The Metric Century (100KM) A Month Challenge ChatZone
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Ajax Bay
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- Location
- East Devon
Correct thread Phil ?Well done and great photos. Is this your first metric century this year?
- Location
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire
MadMalx
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- Location
- Settle, Yorkshire Dales
About 9 months ago I was alerted to the Eddington number, and since then have been chasing a metric Eddington 100. Achieved today (using Strava records since late 2016)!
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/the-2025-metric-century-a-month-challenge.300827/post-7480004
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/the-2025-metric-century-a-month-challenge.300827/post-7480004
bluenotebob
Guru
- Location
- central Brittany, France
I’ve failed to do a metric century in August so I’m out of this year’s challenge.
The first half of the month was impossibly hot (rides in the mornings and evenings but not the afternoons). I’ve had a problem with ants in the kitchen since the 16th August and it’s proved to be a huge distraction. Apart from being unable to prepare food and cook, the insecticide made me ill (I used it sparingly – but not sparingly enough). It’s all left me in a state of nervous exhaustion.
As the remainder of August looks like being a mixture of gales and thunderstorms, there’s no chance of getting a ride done – and I’m still dealing with the effing ants.
It’s disappointing … but I have done 11 metric centuries this year (8 in this challenge plus 3 more in the Lunacy Distance challenge) which is far more than I’ve managed in any other year – and that’s largely down to my participation in this challenge.
I’m going to re-post my 8 rides from this challenge into the 2025 Lunacy Distance challenge.
I don’t know if I’ll enter this challenge again next year. I’ll be 74 in 2026 and, whilst I still hope to continue to ride metric centuries, it really takes a toll on my aging body in the summer months. I think the Lunacy Distance challenge may well be better suited to my circumstances.
Good luck to everyone for the remainder of the year.
The first half of the month was impossibly hot (rides in the mornings and evenings but not the afternoons). I’ve had a problem with ants in the kitchen since the 16th August and it’s proved to be a huge distraction. Apart from being unable to prepare food and cook, the insecticide made me ill (I used it sparingly – but not sparingly enough). It’s all left me in a state of nervous exhaustion.
As the remainder of August looks like being a mixture of gales and thunderstorms, there’s no chance of getting a ride done – and I’m still dealing with the effing ants.
It’s disappointing … but I have done 11 metric centuries this year (8 in this challenge plus 3 more in the Lunacy Distance challenge) which is far more than I’ve managed in any other year – and that’s largely down to my participation in this challenge.
I’m going to re-post my 8 rides from this challenge into the 2025 Lunacy Distance challenge.
I don’t know if I’ll enter this challenge again next year. I’ll be 74 in 2026 and, whilst I still hope to continue to ride metric centuries, it really takes a toll on my aging body in the summer months. I think the Lunacy Distance challenge may well be better suited to my circumstances.
Good luck to everyone for the remainder of the year.
Dogtrousers
Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
October ticked off. Only two left.
I'm now on the train home from Brighton after a very pleasant, if sapping, ride - via the Ashdoswn Forest so not the flattest route
I'm now on the train home from Brighton after a very pleasant, if sapping, ride - via the Ashdoswn Forest so not the flattest route
MadMalx
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- Location
- Settle, Yorkshire Dales
Birthday (+ a day) ride yesterday. Lovely solo ride in the Dales - big contrast in temperature beween cloudy Wensleydale and Sunny Wharfdale. October ride done, and exceed my new age in miles.
Also started toward secondary goal - exceeding my age with my annual metric Eddington. Managed this narrowly last two years by accident, so decided I need to keep this up. Should be ok for the next few years but will get just that bit harder each year.
Also started toward secondary goal - exceeding my age with my annual metric Eddington. Managed this narrowly last two years by accident, so decided I need to keep this up. Should be ok for the next few years but will get just that bit harder each year.
Sea of vapours
Guru
- Location
- Clapham, Yorkshire Dales
That's a good goal - exceeding your age with your annual, metric Eddington. I may adopt that one too :-)
bluenotebob
Guru
- Location
- central Brittany, France
@Sea of vapours .. could you please explain how that's calculated.
I'm 72 - does that mean I'd need to do 72 rides of over 72km this year?
Surely not .. what am I missing?
MadMalx
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- Settle, Yorkshire Dales
Yes, that's it. I'm a good few years younger so ok for now, but gets harder every year.
Sea of vapours
Guru
- Location
- Clapham, Yorkshire Dales
That's correct: 72 rides of over 72km within the space of the year, which is definitely properly challenging.
As to how to calculate it, I've yet to work out an elegant (easy!) method. Perhaps @MadMalx has a means? There are many sites / services which work out Eddington automatically based on records from services such as Strava (Veloviewer for example), but not on an annual basis, so far as I'm aware. Not that, over a year, it's especially onerous to just remove all sub-par rides from the total ride count I suppose.
As to how to calculate it, I've yet to work out an elegant (easy!) method. Perhaps @MadMalx has a means? There are many sites / services which work out Eddington automatically based on records from services such as Strava (Veloviewer for example), but not on an annual basis, so far as I'm aware. Not that, over a year, it's especially onerous to just remove all sub-par rides from the total ride count I suppose.
MadMalx
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- Location
- Settle, Yorkshire Dales
I use statshunter, you can set date (edit: and distance) filters. Excellent site for all sorts of stats if you link to Strava. Takes ages the first time, and only uses publicly viewable rides.
*do it on wifi first time!
*do it on wifi first time!
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Sea of vapours
Guru
- Location
- Clapham, Yorkshire Dales
Related to the above, a more sustainable goal around annual Eddington (sort of) is something like aiming for an annual Eddington defined by: 120 minus AGE. i.e. yours, @bluenotebob , would be 120-72=48. The major benefit of that is that it is conceivable that you can still do it at 80 years old, etc., whereas @MadMalx ' s one would need 80 x 80km, which sounds quite improbable; certainly *very* challenging. (Obviously, you can pick a different number from 120, that seems to me to be a viable one (though maybe I'm being unduly optimistic!).
bluenotebob
Guru
- Location
- central Brittany, France
Interesting suggestion. But it would conflict with trying to improve my Lifetime Eddingtons (Metric and Imperial).
I've managed 20 rides over 86km this year - which has helped me push up towards E Metric 83 (nearly there) and E Imperial 57 (still a long way to go).
Doing 48 rides over 48km wouldn't help my Lifetime Eddingtons at all ... but when I come to the realisation that these targets have become impossible to reach, then that would be a nice alternative target to aim for (although it would still be demanding at the age of 80 - a metric half-century on average once a week? .. well, perhaps).
