i am seriously loving the drugs scandal in the footy at the moment.  for so long i get people at work commenting on how cycling is so full of drugs and how everyone is on something and how about lance, hey, hey, hmmm.  they are all drug cheats.  i’m not actually sure how anyone thought that there wouldn’t be drugs in any of the footy codes.  as soon as there is money involved and rules in place, people will do what they can to find a way to break them.  listening to the project tonight, they talked about a study that years ago asked professional athletes if they knew that they would die in 5 years by taking something but it would allow them to win a gold medal, would they take it.  the majority said yes.  how far would you go???  or should the question be “how far can you stretch your moral compass before you feel like a cheat?”  is winning the saturday fast group sprint worth the health risks???

signed greenedge jersey – we are auctioning off a signed and framed greenedge jersey to help raise funds for cathi dixon.  there is some more info here, which includes a link to the ebay auction site.

rccc/spr criterium series – the race series continues this weekend with race 3 at technology park.  a few changes to the format.  firstly a ‘e’ grade for the junior riders that starts at 07:40.  secondly the ‘b’ grade women will race with the ‘d’ grade men as there are too many riders in ‘c’ grade.  thirdly, due to an increase in capitation from cycling wa, the entry fees have increased by $5 to $20 (or $15 for spr/rccc members).  more info at our series page here.

state criterium championships – we will also be running the state criterium championships on the 24th feb at the tech park circuit.  more info on the facebook page here.  i will set up page on our website soon

ride routes – the saturday main ride will finish on riverside drive with the usual sprint to the hospital sign.  unfortunately the north bound lanes along barracks st are closed so we need to access st georges terrace at a different point.  we will need to turn directly after the sprint point up victoria ave and then left onto st georges terrace at the duxton.  sunday we have a crit on so no 7am hills ride is organised.  come and race or help us out instead.

saturday 9th february

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 51.36km (sth lake)

sunday 10th february

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

early lap – spr earlybird ride

no hills rides on today as we are holding a criterium and need the club to support it by racing or volunteering.