The remaining podium places are still up for grabs with Justin in 3rd place nervously looking over his shoulder to see if he will be caught by Mike who is only 54.7 miles behind. Even though Steve has won all the Jerseys, tradition dictates he can ‘only’ wear the Yellow. So I will get the Green Jersey for points classification (which I have conveniently just invented, see below) and the Polka Dot jersey looks set to go to Mike - unless anyone is planning on taking the week off work and mounting a last gasp challenge….
Mini
Strava Challenge
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Week
11 - Monday 11/3/13 - Sunday 17/3/13
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Name
|
No.
of Rides
|
Miles
Ridden
|
Climbing
(ft)
|
Ranking
- Miles
|
Ranking
- KoM
|
Steve
W
|
5
|
118.8
|
6,962
|
1
|
1
|
Jon
S
|
1
|
66.5
|
3,948
|
2
|
2
|
Craig
S
|
2
|
53.7
|
2,785
|
3
|
3
|
David
C
|
1
|
49.7
|
2,094
|
4
|
4
|
Michael
C
|
1
|
37.7
|
1,936
|
5
|
5
|
Justin
C
|
0
|
0.0
|
0
|
8=
|
8=
|
Mike
R
|
0
|
0.0
|
0
|
8=
|
8=
|
Duncan
S
|
0
|
0.0
|
0
|
8=
|
8=
|
326.4
|
17725.0
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Mini
Strava Challenge
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General
Classification
|
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Name
|
No.
of Rides
|
Miles
Ridden
|
Climbing
(ft)
|
Ranking
- Miles
|
Ranking
- KoM
|
|
Steve
W
|
54
|
1,160.8
|
57,170
|
1
|
1
|
|
David
C
|
16
|
770.2
|
32,754
|
2
|
3
|
|
Justin
C
|
19
|
605.3
|
27,784
|
3
|
4
|
|
Mike
R
|
14
|
550.6
|
33,300
|
4
|
2
|
|
Michael
C
|
15
|
325.3
|
18,093
|
5
|
6
|
|
Craig
St
|
9
|
312.7
|
23,451
|
6
|
5
|
|
Duncan
S
|
10
|
302.2
|
17,724
|
7
|
8
|
|
Jon
S
|
4
|
268.5
|
17,880
|
8
|
7
|
|
4295.6
|
228156.0
|
Michael
C I had high hopes of a last ditch big ride this
weekend to catch up but weather put paid to my ambition. Even with my new
wheels riding in 2 inches of slush was not very nice!
Depending on the appetite of the group (and the anorak with the stats!) I’d be up for a new challenge starting from the end of this phase. Not that I have any hope of winning but I need the motivation if I’m not going to get dropped too quickly by my considerably older brother in the Etape du Tour – saying that I’m am slightly hopeful that the light nights and no commute up here in Edinburgh might allow me to make some small in roads in the big riders!!
David C
to
All: I’m happy to continue to be
“stato”if there is a demand for another 12 week challenge. All totals reset to
zero? Who’s in?
Duncan
S I
see an opportunity here to introduce a handicap system to encourage the big
milers to keep on trying and the low milers to stay ahead of the game.
I propose we take everyone’s first quarter
score and put a minus in front of it. Each week the scores get reported in the
weekly chart but the General Classification chart everyone’s score gets added
to the minus figure to reduce the deficit.
That means at the end of the quarter if you
have done more miles than the previous quarter you become a positive figure
(which shouldn’t be difficult this next quarter, weather permitting, unless you
have an injury in which case a medical certificate will excuse you). If you are
still in negative figures you suffer a forfeit (donation towards Guildford
Peloton Summer BBQ)?
The idea would be that the low milers would
always be looking over their shoulders at the big milers catching them up with
an incentive to put in that extra ride to stay ahead, and the big milers to
catch those minnows and eat them up.
New joiners start with an average figure.
What do you think? (I think that we will see Steve’s 1 mile
commute to work that is currently 17 miles suddenly get longer)
Steve W
: Duncan, So, let me see if I’ve understood you
correctly. My reward for having gone out most days in some of the foulest
weather that this country can throw at us is to start the new competition with
a minus score equivalent to the miles that I’ve amassed through the worst
quarter of the year. So, next quarter I need to do an average of 100 miles a
week just to get to zero. I think that it should be the other way around. Those
that have been the biggest pussies through the 1st quarter should be penalised
for failing to man-up. However, I guess if that’s what it takes for you to beat
a 58-year old asthmatic with a prosthetic hip and a recently healing ruptured
Achilles tendon, then go for it. Not that I’d be bitter or anything!
Jon S: Ooooh – do we get extra credit for achilles
tendonitis? Count me in then.
Steve W : John,Maybe a little one. I can come give you
a good kick and completely rupture it, then you get more credit.
Duncan
S: Hi Steve, Steve Sorry my proposal isn’t going
to suit. Just an idea from a nearly blind 53 year old with tenosynovitis in his
right ankle just off of crutches and anti-inflammatory drugs and a still sore
Achilles on the left side. I just feel sorry for Jon who is going to get
a kicking because of me. Sorry Jon.
See you Sunday Steve. I will bring my
protective goggles and bodyguard. I just hope the weather (and the ground) is
good enough for a stroll along the river there.
David
C: Ok so we’re all agreed. A new 12 week
challenge starts next Monday with all totals reset to zero.
Steve
W: Duncan,
On Sunday bring your bike and I’ll take you for a quick spin before we
have lunch!
Steve W Craig, Here’s the weather that I was riding in
yesterday…As someone said on a recent club ride, “it’s an outdoor sport, get
over it!”
Craig
C: Count me in, as an only near-50 year old with
no major ailments, living in one the worlds best environments for cycling
(certainly is the past couple of months is anything to go by), and with the
wife away back in the UK for the next three weeks, looks I could get a chance
this quarter.
Mike R: Blimey lots of mail to catch up on after a
week end on the slopes. The weather was very similar to your sportive Steve! I’m up for the next challenge. Will that be
starting on Monday 25th or 1st???
Bad back and poorly motivated but only 42,
Mike
David
C: Welcome back - new challenge starts Monday
25th . Incidentally, have you given any
thought to the Etape yet? Flights and accommodation still available…
Steve
W: Welcome back Mike. Good to know you've been
out in the snow too. David, I've entered
the Etape. Just need to get fit enough for it now.
David C: Steve, Well if you’re not fit enough there is
no hope for the rest of us!
Steve
W: David, I may have been doing lots of miles,
but the times have not been that great. I’m sure you could beat me on most
sportives at the moment.
Micheal
C: Just throwing in my tuppence from up north,
on the basis that everyone seems to have declared their medical history! Only 40 (for the next few days anyway) 2
dodgy knees but hopefully no other medical ailments! No excuses really. I just need to man up and
get the miles in!
Steve
W: Michael, You’re not exactly in the best part
of the UK though, especially at the moment if the weather reports are accurate!
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