It'll be January first in a couple weeks, time for new years resolutions and all that crap. If you belong to a gym it'll be so crowded you'll have to wait to get on a machine. Me, can't stand working out indoors, unless it's a pool. So here's where the fun comes in!
HOW HARD ARE YOU???
Time for the January Winter Ride Off, presented by the Midwest Cycling Community. What's this you ask? Welp, I stole the idea from Paddy, our north of the border brutha, who stole it from someone else. Paddy's rules rule. Read below.
Scoring rubric is as follows:
1. Each ride--on or off road--is worth 70 points, minus the lowest recorded windchill during the ride.Example 1: the windchill is 15 degrees. To get your score, you subtract 15 from 70: the base score for that ride is 55. Example 2: the windchill is minus 10 degrees. 70 minus -10 = 80 points.The colder it is the more points you score.Example 3: there is no windchill; then take the lowest temperature: 70 minus 62 = 8 points. If it gets warmer than 70, then enjoy, but no points will be awarded (or subtracted) for the ride.
2. To get your total points, you multiple the base score by the number of hours ridden.Example: Base score is 55; time ridden 2.5 hours. total score = 137.5 points. Let's keep it simple: if you ride for 2 hours and 20 minutes, you round to 2.25 hours, 2:10 goes to 2.25 hours; 2:25 goes to 2.5 hours. In other words, round to the nearest quarter hour.
3. If you convince two or more other idiots to ride with you, add 10 social points to your total points.Example: 50 base score x 3 hours =150 points + 10 social points =160 total points for the ride.
4. If you ride a single speed/fixed gear bike, add ten suffer points. (Or, if you are a nutcase like Paul and insist on suffering mightily, but don't have a SS--yet, get in one gear like 32 x 16 and stay there for the whole ride. No shifting, no, no, no!)Example: 50 base score x 3 hours =150 points + 10 social points + 10 suffer points = 170 total points for the ride.
5. No more than four rides per week may count. Submit your best four. (mod note: sorry communters, one way = one ride)
6. Running or crosscountry skiing (even that roller skiing that Jim does) outdoors also counts. Same formula as above.
7. Indoor spinning, weightlifting, roller riding, swimming, etc. do not count. Be a pussy, if you must, but don't expect to be rewarded for it.
So here's how we're doing it Nebraska stylee. All may enter, just e-mail me at mark(at)trekomaha(dot)com and say you want to enter. Write "January Winter Ride Off" in the subject line. Starting January 1st, E-mail your weekly points total to me each Sunday night. Weekly and cummulative results will be posted on the Trek Omaha website and Highgear website.
Awards? Hell yeah there's awards!
1st Place - Pearl Izumi Amfib gloves ($65 value)
2nd Place - Pearl Izumi Amfib booties ($45 value)
3rd Place - Nike Winter riding cap ($25 value)
Awards ceremony will be the first Friday of February. Must be present to win. Details to follow.
I had 279 points last week. Get out and ride!!!
16 comments:
Booo... no vaseline for the commuters on that rule. Whatever. Polo still counts, right?
Sweet idea. Count me in.
Alright, alot of peeps are trying to work the system. This is about gettin' your ass out and riding. if you ride to work cool. you can get a warm fuzzy feeling knowing you're saving the earf. if commuting is all you got, then take the long route to or from to get your massive points score.
This is gonna be sweet.
Bring it!
Things must be really sloooowwwww at the shop,(get a life). I could hardly read your boring ass rules let alone find the time to keep track of them on a weekly basis. If Polo dosent count then neither should commuting. Fair is Fair. Besides I already have a pair of those gloves. Also, you need to give points for either time out or distance traveled.
Does riding in the rain count as my windchill.
Oh Shim, you're such an...
You know you're the only one out there that keeps track of training miles anyway, it should be easy for you. would you like bonus points for zone 3 training?
You must have lost your magnifying glass or did you just choose to not read the points system, it is based on time out.
CCB...you're already getting 10 suffer points going SS/fixie, that should suffice.
AJB...after much thought and consideration, the jury will accept polo!
Oh wait, I get it, "Time Out"
No Shim, I'm not giving you points when Marian gives you a "time out"
HOW HARD ARE YOU???
That's what she said.
bad troy, bad!
i'll throw my hat in the 'ol ring of fire too. i might not win, but i'll have fun trying!
cheers,
mg
everyone is going down!
My wife may give me time outs, but a least she didn't make me put her picture on my blog photo. Sorry girls he's taken.....
I'm in for Polo Sunday.
Also, with the rain and colder temps at night it looks like the frost/freeze cycle will be in full effect. 7am at Swanson for some freeze dried fixe action for this cat.
Happy Holidays Everyone:)
Is it per day or per workout? Say you get a ride and run in the same day outdoors, do you get to count the total time doing both?
count me in. i could use a pair of those gloves. ;)
/s
kb-no you can't combine them. 1 run = 1 workout, 1 ride = 1 workout.
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