NFCC Sunday Club ride. October 28th 2018

Meet at main car park in Brookley Rd, Brockenhurst (Opposite the Tesco Express) 8.50 a.m for a 9.00 a.m start.

This week the plan is to head out on the Beaulieu Rd to Hatchet pond, turn south for a loop passing through East Boldre before returning to pass through Beaulieu. We head up Palace lane before turning right onto Exbury lane and towards Lepe, form here through Langley and Blackfield before heading back towards Beaulieu along Rollestone Rd. Returning to Brock on the Beaulieu rd.

Weather forecast is excellent again if rather nippy so hopefully another good turnout.

I'm unlikely to make it this sunday and we may have a new rider so if any of the other gnarled veterans (male or female) are available that would be good. Otherwise can someone be sure to download the course please?

Phil

https://www.strava.com/routes/14885191?

Club Ride – Saturday 27th October

Weather forecast for Saturday is marginal with risk of a ground frost. For a group ride I’ll always err on the side of caution when one rider falling can result in a multiple accident so think it safest to opt for an off-road ride this week. 

Suggest meet at the Standing Hat car park in Balmer Lawn, Brockenhurst at 0850 and depart at 9000. We can then spend some time on the trails between Brock, Beaulieu and Lyndhurst. Then is we’re happy with the roads linking up the trails head further afield and make it up as we go.

Mountain bikes, cross bikes and gravel bikes all welcome, pace will be set to suit who turns up and on what machinery.

Barry

Sunday Club Ride 21st October 2018

Meet at main car park in Brookley Rd, Brockenhurst (Opposite the Tesco Express) 8.50 a.m for a 9.00 a.m start.

This weeks ride leaves via Burley rd then turns towards Sway then Pitmore lane, Sway rd before meeting the A337 just north of Lymington. We cross the road after a short time up to Boldre, Pilley and then Norleywood. Then North to East Boldre, South to St Leonards before heading South once more towards Beaulieu. From here we take the Beaulieu rd back into Brockenhurst for the 50K route.

Forecast is excellent so I hope to see another good turnout.

Details of the route are downloadable here; https://www.strava.com/routes/14895739

Club Ride – Saturday 20th October

Looks like we’re going to be blessed with a fine day for riding thus Saturday.

Plan is for a 100Km forest loop with a coffee stop at Mabel’s Café in Boldre.

Usual meet in Brockenhurst in the main car park in Brookley Road at 0850 for an 0900 depart. 

Out via Rhinefield, Bolderwood. Across Ocknells Plain and down Bramble Hill. Then Bramshaw Copythorne, Bartley, Woodland, Ashurst, Ipley Cross, Beaulieu. Followed by another loop around Bucklers Hard, East Boldre and then onto the coffee stop via Norleywood and Pilley. After coffee final loop around Burley or peel off with the mileage monsters who’ll no doubt be adding another 100Km given the good weather forecast.

Route at: https://www.strava.com/routes/15912775

Barry

Turbo Training 2018/2019

As per last few winters I’m putting on turbo training classes to help with quality training over the winter months to compliment base training and prepare riders for the time trial / race season. Sessions will start on Thursday 1st November and run through to the end of March. (No session 27^thDecember). Training will be held at Brockenhurst Village Hall in Highwood Road (SO42 7RY). The sessions will be in the Craft Room and it will be easiest to park at the rear of the hall and use the back door to the Craft Room. Note that the car park has been re-surfaced and laid out so that should make life a lot easier this year. Doors open at 1930, warm up will start at 1945. The duration of the sessions will vary but will normally be around 75 -90 minutes including warm up and cool down. Please don’t arrive early as there’s another class finishing at 1900 so we want to make sure that they’re clear.

The sessions will be run along the lines of training within certain training zones to increase lactate threshold / functional threshold power. The result of this structured training should result in you being able to hold a higher effort level for longer come the race season. 

The sessions are planned and delivered by a British Cycling Certified Level 3 coach (Barry Wootten).

The coach will recommend other sessions for riders to do to complement the Thursday sessions and distribute those to riders via Training Peaks software. 

Please sign up for a Training Peaks account (if you haven’t already got one) https://home.trainingpeaks.com. The basic one will suffice unless you want the specific features of the chargeable version. Follow the following link to link your account with the coaches account: https://home.trainingpeaks.com/attachtocoach?sharedKey=2QQNI6DAVQGBM 

If you've got a heart rate monitor please wear it, if not don't worry as advice will be given based on the Perceived Rate of Exertion scale which requires no equipment. 

If you’re training with power the sessions will also be delivered in terms of power zones as well as heart rate zones.

Please remember that we are hiring the village hall and there are a few house rules we need to adhere by:

1.    No cleats on the floor. 

2.    All riders to have a mat / carpet under their bike and turbo.

3.    All riders clear up their own sweat and mess!

4.    Please make sure your bikes are clean before bringing them into the hall.

Checklist of what to bring:

1.    Bike, make sure tyres are pumped up

2.    Turbo

3.    Mat / carpet

4.    Cycling shorts

5.    Skewer for turbo

6.    Shoes

7.    Drink

8.    Food for afterwards

9.    Change of clothing for afterwards

10.  Towels, additional small towel for when riding is useful

11.  Heart rate monitor / power meter

12.  Extension lead if your turbo requires mains

13.  Front wheel raiser

Cost of each session is £5 

Barry Wootten

Sunday Club Ride 14th October 2018 - CANCELLED

Heavy rain forecast. So ride cancelled. Phil

Meet at main car park in Brookley Rd, Brockenhurst (Opposite the Tesco Express) 8.50 a.m for a 9.00 a.m start.

This week’s ride leaves via Burley rd then turns towards Sway then Pitmore lane, Sway rd before meeting the A337 just north of Lymington. We cross the road after a short time up to Boldre, Pilley and then Norleywood. Then North to East Boldre, South to St Leonards before heading South once more towards Beaulieu. From here we take the Beaulieu rd back into Brockenhurst for the 50K route.

Forecast is excellent so I hope to see another good turnout.

Details of the route are downloadable here https://www.strava.com/routes/14895739

Club Ride – Saturday 13thOctober – CANCELLED

Weather forecast for Saturday is not conducive to group riding. Forecast for very high winds so no ride this week..

Barry

Club Ride – Saturday 6th October

Not a good forecast for this week especially from 1200 so plan to keep it short this week. We can take a view on the day about adding on some extra mileage or not depending on who’s out and who’s up for it.

So plan to meet at 0850 for an 0900 depart from the main car park in Brookley Road, Brockenhurst. Out via Rhinefield, Bolderwood, Red Shoot. Around Ogdens, Hyde and onto Fordingbridge and Whitsbury. Turn there for the run to Café Velo where we can get inside if it’s wet via Rockbourne, Sandleheath. From Café Velo back to Brock via Burley to including the coffee stop should finish around 1230 before the worst of the weather.

Route at https://www.strava.com/routes/15742557

Barry

Sunday Club Ride 7th October 2018

Meet at main car park in Brookley Rd, Brockenhurst (Opposite the Tesco Express) 8.50 a.m for a 9.00 a.m start.

This week’s route heads up Rhinefield to the climb at Bolderwood then turns downhill towards Emery Down. We pass through Minstead towards Bartley. Passing through Woodlands to Ashurst. From here we take Deerlepe lane through Ipley Cross to Beaulieu. We return on Beaulieu rd via Hatchet pond.

Weather forecast is excellent so we hope to see a good turnout. 

You can download the route here: 

https://www.strava.com/routes/14921234