Round The Year Randonneurs Log

[LEE]

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

[Karla]

I thought I'd better do this to keep fit in readiness for PBP.  In actual fact, I thought of the idea after I'd done a good handful of audax rides in the then recent past and decided to continue.  Unfortunately for me, I'd done all three rides in May so they only counted for one month - damn me for putting in so much effort!

After York-Cambridge York yesterday, I now have May, June, July and August ticked off.  That's the easy bit done, now I just need to ride in the 8 months of cold and dark.  I'll be reet [insert foolish grin here]. 

[citoyen]

After York-Cambridge York yesterday, I now have May, June, July and August ticked off.  That's the easy bit done, now I just need to ride in the 8 months of cold and dark.  I'll be reet [insert foolish grin here]. 

I resumed audaxing in March and have done at least one every month since, so I was thinking along the same lines as you. I've got rides lined up for September and October but unfortunately, it's looking unlikely I'll be able to do one in August so I'll be back to square one. d'oh!

d.

[Chris S]

...now I just need to ride in the 8 months of cold and dark.  I'll be reet [insert foolish grin here].  

Soon be time to start preparations for the dark 6 months. First off - some revision: It's Snowing!

[Chris S]

I resumed audaxing in March and have done at least one every month since, so I was thinking along the same lines as you. I've got rides lined up for September and October but unfortunately, it's looking unlikely I'll be able to do one in August so I'll be back to square one. d'oh!

d.

August can be a tricky month - what with holidays and such.

Don't underestimate the usefulness of an evening DIY 200; get underway by 5pm and you can be done by 2am  .

[Manotea]

Ooh, a new challenge! The Midweek Midnight RRTY (MMRRTY)!

[L CC]

Soon be time to start preparations for the dark 6 months. First off - some revision: It's Snowing!

Stop it! Way too soon for that! Although finishing the 200 in the dark yesterday did make me feel autumnal

[simonp]

Hmm, DIY 200 starting from work, heading out to Fenland District, avoiding the duelling banjos, and back in time for a midnight snack.

It all seems a bit too teethgrinder.   

[simonp]

*stops playing with google maps* 

[Chris S]

It all seems a bit too teethgrinder.   

Only if you gear up to 104" fixed 

[citoyen]

Hmm... If I rode all the way home from work, that would be more or less 100km... So, let's say I allow myself five hours per 100km... I could leave the office at 8pm, get home by 1am for a few hours kip, then set off at 4am to ride back to work. With half an hour for a shower and breakfast, I'd be at my desk by 9.30.

Hmm...

d.

[Tewdric]

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

7 consecutive years is a seriously impressive feat - chapeau!

[mattc]

Don't underestimate the usefulness of an evening DIY 200; get underway by 5pm and you can be done by 2am  .

Maybe in your part of the country ...   

[mmmmartin]

so how come the Hailsham-Liss 200k took me 14 hours on Wednesday?

[Chris S]

Don't underestimate the usefulness of an evening DIY 200; get underway by 5pm and you can be done by 2am  .

Maybe in your part of the country ...   

Well, I didn't move here for the mountains... 

[DanialW]

After a long hiatus, I finally managed my second RRTY, completing in July.

Looking back, I note a finish on 31 January. This wasn't as close as the December ride, when I ploughed through 50km of snow and snowing, and met two of the six starters (from 50-odd) from Mike Wigley's ill-fated Solstice 200 in Whitchurch. I sprayed Tim with brown sauce in the cafe (another recurring theme this year) but made up for it by dragging him back on the Spurn Head 400.

I don't plan on a third just yet, but sometimes, when you get to six months in a row, well, it starts to become a target.

[Nuncio]

Looking back, I note a finish on 31 January.

Not wanting to pick at old scabs but wasn't January 31st only just over half-way through  the extended month?

[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.

[simonp]

I'm riding NO events this month. Just to make sure.

[tonyh]

I'm riding NO events this month. Just to make sure.

Three days to go.... there's still a danger I might ride a Perm....

[kcass]

Sept - Golden Tints
Oct - Anfractuous
Nov - Upper Thames
Dec - Winter Warmer
Jan - Willy Warmer
Feb - Kennet Valley
Mar - Dean
Apr - Severn  Across
May - BCM
June - Rural South
July - DIY200
Aug - Tregaron Dragon

.... that wasn't so bad. Might do another one now.

[Marmitegeoff]

Sept - Golden Tints
Oct - Anfractuous
Nov - Upper Thames
Dec - Winter Warmer
Jan - Willy Warmer
Feb - Kennet Valley
Mar - Dean
Apr - Severn  Across
May - BCM
June - Rural South
July - DIY200
Aug - Tregaron Dragon

.... that wasn't so bad. Might do another one now.

Careful   that is a very slippery slope

At least miss a month before your next one

Geoff   (confirmed addict)

[tonyh]

Three days to go.... there's still a danger I might ride a Perm....

I did. On the 31st.

Better confess to being another confirmed addict.

[Martin]

2006        
2007      
2008         
2009        

21.3.10  Man of Kent 200
10.4.10  Fenland DIY 200
9.5.10 Stonehenge 200
5.6.10 Flitchbikes 200
3.7.10 Kent Corners 200
2.8.10 Sedlescombe-Herne Bay perm 200
5.9.10 New Forest On and Off Shore 200

[LEE]

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.