The eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed that my 2-year plan to persuade Vince to lead a club run finally bore fruit, and Vince even posted his very first post on the message board to do this. I now need a new project, so am looking for suitable victims to persecute. To avoid this, you simply have to follow Vince's example. We are still struggling for names being posted onto the October/November/December thread, so you know what to do...
It would certainly be remiss not to praise Philip Whiteman and the pre and post helpers (especially to Si and the Regans for the drink and food preparation) at the Autumn Rivers Audax on Saturday...another successful Beacon event, and a beautiful route to boot. A big thanks to Phil for organising this - Don't forget to enter the Snowdrop/Sunrise Audax (of which I'm trying to climb into Philip's shoes as organiser) sooner rather than later, I'm already a quarter full!
Apparently, it's going to be warm this coming weekend, so come on out on a club run, re-acquaint yourselves with the beauty and poetry of a social ride in club colours. There are a couple of competing events this weekend, of course, notably the Birmingham half/full marathon on Sunday and the Thruxton time trial closed circuit championships, both of which will attract a number of Beaconites...good luck if you've entered either of those.
...and as we're mentioning marathon running, Chris Ashford ran the Chester Marathon on Sunday, and blitzed it in a new PB of 2:29:11...that is amazing, I'm sure you will agree. Top, top running, Chris, now put the trainers away and get your bike shoes on!
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This week's rides are:
A: Cobhouse - Phil Richards
B: Wickhampton (or Pershore) - Alan Weaver
c: Halfpenny Green - Matt Hale