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  • Jakess1971
    Jakess1971 Posts: 1,208 Member
    edited January 2016
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    For admins all we have to do is add a 1 in the Feb Distance table under the relevant rider/ distance column, if in doubt leave it with me to cover this.

    As for logging, stick it either by the side of the ride or at the bottom under claimed distance bonus much like before.

    Additionally come the end of Feb your position in the distance league table matters:

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    The entry sheet for this is called 'Feb Distance' and looks like this:

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  • Jakess1971
    Jakess1971 Posts: 1,208 Member
    edited January 2016
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    Gotta love those carrots >>>>>> 9usyokqgzkv0.png
  • steffenson
    steffenson Posts: 312 Member
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    To think I was already finding this winter training challenge motivating!
    The overall standing chart yes, but particularly the 4 categories with the Pro/Reg movement from each so competition is more tailored to each cyclists' abilities. Good job Jakess/Jason!
  • Jakess1971
    Jakess1971 Posts: 1,208 Member
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    Glad your getting something out of it, the question is now how many people will cotton onto claiming the new distance bonus points, you snooze you loose may well be the case :)

    I won't be shouting at dodgy loggings on the bonus points as it's a late in the day addition, on the last month so I think everyone who logs now does it pretty spot on, the new distance bonus points are only an extension to the existing century based distance points so hopefully wont cause too much head scratching, if in doubt keep calm and post as normal :).
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,682 Member
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    TheBigYin Posts: 5,682 Member
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  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,682 Member
    edited February 2016
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  • Jakess1971
    Jakess1971 Posts: 1,208 Member
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    Nice work Mark :)
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,682 Member
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    Jakess1971 wrote: »
    Nice work Mark :)

    no problem, the dossards are the easy bit - working out who gets what number (your job) is the time consuming bit, and grateful I am that you're putting in the time to sort it :)
  • Dave2041
    Dave2041 Posts: 257 Member
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    Why have you gone up to 500km bonus? Who is going to be doing a 20+ hour ride xD haha
  • Jakess1971
    Jakess1971 Posts: 1,208 Member
    edited February 2016
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    Dave2041 wrote: »
    Why have you gone up to 500km bonus? Who is going to be doing a 20+ hour ride xD haha

    I had you in mind for this one Dave, didn't you suggest to me that you might have a bash at the Festive 500 in one day, well now you can get rewarded by bonus points for it :), you could earn 40 odd points in one day if you really go nuts on the distance.

    Thing is the Imperial Century bonus was always a nice carrot to earn but I'm looking to expand on that for Feb so it's nice to have higher levels to aim for, I highly doubt anyone will go beyond a couple of hundred km personally.

    I think it's also a nice thing for the lower end too, say if your doing a 36km ride and you know the next checkpoint is 50km bonus you might stick that extra effort in for the bonus, I'm hoping that is the effect it has anyway, the Feb Distance Bonus League will hopefully be as motivating as the Cat leagues which I think have really made the Winter challenge. Of course the whole idea might prove rubbish but I like to try things out and see what works well.

    Note: I purposely kept the Metric and Imperial bonus points the same as before just in case people don't cotton onto it, if you declare the same as before then it's still valid.


    TheBigYin wrote: »
    Jakess1971 wrote: »
    Nice work Mark :)

    no problem, the dossards are the easy bit - working out who gets what number (your job) is the time consuming bit, and grateful I am that you're putting in the time to sort it :)

    Your turn come the 14th with the Classics, I'll be more then happy to see someone else run one of these after 4 months doing one! :)
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,682 Member
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    Jakess1971 wrote: »
    ...I'll be more then happy to see someone else run one of these after 4 months doing one! :)

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  • Jakess1971
    Jakess1971 Posts: 1,208 Member
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    lol yep!
  • Dave2041
    Dave2041 Posts: 257 Member
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    Jakess1971 wrote: »
    Dave2041 wrote: »
    Why have you gone up to 500km bonus? Who is going to be doing a 20+ hour ride xD haha

    I had you in mind for this one Dave, didn't you suggest to me that you might have a bash at the Festive 500 in one day, well now you can get rewarded by bonus points for it :), you could earn 40 odd points in one day if you really go nuts on the distance.

