The 2024 Imperial Century A Month Challenge

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ianrauk

Tattooed Beat Messiah
Location
Rides Ti2
Welcome to the 18th year of the Cycle Chat Imperial Century A Month Challenge.

This thread is for the logging of your qualifying ride each month only.
Please don't post anything else in this thread apart from your qualifying rides.

It should eventually look like this one:
2014 Century Register

There is a Century A Month Chat thread here, for comments, planning rides, bowing out, excuses etc which will keep this main Register as neat and tidy as possible.

The challenge is to ride 1 x 100+ mile ride per month during the calendar year (January to December) to complete the challenge. Only log the first qualifying ride of each month.

Please include the following info....Date of ride, distance of ride and a route description of your ride. (please don't just post a link to your ride, Strava, RidewithGPs etc, that's just boring).

This as an example, Please keep your entries to the one post.

04/04/15 (C143) Ashford and back.
Ashford and back Via Otford, Pilgrim's Way, Kemsing, Plaxtol, Hadlow. Yalding, Marden, Staplehurst, Headcorn, Smarden, Pluckley, Chart and Ashford.
106.17miles. 7.04.50 Riding Time. 15.00Avg. 2431ft Elevation Gain. Max Speed 33.4mph. Pinnacle Pyrolite 2014

A reminder of the rules:

-A century is a single ride of at least 100.0 miles as measured on a reasonably accurate cycle computer. 99.9 miles or less is not a century.

-Breaks/stops during the ride are permitted for refreshments/repairs etc but over elongated stops, stops to sleep and stops at your home are not permitted.

-A qualifying century cannot start before 0001hrs on the morning of the first day of the calendar month.

-For qualifying rides ridden on the last day of the month: the 100.0 mile mark must have been passed by 2359.59 hrs on that day.

-If you miss a month you are out of the challenge, no exceptions for any reason, riding more than one century in a month does not entitle you to miss a month in lieu.

-Centuries ridden on rollers/turbo trainers/indoor velodromes do not count towards the challenge.

Successful participants of the Cycle Chat Century A Month challenge are entitled to display a gold star
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If for any reason you can't edit your post when adding a newly completed ride, Please PM one of the mods.

Good luck to all those that enter. See you on the road.
 
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ianrauk

ianrauk

Tattooed Beat Messiah
Location
Rides Ti2
14/01/24 (C335) Ashford and back.
Via Sevenoaks, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Golden Green, Laddingford, Horsemonden, Marden, Staplehurst, Headcorn, Smarden, Pluckley, Chart and Ashford.
120 miles. 8.13.59 Riding Time. 14.6 Avg. 3703ft Elevation Gain. Planet X Tempest Ti

04/02/24 (C336) Appledore and Wye Kent Loop
Via Sevenoaks, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Tudeley, Goudhurst. Sissinghurst, Tenterden, Appledore, Brenzet, Newchurch, Sevington, Wye, Charing, Hunton, Yalding, Plaxtol, Ivy Hatch, Seal, Ruverhead, polhill, Orpington
120 miles. 8:01:21 Riding Time. 15 Avg. 4753ft Elevation Gain. Van Nicholas Ventus Ti

03/03/24 (C337) Appledore and Wye Kent Loop
A near repeat of last months ride Via Sevenoaks, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Tudeley, Goudhurst. Sissinghurst, Tenterden, Appledore, Brenzet, Newchurch, Sevington, Wye, Charing, Hunton, Yalding, Plaxtol, Ivy Hatch, Seal, Ruverhead, polhill, Orpington
120 miles. 8:28:28 Riding Time. 14.2 Avg. 5050ft Elevation Gain. Planet X Tempest Ti

20/04/24 (C338) Oasts & Coasts Audax
Meopham, Uckfield, Battle, Rye, Hythe, Folkestone, Dover, St Margarets, Deal, Sandwich, Minster, Minnis Bay, Reculver, Herney Bay, Whitstable, Faversham, Hollingbourne, Boxley, Cuxton, Meopham.
218.87 Miles. 17:47:00 Riding Time. 13.65avg. 9473 Elevation Gain. Van Nicholas Ventus Ti.
 
