{"id":477,"date":"2010-06-01T11:51:52","date_gmt":"2010-06-01T11:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/?p=477"},"modified":"2017-01-12T04:32:01","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T04:32:01","slug":"the-june100-cycling-challenge-is-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/the-june100-cycling-challenge-is-go\/","title":{"rendered":"The #June100 Cycling Challenge — Is Go !<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"

What Is The June100 Cycling Challenge?<\/h2>\n

The #June100<\/strong> is a fun cycling challenge. \u00a0It was conceived to motivate me to get on my bike more, since my furthest month so far this year is 53.3 miles over 6 rides in May. \u00a0It’s a shared challenge with aim of helping us all get fitter, faster, not fatter and on the bike when we don’t have to,\u00a0more than we normally would. \u00a0It’s a simple way to record the leisure miles in the month of June 2010, with an initial target of 100 miles<\/strong> – that’s only 3.33 recurring miles per day!<\/p>\n

Why Only Leisure Miles?<\/h2>\n

I know some of you cycle to work. \u00a0I doff my cap to you, I really do. \u00a0You’re heroes. \u00a0There … feel better now? \u00a0Goood. \u00a0But commuting doesn’t count here.<\/p>\n

The #June100<\/strong> Challenge is designed to get us all on our bikes for leisure more often. \u00a0Commuting is a fantastic benefit to the world, but get out and enjoy your leisure time a bit more on the bike – rides when the kids are in bed; rides with<\/em> the kids; finding the long way home (yes you can claim non-commuting detours<\/em>); crawling out of bed early on the days off… that’s what this is about.<\/p>\n

And besides: \u00a0 My Game – My Rules<\/strong> \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

How Does It Work? \u00a0How Do I Join?<\/h2>\n
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  1. Fill in the form on my last blog entr<\/a>y.<\/li>\n
  2. I’ll send you an invitation to the Official June100 Spreadsheet<\/a><\/strong> on Google docs.<\/li>\n
  3. Complete your mileage and let us know where we can check your rides to date – this might be your GPS tracking site, your own blog or something similar<\/li>\n
  4. Don’t forget to save your changes – and don’t kill the spreadsheet!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So far, we’ve got 16 fools \u00a0(ahem<\/em>)\u00a0superstars <\/span>who’ve pledged to join in the challenge. \u00a0It’s not too late though, retweet this blog article, tell your friends, get some more gullible idiots (ahem<\/em>)\u00a0heroes <\/span>to join us!<\/p>\n

    How Will We Keep Each Other Going?<\/h2>\n

    Of course I’ll post progress on this blog. \u00a0More regularly and haphazardly, though, there’s the #June100<\/strong> hashtag on Twitter if you use it.<\/p>\n

    I’ve started a Twitter Group<\/a> too, so put your twitter address in the comments below to join it, or send me a tweet with “#June100<\/strong>” in it to\u00a0@phillconnel<\/a>l (you might have to request my friendship first, I’m quite picky about who I tweet with!<\/em>).<\/p>\n

    What Now?<\/h2>\n

    Just join up, get your kit on, get your bike out and ride! \u00a0Have fun everyone. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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