{"id":901,"date":"2011-08-01T12:06:24","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T12:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/?p=901"},"modified":"2017-01-12T04:16:40","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T04:16:40","slug":"what-a-july-now-what-jul100-aug100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/what-a-july-now-what-jul100-aug100\/","title":{"rendered":"<b>What A July! Now What? #Jul100 #Aug100<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A Record-Breaking July (Almost)<\/h2>\n<p>OK, we didn&#8217;t break any records. Not really. \u00a0But, a couple of weeks ago I though we might do more miles in July than we&#8217;d done in June. \u00a0Bloody Hell!<\/p>\n<p>The sun came out, we got our bikes out and we did some miles. \u00a0Boy, did we do some miles?!<\/p>\n<p>As I write this on the first day of the #Aug100 there are 7,330 leisure (<em>and turbo<\/em>) miles on the spreadsheet, of 8,460 miles in total. \u00a0That&#8217;s more than any month except April, when the #30daysofbiking was in full swing.<\/p>\n<p>What an awesome effort. \u00a0I&#8217;m humbled, and proud, and simply chuffed to be known to you all. \u00a0Superstars, you are.<\/p>\n<h2>New Members, Old Friends<\/h2>\n<p>During July, people like Lloyd at\u00a0<a title=\"Lloyd's Twitter page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/cyclingnirvana\" target=\"_blank\">@cyclingnirvana<\/a> and Craig at\u00a0<a title=\"Craig's Twitter page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/fruitmeister\" target=\"_blank\">@fruitmeister<\/a> have joined the fray, clocking up some serious mileage. \u00a0It&#8217;s great to have you along, guys! (<em><strong>If you want to say Hi, or if I&#8217;ve missed your name off, drop a comment below and make yourself known!<\/strong><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Once again, <a title=\"John's Mental Twitter Stream\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/joberry\" target=\"_blank\">Mental John Berry<\/a> has topped the 1,000 miles for the month, winning whatever award I want to call it this month. \u00a0Let&#8217;s just call it the &#8220;<strong>Mental John Berry Award<\/strong>&#8221; from now on, shall we? \u00a0He&#8217;s a nutter. \u00a0He denies it, but he&#8217;s either lying or simply wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Faithful friends like <a title=\"Read Matty's Blog. It's ace.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.weightybiker.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Matty<\/a>, Jo Simcock and Chris Byrne have quietly pedalled away, chucking over 1,000 miles in between them. \u00a0You&#8217;re fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>On a personal note, a modest 132 miles puts me in 26th place, but it&#8217;s 132 miles I know I wouldn&#8217;t have done without the peer pressure. \u00a0Month after month, I owe you all big thanks and probably a bunch of years on my life (<em>but maybe off my knees<\/em>) \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Below you should see a graph of the current status. \u00a0Feel free to copy &amp; paste to your own blogs or wherever you like. \u00a0Get some more people to join, why don&#8217;t you? \u00a0That&#8217;d be lovely!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spreadsheets.google.com\/spreadsheet\/oimg?key=0ApTiHlxlMDy3dEI1eTZGX2pPN3p4bU9YaGRObl9paGc&amp;oid=1&amp;zx=iy59mxz20o4z\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s <a title=\"The #Aug100 and #20111k Spreadsheet. Have a look. Join, why not?\" href=\"https:\/\/spreadsheets.google.com\/spreadsheet\/ccc?key=0ApTiHlxlMDy3dEI1eTZGX2pPN3p4bU9YaGRObl9paGc&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;pli=1#gid=10\" target=\"_blank\">a link to the spreadsheet<\/a>, have a look!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share with your friends:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-901\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/what-a-july-now-what-jul100-aug100\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-901\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/what-a-july-now-what-jul100-aug100\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-901\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/what-a-july-now-what-jul100-aug100\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-901\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/what-a-july-now-what-jul100-aug100\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-skype\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-skype-901\" class=\"share-skype sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/what-a-july-now-what-jul100-aug100\/?share=skype\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Skype\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/what-a-july-now-what-jul100-aug100\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20%3Cb%3EWhat%20A%20July%21%20Now%20What%3F%20%23Jul100%20%23Aug100%3C%2Fb%3E&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.phillconnell.com%2Fblog%2Fwhat-a-july-now-what-jul100-aug100%2F&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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