2015 MFP Grand Tour Challenge - SIgnup and Discussion Thread...
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For those of you new to the Challenge, here's what to do now...
right click on the image of your number, save the image, then upload it into your profile picture for the duration of the challenge - not only is it a "nice touch" to show you're on the challenge, but it also makes it MUCH easier for the poor souls who have to go through all the posts and check/enter each one into the logging spreadsheet.
Plus, when people see your "race number" pop up in your newsfeed/timeline it helps publicise the whole set of challenges, so I'm not begging for riders with a couple of days to go...
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Giro_Dossard_311 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
Giro_Dossard_312 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
Custom Antipodean 313 for Brett
Giro_Dossard_313 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
Giro_Dossard_314 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
Giro_Dossard_315 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
Custom Sand-Dune 316 for Aaron
Giro_Dossard_316 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
Giro_Dossard_317 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
Giro_Dossard_318 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
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His
Giro_Dossard_321 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
GetAShorterNameFerChrissakesMateItReallyDoesntFitVeryWell
Giro_Dossard_322 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
Custom Again for Tom
Giro_Dossard_323 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
Hers
Giro_Dossard_324 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
Giro_Dossard_325 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
Giro_Dossard_326 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
Giro_Dossard_327 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
Giro_Dossard_328 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
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Giro_Dossard_331 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
Custom Lancastrian for Graham
Giro_Dossard_332 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
Giro_Dossard_333 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
Giro_Dossard_334 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
Giro_Dossard_335 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
Giro_Dossard_336 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
Custom for Dean (probably my favourite custom one really...)
Giro_Dossard_337 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
Giro_Dossard_338 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
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If I've got your nationality wrong, I apologise, It's taken straight from the Strava signup... Give me a shout and I can fix it (but adding in "state flags" or so forth is sort of a bonus awarded to veterans of a few of the prior challenges...)0
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Team Logo's
TeamPieProCycling by The Big Yin, on Flickr
TwinkieScoff_500 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
MFP_Lotta_Jumbos_500 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
(and I couldn't bear to throw this one away, there was just too much work in the creation of it...)
Licence Reprieved....
Team Pasta-na-500_Final by The Big Yin, on Flickr 0 -
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Kudos not only for the effort but for the upside down 313
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Kudos not only for the effort but for the upside down 313
Well, Brett's in Australia, so It's only "sort of" upside down... that's why I switched the number and not the headers/banners...
I like adding little "bits" in the design that mean something to the long-term participants of the race - like the "his and hers" versions of the CentralCali family... (321/324), or the "Sufferlandian" flag, or the flag of Koksijde for our resident Cyclocross Nut... it all makes it a bit of extra fun.
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Kudos not only for the effort but for the upside down 313
Well, Brett's in Australia, so It's only "sort of" upside down... that's why I switched the number and not the headers/banners...
I like adding little "bits" in the design that mean something to the long-term participants of the race - like the "his and hers" versions of the CentralCali family... (321/324), or the "Sufferlandian" flag, or the flag of Koksijde for our resident Cyclocross Nut... it all makes it a bit of extra fun.
And not forgetting the flag of St. George so that people don't think I'm a septic
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Thanks, Mark. Considering I am the only winter rider anything to get me out on the bike helps.0
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Well I hope I get this whole thing sorted out and figure what I need to post, where, and when :-).0
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anviljenkins wrote: »Well I hope I get this whole thing sorted out and figure what I need to post, where, and when :-).
You'll be fine Anvil0 -
Thanks, Mark. Considering I am the only winter rider anything to get me out on the bike helps.
Glad to be of assistance mate
anviljenkins wrote: »Well I hope I get this whole thing sorted out and figure what I need to post, where, and when :-).
Yeah - I need to sort out a "Entries Thread" and put the "rules for posting" in here... I have been a little busy over the past couple of days though, as we didn't really get a finalised rosta until yesterday and its a little difficult to do some of the time consuming bits until we have the rider numbers finalised.
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okay folks - there's a whole "guide to adding entries" , template for submissions, and exposition of the rules over in this thread...
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10157543/2015-mfp-giro-ditalia-challenge-ride-logging-thread?new=1
It may be a good idea for all the newbies on these challenges to have a thorough read of the post (and maybe the regulars could check it out as well, see if i've missed anything...) - and we can quickly discuss any issues you may have with the rules in here... There's one little twist regarding the first stage TTT for example where at least 5 riders need to have logged a ride...
