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

[steverob]

January: 2 rides, 4 points
1st February: 32.41 miles - Felt it was better to go out in the morning drizzle with wet roads rather than wait until the roads dry out but risk the forecast heavy rain of the afternoon. Bare minimum 50km loop around Quainton and the Claydons - https://www.strava.com/activities/17249188822 - 1 point

Total so far: 5 points

 

[VinSumRox]

January Tally 5 points

4th Jan
54.5km , 685m, Melrose, Bowden, Selkirk loop
1 point
12th Jan 64.2km 789m Selkirk, Ettrick, Innerleithen loop.
1 Point
20th Jan 67.8 km 1096m loop Clovenfords to Earlston loop
1 point
26th Jan 53.2 miles, 3020 feet. Newtown St Boswells to Kelso, return via Ancrum
2 points
Feb 2nd 75.8km 1139m. Selkirk, Hawick, Lilliesleaf and back.
1 point

 

[bluenotebob]

13 January 2026 Mauron/Bagotais 66.35km 1 point


3 February 2026 Mauron/St-Jean de Villenard (le Chêne) 58.29km 1 point
Mauron, Ploërmel, St-Jean de Villenard, le Chêne, St-Jean de Villenard, Ploërmel, Mauron


Total points in this challenge: 2
Total points in all challenges: 2

 

[Jenkins]

Finally a dry day in February. Wasn't sure if I'd see @Jon George posting first having passed him going the other way on Bucklesham Road.
I'll fill in the details when I get home (Edit - now added, see below)

Details: February 4th, Bucklesham, Ipswich, Claydon, Needham Market, Creeting St. Peter, Stowmarket, Haughley, Elmswell, Thurston & Bury St. Edmunds, 67.9km, https://www.strava.com/activities/17283656758

 

[ColinJ]

Finally a dry day in February...

Today is only the 4th day of the month!!

 

[ColinJ]

But talking about dry days... I had left a plastic bucket out in my back yard and it was overflowing with captured rain water. I just emptied it and will be keeping an eye on it to see how long it takes for this soggy weather to refill it. (I am assuming that very little water will evaporate from the bucket in these cool, humid days.) We typically get around 10 cm/4 ins in February.

 

[PaulSB]

January 28th - Southport Loop - 63 miles,
February 4th - Churchtown Loop - 51.8 miles

 

[Jenkins]

Today is only the 4th day of the month!!

I know, but it's so unusual to have so many consecutive wet days in this corner of Suffolk which is normally one of the driest areas of the country. I'm used to the cloud cover, but not the rain.

 

[ColinJ]

I know, but it's so unusual to have so many consecutive wet days in this corner of Suffolk which is normally one of the driest areas of the country. I'm used to the cloud cover, but not the rain.

After my post I looked up the average for round here... It confirms why I find Yorkshire winters depressing, and even more so for the gloomier and wetter ones!

 

[bluenotebob]

After my post I looked up the average for round here

Why isn't this in the chatzone instead of cluttering up the challenge thread?

 

[Jon George]

Feb 4th
Ipswich - Bucklesham – Kirton – Trimleys – Felixstowe (new route) – Trimleys – Kirton – Bucklesham – Foxhall – Ipswich -LBS - Ipswich
50k

1 Point