MInnesota Randonneurs Board Challenge, Week 11

Minnesota Randonneurs Board Challenge Week 12 July 27- August 2

 

Things are back to normal w.r.t. Garmin this week and we continue to knock out the miles at an impressive rate (nearly 6,000 miles/9,000km of qualifying rides).  The weather here in Minnesota has been very good for riding lately, with temps down a bit, winds moderate and not much rain.  This is our time so keep spinning the pedals.  Check out the new RUSA Permanent program and sign up for the routes we have posted so far (200k, 100k).  More are coming soon.

 

The outstanding riders of the week were:

1.      The longest distance this week was 200 miles ridden by senior citizen 😊 Bob Booth, a long time Minnesota Randonneur supporter from Madison!

2.      Keith Rahn averaged 173 miles/day for 4 days, training for the North Star Bicycle Race in September in St. Paul.

3.      Two women made the 200km+ list: Kate Ankofski, finishing her Duluth breakfast ride on Monday and Trisha Groth, completed the Zumbro Gravel Challenge 200k on Saturday.

4.      Alex Price completed a Strava July Challenge by riding every day in July and accumulating 1,600km (1,000 miles) in the process – congrats!

 

Our overall qualifying ride count was up significantly to 165 with most of those in the 50/100k groups, but we still had 11 riders complete a 200k or longer ride. 

 

On a side note Peter sent me a note this week asking why two of his qualifying rides last week did not get counted.  There are a few riders in the club that I can’t see their weekly ride detail, only their longest ride, due to their Strava profile settings.  I had clicked the ‘Follow’ button but it was not picked up by Peter.  Once he allowed me to Follow his rides I could see the details.  Peter had one of his best weeks this week and got credit for all his qualifying rides. If your Mn Rando Strava club results don’t show all your qualifying rides, check to see if I am following you or you have some other setting that keeps me from seeing your ride results.

 

Here’s a couple other factoids that indicates how busy our club members have been:

·        Our Minnesota Randonneurs Strava Club membership is now at 123

·        73 riders completed at least one 50 km ride or longer in the past week.

·        97 riders uploaded at least one ride to the Minnesota Randonneurs Strava Club site last week.


Ride Distance Statistics for the week
Distance. # Rides
50km+       106
100km+       33
150km+       13
200km+         8
250km+         1

300km+         4
400km+         0

                  165

 

11 riders completed a 200k or longer ride

Rider

Longest

200k+

 Robert Booth

200.4 mi

 

 Keith Rahn

182.9 mi

3

 Kate Ankofski

158.8 mi

 

 Thomas Cook

149.1 mi

 

 Todd Hunter

137.3 mi

 

 peter b

130.8 mi

 

 Ben Zvan

129.5 mi

 

 Rob Mosimann

128.2 mi

 

 Scott Gregory

127.0 mi

 

 eric roys

124.3 mi

 

 T-Rex Groth

124.2 mi

 

 

14 riders completed at least 4 qualifying rides (50k or longer) during the week:

Rider

Rides

 Robb S

7

 Chuck Ryan

6

 Todd Hunter

5

 Tim Bauer

5

 Alex Price

5

 glen kajewski

5

 Keith Rahn

4

 peter b

4

 eric roys

4

 Andy Williams

4

 Angry Minnow

4

 Bob Heath

4

 Kevin Bilbee

4

 Bart Janssen

4

 

Here is the list of Minnesota Randonneur Board Challenge Strava Club riders that completed at least one 50k ride during the week of July 27-August 2.

Rider

Longest

50

100

150

200

250

300

400

Rides

 Robert Booth

200

 

2

 

 

 

1

 

3

 Keith Rahn

283

 

1

 

 

 

3

 

4

 Kate Ankofski

159

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

2

 Thomas Cook

149

 

1

1

1

 

 

 

3

 Todd Hunter

137

4

 

 

1

 

 

 

5

 Chuck Ryan

132

3

2

1

 

 

 

 

6

 peter b

131

 

2

1

1

 

 

 

4

 Ben Zvan

130

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 Rob Mosimann

128

2

 

 

1

 

 

 

3

 Scott Gregory

127

2

 

 

1

 

 

 

3

 eric roys

124

3

 

 

1

 

 

 

4

 T-Rex Groth

124

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 Landon Mertens

122

1

 

2

 

 

 

 

3

 Robb S

113

6

 

1

 

 

 

 

7

 Andy Williams

109

3

 

1

 

 

 

 

4

 Sandy Marshall

106

2

 

1

 

 

 

 

3

 Doug McLerran

104

1

1

1

 

 

 

 

3

 Angry Minnow

101

3

 

1

 

 

 

 

4

 Tim Bauer

100

3

1

1

 

 

 

 

5

 Dan Klausner

94

2

 

1

 

 

 

 

3

 Kyle Klersy

92

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

 Keith Morical

84

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Pete Chase

79

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Alex Price

78

3

2

 

 

 

 

 

5

 Chris Carlson

77

2

1

 

 

 

 

 

3

 Dan Diehn

77

2

1

 

 

 

 

 

3

 Jeff Pettes

73

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

2

 Bob Heath

72

3

1

 

 

 

 

 

4

 Steve Polyak

72

1

2

 

 

 

 

 

3

 Kevin Bilbee

69

3

1

 

 

 

 

 

4

 Norman Ehrentreich

69

1

2

 

 

 

 

 

3

 Randy Anderson

68

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Elizabeth Smith

68

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

2

 Karl Kroll

66

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Abe McEathron

65

2

1

 

 

 

 

 

3

 Matt G-p

64

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Rob Welsh

64

2

1

 

 

 

 

 

3

 Bart Janssen

64

3

1

 

 

 

 

 

4

 Milton Ospina

63

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Erik Hanson

63

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Dan Cromwell

63

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

 glen kajewski

60

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 Dan Marshall

59

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 Cory Wagner

56

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Kyle Sobota

55

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Mike Campbell

55

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Luke Van Santen

53

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Erick Rocha

51

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 John Jarvis

51

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Paul Dzimian

51

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Phil Higley

49

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 John Lin

49

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Don McCall

49

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Jennifer Clark

47

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Jim Wallace

47

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 Ahi Bennuri

46

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Jason Bretz

46

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 Angie Hop

46

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 Alex Knutson-Smisek

44

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Daniel Keifenheim

42

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Sebastian Bellefleur

42

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Matt Kassner

41

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 Kameron Davis

40

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Kit Oslin

38

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Benjamin Swanson

37

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Bruce Jones

35

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Nick Paglia (CISCYCLING)

34

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 Jesse Langhoff

34

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Steve Grabowski

34

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 Aaron Milbank

33

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Craig Aamodt

33

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 Steve Redelsperger

31

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 Joseph Vreeman

30

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

       5,581

106

33

13

8

1

4

0

165

 

This challenge and use of the Strava posts are not official events from Minnesota Randonneurs or RUSA.


Stay safe!


Rob