still a bit restricted on the bike this week as the house is still in turmoil due to the team of painters. moving furniture late into the night (quietly of course so as not to wake the kids) does not make for a lot of motivation to get up early to ride. hopefully i will get out a bit this weekend. make sure you come along to coffee after the saturday ride to see the new vista at the coffee shop. the wall has finally come down and has opened up the area extensively. we will have to work out where to park the bikes now.
fundraisers – as you may have seen on the blog, there are a number of people that have qualified to go to south africa for the masters world champs. as such they will be running a series of fundraisers between now and the race to help get them over there. the first thing is the quiz night, but will be followed by other events like raffles, tipping comps and participation rides. make sure you get involved to help your fellow club members race overseas.
ride routes – after the success of last weeks saturday hills ride, we are going to see if it was just an artifact of mother’s day being on sunday. if the numbers are still good, then we will continue to run a hills ride on saturday leaving after the last main group.
saturday 19th may
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 41.73km (canning vale reverse)
fast & main groups – spr saturday 50.98km (benara rd)
saturday hills – spr sunday 85.76km (gooseberry & kalamunda & bickley)
sunday 20th may
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 66.71km (greenmount & gooseberry)
long – spr sunday 95.04km (greenmount & parkerville & mundaring weir)
yes the hills ride on Saturday should encourage those that realise its a good workout. Easy to just keep on the flats, but good to push yourself IMO. I struggled last week with the young guns, But still enjoyed it cos its good for the heart, I think.. Lets face it its only 11 months till the 3 and 5 Dams..
Wait..you have hills ride on a Saturday now??!?! I am there!!!
Great to hear you’re running another Saturday hills ride, Peter! Last week’s Saturday hills was excellent and a great opportunity for those of us heading to the Pyrenees to get extra vertical meters in the legs!
Since we’re cross-pollinating rides, how about a “flat” ride on Sundays as well? (at 7 am , that is). Main reason I dont go with Sun rides is that they are longer and end later as well…so the family kinda notices. If I can be back by 8:45ish Sunday, I could probably get away with it….
utterly brilliant idea! Took the words right out of my head ;0)
If we could only stop once at either Parkeville OR Mundaring (i.e. < 8km apart) on the long hills ride tomorrow…
big thanks all for putting up with me on the Sunday long hills ride – really appreciate the support and the time people made to regroup along the way. fab ride ;0)