ride routes 27th oct – 2nd nov

the masters nationals were on last weekend in victoria and a bunch of spr riders headed over to compete.  a few men headed over, but the results from the women in their respective age groups was awesome.  here are the podiums for each events.

time trial

  • masters womens 1
    • 1st michelle mclintock
  • masters womens 2
    • 3rd samantha flockhart (behind some fitton chick from hawthorn club)
  • masters womens 3
    • 3rd amanda nabi

road race

  • masters womens 1
    • 2nd michelle mclintock
  • masters womens 3
    • 3rd amanda nabi

criterium

  • masters womens 1
    • 1st teneal attard
  • masters womens 3
    • 2nd amanda nabi

overall

  • masters womens 1
    • 1st michelle mclintock

ride leader sponsor – The ride leader sponsor for October is Free Energy HR, owned by SPR founding member and ride leader Rob Ramsden. Free Energy HR delivers transformational executive & organisational coaching, team & leadership development as well as organisational culture and engagement programs.

tomr 2018 –
We are a few weeks away and the our good mates at tomr event mgmt central are starting to release all the info. excited much? we have a team briefing/meeting organised for monday 29th october at dome westralia plaza at 18:30. keep an eye on your emails for more updates from hanno and mo.

the beverley – the aftermath.  i don’t think many people truly understand what goes into organising and running an event like the beverley.  if you raced the other week and thought that it was well run, please give greg some positive feedback when you see him next.  an event like beverley would not happen without the hours of effort and stress that he put into it.  check out his musings here.

and from said race director – A repeat of thanks to the Beverley Vollies and SPR racers that attended. Please complete the survey by following the Survey Monkey link sent through by email.

entertainment books – we will again be selling entertainment books this year through the club.  the digital version means you don’t have to carry around a bulky book anymore. check out the links on the previous post to find out more.

saturday start locations – we have revamped the group start locations on saturday morning.  please have a look at the map so you know where your group will congregate.  this makes it easier for ride leaders to give you a briefing before the ride starts.  see the previous post for more details.

spr juniors – over the last month we have had a 400% increase in our juniors.  that means we went from just one of my kids to both my kids and both the carson kids as well.  if you do have a +10ish year old that wants to come out with us (with you), then we leave the same time as the main group on saturday.  easy ride along the bike path to kings park, then a few circuits around the internal quiet roads.  yes there are hills, but that means there are descents too.

from the ride coordinator – (adapted from something I wrote motorcycling around Scotland 4 yrs ago).
Cyclist prayer
To the gods of carbon, rubber and steel,
But most importantly of all, the god of two wheels.
We don’t need a church, of timber and stones,
All that we ask, is we break not our bones.
We’re not exclusive, if you’ve the will and the skills,
Our temple is a road, with bends, curves and hills.
We don’t ask the faithful to bow way down low,
Just get down in the drops, and go, go, go.

saturday 27th october

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

juniors (10 – 15 yrs with parent) – kings park juniors 23.72km spr saturday

development group –  novice shelley 36.06km spr saturday

transitional 1/2 – trans canning vale 42.34km spr saturday

fast/main – hale rd reverse 51.37km spr saturday

sunday 28th october

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 – coffee ride

short – brktn weir 82.89km spr sunday

long – roley obs 100.16km spr sunday

monday 29th october

ride starts under the narrows (sth perth side) at 5:30am

south stock 33.76km spr monday

tuesday 30th october

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

spr tuesday 36.37km (river ride)

ride starts frasers ave at 5:45am

development group – interval training kings park

wednesday 31st october

ride starts raffles bike path at 5:30am

interval training – stock road repeats

thursday 1st november

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

see previous post for ride groups

spr thursday 37.26km (cott & freo)

ride starts frasers ave at 5:45am

development group – interval training kings park

friday 2nd november

ride starts under the narrows (sth perth side) at 5:30am

spr friday 42.01km (shelley)

friday training/recovery ride