so i have a week in brisvegas next week for work. this means i miss out on sunday hills ride, tuesday small chain ring, wednesday uci ride, thursday fast group and most probably next saturday group ride. this got me thinking about when is my off season. last year i built up to the uci race. did a bit less riding after it, thought i should use some of that form and did more racing. built up to the state champs and a bit more racing, now i am building towards the uci race again. if we want to, our season can go all year long. does this matter or is the level that most of us training at, not really a stress on the body over a long period???
spr kit – orders have closed so if you missed out you will be waiting till autumn for the winter order. there are still some t-shirts left and these can be ordered through the online shop.
tour de perth – the entries have been extended to next tuesday so check out the blog post here and add your name to the comments when you enter.
movember – support the spr mo-team. more info here.
ride routes – with the great perth bike ride on this weekend, the usual sunday earlybird ride will need to be changed. this week we will use the friday earlybird ride route and start on the south perth side of the narrows. for the long course on sunday, after welshpool road, start to do laps of the observatory but on the first lap, divert down towards karagulen. on the map it looks like the turn around point is close to the bottle shop that is just north of the servo. don’t forget our new coffee location on saturday and diversion to the ride route (see here).
saturday 19th movember
ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30am
early lap – spr earlybird ride
all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am
development group – spr saturday 35.48km (novice shelley)
transitional – spr saturday 40.72km (mosman park)
fast & main groups – spr saturday 50.47km (hale rd reverse)
sunday 20th movember
ride starts under the narrows (south perth side) at 5:30am
early lap – spr friday 42.01km (shelley)
all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am
short – spr sunday 61.14km (welshpool & weir rd)
long – follow the short course out, then do laps of the observatory
So, can anyone shed any light on the rumour that the Thursday Fast group was dropped by a mystery rider on a recumbent (!) this morning? 😮
No, not the whole group. Just some of the riders (e.g. me) that were dropped from the fast group were left behind by said recumbent. The last I saw of him, he was happily sitting on the back of the group!
transition ride looks great!…pity seb and i can’t make it…dang ;-(
@Mark_S – Mark if you want to ride Main I am happy to take T group tomorrow
Thanks Steve – as I’ll be on Rotto !
I admit that I am guilty of this today but can people please start looking at the routes before the ride. I think 3 people in Main 1.5 today knew it, which is shocking.
Ps. On a positive note,because we missed ridge hill strava thinks I’m 7th fastest on that route!
We didn’t do Ridge Hill. We turned right before we got there. Just like on the maps 🙂
PS I didn’t really know where we were going either 🙁
sorry sorry, guilty as charged – i confess i am rarely over familiar with the route specifics of our rides (apart from round the river ..). Maps are still just pretty coloured lines on a bit of paper. Perhaps the SPR treasury would see fit to provide me with a Garmin…! The best outcome was missing ridge hill … i would have been seriously cranky if i’d have had to have gone anywhere near that flippin’ hill in that hell wind too. Meant more Dome/catch up time for me ;0)