The Entries thread is currently closed, hopefully MFP will allow me to re-open it when someone has a ride to log...0 -
We appreciate all the work you put into this Mark. It does make for some fun riding. 0
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sufferlandrian wrote: »We appreciate all the work you put into this Mark. It does make for some fun riding.
I guess I should have been more organised really, considering that I've had nearly 6 months of being off the bike to prepare all the files in the background, but to be brutally honest, if I hadn't been fit to at least participate a little in the challenge, I doubt I could have faced running it this year...
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sufferlandrian wrote: »We appreciate all the work you put into this Mark. It does make for some fun riding.
I guess I should have been more organised really, considering that I've had nearly 6 months of being off the bike to prepare all the files in the background, but to be brutally honest, if I hadn't been fit to at least participate a little in the challenge, I doubt I could have faced running it this year...
Yes, that makes perfect sense. I'm glad you're back and riding. It's good to see you logging miles in Strava. Speaking of which, I better change mine to kilometers. 0 -
Anyone excited yet??
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If I ever retire I'm going to have to go visit England so I can see all these people I talk with at night. The hazard of working nights. 0
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normally I would be thinking it's going to rain in the morning so I'll give it a miss....0
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Nearly forgot... There's the "Graham Watson Thread" for the Photo Bloggers to add to throughout the challenge...
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10157664/2015-mfp-giro-ditalia-challenge-graham-watson-thread?new=1
for the Newcomers - Basically, as it says in the setup post of the thread...in parallel with the "Ride Logging" thread, we're going to have a "Photo Logging" thread, and at the end of the thread, I'll organise an independent judge to view the thread and declare a 1-2-3 of the Images submitted.
Please don't feel like you've got to submit something from every ride, just do something if it takes your eye, and it's generally "on topic" - the judge will be briefed to be looking for things that fit the theme of the Giro d'Italia - so I'm expecting a fair amount of Pink Jerseys, Tricolore's (Italian (and Irish in the first few days) and generally people looking "Bella en Sella", as well as stunning views (with a bike propped up in frame somewhere)
If you wish to add a bit of a "ride report" with the photo, then all the better0 -
Thanks Mark.0
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Thanks for all you do, Mark! Tomorrow I'll get to see if I can ride a bike with a lower abdomen/groin pull
PS Situps are THE DEVIL. 0 -
Thank you Mark for the spread sheet, the teams and the photoshopped logos. I just changed my Strava to metric for the challenge. I changed my avatars here at MFP and Strava for the Giro. I've got new people asking to follow on Strava so that's cool. I love seeing where everyone rides. That's the best part to me - looking at other people's rides.
Question: In the past, there have been team groups in Strava during the challenges. I've had all day meetings this week so I'm not sure if I've missed a post here or its just not going to happen0 -
Giro Challenge Entries for Rider 302 Team Pastana Stage Date Distance Time Ascent(m) Ride Log URL h:mm:ss ==================================================================================== 1 09/05 999.00km 99:59:30 ____m 1.0 http:somenonsense.com 2 10/05 ___.__km __:__:__ ____m ________ ___________________________ 3 11/05 ___.__km __:__:__ ____m ________ ___________________________ 4 12/05 ___.__km __:__:__ ____m ________ ___________________________ 5 13/05 ___.__km __:__:__ ____m ________ ___________________________ 6 14/05 ___.__km __:__:__ ____m ________ ___________________________ 7 15/05 ___.__km __:__:__ ____m ________ ___________________________ 8 16/05 ___.__km __:__:__ ____m ________ ___________________________ 9 17/05 ___.__km __:__:__ ____m ________ ___________________________ R 18/05 10 19/05 ___.__km __:__:__ ____m ________ ___________________________ 11 20/05 ___.__km __:__:__ ____m ________ ___________________________ 12 21/05 ___.__km __:__:__ ____m ________ ___________________________ 13 22/05 ___.__km __:__:__ ____m ________ ___________________________ 14 23/05 ___.__km __:__:__ ____m ________ ___________________________ 15 24/05 ___.__km __:__:__ ____m ________ ___________________________ R 25/05 16 26/05 ___.__km __:__:__ ____m ________ ___________________________ 17 27/05 ___.__km __:__:__ ____m ________ ___________________________ 18 28/05 ___.__km __:__:__ ____m ________ ___________________________ 19 29/05 ___.__km __:__:__ ____m ________ ___________________________ 20 30/05 ___.__km __:__:__ ____m ________ ___________________________ 21 31/05 ___.__km __:__:__ ____m ________ ___________________________ Running Total _999.0 km
Template pasting test, yell at me now if this sucks for some reason :-).
it be sucking, hold on, here we go, much more decent :-)0
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