Club runs - 27th May
Posted: 21 May 2018 09:42
30 riders out on the four excellent rides at the weekends. Thanks to all the leaders especially, and to Nick for opening his alternative club runs into Staffordshire and Wales to others. That looked a great ride, and pretty speedy at 20mph average!
A good Beacon representation at the Meriden Cyclists memorial service (BIG thanks to Dave Cox) and it was good to see the flash of Beacon tricolore when this service was highlighted on BBC Midlands Today last night.
...and the move to create a new set of B riders worked a treat. Thanks to Si for leading and for others in moving up...and yes, the speeds were perfect! ...but let's not make this a one-off. We can't expect Si to lead this every week, so why not join him by volunteering and make the B-ride the ride to be on!
Strava quiet this weekend on notable rides, as I didn't see many people racing...but a shout out to those at the Beacon RCC track coaching on Saturday and to Gavin Passmore for organising. It was a weekend of longer audaxes, and Kudos to Adam Green and Sarah Dowden for their first 400kms audax on the Northern Ireland and Moors and Wolds Audax respectively on Saturday (and bits of Sunday). Again, apologies if your ride deserves a mention but isn't mentioned as it's not on facebook or strava.
One thing I missed out on last week, but huge congratulations to Simon Dighton for setting yet another Beacon time trial record, this time lowering his own 10 mile Vet's record, where Simon blitzed round the Aylesbury course in 20:55...the rest of us 50 year olds really need to up our game!
This week's rides are:
A: 200kms ride to Towcester - Phil Richards (meet at 07:30, leaving at 07:45)
B: Warwick - Phil Gameson
C: Volunteer required
A good Beacon representation at the Meriden Cyclists memorial service (BIG thanks to Dave Cox) and it was good to see the flash of Beacon tricolore when this service was highlighted on BBC Midlands Today last night.
...and the move to create a new set of B riders worked a treat. Thanks to Si for leading and for others in moving up...and yes, the speeds were perfect! ...but let's not make this a one-off. We can't expect Si to lead this every week, so why not join him by volunteering and make the B-ride the ride to be on!
Strava quiet this weekend on notable rides, as I didn't see many people racing...but a shout out to those at the Beacon RCC track coaching on Saturday and to Gavin Passmore for organising. It was a weekend of longer audaxes, and Kudos to Adam Green and Sarah Dowden for their first 400kms audax on the Northern Ireland and Moors and Wolds Audax respectively on Saturday (and bits of Sunday). Again, apologies if your ride deserves a mention but isn't mentioned as it's not on facebook or strava.
One thing I missed out on last week, but huge congratulations to Simon Dighton for setting yet another Beacon time trial record, this time lowering his own 10 mile Vet's record, where Simon blitzed round the Aylesbury course in 20:55...the rest of us 50 year olds really need to up our game!
This week's rides are:
A: 200kms ride to Towcester - Phil Richards (meet at 07:30, leaving at 07:45)
B: Warwick - Phil Gameson
C: Volunteer required