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MrSparkle - Member
Done it!
Seemed appropriate to wear this jersey to finish and to go up the Rake (site of National hill climb competition)on the last ride.
Chapeau to anyone who has completed this challenge and who rides up the rake! I'm working up to it, last couple of rides I've gone up to the turn-off, but stayed left and headed back down towards Nuttall.
Matt
I completed today, it's been way easier than the Specialized Climbing Challenge earlier in the year.
Just finished the challenge , with an easy recovery ride this morning 😀
2758m to go and only 1 day left. Going to be 5 laps of 2 local hills if I want it, and looking at the number in and finished it's better odds than the lottery for a prize 🙂
Tried to hit 2500 today but not enough food or time so earlier start and more bananas
[url= http://app.strava.com/athletes/378680 ]I did[/url] 5477 metres last week, and am about to knock this one off with a wee Leadhills area 'Rough Stuff' scoot on my tourer. I'm at about 70%, if today doesn't finish it, tomorrow will 😉
Completed this morning on my zesty. Would have finished yesterday if the ken laidlaw short route was the ascent advertised. Was great to finish on top of the three brethren in the sunshine having ridden so much Tarmac in the mank.
All finished ...104% after todays ride .. fingers crossed for the Trek!!
Finished today. To be honest i'm glad its over, today was good as i could just do a normal long ride but the midweek nights and having to do loops to get the maximum elevation in the shortest time/distance got a bit tedious after a while. Wish i had some proper mountains to go up!
Do you need to do anything now or are you automatically entered into the prize draw?
When you complete you need to e-mail Rapha your address for the roundel and your frame size just in case you win the Madone.
[i]To receive your roundel once you have completed the challenge, please e-mail your name and postal address to: circle@rapha.cc, not forgetting to include the frame size you would like should you win the Trek. [/i]
just about to leave for my last chance to get the meters in, next post will either be success or failure (probably just jibbering really, wish I'd started on Monday)
Well done everybody who has finished and good luck to those aiming to finish today!
Heading out today to find an easy 900m for the other half to do this evening after work. She was u at 6 to get some metres in before work.
leaving it late as usual left me with about 120km and 3000m today.
That hurt a little, still it will all be worth it when the bike arrives
#edit
Cold beer now in hand
From above averaged 23m/Km or 46ft/mile (i think)
Had to go looking for the hills though plenty of repeats have enough 700-1000m loops if I had started on monday but probably looked like I was just doing lap training today just to keep the Km's down
I only managed 2,507m (36%), but that was [url= http://mactually.co.uk/?p=400 ]three[/url] [url= http://mactually.co.uk/?p=405 ]rides on[/url] [url= http://mactually.co.uk/?p=408 ]a SS[/url] MTB, so I'm claiming each metre is worth 2.8 metres 😉
Squeaked through on 7,017m/101% with 1600m of climbing on the MTB on Saturday.
Having a couple of days off the bike now!
Has anyone got an acknowledgement from the Rapha E-mail?
Decided to start this on Tuesday and only managed half the climbing, but good motivational tool. Will give it a proper go next year.
Good luck in the Trek comp to everyone who finished it.
No acknowledgement to the rapha email for me
Nothing from Rapha as yet. They've probably got around nine thousand emails in their inbox though, so I'll give them an hour or two to respond 😀
only 2500 I reckon, I'm on 104% and have only slipped down from 800th to 1250 today. Better odds that the lottery
Did anybody hear owt from Rapha? I've been away and I have got zip so far. 🙁
Nope. The only thing I've heard is th OH didn't qualify as she was short by 42m, even though at 2330 on the last night she was 150m over and strava did what they do with the totals which wiped it out.
Did anybody hear owt from Rapha? I've been away and I have got zip so far.
Did you pop your details in on [url= http://rapha.createsend3.com/t/y-l-jytkvd-glkdjidp-z/ ]their website[/url]?
(Not that I've heard owt yet)
Yeah, I did that Dave. PS Good luck at SITS with the dream team. ;0)
Hey dave, fancy going for a ride sometime as i'm pretty sure i live just round the corner from you? 😀
Sent the e-mail then did the website thing after they sent that too.
Well today i received my rapha roundel, in fact i did so well i got 2 😀 , even though i did'nt do twice the amount of climbing, sadly no bike though 🙁
picture of said roundel?
Never done this before but here goes.
[img] http://www.flickr.com/photos/85390626@N03/7824323212/in/photostream [/img]
edit: link here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/85390626@N03/7824323212/in/photostream
Taa daa!
[url= http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7109/7824984794_41f03b1fba.jp g" target="_blank">
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/37065594@N06/7824984794/ ]rapha2[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/37065594@N06/ ]twinklydave[/url], on Flickr
(Obviously it's about the riding, not the mini tea coasters...)
Hey dave, fancy going for a ride sometime as i'm pretty sure i live just round the corner from you?
Oop, just saw this! Soz! Whereabouts are you based?
nice! get it on eBay
Whereabouts are you based?
Lostock Hall. i noticed you raced at midweek madness but placed considerably higher than me, wouldn't be anything too difficult for you tbh 😀
Oh right, you literally are right round the corner then!
Yes, we'll sort out a ride, I'll dig me diary out 🙂