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**RIDE FULL** C run 24 March 2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 18 Mar 2024 11:40
by George
I'll lead a C run this coming Sunday. We'll leave the BH at 09:15 and do 81km (>50mi) at 22 to 23kph (14mph) on rolling terrain taking the following route:
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45921901
Up to eight participants, including me, riding as a compact group at a nice even intensity. Advance sign-up preferred, but on-the-line joiners welcome if we haven't filled all eight berths in advance.
See also
http://www.beaconrcc.org.uk/message_boa ... =5&t=10956
Provisional attendance list:
1. George Barker (L)
2. Naomi Bell
3. Leigh Hopkins
4. Andy McGrath
5. Pete Norman
6. Mariana Sorrill
7. Joel Subash
8. Si Walker
Re: C run 24 March2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 18 Mar 2024 12:53
by Mariana278
Count me in
Re: C run 24 March2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 18 Mar 2024 14:45
by George
Re: C run 24 March2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 19 Mar 2024 19:47
by Leigh H
Hello George
Can you put me down please
Leigh
Re: C run 24 March2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 20 Mar 2024 09:44
by George
Leigh H wrote: ↑19 Mar 2024 19:47
Hello George
Can you put me down please
Leigh
Certainly, Leigh.
Re: C run 24 March2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 20 Mar 2024 10:15
by George
The club's Ride with GPS account has a ready-made 74km (46mi) route:
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45310150
That's a little shorter than I would usually plan for a club run. Do participants fancy doing the route 'as-is', or shall I tweak it slightly to get it up above 80km/50mi?
Re: C run 24 March2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 20 Mar 2024 10:47
by PeteNorman
Hi George I’ll ride on Sunday, if there are more than 8 wanting to join I will lead a following group.
Pete
Re: C run 24 March2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 20 Mar 2024 12:08
by Leigh H
George wrote: ↑20 Mar 2024 10:15
The club's Ride with GPS account has a ready-made 74km (46mi) route:
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45310150
That's a little shorter than I would usually plan for a club run. Do participants fancy doing the route 'as-is', or shall I tweak it slightly to get it up above 80km/50mi?
Re: C run 24 March2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 20 Mar 2024 12:26
by Mick Stanford
George wrote: ↑20 Mar 2024 10:15
The club's Ride with GPS account has a ready-made 74km (46mi) route:
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45310150
That's a little shorter than I would usually plan for a club run. Do participants fancy doing the route 'as-is', or shall I tweak it slightly to get it up above 80km/50mi?
there is also this one at 83km, George
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45310771
Re: C run 24 March2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 20 Mar 2024 22:37
by Naomi B
Please can you put me down.
Re: C run 24 March2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 21 Mar 2024 08:44
by Si_Walker
George, can you add me please.
Personally, I prefer a longer ride of 50 miles however on the original route as the cafe is at 34 miles from the start (38 miles on the second suggestion) this will take at 2+ hours at C ride pace to reach the cafe, potentially overshooting the proposed arrival time.
Re: C run 24 March2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 21 Mar 2024 09:18
by George
PeteNorman wrote: ↑20 Mar 2024 10:47
Hi George I’ll ride on Sunday, if there are more than 8 wanting to join I will lead a following group.
Pete
Great. See you there, Pete.
Re: C run 24 March2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 21 Mar 2024 09:20
by George
Naomi B wrote: ↑20 Mar 2024 22:37
Please can you put me down.
Certainly, Naomi. See you at the weekend.
Re: C run 24 March2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 21 Mar 2024 09:25
by George
Si_Walker wrote: ↑21 Mar 2024 08:44
George, can you add me please.
Personally, I prefer a longer ride of 50 miles however on the original route as the cafe is at 34 miles from the start (38 miles on the second suggestion) this will take at 2+ hours at C ride pace to reach the cafe, potentially overshooting the proposed arrival time.
Count yourself in, Si
Yes, the arrival time issue was one of the things I was thinking about too. Maybe what I'll do is tweak the route myself so that we do 80km-ish, but with the café pretty much right in the middle. If we set off promptly at 09:15 and do 40km out, 22.8kph will get us there by 11:00.
Re: C run 24 March2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 21 Mar 2024 09:29
by George
Just in case anyone hasn't read the general post about the Big Coffee Stop series:
The café have asked us NOT to order scrambled eggs. My previous experience is also that, although they will take cards, they prefer people to pay cash.
Re: C run 24 March2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 21 Mar 2024 10:03
by George
I have now edited the top post to include the route: 81km with the café at 40km. Plenty of opportunities for anyone who need to be back early to clip off on the return leg.
Re: C run 24 March2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 21 Mar 2024 11:28
by joelsubash
I'd like to go if there is still room. Thanks.
