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mikewigley

Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #350 on: 17 May, 2010, 09:21:34 pm »
Try a search engine for Audax and UAF

Done it .... Oh, France has an Audax club too!   What with le camping and le weekend, when will they stop copying our ideas?

3peaker

  • RRTY Mad 42 up
Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #351 on: 06 June, 2010, 12:13:48 am »
It is great to notch up another RRTY happening.  Today, in blistering continental-style heat, I notched up my 7th year of Consecutive RRTYs.  Also, just happened to count as 12/6, scheduled to complete before the worst of the winter weather.

Just to add an additional challenge, done 2 a yr and 3 a year, done Trike twice, done 12 of the same route, I am thinking of going for an AAA RRTY based on 200+ rather than any AAA ride (that is in hand from Oct 09).  Problem is I need to do 200km AAAs in Jan and Feb 2011 and that is the Challenge, not that AAA200s any other month aren't hard enough but I have my Gospel Pass Perm as available if I can find the weather.

SteveP
SteveP

Promoting : Cheltenham Flyer 200, Cider with Rosie 150, Character Coln 100.

Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #352 on: 28 June, 2010, 08:25:04 am »
It's done - RRTY #1 all on a Rohloff :thumbsup:
Not sure what to do next. Do another back to back? After next week I'll have 5 AAARTY in the bag so might try and do them both at the same time.

1.  08 December  - 200km Monmouth Meander  
2.  09 January   - 200km Dr Fosters Winter Warmer  
3.  09 February  - 200km Malmesbury Mash  
4.  09 March     - 200km Carmarthenshire Snapper  
5.  09 April     - 200km Carmarthen Bay 200 - Estuary Welsh  
6.  09 May       - 200km Four Rivers  
7.  09 June      - 200km Wye Bother  
8.  09 July      - 200km Clwydian Horseshoe  
9.  09 August    - 200km Three Counties - Four Leaf Clover  
10. 09 September - 200km Kidderminster Killer  
11. 09 October   - 220km Hafren  
12. 09 November  - 200km Transporter


It's done - AAA RRTY #1, again all on a Rohloff  :thumbsup:

1  05/07/2009   200km  Clwydian Horseshoe      3.25 AAA   
2  29/08/2009   100km  Cambrian Series CS1A    2.25 AAA   
3  13/09/2009   200km  Kidderminster Killer    4.00 AAA   
4  17/10/2009   220km  Hafren                  3.00 AAA   
5  14/11/2009   100km  Glamorgan Gloom         2.00 AAA   
6  19/12/2009   100km  Cambrian Series CS1B    1.50 AAA   
7  31/01/2010   100km  Cambrian Series CS1E    1.75 AAA   
8  14/02/2010   100km  Carmarthenshire Stopper 1.75 AAA   
9  26/03/2010   100km  Cambrian Series CS1D    1.50 AAA   
10 25/04/2010   160km  Dic Penderyn            2.50 AAA   
11 08/05/2010   200km  Cambrian Series CS2C    3.25 AAA   
12 26/06/2010   129km  Cambrian Series CS1C    2.75 AAA   

Iawn, cont? It's a 67.4" by the way.

Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #353 on: 28 June, 2010, 08:28:31 am »
Been social this year then Gog? ;D

Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #354 on: 28 June, 2010, 08:29:38 am »
Especially not considering 6 of the AAA events where permies!
Iawn, cont? It's a 67.4" by the way.

Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #355 on: 28 June, 2010, 08:33:36 am »
Well done anyway!  :thumbsup:

Will have to quiz you on the second to last one (200 via Newquay..)

Martin

Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #356 on: 03 July, 2010, 11:12:45 pm »
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Maverick

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Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #357 on: 11 July, 2010, 10:55:21 pm »
Completed my first RRtY today :thumbsup:

29-08-09   NEWTONMORE 210
19-09-09   GALASHIELS 309
18-10-09   GALASHIELS 204
14-11-09   EDINBURGH, Corstorphine 201
13-12-09   DIY200 200   
17-01-10   DIY200 200   
06-02-10   DIY200 200
07-03-10   ROSEWELL, S of Edinburgh 201
14-04-10   DIY200 200
15-05-10   CHEPSTOW 619
12-06-10   CORSTORPHINE, Edinburgh 604
11-07-10   DIY200 200 (to be validated)

mikewigley

Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #358 on: 15 July, 2010, 09:50:58 pm »
Completed my first RRtY today :thumbsup:

well done.  PM me your name when that last ride appears on the results database and I'll add you to the roll of honour www.tinyurl.com/PeakAudaxRRTY

