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I don't necessarily think 324 3/4 points isn't audacious - that's still a lot of riding. I'm acutely aware that my tactic of a lot of 200s could be seen from some as not that too audacious (my only saving grace is there will be an SR attempt)
The Allrounder award is a good compromise.I'd like to think I'm going to do this solely with BR and BRM rides, but I do really quite enjoy 100s. HoTSH for example was a quality ride.
100AAA is still 100AAA though, however which way it's done. And 324 3/4 is insane.
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It'd be a lot bloody easier to do if you lived anywhere other than London.
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300+ AAA points using mostly 50km and 100km events is still audacious, but some argued it's not what the original AAA award was created to recognise.
The common problem with the various awards and competitions within Audax (which is, for the bulk of it, non-competitive) is that some people will be in a position such that they can put the record beyond pretty much everyone else. However, for the majority of people the points are there to encourage and push themselves, so the competitive nature does help further the goal of getting people to do more long distance cycling.
Many people wondered if Steve A was going to enter his rides as DIY Audaxes but he made a decision not to. It would have only added extra pressure and admin, and would have prevented him from doing his now preferred loops of the TT circuit South of MK. But 300km a day for 365 days would have been 1095 points!
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Greenbank
There was great frothing discussion about the AAA points record over at yacf a few years ago, with people worried that the AAA record would be taken by someone doing lots of short rides instead of rewarding those that do long hilly rides.
Someone presented a plan of a DIY 50 (although it was a bit over distance, maybe 65km) in the Surrey Hills that was 1AAA. Short enough to be ridden two or three times a week before or after work and that's 3AAA/week before you even think of a weekend ride. Not particularly audacious, especially if you live close enough to lessen the impact on life.
50 AUK points was more than enough for me (even before children). I think my highest since has been 27 (which was a bare minimum of 5 rides: an SR and PBP in 2011) and most years now it is just 4 points!