Three 30-minute rides each week of the year Challenge 2025 [NB Starts 30/12/24!]

[ColinJ]

I am still feeling sub-par, the weather is poor, and I have already failed the challenge so it seemed pointless to risk my health by forcing myself to wobble along out in the cold and wet for 1.5 hours, so... I didn't!

I will still try to get my target distance done for 2025 and am 368 km short of that. I am already booked up for 4 days this month, with 24 days left, so that leaves a potential 20 riding days. One of those needs to be 50+ km for my other challenge, so that means averaging just shy of 17 km/day over the other 19 days. That isn't a tough target providing that...

• I get back out on my bike ASAP
• I don't get ill again
• The weather does not get even worse
• Nothing else goes wrong!

Week 49: NOWT!!

Total qualifying rides: 165. Distance to date: 5,352.2 km (vs 5,390 km; 49 x weekly target of 110 km). Time to date: 312.50 h (vs 343 h; 49 x weekly target of 7 h). 46 qualifying weeks, 1 week with only 2 rides, 1 week with only 1 ride, 1 week off the bike.

Abbreviated local place names (now sorted alphabetically):

• BE = Blackstone Edge, BH = Blackshaw Head, Bp = Bacup, By = Burnley
• Ce = Cornholme, Cgr = Cliviger, Ck = Calderbrook, Cn = Colden, CP = Crown Point, Cr = Caldermoor, CSR=Cross Stone Rd, CV = Cragg Vale
• ELLL = Extended Lumpy Local Loop
• GR = Great Rock
• HB = Hebden Bridge, HC = Holme Chapel, HG = Hubberton Green, Hl = Heptonstall, HP = Harvellin Park
• JB = Jack Bridge
• LC = Long Causeway, Lh = Littleborough, LLL = Lumpy Local Loop, Ls = Lumbutts
• MR = Manchester, Ms = Mankinholes
• OT = Overtown
• Ph = Portsmouth
• Re = Rochdale, Royd = Mytholmroyd
• SB = Sowerby Bridge, SBm = Southward Bottom, Sd = Sharneyford, Sl = Sourhall, St = Summit
• Tod = Todmorden
• UT = u-turn
• WM = Walk Mill, Wn = Walsden

 

[FrothNinja]

I am still feeling sub-par, the weather is poor, and I have already failed the challenge so it seemed pointless to risk my health by forcing myself to wobble along out in the cold and wet for 1.5 hours, so... I didn't!

I will still try to get my target distance done for 2025 and am 368 km short of that. I am already booked up for 4 days this month, with 24 days left, so that leaves a potential 20 riding days. One of those needs to be 50+ km for my other challenge, so that means averaging just shy of 17 km/day over the other 19 days. That isn't a tough target providing that...

• I get back out on my bike ASAP
• I don't get ill again
• The weather does not get even worse
• Nothing else goes wrong!

Week 49: NOWT!!

Total qualifying rides: 165. Distance to date: 5,352.2 km (vs 5,390 km; 49 x weekly target of 110 km). Time to date: 312.50 h (vs 343 h; 49 x weekly target of 7 h). 46 qualifying weeks, 1 week with only 2 rides, 1 week with only 1 ride, 1 week off the bike.

Abbreviated local place names (now sorted alphabetically):

• BE = Blackstone Edge, BH = Blackshaw Head, Bp = Bacup, By = Burnley
• Ce = Cornholme, Cgr = Cliviger, Ck = Calderbrook, Cn = Colden, CP = Crown Point, Cr = Caldermoor, CSR=Cross Stone Rd, CV = Cragg Vale
• ELLL = Extended Lumpy Local Loop
• GR = Great Rock
• HB = Hebden Bridge, HC = Holme Chapel, HG = Hubberton Green, Hl = Heptonstall, HP = Harvellin Park
• JB = Jack Bridge
• LC = Long Causeway, Lh = Littleborough, LLL = Lumpy Local Loop, Ls = Lumbutts
• MR = Manchester, Ms = Mankinholes
• OT = Overtown
• Ph = Portsmouth
• Re = Rochdale, Royd = Mytholmroyd
• SB = Sowerby Bridge, SBm = Southward Bottom, Sd = Sharneyford, Sl = Sourhall, St = Summit
• Tod = Todmorden
• UT = u-turn
• WM = Walk Mill, Wn = Walsden

Good luck!
I'm sure you will squeek in.

 

[ColinJ]

Good luck!
I'm sure you will squeek in.

Thanks.

I was feeling a little better earlier today. My plan was to nip out (on foot) to the shops, then after I got home to do a very easy 45 minute session on my turbo trainer to check how recovered I really was...

No joy - I actually started feeling poorly again after only 5 minutes of walking so the planned indoor cycling was promptly cancelled! That puts any outdoor cycling even further back.

I have guests coming tomorrow but maybe I can get on the turbo trainer on Wednesday and ride outdoors later in the week?

This is a very odd illness! As long as I sit around doing nothing I feel ok apart from a slightly sore throat, a minor cough, and some fatigue. As soon as I make any effort though I start to feel very wobbly.

There is nothing I can do really other than stay warm, eat healthy food, and wait until my body eventually fights off whatever this lurgy is.

I would rather not have to cram 368 km of riding into the last couple of weeks of December so hopefully my immune system will eventually sit up and take notice!

