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Club Runs - 20th October

Posted: 14 Oct 2019 10:22
by WorcsPhil
Another rainy Sunday, but as Neil Lynch pointed out... Only thing of note to report is the 8 Hopwood ladies merrily cycling away in the rain. An example to us all!...hhhmmm

Anyway, I have promises of a nicer weekend is on the way, so get your names down, we haven't had a full set of leaders this club run season yet, so this could be a good week to start.

A: Upton - Paul Johnson
B: Stratford direction - Simon White
C: Leader required using this route: Stourport - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/26772661

Re: Club Runs - 20th October

Posted: 14 Oct 2019 12:26
by ballintrane
I'll lead the A run to Upton about 70 miles out via Tardebigge back via Droitwich weather looks cold but dry.

Re: Club Runs - 20th October

Posted: 16 Oct 2019 17:29
by simplysimon
Edited with route - I'll take a B ride, published speeds, on an approximation of this 101km/63mi route:

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/31329831

Cafe will either be Charlecote at 48km/30mi or The Pantry in Stratford at 57km/35mi depending on numbers and preferences.

Depending on group/weather there are a couple of possible shortcuts to take up to 16km/10mi off.

Re: Club Runs - 20th October

Posted: 17 Oct 2019 15:19
by George
Looks like the C run is using the Windlass Café on Sunday; is that correct?

Roger and I may join you at the caf, but I'm reluctant to volunteer to lead, because we're pretty slow, and a tandem's rhythm doesn't easily mesh with a group of solo riders.

Re: Club Runs - 20th October

Posted: 18 Oct 2019 10:31
by PeteNorman
That's right George - The Windlass - see you there

Pete

Re: Club Runs - 20th October

Posted: 18 Oct 2019 15:26
by WorcsPhil
Can we have a named C-ride leader, please - let's not leave it to Pete Norman every week. Let's try alternative approaches as I've read that different people react best to different approaches...

A: Angry - FFS, get your name down and lead.
B: Pleading - Once more unto the breach, I prostrate before you and beseech you to volunteer to lead a C-ride and help everyone enjoy the day.
C: Guilt: If no one volunteers, we'll simply pull all future C-rides.
D: Reward: The next person who volunteers to lead a C-ride will win a crème egg.
E: Deep: Volunteers find themselves having ethereal beauty and virtue, and usually had a better upbringing in a lovelier family, hence their marked sharing characteristics.
F: French: S'il vous plaît conduire la balade à vélo et aider les autres
G: With a joke: You can pay for your lunch with a donor card, it'll cost you an arm and a leg

Please choose the approach that appeals to you, ignore the others and pretend that I've written it just for you. I have.

Please get you name down to volunteer to lead, pleeeaaassseeeee

Re: Club Runs - 20th October

Posted: 19 Oct 2019 15:45
by PeteNorman
Thanks for the mention Phil, appreciated.

Unfortunately I am smitten with a heavy chesty cold and don't see any sign of a recovery to be able to ride tomorrow. I'm away next week but George has got that C-ride covered.

Pete

Re: Club Runs - 20th October

Posted: 19 Oct 2019 18:26
by simplysimon
B Ride Tomorrow

I might be a few minutes late tomorrow as I am shepherding a cyclist from New Street to join us, but will definitely get there as soon as I can.

Re: Club Runs - 20th October

Posted: 19 Oct 2019 21:08
by Dave Cox
I'll be there for a C Ride, hope Pete gets better soon. Still to Stourport will improvise a route I can't get routes onto my Garmin - well I can get them on but then cant find them.

Re: Club Runs - 20th October

Posted: 20 Oct 2019 14:47
by ballintrane
On today's A run to Upton
Paul Johnson(L)
Andrew Wrightson
Vincent Tennant
Nick Shenton
James Tate
Ben Crone
Neil Orchard

Re: Club Runs - 20th October

Posted: 20 Oct 2019 16:07
by Dave Cox
Beacon C Run to Stourport

Dave Cox Leading
Paul Balfe
Richard Chaplin
Dave Cole

At the Windlass Cafe
Roger Green
George Barker
Colin Edney
Wally Lowe
Andy Terry (rode home with us)

All went well apart from Dave Cole getting a thorn **flat** in the back wheel of his lovely new bike from the hedge cutter near The Honey Bee.

Re: Club Runs - 20th October

Posted: 20 Oct 2019 20:44
by David Cole
Fixed with the aid of Dave Cox's extensive tool kit
Dave

Re: Club Runs - 20th October

Posted: 20 Oct 2019 23:07
by simplysimon
B Run ended as a lovely run to Charlecote and a slightly truncated route home. Shouts out to IronMargaret for demonstrating that endurance athletes may be steadier at the start, but they just keep on going; and Kamran for showing how getting a bit carried away at the start of a ride can cost you later.

Simon White (Leading)
Shaun Jackson
Sheridan Mcwilliam
Ash Turner
Kamran Anwar
Margaret Ehrenberg
Neil Evanston
Claire Fudge