Three 30-minute rides each week of the year Challenge 2023

[FrothNinja]

Stayed in this arvo and constructed haggis noises on my guitar

 

[ColinJ]

... and constructed haggis noises on my guitar

That's either a very interesting description or auto-correct gone mad!

 

[FrothNinja]

That's either a very interesting description or auto-correct gone mad!

Haggis themed

 

[bluenotebob]

Week 50 (11th December to 17th December)

Week 50 – ride 1 (Mon) – 1 hr 4 mins – Devison and la Plaisance: on the Princess
Week 50 – ride 2 (Mon) – 49 mins – le Faux, Geffray and SBdM: on the Urban Shaper
Week 50 – ride 3 (Tues) – 42 mins – a Pontmenard loop: on the MASSI
Week 50 – ride 4 (Wed) – 1 hr 16 mins – Esquiniac, Evriguet, Kerminy and SBdM: on the Princess
Week 50 – ride 5 (Wed) – 55 mins – SBdM, la Justice and Pontmenard: on the MASSI

 

[FrothNinja]

W50R1 - Centurion 30 mins - local miles
W50R2 - Centurion & CX 2hrs 39 mins - Gravel and cycle paths Burnley, Brierfield, Nelson, Barrowford, Colne, Alkincoats, Park, and a bunch of local laps (total 58.8 km / 36.5 miles plus only 656 ft / 200 m ascent)
W50R3 - Centurion 30 mins - local miles
W50R4 - Hybrid 1 hour 16 mins - lightly extended Clarion loop in a total git of a westerly wind (1,375 ft / 419 m ascent)

 

[ColinJ]

Week 50: 3 qualifying rides, 33 km, 2 hrs.

• Ride 1 (Wed): 11 km. Extended lumpy local loop. 0.75* hr.
• Ride 2 (Thu): 11 km. Extended lumpy local loop. 0.5* hr.
• Ride 3 (Fri): 11 km. Extended lumpy local loop. 0.75* hr.

Success rate: 50 weeks out of 50.

165 qualifying rides so far this year, totalling 3,439 km, and taking approximately 213.5 hrs.

* I round the durations to multiples of 15 minutes. Each ride actually took around 40 minutes so I rounded 2 of them up and 1 down.

*** All rides done in 42/15 on 6-er ***

 

[bluenotebob]

Week 51 (18th December to 24th December)

Week 51 – ride 1 (Mon) – 39 mins – a Pontmenard loop: on the MASSI
Week 51 – ride 2 (Tues) – 1 hr 11 mins – Kerminy, Evriguet, la Plaisance and SBdM: on La Rossa
Week 51 – ride 3 (Wed) – 1 hr 7 mins – Devison, SBdM and la Justice: on the RAID
Week 51 – ride 4 (Thurs) – 1 hr 14 mins – le Faux, Geffray, SBdM and la Plaisance: on the Urban Shaper
Week 51 – ride 5 (Fri) – 55 mins – Devison and SBdM: on the RAID

 

[ColinJ]

This week could be the one that defeats me! 2 more rides to do in 3 days and the weather forecast for that period is looking bad - very wet and very windy so the roads will be unpleasant and potentially dangerous.

Late evening today looks the best bet for one of the rides - half the wind speed, and showers rather than heavy rain.

If necessary, do one foul weather ride on Saturday or Sunday?

I could resort to doing 20 laps of Todmorden park to escape the traffic but I would rather not. Maybe it IS time to do a towpath ride on the MTB, though I don’t fancy the risk of getting blown off into the canal!!

 

[FrothNinja]

This week could be the one that defeats me! 2 more rides to do in 3 days and the weather forecast for that period is looking bad - very wet and very windy so the roads will be unpleasant and potentially dangerous.

Late evening today looks the best bet for one of the rides - half the wind speed, and showers rather than heavy rain.

If necessary, do one foul weather ride on Saturday or Sunday?

I could resort to doing 20 laps of Todmorden park to escape the traffic but I would rather not. Maybe it IS time to do a towpath ride on the MTB, though I don’t fancy the risk of getting blown off into the canal!!

Just done my first for the week, so I am in a similar position. I have resorted to my boring local loops that never go more than 5 minutes or so from a house I can dive into if I need a break from the weather. A cuppa and I usually regain the will to keep riding. It's boring in any weather except snow.

 

[ColinJ]

I keep looking out of the window and thinking... ugh - leave it another hour!

 

[FrothNinja]

I'll endeavour to deliver some Chrimbo cards by bike tomorrow. Start in waterproof jacket and just plug away until I enjoy myself

 

[ColinJ]

I keep looking out of the window and thinking... ugh - leave it another hour!

I caught a break half an hour after that post and did 2023 night ride #2. The wind had dropped to merely very blustery and the rain to no more than the lightest drizzle. I didn't really enjoy the ride until I walked back into the house, but now I am glad that I made the effort.

 

[ColinJ]

Another grotty day weather-wise but a dry spell was forecast for this evening, and so it turned out. Unfortunately, I was waiting for notification that an Amazon Prime delivery of Christmas pressies had arrived at the lockers at Tod station so I might miss my chance to do a dry ride. The local deliveries are normally around 15:00 but obviously there is a big last-minute rush on so it was around 20:00 this time. I went out on my bike to do my lumpy local loop (2023 night ride #3) and called in at the station on the way back. Sure enough, the rain started again while I was out... It wasn't too heavy though so I was like a very damp rat by the time that I got home, rather than a drowned one!

I won't be riding tomorrow; that's my 3 rides done for the week...

Week 51: 3 qualifying rides, 70 km, 4.25 hrs.

• Ride 1 (Tue): 50 km. Todmorden, Walsden, Calderbrook, Caldermoor, Littleborough, Calderbrook, Walsden, Lumbutts, Mankinholes, Hebden Bridge, Lumbutts, Walsden, Summit, Walsden, Todmorden. (Not super-hilly, but I still managed to squeeze in about 630 m of ascent.) 3 hrs.
• Ride 2 (Fri): 9 km. Lumpy local loop. 0.5 hr. (2023 night ride #2)
• Ride 3 (Sat): 11 km. Extended lumpy local loop. (2023 night ride #3) 0.75 hr.

Success rate: 51 weeks out of 51.

168 qualifying rides so far this year, totalling 3,509 km, and taking approximately 217.75 hrs.

*** All rides done in 42/15 on 6-er, but used 42/23 and 42/29 for parts of the steepish Lumbutts and Mankinholes climbs on Tue ***

 

[FrothNinja]

Degree of sameness about this post - felt crap the las few days and did the test this morning. I passed with flying colours - I have Chrimbo covid, so done ok in spite of that I suppose. Random recent pic to add a little variation
W51R1 - Centurion 32 mins - local miles
W51R2 - Centurion 32 mins - local miles (longest ride)
W51R3 - Centurion 32 mins - local miles (shortest ride)
Cape Gooseberries grown in our garden. I have brought it inside and it is still going!!

 

[ColinJ]

Like for the rides (and the gooseberries), not the Covid!

GWS!