Re: C run 24 March2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 21 Mar 2024 17:36
by +AndyMcGrath
Me too please George
Thanks Andy McG
Re: C run 24 March2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 22 Mar 2024 08:48
by George
joelsubash wrote: ↑21 Mar 2024 11:28
I'd like to go if there is still room. Thanks.
There certainly is, Joel. Look forward to meeting you.
Re: C run 24 March2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 22 Mar 2024 08:48
by George
+AndyMcGrath wrote: ↑21 Mar 2024 17:36
Me too please George
Thanks Andy McG
See you there, Andy.
Re: **RIDE FULL** C run 24 March 2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 22 Mar 2024 16:33
by Alexio
I'd like to come along. I know this breaks the 8 cap. Any chance? I dare say the will be drop-ins too...
Re: **RIDE FULL** C run 24 March 2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 22 Mar 2024 17:03
by Jason H
Wow. Full already. Put me down on the reserve list please. Alex and I can ride together in the reserve party
Re: **RIDE FULL** C run 24 March 2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 22 Mar 2024 17:08
by PeteNorman
Hey Alexio and Jason I’ll lead a second group, probably a little slower than George!
I’ll post something in a bit and put your names down!
Hey George I’ll drop into leading another group well behind you! Pete
Re: **RIDE FULL** C run 24 March 2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 22 Mar 2024 17:21
by Jason H
Cheers Pete. That would be great. See you Sunday.
Re: **RIDE FULL** C run 24 March 2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 23 Mar 2024 09:19
by George
PeteNorman wrote: ↑22 Mar 2024 17:08
Hey Alexio and Jason I’ll lead a second group, probably a little slower than George!
I’ll post something in a bit and put your names down!
Hey George I’ll drop into leading another group well behind you! Pete
Many thanks, Pete.
Re: **RIDE FULL** C run 24 March 2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 24 Mar 2024 18:57
by George
Many thanks to everyone for your company today. I had a great time, and hope you did too.
Everything went broadly to plan, and we had a good ride in cool and breezy but agreeable weather. The only thing that I would do differently in hindsight is coordinate the departure from the café a little better; we briefly found ourselves unintentionally riding as a single unified C group, swelled by a few joiners from other outward groups. For my personal liking, that group was a little too big and slightly disordered. Fortunately, a natural split occurred around Inkberrow, enabling two more coherent groups to reform. Lesson for the future is that we need to organise departure from the café along the same lines as departure from the BH.
Actual roll call for the outward leg:
1. George Barker (L)
2. Naomi Bell
3. Leigh Hopkins
4. Andy McGrath
5. Mariana Sorrill
6. Si Walker
We were joined at the café by Dave Hughes and John Hitchcock.
The return group had a slightly different make-up, but I assume that the joiners are already accounted for on the roll calls of the groups they rode out with.
Re: **RIDE FULL** C run 24 March 2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 24 Mar 2024 19:17
by Leigh H
Thanks for organising the ride. It was really enjoyable.
Re: **RIDE FULL** C run 24 March 2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 24 Mar 2024 22:17
by Mariana278
Thanks for leading George
Sorry I didn’t get to say bye the hills killed me
George wrote: ↑24 Mar 2024 18:57
Many thanks to everyone for your company today. I had a great time, and hope you did too.
Everything went broadly to plan, and we had a good ride in cool and breezy but agreeable weather. The only thing that I would do differently in hindsight is coordinate the departure from the café a little better; we briefly found ourselves unintentionally riding as a single unified C group, swelled by a few joiners from other outward groups. For my personal liking, that group was a little too big and slightly disordered. Fortunately, a natural split occurred around Inkberrow, enabling two more coherent groups to reform. Lesson for the future is that we need to organise departure from the café along the same lines as departure from the BH.
Actual roll call for the outward leg:
1. George Barker (L)
2. Naomi Bell
3. Leigh Hopkins
4. Andy McGrath
5. Mariana Sorrill
6. Si Walker
We were joined at the café by Dave Hughes and John Hitchcock.
The return group had a slightly different make-up, but I assume that the joiners are already accounted for on the roll calls of the groups they rode out with.
Re: **RIDE FULL** C run 24 March 2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 25 Mar 2024 10:57
by George
Leigh H wrote: ↑24 Mar 2024 19:17
Thanks for organising the ride. It was really enjoyable.
Thanks, Leigh. Good to see you.
Re: **RIDE FULL** C run 24 March 2024 - Broad Acres Fishery
Posted: 25 Mar 2024 11:00
by George
Mariana278 wrote: ↑24 Mar 2024 22:17
Thanks for leading George
Sorry I didn’t get to say bye the hills killed me
No problem, Mariana. Everyone peeled off in ones and twos as we entered Brum, and you'd already told us that you might continue back at your own pace. Thanks for coming.