The 2025 Half Century (50km or 50 mile) Challenge Chatzone.

[geocycle]

Yes but I'd have to stand on one leg as per cricket umpire David Shepperd ? Some strange cricket superstition

Nelson’s as it is known, one eye, one arm, one erm missing.

 

[teeonethousand]

Good news I've been checking my records and I have reached 100 points in this thread 😁, 87 50km rides ,5 50 milers, 1 100km ride not sure were I've missed counted . Now the conundrum do I leave it at a lovely round figure ?

1 more. 101 has so much more going for it:
100 is just the top...you will have gone over the top.
101 is known for understanding the basics
101 has symmetry
Etc 😂😂

 

[geocycle]

1 more. 101 has so much more going for it:
100 is just the top...you will have gone over the top.
101 is known for understanding the basics
101 has symmetry
Etc 😂😂

Very true, and 121 sounds very personal.

 

[Spartak]

December ... ✅

2025 ... ✅

Sunny day here in Bristol [ for a change ].

Did a few local loops using the cycle paths & Bristol - Bath track. Nice to ride in the sun, still in 3/4 bib tights !

Nice pint of Salcombe 's Belgica to finish the ride ... 👍

 

[13 rider]

Well done @Spartak , finisher no18

 

[FrothNinja]

I am going to keep you (and me!) waiting a bit longer...

I have been off my bike for over 2 weeks, the longest break for years. Friday is currently looking ok, health and weather wise, so that might be my opportunity to get the December 50 done.

Hope you managed it today

 

[ColinJ]

Hope you managed it today

Er.... nope!

My current slump shows why the 3-rides-a-week challenge is so good. For several years it motivated me to get out when I didn't really feel like it. The hidden problem with it though is that the psychological incentive is gone for the whole year once even a single ride is missed. I made a stupid mistake one week by forgetting to do the third ride and from then on my heart wasn't really in it!

I still intend to do the last ride for this year's '50' challenge though. I have arranged to ride over to Hebden Bridge tomorrow to meet a pal for lunch. The weather forecast has improved so I am hoping that after lunch I will feel like continuing round the rest of my 33 km Cragg Vale loop. If so I will then be tempted to ride 8.5 km up the Burnley Road from Todmorden, u-turn, and ride home to complete the 50.

I tend to suffer from the winter blues (a.k.a. Seasonal Affective Disorder) so this was typical for decades of my life. I can understand why one of my pals spends every winter in sunny southern Texas!