    Thing is the Imperial Century bonus was always a nice carrot to earn but I'm looking to expand on that for Feb so it's nice to have higher levels to aim for, I highly doubt anyone will go beyond a couple of hundred km personally.

    I think it's also a nice thing for the lower end too, say if your doing a 36km ride and you know the next checkpoint is 50km bonus you might stick that extra effort in for the bonus, I'm hoping that is the effect it has anyway, the Feb Distance Bonus League will hopefully be as motivating as the Cat leagues which I think have really made the Winter challenge. Of course the whole idea might prove rubbish but I like to try things out and see what works well.

    Note: I purposely kept the Metric and Imperial bonus points the same as before just in case people don't cotton onto it, if you declare the same as before then it's still valid.


    TheBigYin wrote: »
    Jakess1971 wrote: »
    Nice work Mark :)

    no problem, the dossards are the easy bit - working out who gets what number (your job) is the time consuming bit, and grateful I am that you're putting in the time to sort it :)

    Your turn come the 14th with the Classics, I'll be more then happy to see someone else run one of these after 4 months doing one! :)

    Fair enough xD but yeah plans for massive rides from me, back on the training these days, first race is booked 19th march, the day before i go Mallorca for a week xD
  • trimom10
    trimom10 Posts: 388 Member
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    I'm very honored to be promoted to Cat 1, though I feel like I have my work cut out riding amongst the top cyclists.
  • Jakess1971
    Jakess1971 Posts: 1,208 Member
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    trimom10 wrote: »
    I'm very honored to be promoted to Cat 1, though I feel like I have my work cut out riding amongst the top cyclists.

    Great achievement making it, the good thing about this month is no one can get relegated as it's the last month, it's just about the points now.
  • Jakess1971
    Jakess1971 Posts: 1,208 Member
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    Just a reminder for those not read this yet:

    To shake things up for Feb I'll be setting new bonus point distance goals, this will be for everyone with checkpoint bonus points from 25km right upto 483km, a distance bonus point league table will also be setup with additional points awarded based on end of month positions.

    25km = 0.25pts
    50km = 0.5pts - training distance
    75km = 0.75pts
    100km - 1pt Metric Century - Enthusiastic
    161km - 2pt Imperial - Dedicated
    200km - 2.5km - Double Metric
    250km - 3pt - Killer!
    300km - 4pt - Tripple Metric!!!
    322km - 5pt - Double Imperial - Superman.
    350km - 6pt
    400km - 7pt - Quad Metric - Madness!
    450km - 8pt
    483km - 10pt - Tripple Imperial & certifiable

    The table will be linked to the summary & Feb Cat leagues starting tomorrow.

    When stating these on the logging thread state the distance and bonus earned as you did with all the previous distance based bonus points claimed.



  • Jakess1971
    Jakess1971 Posts: 1,208 Member
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    Small amendment to the classics tie in points ruling, basically for classics rides that allow the ride to either be a Sat or Sunday is also the case with the qualifying points on the Winter challenge:

    For those that are not aware the Classics challenge is available for signup:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10321342/2016-mfp-classics-challenge-discussion-thread#latest

    This is Marks aka TheBigYins baby but what I'd like to do is offer double prizes, for all that signup and ride the dates that coincide with the Winter Challenge:

    Trofeo-Laigueglia - Sunday Feb 14
    Omloop Het Nieuwsblad - Saturday Feb 27
    Kuurne-Brussels-Kurne - Sunday Feb 28

    For *any* rides submitted for these days an additional 3 bonus points will be awarded on the Winter challenge, the rides must be submitted on the very same day in the logging thread to qualify however if a classics ride is allowed on the Saturday or Sunday this is also the case with this, the rides can be any distance, all you have to do is ride and log.
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,682 Member
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    Are the 3 points only for "outdoor" rides as per the Classics Challenge J ? - again, just for clarity (I'll be riding outdoors, as I'm hoping to try and pick up a couple of low-level spare points for the Classics Challenge in the early season stuff...)
  • Jakess1971
    Jakess1971 Posts: 1,208 Member
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    Yep outdoor only to qualify for the classics link up 3 pointer, it has to count for the Classics for it to count for the Winter Challenge basically.

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