it has been pretty quiet around xmas this year. lots of riding and there has been people out everywhere, but not much actually going on. it has been great. many people had the xmas/new years week off and managed to crack out their strava festive 500. some pretty big numbers out there but it was when i sorted it by club that i got the biggest surprise. JJ cracked 1500kms in the week! i am guessing that there was a fault in the aggregation of k’s as she pretty much doubled elar’s feeble 845kms. however, massive props to club treasurer daniel harvey as he hit 765kms after a pretty hard year on (mostly off) the bike. challenges are a great way to stay motivated if you do not have any short term goals, like racing. but challenges can come in all sorts of forms. kilometres and ascent are just two metrics that strava use, but setting your own pb on a segment or making sure that you stay 2 sec in front of your mate on the leaderboard are also good motivators. you can also challenge yourself to be a ride leader this year…
ride leader sponsor – the ride leader sponsor for january is Stadium Triathlon Club. perth’s largest triathlon club caters for athletes of all abilities and has training programs to suit all goal.
where are we riding today – please have a quick look at this post as there is some important safety info about why we publish ride routes before the weekend.
ride leader program – expressions of interest are now open for our first round of ride leader training. after the success of the pilot program, we are now looking for more people to step up and be trained so that they can lead a group. see the previous post for more details.
licences/memberships – we now have 317 members so we didn’t quite lose the 150+ that was predicted. it is still a fair way off the 435 that we finished the year with, so there are quite a few people out there riding without any insurance. this means that if you have a crash on a group ride, or even by yourself, there is nothing covering you for out of pocket expenses. see the previous post for more details.
ride routes – no public holidays this week and back to normal for most people. some mild weather predicted for saturday so we should see a few more new years resolutioners out with us. make sure you give any new comers as much support as possible so that the new years res becomes a lifestyle change for the better.
saturday 7th january
ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30am
early lap – earlybird 40.93km spr special
all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am
development group – novice shelley 36.06km spr saturday
transitional – trans mosman 40.39km spr saturday
fast & main groups – shelley & mosman 50.14km spr saturday
sunday 8th january
all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am
development group – coffee ride
short – brktn weir 82.89km spr sunday
long – f’berg urch obs 96.16km spr sunday
monday 9th january
ride starts under the narrows (sth perth side) at 5:30am
south stock 33.76km spr monday
tuesday 10th january
ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30am
spr tuesday 36.37km (river ride)
ride starts frasers carpark at 5:45am
development group – interval training kings park
wednesday 11th january
ride starts raffles bike path at 5:30am
interval training – stock road repeats
thursday 12th january
ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30arm
spr thursday 37.26km (cott & freo)
ride starts frasers carpark at 5:45am
development group – interval training kings park
friday 13th january
ride starts under the narrows (sth perth side) at 5:30am