blah.  when i am writing this ride route blog, i put down all the headings first, then fill in the details as i go.  for this little section, i usually write “blah”.  well blah pretty much sums up my week.  after being sick last week (1/2 day off work) then recovering enough to ride on saturday, things took a turn for the worst on sunday and the cold took hold. a couple of days off work and it seems like weeks off the bike.  i get back to work and find half the floor is either off sick, or trying to recover.  i am trying to work out what my cycling goals are for the rest of the year.  these couple of weeks have put a pretty big dent in any fitness i thought i had and will take time to drag myself back to that level.  for many of you a goal might be just challenging yourself.  so we have something for you with the water tower challenge in a few weeks.  either 160 or 100kms of riding fun.  hopefully i can get out on the bike this weekend.

focus group – the focus group is on this weekend.  feel free to bring your own kids down to come along for the ride.  starting at 9:30am behind the boatshed cafe.

dardanup open – our sister club, swcc (the jaffas) are holding the dardanup open again on the 9th of sept.  the format has changed this year and they are trying to encourage more recreational cyclists to come down and have a go.  there is still a road race for A, B & C grades, but the distance has shortened to 40kms.  each of those riders then does an A, B & C grade team time trial and the overall winners are based on combined times plus bonuses (note: no tt bikes, sperm helmets or disc wheels allowed).  there will also be a D grade team time trial which will cater for the recreational licences.  this will be similar to a cyclo-sportif event except will only cost $25 as opposed to $95 for the latest bwa event.  entry fees for the combined road race and ttt are $40.  keep an eye out for a post with more info.

water tower challenge – you may have seen the previous post about the upcoming water tower challenge.  this is designed to give the recreational licence members in our club an event to participate in that isn’t actually a race.  it is a challenge and open to anyone with a wa club recreational licence.  the idea is you ride around a set course in perth taking in a bunch of the water towers along the way.  there are 2 distances, and imperial century (160kms) and a metric century (100kms).  add to the comments on the previous post if you are interested and we will set up an event page as more info is finalised.  we will also need volunteers on the day or this will not work, so if you are not looking at riding, then please volunteer to help.

ride routes – the saturday hills ride has been put on hold until we get more interest in holding it.  let me know when you have a few regulars and we can start to program it in again.

saturday 1st september

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 40.86km (rebold hill)

fast & main groups – spr saturday 50.72km (rebold hill & cott)

ride starts next to boadshed cafe at 9:30am

focus group – along bike path to causeway and return

sunday 2nd september

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)