Randonneur 5000
Charlene has been awarded the pin and certificate to indicate that she has completed the requirement for the 5000 km award.
To achieve this distinction, it is necessary to complete the following:
- Ride the Paris-Brest-Paris 1200 in France. I did that in August 2003.
- Ride a 1000K brevet anywhere. I did that in August 2004 in Manitoba.
- Ride a fleche. A fleche is a 24-hour team event. I did that in May 2004 in British Columbia, and my team rode 404 kms.
- Ride as many more kilometers worth of brevets to arrive at 5000 kms. 5000 - (1200+1000+400) = 2400 kms.
In 2003 I rode 1700 kms of brevets (200K to 600K in distance), and then in 2004 I rode another 1700 kms of brevets (200K to 600K in distance) for a total of 3400 kms of brevets ... which more than qualified me!