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robjh

Legendary Member
Sunday 21/1/24
Duxford, Cambridge, Fulbourn, Six Mile Bottom, Dullingham, Cheveley, Dalham, Barrow, Risby, West Stow, Great Livermore, Honington, Bardwell, Garboldisham, New Buckenham, passing close by Wymondham, East Carleton, Cringleford, Earlham, Norwich, Drayton via Marriott's Way, Mile Cross, Norwich

104.1 miles
strava here

Weds 28/2/24
Duxford, Grantchester, Madingley, Bar Hill, Fenstanton, the Hemingfords, Huntingdon, the Stukeleys, Sawtry, Glatton, Elton, Wansford, Stamford, Little Casterton, Little Bytham, Irnham, Ingoldsby, Ropsley, Ancaster, Caythorpe, Leadenham, Navenby, Waddington, Bracebridge, Lincoln

106.1 miles
strava here

Fri 8/3/24
Duxford, Foxton, Orwell, A603, Potton, Sandy, NCN51, Bedford, Bromham, Turvey, Olney, Stoke Goldington, Stoke Bruerne, Towcester, Abthorpe, Weedon Lois, Culthorpe, Cropredy, Edge Hill (A422), Kineton, Wellesbourne, Snitterfield, Wilmcote, Alcester, B4090, Droitwich

125.3 miles / 201.7 km
strava here

Fri 12/4/24
Cornish century :
Penzance, Marazion, Leedstown, Praze-an-Beeble, Four Lanes, Bissoe, Truro, Probus, St Stephen, Nanpean, Roche, Bodmin, Tarka Trail to Wenfordbridge, Camelford, A39, Widemouth Bay, Bude, Elmscott YHA
103 miles / 166 km
strava here


Qualifying centuries 2024 in a map :
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Supersuperleeds

Legendary Member
Location
Leicester
24th January: 103.36 miles; 6:19:04; 2,854 feet. Leicester, Bottesford, Long Bennington, Hougham, Lincoln, Wickenby, Market Rasen, Waltham, Grimsby. https://www.strava.com/activities/10641638379

17th February: 100.62 miles; 6:35:00; 4,985 feet. Leicester, Upper Bruntingthorpe, Catthorpe, Barby, Napton on the Hill, Southam, Offchurch, Cubbington, Kenilworth, Burton Green, Balsall Common, Berkswell, Coventry, Shilton, Bulkington, Nuneaton, Hinckley, Stoney Stanton, Huncote, Narborough, Whetstone, Blaby, Leicester. https://www.strava.com/activities/10779955977

09th March: 106.48 miles; 6:01:45; 2,490 feet.Skegness, Burgh Le Marsh, Firsby. Thorpe St Peter, Wainfleet All Saints, Boston, Spalding, West Deeping, Stamford, South Luffenham, Thorpe By Water, Caldecott, Medbourne, Cranoe, Tur Langton, Kibworth, Great Glen, Leicester. https://www.strava.com/activities/10924309947

06th April: 104.73 miles; 6:14:09; 4,380 feet. Luton , Dunstable, Wingrave, Marsh Gibbon, Cottisford, Evenley, Charlton, Farthinghoe, Culworth, Boddington. Stoneton, Priors Hardwick, Priors Marston, Willoughby, Barby, Clifton-upon- Dunsmore, Catthorpe, Swinford, Walcote, Gilmorton, Peatling Parva, Countesthorpe, Leicester.
https://www.strava.com/activities/11118956088

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2024 Imperial Centuries
 
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13 rider

Guru
Location
leicester
Jan 24th 105 miles
Markfield ,Cossington ,Saxelby ,Harby ,Bottesford ,Stragglethorpe ,Lincoln ,Wickenby ,Market Rasen ,Walesby ,Waltham ,Grimsby
Elevation 2575 ft , Moving time 6.22.42
Feb 25th 102 miles
Markfield ,Odstone ,Measham ,Walton on Trent ,Needwood ,Marchington ,Abbots Bromley ,Kings Bromley ,Croxall ,Austrey ,Shenton ,Markfield
Elevation 4324 ft , Moving time 7.19.18
 
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footloose crow

Über Member
Location
Cornwall. UK
January
24th: 101 miles. 6500 feet
. Truro - Penzance- Lands End- Zennor- Penzance- Hayle- Portreath - Truro.
February
3rd: 101 miles 1933metres
. Truro- Penzance -Hayle - Portreath - Perranporth - Newlyn East- Goss Moor- St Stephen- Truro 7.25 hrs moving, 8 hours total.
March
5th: 101 miles 1850m
8.5 hours total ride time. Truro - Roche- St Breward (Bodmin Moor)- Davidstow- nearly to Boscastle- Wadbridge- Roche- Truro.
 
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