this tour will be the death of me. favourites crashing, the swiss playing the neutral mediator and killing a stage, awesome, edge of your seat cobbles stage, ale-jet making a tour comeback in style, cadel being in a good position. add all this to the early morning rides and the combination makes for a very grumpy work day. can’t wait till the mountains start.
website – a refreshed website is coming soon with a new domain name that is easier to remember. will keep you posted. massive thanks to scott and michael for their work on it. especially the new ordering system. makes things a lot easier on this end.
spr accessories – orders are still open. it is anticipated that they will be finalised at the end of this weekend.
1st time – we had a couple of first time events this last week. chrissy ran the first pilates class and from what i hear it was a great success. 13 members turned up in spandex and legwarmers in true 1980’s fame-style. also, lisa had her quiz night fundraiser to help her get to india for the commonwealth games test event. pilates will be back next week, the quiz night will not.
200km challenge – i have been throwing this idea around for a while and have decided to just go with it. the weekend after the tour (1st aug) instead of the normal sunday hills ride we will be doing a 200km challenge. this basically involves 4 laps of the tuesday river route. there will be rules in place and it is not a race or even a participation race. the group will stick together and look after the weaker riders on each lap. however, if you are struggling on a lap, you are expected to retire at the end of that lap. this doesn’t mean you can’t keep going (as it is public roads) just that the group will no longer be looking after you. anyway, mark it in your diaries and keep en eye out for more info.
ride routes – this week the development group, transitional group and main 2 are without their regular leaders. i need people to step up into these roles to help develop the riders coming through these packs. all it really takes is for someone to know the route and to help keep the group together. it is important that we don’t rely on the same people every week, or the place will fall apart as soon as people are not available. put your big boots on and step up.
raining on saturday – in the event of a heavy downpour, anyone dedicated/stupid enough to still turn up can do the standard tuesday morning river ride and keep the group together.
saturday 10th july – all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am
development group – spr saturday 35.48km (novice shelley)
transitional – spr saturday 42.94km (freo & cott)
main 1 & 2 – spr saturday 48.67km (cresswell & herdsman)
fast – spr saturday 55.76km (shelley & mosman park)
sunday 11th july – all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am
short – follow the long course.
long – spr sunday 96.05km (kalamunda & observatory & gooseberry)
In the highly unlikely event that no one more capable than me takes the transitional (or development), I am happy to. I’m in for the 200k as well – sounds good as long as we putter along at 25kph!
25kph = 8hrs of fun.. Ouch…
Will there be an spr tent where refreshments and massages will be on offer each lap??
I am up for the 200km with you shaw and I wont hammer it at 38km for 200kms either.@madrapper is up for according to my blogs comments.
no happy endings fynn.
I’m keen on the 200k’s. Will there be any scheduled stops for food (refueling) or do we just graze on gels and bars while riding?
im keen on the 200km it will be the furthest ive ridden in one go 😀
I’ll be in for the 200kms- although a little warmer/ not so wet weather would be better…???
as i said, there would be rules in place. if you are struggling on lap 3, then you are expected to stop at the end of that lap. i am also thinking of having it open only to club members so that it deosn’t get too big. we can see how we go from there.
maybe even charge everyone $10 and have a bbq at the end. not sure, am open to suggestions.
there will be a stop at the end of lap 2 for supplies, but not a coffeeshop stop till the end.
also, because of the time and distance, it may have to start at 6am, so the first lap would be in the dark. if the refuel stop is at the carpark, then you can ditch your lights in someones car.
anyway, if you have any ideas, let me know.
Speedle.. I think the end will be happy regardless 🙂
Jason, you are getting soft since your sojourn in Europe…
hi pete, sounds like a great idea. i’m interested. only done that distance once b4 and that was with a bit of a lunch break in the hills.
the hardest part will be the mind games as we loop around and around….