Round The Year Randonneurs Log

[LadyVet]

OCT  Denmead - WYLYE AND EBBLE VALLEY (Postie's ride)
NOV  UPPER THAMES 200
DEC  The South Bucks Winter Warmer (Dec multiple p*nct*r* 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
AUG TASTE OF THE TEST 200 PERM (post holiday unfitness and headwind misery)

1 ride to go..
SEP New Forest On/Off Shore 200 - Hopefully complete my 1st RRTY with my favourite 200

Ker-ching! DONE!!
My first RRTY completed

Any further RRTYs will be pure chance, I'm not going to bust a gut to get out in winter if the weather is bad again.

Very well done Lee  Glad I was there to congratulate you at the end of the On/Off Shore yesterday. Trust you celebrated well once you got home?

[Tewdric]

OCT  Denmead - WYLYE AND EBBLE VALLEY (Postie's ride)
NOV  UPPER THAMES 200
DEC  The South Bucks Winter Warmer (Dec multiple p*nct*r* 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
AUG TASTE OF THE TEST 200 PERM (post holiday unfitness and headwind misery)

1 ride to go..
SEP New Forest On/Off Shore 200 - Hopefully complete my 1st RRTY with my favourite 200

Ker-ching! DONE!!
My first RRTY completed

Any further RRTYs will be pure chance, I'm not going to bust a gut to get out in winter if the weather is bad again.

   Chapeau Lee!

[LadyVet]

Forgot to say Lee - make sure you buy the badge (it's a cloth one) and carry it with pride!

[LEE]

Forgot to say Lee - make sure you buy the badge (it's a cloth one) and carry it with pride!

It's on my shopping list. 
It will go on the Carradice, next to my SR medal.  They both involved a certain degree of suffering so I'm not ashamed to display them with pride.

[jogler]

Congrats LEE
SR next?

[LEE]

Congrats LEE
SR next?

Got my SR a couple of years ago and then again this year.  My third and final one will be next year I reckon, a necessary evil for PBP.  I think I'd have got SR last year as well but for a bike problem, I'll never know and I'm not bothered now, I don't collect points or repeat painful events if I can avoid it.  I have a  "been there, done that" mentality, if it hurts a lot then once is enough (see Wu'ze 400).

I really enjoy 200s, I think they are the perfect Audax distance.  They are long enough to make a day of it, short enough to avoid riding through the night, easy enough to allow time for a pub lunch but difficult enough to demand keeping in shape.  

Most of it is about PBP now.

[αdαmsκι]

My first RRtY began in January and that's going fine, but worryingly I've got a second one on the go at the moment.

May: Brevet Cymru & Bryan Chapman Memorial
June: DIY300 & DIY600
July: Cambrian 3A Perm & The Lowlands1200
August: Lincolnshire Cross & DIY300

Note to self: Only ride one event in September or October to ensure you don't get tempted to keep both RRtYs alive during November and December.

I'm putting this in writing to force myself to be sensible.

During September I only rode the Northern Dales 200, which means RRtY #2 is dead. Phew!

[mikewigley]

Martin's post reminds me that I'll be putting together the list for the 2011 Handbook before the end of December.  If your details shown on www.tinyurl.com/PeakAudaxRRTY aren't up-to-date, I need a PM from you.

And your AUK membership number might be useful, just in case your YACF name is unhelpful.  If Martin is who I think he is (and I'm pretty sure I'm right), that "3" will soon be a "4"

[3peaker]

Martin's post reminds me that I'll be putting together the list for the 2011 Handbook before the end of December.  If your details shown on www.tinyurl.com/PeakAudaxRRTY aren't up-to-date, I need a PM from you.

And your AUK membership number might be useful, just in case your YACF name is unhelpful.  If Martin is who I think he is (and I'm pretty sure I'm right), that "3" will soon be a "4"

I am hoping my 11 will read 12 by then. On schedule (Did Oct, my Cider with Rosie 200 (Cal 10 Oct), yesterday - Sat) for Dec finish, with No 13 half way (by then) too.  How about that Ultra (in Platinum or Gold) badge?

How about compiling a RRTY based on consecutive - I am on 7-5, planning on Ultra, a really tall order?
SteveP

[mikewigley]

The thought of recording the different nuances of multiple RRTYs - whether they are a continuous run or include a break between years - is too much to contemplate.

I've also decided to stop counting at 10, the so-called Ultra RRTY (thanks for the name suggestion Steve).  Having said that, I think I would be interested to hear of anyone passing particular landmarks after that, such as at 15, 20, ....

[LEE]

Just out of interest, what do I now need to do to get my RRTY badge?

[postie]

a few quid! 

