Firstly, congratulations to all for a stunning turnout on Saturday. 30 riders for one endurance ride must be a club record. We’ll see if it was new year’s resolutions, the good weather or a strong intent to make it a good season over the coming weeks. I hope that everybody enjoyed the ride and got the right training benefit. Well done to those in the group that managed to keep a double pace line running from Alderholt. There was some good club riding there and we’ll aim to repeat that where road conditions permit. Thanks also to Konnor and Richard for looking after other members and ensuring that everybody got round.
If we continue to get such large numbers we will split the group into smaller sections so that do not cause a major obstacle to other road users.
This Saturday (14th) we will start the ride from one of our other start points. This is the car park at Ashurst station. I believe it is still free to park there, if anybody from that part of the forest can confirm in the comments field of the blog I’d be grateful.
The route will be a bit longer that the first ride (45 miles) and a little hillier. We will still aim to keep the pace steady as it’s very early in the base phase of our training plan.
The Test Valley route is as follows:
Ashurst, Woodlands, Hill Street, Kents Oak, Timsbury, Kings Somborne, Little Somborne, Stockbridge, Houghton, Mottisfont, Kents Oak, Wellow, Furzley, Bartley, Ashurst.
We will leave at 0900 sharp, please be there and ready by 0850 for ride briefing. We should return to Ashurst around 1200 punctures permitting. As ever, please check your bike over this week and ensure that your tyres are in good condition and suitable for winter riding. The road around Mottisfont can get a bit muddy.
Regards
Barry
barry.wootten@gmail.com
I should be out on saturday.
ReplyDelete