Mike

Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #359 on: 19 July, 2010, 01:56:59 pm »
Subject to validation:

Aug '09 Mildenhall 200
Sep '09 Golden Tints 200
Oct '09 Anfractuous 200
Nov '09 Upper Thames 200
Dec '09 Tinsel Lane DNF DIY 200
Jan '10 DIY 200 fell off lots DNF; DIY 200 unvalidated due to incompetence 37th Jan DIY 200
Feb '10 Old Squit 200
Mar '10 Up The Uts 200
Apr '10 Fleche 400
May '10 Chateaubourg 300
June '10 Heart Of the Shires 200
July '10 Seething 600


 :thumbsup:


But O NO
Mar '10 Start of Summertime 200k fixed
Apr '10 Dick Turpins 200k fixed
May '10 Necton Coastal DIY 200 fixed
June '10 Boudicca's 200k fixed

Argggghhh



Wowbagger

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Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #360 on: 19 July, 2010, 02:00:50 pm »
Well done indeed! But you are a glutton for punishment, aren't you?  ;)
Quote from: Dez
It doesn’t matter where you start. Just start.

LEE

Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #361 on: 19 July, 2010, 02:07:09 pm »
OCT  Denmead - WYLYE AND EBBLE VALLEY (Postie's ride)
NOV  UPPER THAMES 200
DEC  The South Bucks Winter Warmer (Dec multiple puncture misery)
JAN  ANORAKS DELIGHT 200 PERM
FEB  ANORAKS DELIGHT 200 PERM
FEB  The Kennett Valley Run 200
MAR  ANORAKS DELIGHT 200 PERM
APR  TASTE OF THE TEST 200 PERM
APR  Denmead 400 PERM
MAY  Wu'ze 400
MAY  BCM600
JUN  Winton 200 (Kingsworthy)
JUL  ANORAKS DELIGHT 200 PERM

2 rides to go...
AUG Another Perm 200 - Not sure which yet, probably the Taste of the Test.
SEP New Forest On/Off Shore 200 - Hopefully complete my 1st RRTY with my favourite 200

I have to say that 200s seem much easier following the Wuze400 and BCM600

Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #362 on: 19 July, 2010, 02:09:26 pm »
Well done indeed! But you are a glutton for punishment, aren't you?  ;)
Nah, we love it!

(Like banging your head on a wall, it's great when you stop...)

thing1

  • aka Joth
    • TandemThings
Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #363 on: 03 August, 2010, 09:58:43 am »
We had a 2xRRTY on the go, but July was the month of audax FAIL.

2009  :thumbsup:

2010:-
Feb - Poor Student, Kennet Valley Run
Mar - Up the Uts, The Dean
Apr - DIY 300, DIY 300
May - BCM, Cambrian 2D
Jun - Valley of the Rocks, Epson-Lincoln 600, (Avalon 400)
Jul - mc1k - DNF  :'( [alas the 600k completed counts for nothing]

no point starting a fresh RRTY now as we'll have to break it next May/Jun anyway.
Looks like we've escaped the vicious circle!

Manotea

  • Where there is doubt...
Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #364 on: 03 August, 2010, 11:32:58 am »
December was Month 12 of my first RRTY after The Streak. The first two weeks I was out of the country, the second two weeks was White Death and I was barely up to a 200 anyway, so that was that.  

Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #365 on: 03 August, 2010, 07:48:25 pm »

Another  FAIL  :(   No July ride this time due to my ongoing knee injury.

And I'm never going to attempt it again!  I've lost count of the 'almost-but-not-quite' attempts I have made over the years and it has always been poor health or injuries that have stopped me.  It's doubly annoying that (like this past year) I struggle through some tough 200s during the Scottish winters only to be defeated in the summer months. 