 

[ColinJ]

Well, I managed to walk to the Amazon locker at Tod railway station last night, and to the shops today without any wobbliness! I will try a very gentle session on the turbo trainer tonight and see how that goes. If all goes well, then I will do an easy road ride tomorrow, the duration of which would be based on how I felt at the time.

I have been getting very fed up with just staring out of the window rather than actually going out and exerting myself!

 

[FrothNinja]

just staring out of the window rather than actually going out and exerting myself

I had that a few times this year when I was feeling crook. I found a half hour slow ride (once even in the rain) did me the world of good mentally, though probably minimal physical benefit apart from getting off my derrier for a bit and sitting on it in a different position. We are lucky to have easily accessible paved towpath nearby. If I hadn't being doing this challenge I wouldn't even have done that.

 

[bluenotebob]

Week 50: 8 local rides over 30 mins; 12.2 hours on the bike; distance cycled 176.9km (903m of Ascent)

Rides: Mon, Wed (x2), Thurs (x2), Fri, Sat, Sun

Six different bikes ridden this week


2025 Stats (from 01.01.2025):

No. of rides over 30 mins: 435
Total no. of hours cycled: 724.2
Total distance cycled 10,937.09km


The new Crosshill gravel bike on the Voie Verte near le Plessis at lunchtime today

 

[FrothNinja]

W50R1 - 4 hours 37 mins - Brierfield, Preston, Clitheroe, Brierfield (total 57.6miles / 92.7 km, plus 1,097m / 3,600ft)
W50R2 - 48 mins - local miles (Lovely pink sky - see below)
W50R3 - 35 mins - local miles

Taken on the fly

 

[ColinJ]

W49R1

You have forgotten to increment the week number again!

As for me... I am finally starting to feel a bit more lively but have not been out yet, so another week not contributing to my annual target. For the sake of completeness, I will document it properly below.

I won't be riding tomorrow because I will be attending my friend's funeral, and I am booked up on Thursday. Tuesday is currently looking promising though...

Week 50: NOWT!!

Total qualifying rides: 165. Distance to date: 5,352.2 km (vs 5,500 km; 50 x weekly target of 110 km). Time to date: 312.50 h (vs 350 h; 50 x weekly target of 7 h). 46 qualifying weeks, 1 week with only 2 rides, 1 week with only 1 ride, 2 weeks off the bike.

Abbreviated local place names (now sorted alphabetically):

• BE = Blackstone Edge, BH = Blackshaw Head, Bp = Bacup, By = Burnley
• Ce = Cornholme, Cgr = Cliviger, Ck = Calderbrook, Cn = Colden, CP = Crown Point, Cr = Caldermoor, CSR=Cross Stone Rd, CV = Cragg Vale
• ELLL = Extended Lumpy Local Loop
• GR = Great Rock
• HB = Hebden Bridge, HC = Holme Chapel, HG = Hubberton Green, Hl = Heptonstall, HP = Harvellin Park
• JB = Jack Bridge
• LC = Long Causeway, Lh = Littleborough, LLL = Lumpy Local Loop, Ls = Lumbutts
• MR = Manchester, Ms = Mankinholes
• OT = Overtown
• Ph = Portsmouth
• Re = Rochdale, Royd = Mytholmroyd
• SB = Sowerby Bridge, SBm = Southward Bottom, Sd = Sharneyford, Sl = Sourhall, St = Summit
• Tod = Todmorden
• UT = u-turn
• WM = Walk Mill, Wn = Walsden

 

[FrothNinja]

You have forgotten to increment the week number again!

As for me... I am finally starting to feel a bit more lively but have not been out yet, so another week not contributing to my annual target. For the sake of completeness, I will document it properly below.

I won't be riding tomorrow because I will be attending my friend's funeral, and I am booked up on Thursday. Tuesday is currently looking promising though...

Week 50: NOWT!!

Total qualifying rides: 165. Distance to date: 5,352.2 km (vs 5,500 km; 50 x weekly target of 110 km). Time to date: 312.50 h (vs 350 h; 50 x weekly target of 7 h). 46 qualifying weeks, 1 week with only 2 rides, 1 week with only 1 ride, 2 weeks off the bike.

Abbreviated local place names (now sorted alphabetically):

• BE = Blackstone Edge, BH = Blackshaw Head, Bp = Bacup, By = Burnley
• Ce = Cornholme, Cgr = Cliviger, Ck = Calderbrook, Cn = Colden, CP = Crown Point, Cr = Caldermoor, CSR=Cross Stone Rd, CV = Cragg Vale
• ELLL = Extended Lumpy Local Loop
• GR = Great Rock
• HB = Hebden Bridge, HC = Holme Chapel, HG = Hubberton Green, Hl = Heptonstall, HP = Harvellin Park
• JB = Jack Bridge
• LC = Long Causeway, Lh = Littleborough, LLL = Lumpy Local Loop, Ls = Lumbutts
• MR = Manchester, Ms = Mankinholes
• OT = Overtown
• Ph = Portsmouth
• Re = Rochdale, Royd = Mytholmroyd
• SB = Sowerby Bridge, SBm = Southward Bottom, Sd = Sharneyford, Sl = Sourhall, St = Summit
• Tod = Todmorden
• UT = u-turn
• WM = Walk Mill, Wn = Walsden

Ta, corrected. Will be easy again in a couple of weeks