[mikewigley]

Just out of interest, what do I now need to do to get my RRTY badge?

If you are listed on the www.peakaudax.co.uk website in the RRTY roll of honour then I need £1.80 from you.  I accept cash at the AGM, a cheque while your bank still issues them, and I take PayPal transfers.  Have a look at "How to claim" on the Peak Audax website.  If you are not listed, I need you membership number so I can look up your rides on the AUK website.  I see that there is a Lee in the roll of honour, which I gather is you.

[LEE]

Just out of interest, what do I now need to do to get my RRTY badge?

If you are listed on the www.peakaudax.co.uk website in the RRTY roll of honour then I need £1.80 from you.  I accept cash at the AGM, a cheque while your bank still issues them, and I take PayPal transfers.  Have a look at "How to claim" on the Peak Audax website.  If you are not listed, I need you membership number so I can look up your rides on the AUK website.  I see that there is a Lee in the roll of honour, which I gather is you.

Blimey! I'm on a Roll of Honour.

PayPal sent

[L CC]

How big is the badge? I was thinking of making a bikini top with RRTY on the left and flèche on the right for my AGM outfit.

[The Seldom Killer]

A smidgen smaller than than the 200k badge and I think a little thinner.

Pick sides carefully.

[LEE]

How big is the badge? I was thinking of making a bikini top with RRTY on the left and flèche on the right for my AGM outfit.

With some careful piercing you could use the regular 200/300/400/600km metal badges.

[Hot Flatus]

Mine went down the pan in September, when camping woz moar fun than riding 

Will still try and do one a month over the winter to keep fit

[Hummers]

How big is the badge? I was thinking of making a bikini top with RRTY on the left and flèche on the right for my AGM outfit.

Surely those badges will barely cover your gigantic, yet splendid, brown nipples.

I would imagine.

H

[L CC]

Those pictures were supposed to be for your eyes only H!

[Hummers]

Sorry sweetie, too good not too share.

To the Portsmouth and Gosport Rotarians, you are Ms October.

H

[TOBY]

Subject to validation of the last two rides, October's seen me finish off 2 a month for the last 24 months 

November	Transporter 200	DIY 300
December	DIY 200	DIY 200
January	DIY 200	Dr Fosters Winter Warmer 200
February	Malmesbury Mash 200	Gospel Pass ECE 150+50
March	Mr. Pickwick's March Madness 200	Mad March Coasts and Quantocks 200
April	Easter Arrow 400	Dorset Coast 200
May	Brevet Cymru 400	Wu’Ze 400
June	Avalon Sunrise 400	3D 300
July	Hellfire Perm 600	Mille Cymru 1000
August	Cambrian 8A Perm 800	DIY 200
September	Ferryside Fish Foray 200	Beyond Shropshire 200
October	DIY 200	Gower Getter 200

I plan to let one fizzle out in November/December time.

[tonyh]

Brilliant!

Mine fizzled out, for no good reason, in September. Failure to raise enthusiasm after 66 months.

[3peaker]

Brilliant!

Mine fizzled out, for no good reason, in September. Failure to raise enthusiasm after 66 months.

I know what you mean Tony.  I have an Ultra+  + a 7 1/2yr consecutive and am currently on Nos 12 & 13 doing at least 2x200/mth (since Jan 08).  Put Oct No 2 (13/5) into the bank yesterday and made it a 2.5AAA (my Gospel Pass 200 Perm). My mind is now set on winter-style preparation (clothes, tyres, m/gs, lights), a far memory to last winter and distinctly different to the heights of summer on a light bike and kit.

I think it is the winter that brings out the hardy side of this game. I am just glad that I am not confined to the narrow weekend window when choosing weather. Crisp dry cold days have a special character but the nights are best done in the dry. Cold rain is a special displeasure. Now, I have set myself a target of an AAARTY on 200km(or +), which means doing the GP200 through to Feb 11. Just hope all my efforts come to a worthwhile achievement. I have the penalty of a bionic left hip (since Jan 2000); I would hate it to wear out at a critical moment.
SteveP

[Karla]

Halfway through mine now.

May '10        Eccleshall 200, DIY200, The Lincoln 400
June            DIY200, Spurn Head 400
July             Seething 600
August         York-Cambridge-York 400
September   Dark & White Peak 200
October       Tour of the Wolds 200

And for the second half:

November    Eureka 200
December    Probably a DIY200 up to Bishop Aukland
January '11  Mere 200 or a perm
February      Newport or a perm
March          Pollag S'niplig 200 or The Red Rose Ride or Chirk, choices choices choices!
April            Easter Arrow and hopefully the Sheffrec Full Monty as well