so i usually train for an event using the 5 stages of grief approach.

1. denial – the race is ages away, i have plenty of time to train.
2. anger – what???  it can’t really be this weekend, it’s not fair.  it was in april last year.  those bastards did this deliberately.
3. bargaining – i wonder if i can get them to move the race date???  where can i get some epo???
4. depression – no love for the bike.  why do i bother.  i might as well pull out.
5. acceptance – oh, well.  might as well just do the ride and see what happens.

good luck to those racing and also to those just competing.

uci road race – so the big day is almost here.  there is a bit more info about who is riding and where we will be supporting on this blog post.  there is some more info about some night time ninja activities here.  we have over 30 riders across multiple age groups so it would be great to see a few familiar faces out there in support.  last year there was a sea of spr kits on top of the hill and i think it made a great impact on the rest of the bike community.  i hope we can repeat the feat.  also, congrats to the few spr’s that took on the time trial at rotto today.

track grand prix – don’t forget that the track grand prix is on this saturday evening for those interested in seeing some quality track riding.  more info can be found here.

ride routes – as not everyone is doing the uci race and some people are still training for the dams ride, i have still programmed in a sunday hills ride.  as a lot of the usual suspects will not be there, make sure you know the ride route and don’t be shy about taking control of the group.  i would prefer you on the hill supporting us, but training is training.  as for saturday, i was asked if i could program in a ride that headed closer to the hills.  some people are going to give up their sunday hills ride to come and support, but want to do a long hills ride on saturday instead.  we will be mounting lennie hill road so that there are some options for people to break off and do the goose or kalamunda instead.

saturday 24th march

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 39.81km (shelley & bannister)

fast & main groups – spr saturday 49.46km (“lennie” hill rd)

sunday 25th march

ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30am

early lap – spr earlybird ride

all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am

short – spr sunday 70.93km (kahuna)

long – spr sunday 87.72km (kahuna & peet & patterson)