The 2026 Half Century (50km or 50 mile) a month challenge chatzone

[VinSumRox]

Dynamo ‘Training’ - means I’ve got 1/2 the total points I got last year - in this June alone.

And one of those was this Morning. Must be my 100th Sunrise of the year I shouldn’t wonder…….

Memorial to a lost WW2 Plane:

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Look at the size of my drive 😂

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Sunrise ! I’m pleased with this shot 👍

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About the same miles as the Dynamo - on this Milestone at Beccles:

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Another really enjoyable stretch of the legs. I’m loving life on 2-wheels right now 😁

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I only took up cycling longer distances in my fifties , I remember hearing about the Dunwich Dynamo when I was younger and never thought I would ever be cycling 100 miles in one ride!

 

[sevenfourate]

I only took up cycling longer distances in my fifties , I remember hearing about the Dunwich Dynamo when I was younger and never thought I would ever be cycling 100 miles in one ride!

Did you enjoy it ? The food stops, the night riding, the atmosphere, the fact it’s a ride not a race make me think this is a little ‘unique’ perhaps……

 

[VinSumRox]

Did you enjoy it ? The food stops, the night riding, the atmosphere, the fact it’s a ride not a race make me think this is a little ‘unique’ perhaps……

Sorry I didn't mean did the Dynamo, but have done other 100mile rides, the Ride to the Sun most recently - they are usually good fun, sociable and good atmosphere (much like many sportives). Take it easy in the 1st half and you will be fine for the rest of it. I find short stops every 20miles or so give your bum a bit of a rest from the saddle, even for a few minutes.

 

[sevenfourate]

Sorry I didn't mean did the Dynamo, but have done other 100mile rides, the Ride to the Sun most recently - they are usually good fun, sociable and good atmosphere (much like many sportives). Take it easy in the 1st half and you will be fine for the rest of it. I find short stops every 20miles or so give your bum a bit of a rest from the saddle, even for a few minutes.

Another top tip ! Shall we now call this tactic:

“Regular (Combined) food and buttock-breaks” ?

Sounds a winning formula to me 😁

 

[13 rider]

28th June: 60.64 miles - Day 1: Land's End to St. Austell. Yes, Phil will castigate me for not doing the extra one and a half miles, but this was tiring enough as it is! Plus the route was chosen for me by the company

I had noticed that distance 😤 on your Strava ,I think I'm going soft considering what your doing I let this one slide 😁

 

[FrothNinja]

Early train to Preston to meet up with the Fridays on their Carlisle to Cardiff tour, rode with them as far as Parbold then said my goodbyes and rode home via Parbold Hill and Haigh two tough climbs in the sun and wind.

You know who in Preston Market and the view from the top of Parbold Hill
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What's the record shop in the Market like?

 

[Domus]

What's the record shop in the Market like?

Sorry no idea 🤔

 

[13 rider]

Well done @Jon George on being the 1st poster for July and 2/3 of the Suffolk massive on getting rides in on the 1st . I'm off the mark with a standard loop out to Upton an after dinner start due to attending an ex workmates funeral this morning the ride helped me clear my head as his death was tragic and unsuspected

 

[Jon George]

The first records I kept (from 2012) tell me that I was doing this distance in just under two hours - and, from what I can remember, it didn't feel like I was pushing at all. And now? Age is certainly taking its toll: five minutes short of three hours. As if to compensate, I hurried inside when I got home, like I was an excited teenager, hoping I would be first to post this month. I may have secretly punched the air.

The sky at Felixstowe was a tad like The Simpsons.

 

[VinSumRox]

1st July ride done, local fairly hilly route, wind died down at last today, down to a summery 14C by 5pm!

 

[bluenotebob]

I’m having a poor year on the bike and June, in particular, was a shocker. My worst June (only 712km cycled) since I started keeping complete records back in 2017.

However, July has started brightly with a shade over 203km cycled in the first 4 days of the month. Perhaps there’s still hope that I can salvage something out of 2026.

I’ve got my Annual Metric Eddington (AME) up to 46km (46 rides/daily ride totals over 46km this year). Getting the AME over 50km shouldn’t be too hard – I currently need another 19 rides/daily ride totals over 50km: target is 30 September so slightly less than two a week would do. Whether I’ll get my AME up to 55km by the end of the year is another matter – some cooler weather would make such a difference and unfortunately there’s none in the forecast at the moment.

 

[sevenfourate]

I’m having a poor year on the bike and June, in particular, was a shocker. My worst June (only 712km cycled) since I started keeping complete records back in 2017.

However, July has started brightly with a shade over 203km cycled in the first 4 days of the month. Perhaps there’s still hope that I can salvage something out of 2026.

I’ve got my Annual Metric Eddington (AME) up to 46km (46 rides/daily ride totals over 46km this year). Getting the AME over 50km shouldn’t be too hard – I currently need another 19 rides/daily ride totals over 50km: target is 30 September so slightly less than two a week would do. Whether I’ll get my AME up to 55km by the end of the year is another matter – some cooler weather would make such a difference and unfortunately there’s none in the forecast at the moment.

Wow !

Conversely: I did almost exactly 500 miles / 812km and am REALLY chuffed. I suspect it’s easily my highest mileage month ever 🏅

I have other hobbies I participated in; a job i put 240 hours into last month also. Oh and me and the dog walked 140 miles according to Strava 🐾😁 So “squeezing in” nearly 40 hours on the bike was good.

I’m kicking off my July CC Challenge - with a Sunday Social ride tomorrow. In our Group which is now up to 6 ‘Members’ 👍

 

[sevenfourate]

6 men strong in our Sunday Social Group now 👍 But only 3 riding today……

So we headed to Southwold, Walberswick and Dunwich - and got involved in some VERY mixed terrain. One of the guys being forced to ‘tackle’ Woodland sections, light Gravel type paths - and some very Sandy sections on a road Bike with 700c wheels with slick 25mm wide rubber 🤣🤣

The LBS. And meet point for all good things:

I contemplated this Skatepark. For about 1.5 milliseconds 🤣

The start of the ‘off road’ sections. **Easier for some - than others”…..

The Pier at Southwold (Why so serious Shuv ?)

Then over the Bridge / across the water to Walberswick:

And then the start of the sand. Which must have been 4 inches (?) plus deep in places before you found anything solid underneath. I managed to keep momentum with just a couple of ‘foot downs’. My buddy on his road bike did AMAZING !!

Not bad pace considering the territory 👍

 

[bluenotebob]

Anyone know how @steverob is getting on with his LEJOG?

There were a flurry of posts which ended with "I'm feeling poorly" (or words to that effect) and that was a few days ago (30th June). Since then I've not seen anything - but it's possible I've missed a post.

Hopefully it's just that he's not had a chance to update us.

 

[13 rider]

He posted day 7 yesterday he got to just south of Kendal in the lakes so I presume he getting on with it ,no Strava post for today as yet