2022 Cruzbike Century Challenge (starts April 18)

LarryOz

LarryOz

Cruzeum Curator & Sigma Wrangler
Here it is at last the Cruzbike Challenger for 2022:
Here is a link to the doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1724HA32QKUsZiETVdM_4laK5D4Gs7xtATw6vkFN3zPo/edit?usp=sharing

What is it?

The 2022 Cruzbike Century Challenge Series is a 19-week cycling challenge that was created and will be administered by Larry Oslund. It is officially approved by Cruzbike.

Week #1 will begin on Monday April 18th - and the challenge lasts through Sunday Sept 4th.

- The ultimate goal of this series is to get you to ride a complete Century - hopefully your first or possibly the fastest Century of your life. The format is 19 weekly rides: The first weekly ride will be 10 miles in length and will increase by 5 miles each week until you will ride a 100 mile TT. The challenge includes you first picking a final goal time for your Century and training and working towards that goal during the challenge window. This is a solo challenge so no drafting or riding with others please.

At the beginning you pick a realistic goal for yourself and then work towards it by training and riding 5 miles more each week.

I will provide some weekly training workouts, tips and general guidelines for you to help you maximize your time on the bike. This will be the plan and workouts that I will be doing myself.

Access the Googledoc link above for the complete lowdown
 
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LarryOz

LarryOz

Cruzeum Curator & Sigma Wrangler
A quick reminder for the start of the 2022 Cruzbike Century Challenge
The 1st weekly mileage of 10-miles starts tomorrow (Apr 18) and you have 2 full weeks to complete this distance:
So far we have a great group of 17 - but would love more!!
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Here is a brief description of the challenge:
This year's challenge is a Century challenge and will happen between April 18 - Sept 6.
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The format is to ride a complete Century at an initial "goal" time by the end of the 20 weeks.
  • You pick your final time of your century by the end and shoot to meet that average speed on each week's ride.
  • Week #1 mileage will start at 10-miles and increase by 5-miles each week until you read 100 miles by the end.
  • Each weekly mileage will have a 2-week window to ride that mileage by. Week #1 starts Apr 18 - end May 1
  • You can ride anywhere you want - no course is required to be pre-identified
  • Only moving time is looked at, so you can even stop for breaks or traffic and not have it count against you.
  • To help with vacations and absences, you can also pre-ride the next week's mileage anytime after you ride the previous mileage.
  • You can also start any time, your first distance will just depend on what week you join.
Here is a link to the complete rules: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1724HA32QKUsZiETVdM_4laK5D4Gs7xtATw6vkFN3zPo/edit?usp=sharing
Hope to see you this year in the challenge
Ride safe,
Larry Oslund
email me at: larryoslund@gmail.com to join the challenge

Here is a chart that layout out the complete schedule:
Distanceearliest you can rideBegin of weekly windowLatest you can ride itStrava file due to Larry
10-MilesApr 18, 2022Apr 18, 2022May 1, 2022May 3, 2022
15-MilesAny time after 10-mile ride completed - or Apr 25, 2022 if you did not complete the 10-mile by the deadlineApr 25, 2022May 8, 2022May 10, 2022
20-MilesAny time after 15-mile ride completed - or May 2, 2022 if you did not complete the 15-mile by the deadlineMay 2, 2022May 15, 2022May 17, 2022
25-MilesAny time after 20-mile ride completed - or May 9, 2022 if you did not complete the 20-mile by the deadlineMay 9, 2022May 22, 2022May 24, 2022
30-MilesAny time after 25-mile ride completed - or May 16, 2022 if you did not complete the 25-mile by the deadlineMay 16, 2022May 29, 2022May 31, 2022
35-MilesAny time after 30-mile ride completed - or May 23, 2022 if you did not complete the 30-mile by the deadlineMay 23, 2022June 5, 2022June 7, 2022
40MilesAny time after 35-mile ride completed - or May 30, 2022 if you did not complete the 35-mile by the deadlineMay 30, 2022June 12, 2022June 14, 2022
45-MilesAny time after 40-mile ride completed - or Jun 6, 2022 if you did not complete the 40-mile by the deadlineJun 6, 2022June 19, 2022June 21, 2022
50-MilesAny time after 45-mile ride completed - or Jun 13, 2022 if you did not complete the 45-mile by the deadlineJun 13, 2022June 26, 2022June 28, 2022
55-MilesAny time after 50-mile ride completed - or Jun 20, 2022 if you did not complete the 50-mile by the deadlineJun 20, 2022July 3, 2022July 5, 2022
60-MilesAny time after 55-mile ride completed - or Jun 27, 2022 if you did not complete the 55-mile by the deadlineJun 27, 2022July 10, 2022July 12, 2022
65-MilesAny time after 60-mile ride completed - or Jul 4, 2022 if you did not complete the 60-mile by the deadlineJul 4, 2022July 17, 2022July 19, 2022
70-MilesAny time after 65-mile ride completed - or Jul 11, 2022 if you did not complete the 65-mile by the deadlineJul 11, 2022July 24, 2022July 26, 2022
75-MilesAny time after 70-mile ride completed - or Jul 18, 2022 if you did not complete the 70-mile by the deadlineJul 18, 2022July 31, 2022August 2, 2022
80-MilesAny time after 75-mile ride completed - or Jul 25, 2022 if you did not complete the 75-mile by the deadlineJul 25, 2022August 7, 2022August 9, 2022
85-MilesAny time after 80-mile ride completed - or Aug 1, 2022 if you did not complete the 80-mile by the deadlineAug 1, 2022August 14, 2022August 16, 2022
90-MilesAny time after 85-mile ride completed - or Aug 8, 2022 if you did not complete the 85-mile by the deadlineAug 8, 2022August 21, 2022August 23, 2022
95-MilesAny time after 90-mile ride completed - or Aug 15, 2022 if you did not complete the 90-mile by the deadlineAug 15, 2022August 28, 2022August 30, 2022
100-MilesAny time after 95-mile ride completed - or Aug 22, 2022 if you did not complete the 95-mile by the deadlineAug 22, 2022September 4, 2022September 6, 2022
 
LarryOz

LarryOz

Cruzeum Curator & Sigma Wrangler
Here are the Stats thru the 25-mile ride
We welcome a new rider: Derek MInner

25 of us were able to get their 25-mile ride in:
In the points race we still have a 3 way tie with Jim, Larry and Tor - who have matched their speed goal for the 1st 4 rides now.
A total of 5 of us matched our goal speed exactly for the 25-mile ride: great job!

Everyone is doing great and I enjoy watching your progress as your share it with me

Shout out to Mel & Joe who sent me a couple of great pics!
p.s. Joe has already completed his 45-mile ride - so he can take 4 weeks off now! Great job Joe!
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Cool bikes!
If you would like to share photos with me of you bike or ride for future weeks - just send them along with your weekly ride

Here is the points tally
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Larry Oslund
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