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Saturday 28th May 8.30 ride

edited May 2011 in Club runs
After reading about Russell Downings 1033 mile week in training i think its time to up the miles. 1 week to the Chiltern 100 and 5 weeks to La Marmotte.

In anticaption and dread of these up and coming events i will be putting together a "training block" (sounds good to me anyway) starting tomorrow morning... finishing... probably quite soon.

South Westerly wind means heading out west to do the usual suspects. Hexton, Sundon, Sharpenhoe Clappers etc.

Looking for a distance of 70-80 setting off from the Three Tuns.

Hoping someone will turn up who knows the way properly!

A similar event has been sanctioned for Monday.

Comments

  • james
    i am your man with both events looming a perfect time to start some uphill work and as it happens thats my neck of the woods will see you at the pub 8.30.anyone else for punishment see you at the 3 tuns.
    cheers
    strappy.
  • Great Strappy

    Do you know the way from Sundon over towards Dunstable and Ivinghoe Beacon?

    Thought if we can get out that far then turn around and come back through Redbourn, Welwyn etc it should make for a good run home and maybe an M or two to finish us off...

    See you in the morning
  • james
    sorry never been out to ivinghoe but if any one else with a sat nav in their head turns up we can still head out that way .
    i have been over to woburn / brickhill way a couple of times so i am sure we can find a route between us with hills at
    hexton / clappers /sundon/brickhill/etc.
    strappy.
  • me +2 will be there

    gulp!
  • might be there on my brompton depending if Sunday is on or not???
  • liking the new Sidi footwear Skelders!
  • they are my rambling boots :-)

    you may have to wait on the hills as I only have 2 gears on my Brompton! and ones a bit dicky at the moment... :-}

    If Sunday is on though i will join the 'special' ride
  • dont you mean 2.3 gears?
  • see you TOMO skelders!

    good lad

    be good to have you back mate
  • my mates not arriving til 2 a.m boys, so if not there dont wait

    soz
  • skelders
    if your out saturday do you need a bike !!
    strappy.
  • Gonna assume that the Sunday TT is on therefore joining the special ride tomorrow. Thanks for the offer strappy but my Brompton will be fine ;-)
  • edited May 2011
    just quick write up on staurday 8.30 run only 3 out james d, declan, and myself headed out west into a very strong wind to langford, shillington up the hexton hill.
    down into barton le clay up the sharpenhoe clappers hill back down up the sundon hill back lilley whitwell thru to knebworth datchworth back home via weston.

    james was very strong doing most of the pulling with declan and myself doing the odd stint out front very hard graft into the that wind finished at 75 miles @ 17.5 mph not bad considering the 4 climbs.

    i am off work this week leading up to the chiltern 100 so a few miles to do.
    good luck all in the interclub timetrial.

    cheers strappy.
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