.5km.
9th March 2018- Chobham-Windlesham-Bagshot-Camberley-Blackwater-Farnborough-Bisley-Knaphill-Sunninghill-WGP-Home. 104.7km.
18th April 2018 – WGP- Winkfield-Shurlock Row-Sindlesham-Aborfield-Hurst-Cranbourne-Englefield Green-Home. 104.8km
3rd May 2018 – WGP- Dorney-Cookham-Little Marlow-Medmenham-Mill End-Henley on Thames-Wargrave-Twyford-White Waltham-Windsor-Home. 104.8km
17th June 2018 – Windsor-Eton-Burnham-Iver Heath-Iver-Yeading-Southall-Ealing-Kew-Richmond-Kingston-Hampton-Chertsey-Home. 114.5km

 

[tallliman]

6th Jan 100km https://www.strava.com/activities/1343837615 Lufbra to Cafe Velo Verde, Screveton
17th Feb 69.76mi https://www.strava.com/activities/1411852403 Lufbra to Suzie's, Etwall
11th Mar 114.4mi https://www.strava.com/activities/1447989828 Lufbra to Bardney to Lincoln (the long way)
1st April: 100miles https://www.strava.com/activities/1483799623
22nd April: 64 miles https://www.strava.com/activities/1524561392
20th May: 100 miles https://www.strava.com/activities/1584563479
26th May: 72 miles https://www.strava.com/activities/1597075453
29th May 105 miles https://www.strava.com/activities/1603999727
3rd June: 100 miles https://www.strava.com/activities/1614843909
15th June: 100 miles https://www.strava.com/activities/1640323221

 

[Katherine]

20th January 102 km. Eccles, Lymm, High Legh, Great Budworth, Anderton, High Legh, Lymm, Culcheth, Lowton, Astley, Walkden.
18th February 102 km. Swinton, Leigh, Lymm, Knutsford, Jodrell Bank, Marthall, Mobberley, Hale, Dunham, Irlam, Winton.
25th February 101 km. Swinton, Leigh, Lymm, High Legh, Great Budworth, Anderton, Great Budworth, High Legh, Dunham, Irlam, Winton.
11th March 101 km. Swinton, Leigh, Lymm, High Legh, Plumley, Lower Peover, Knutsford, Mere, High Legh, Dunham, Irlam, Winton.
15th April 102km. Swinton, Leigh, Lymm, Knutsford, Lower Peover, Knutsford, Dunham, Urmston, Eccles.
22nd April 102 km. Swinton, Leigh, Lymm, High Legh, Great Budworth, Anderton, Great Budworth, High Legh, Dunham, Irlam, Winton.
7th May 178 km. Swinton, High Legh, Frodsham, Cappenhurst ( Eureka Cafe), Mollington, Mickle Trafford, Delamere, Whitegate, Plumley, High Legh, Culcheth, Astley.
13th May 103 km. Swinton, Leigh, Lymm, High Legh, Plumley, Ollerton, Knutsford, Mere, Dunham, Irlam, Winton.
10th June 103 km. Swinton, Leigh, Lymm, Knutsford, Over Peover, Jodrell Bank, Marthall, Morley Green, Ashley, Dunham, Irlam, Eccles.

 

[Goonerobes]

January 6th - 100km - Test Valley - Alderbury, West Tytherley, Mottisfont, Stockbridge, Somborne, Landford, Hamptworth.
February 17th - 102km - Wilts & Dorset - Fordingbridge, Verwood, Ashmore, 6d Handley, Cranborne, Alderholt, Woodfalls.
March 24th - 104km - New Forest - Bartley, Beaulieu, Brockenhurst, Burley, Bransgore, Breamore.
April 7th - 102km - Wilts & Dorset - Nunton, Alvediston, Donhead Hollow, 6d Handley, Verwood, Stockton, Woodgreen.
April 14th - 101km - Dorset - Woodfalls, Fordingbridge, Verwood, Ferndown, Cranborne, Whitsbury, Downton.
April 21st - 100km - To the coast - Bartley, Beaulieu, Lepe, Blackfield, Lyndhurst, Stoney Cross, Woodfalls.
May 12th - 101km - Forest & Dorset - Woodfalls, Ibsley, Alderholt, Three Legged Cross, Horton, Donhead, Bishopstone, Nunton.
May 19th - 102km - Test Valley - Alderbury, Mottisfont, Longstock, Kings Somborne, Braishfield, Hamptworth.
June 2nd - 102 km - Mostly Wilts - Fordingbridge, Verwood, Tollard Royal, Ebbesbourne, Broad Chalke, Coombe Bissett, Nunton.
June 9th - 105km - All Wilts - Alderbury, Pitton, Porton Down, Larkhill, Codford, Wylye, Wilton, Nunton.
June 23rd - 101km - Wiltshire - Nunton, Wilton, Dinton, Hindon, Sutton Veny, Great Wishford, Coombe Bissett.

 

[steverob]

23rd June: 109.7km - Ride down into Oxfordshire, visiting Brill and Britwell Hills, climbing both from different sides than I previously had. Struggled last 10 miles, think I hadn't taken enough sustenance with me - https://www.strava.com/activities/1656931862

(all previous challenge rides are listed on my edited first page post)

 

[Elysian_Roads]

31st Jan. 101.48km. 14.6 average mph, 612m elevation gain. Triban 500.

10th Feb. 101.4km.13.5 average mph. 772m elevation gain. Marin MTB.

29th March. 100.23km. 12.6 average mph. 687m elevation gain. Marin MTB.

7th April. 106.07km 14.6 average mph. Triban road bike.

7th May. 130.4km.11.9 average mph. 996m elevation gain. Marin MTB.

24th June. 107.5km. 14.8 average mph. Cannondale Synapse. Cox Green to Farnham via Bracknell, Camberley and Fleet, and back via Aldershot, Farnborough, Sandhurst and Winkfield. Details in my ride today.

 

[Fiona R]

Jan Sat 27th 107km 913m Jack and Grace Cotton Audax Bristol/Filton-Berkely-Simbridge-Epney-Quedgley/Gloucester-Stonehouse-Tortworth-Bristol/Filton
Jan Sun 28th 100km 656m Home-Backwell-Wrington-Churchill-Loxton-Lympsham-Weston-S-M-Hewish-Congresbury-Yatton-Backwell-Long Ashton-Home
Feb Crashed 25 month 100km streak broken
Mar Sat 10th 104km 1650m Wells, Mells and Old Rail Trail Audax Whitchurch-Wells-Bruton-Stourhead-Mells-Radstock-Whitchurch
Apr Sun 22nd 104km 845m Burrington Coombe, Somerset Levels Home-Backwell-Burrington Coombe-Priddy-Godney-Loxton-Yatton-Backwell-Home
Apr Sun 29th 103km 1165m Merry Monk Audax High Ham, Langport, Forde Abbey, Halstock, Sherborne, Somerton, High Ham
May Sat 12th 107km 1135m South Glos Audax Alveston-Leighterton-Tebury-Poole Keynes-Sapperton-Cherrington-Wotton-under-Edge- Alveston
Jun Sun 24th 126km 1400m Bristol Randonnée Audax Home-Bristol-Radstock-Bradford on Avon-Lacock-Corsham-Castle Combe-Pucklechurch-Bristol-Home