I have completed RTTY x 3 though, so I will continue to sport my orange badge as a warning.  :thumbsup:

Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #366 on: 03 August, 2010, 08:08:53 pm »
Started with a Kennet Valley Run 200k, followed it up with The Dean 300k in March, Severn Across 400k in April, East Riding 200k in May, Moors & Wolds 400k in June and (following and overnight sense of humour fail there) a DIY 200k in July.

Six months down but feeling a little short on an SR I'm gambling it all on Bernie's Long Flat One in August. It's a bit silly really, if I wanted to I could do the ride as two seperate 300k rides and pretty much guarantee a qualifier for RRtY. But it seems a bit too much like cheating, as does taking a spare bike and leaving it in the van.

3peaker

  • RRTY Mad 42 up
Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #367 on: 04 August, 2010, 10:23:55 pm »

Jul - mc1k - DNF  :'( [alas the 600k completed counts for nothing]

no point starting a fresh RRTY now as we'll have to break it next May/Jun anyway.
Looks like we've escaped the vicious circle!


 

Therein lies a big problem with the RRTY 'game'.  For LEL and PBP folk and any difficult-to-call events, and if planning permits, the early part of the month should always be used to put a (200km?) ride into the RRTY bank.

My July campaign could not start until 24 Jul ('cos I was away on hols in Italy and France) but I still managed 2x200s to keep Nos 12 & 13 alive.

SteveP
 
 
SteveP

Promoting : Cheltenham Flyer 200, Cider with Rosie 150, Character Coln 100.

thing1

  • aka Joth
    • TandemThings
Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #368 on: 04 August, 2010, 10:51:29 pm »
Yep. Preparing for and attempting mc1k was far and away our main interest over the last month, completely overshadowing any desire for another RRTY. It's only now we're in post-DNF-blues that we realize no RRTY could make it harder to keep motivated over the winter (for keeping fitness up, as next year is PBP)

Perhaps what we really need is a RRTWM (- Round The Winter Months) award  ;D

Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #369 on: 05 August, 2010, 08:24:01 am »
Perhaps for Oct-Mar you could just ask for half a badge.

mattc

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Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #370 on: 05 August, 2010, 02:37:20 pm »
I was quite happy to use MC1k for RRTY and SR purposes. (Despite having little confidence of finishing). Big rides outrank badges, for me anyway. MC1k was the best motivation for winter miles I've ever had!

For Winter:
A Nov-Mar 300 award would seem fair.
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Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #371 on: 05 August, 2010, 05:47:45 pm »

2 rides to go...
AUG Another Perm 200 - Not sure which yet, probably the Taste of the Test.
SEP New Forest On/Off Shore 200 - Hopefully complete my 1st RRTY with my favourite 200

How about the Wiltshire White Horses for August instead of a DIY?
Behold the turtle - he only makes progress if he sticks his neck out.

thing1

  • aka Joth
    • TandemThings
Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #372 on: 06 August, 2010, 10:58:30 pm »
Big rides outrank badges, for me anyway. MC1k was the best motivation for winter miles I've ever had!
Good point. We only entered mc1k after already doing most of the winter rides for RRTY. This year we'll have PBP (and more to the point, early PBP qualifiers) to focus the mind so should be OK.

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For Winter:
A Nov-Mar 300 award would seem fair.
Oh you're a bad bad man. That almost seems an interesting challenge without any badge. Bit lonely without any suitable calendar events though. Ah ha. Maybe time to work out this ECE malarky!  :D

Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #373 on: 16 August, 2010, 11:07:15 am »
Six months down but feeling a little short on an SR I'm gambling it all on Bernie's Long Flat One in August. It's a bit silly really, if I wanted to I could do the ride as two seperate 300k rides and pretty much guarantee a qualifier for RRtY. But it seems a bit too much like cheating, as does taking a spare bike and leaving it in the van.

Damn, suffered a physical at around 400k and, having lost lots of time over the next 40k, called it a day leaving myself having to crawl the remaing 30 back to Doncaster.

The gamble failed and RRtY is over for this year. Starting again shortly and at least happy that I didn't muck it up on ride 12.

Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #374 on: 16 August, 2010, 01:42:15 pm »
Seventh consecutive year now fully validated with two rides towards the eighth in the bag. (I started in July 2003). I now feel its time for a break, but will I still feel like that when the end of September gets closer?  Lucky I have some perm entries in the drawer in case the enthusiasm returns

Tony