#1
|
|||
|
|||
"RMan"
Were you at Glenvale today?
I remembered your rainvest.. Carried it in my backpack the 20k to the race. Afterwards, the boys decided to do Beach Rd. and the city before heading home. Add another 80k's... Tired/Sore/Sunburnt (again) now.. ;-) Will you be there next week? I looked for you, but my brain was still switched onto "jelly" mode and B grade was already powering around, so I might have missed you due to the race. RR: C grade pace was just too high and I spent most of the race struggling to hang on. Tried setting up for the sprint but it took so much effort to get up towards the front that I had nothing left. Rolled across the line, mildly annoyed, somewhere between 10th and 20th. hippy |
Ads |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
"RMan"
"hippy" wrote in message ...
Were you at Glenvale today? I remembered your rainvest.. Ahh, Hippy, thanks mate, but I've got a cold and didn't race. I will be there next Sunday, baring any more illness. RR: C grade pace was just too high and I spent most of the race struggling to hang on. Tried setting up for the sprint but it took so much effort to get up towards the front that I had nothing left. Rolled across the line, mildly annoyed, somewhere between 10th and 20th. Well, you hung on. |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
"RMan"
"rickster" wrote in message
m... Ahh, Hippy, thanks mate, but I've got a cold and didn't race. I will be there next Sunday, baring any more illness. Cool. It's in the diary - I'll do my best to remember it ;-) up towards the front that I had nothing left. Rolled across the line, mildly annoyed, somewhere between 10th and 20th. Well, you hung on. Yeah, but I was hoping for a better finish than last week's 6th-ish. This week there were a couple of strong breakaways, so the bunch pace was higher trying to reel them in. I just didn't have the legs or skill to work my way up to a good spot in time for the sprint. Next week... ;-) Track tonight.. don't know if my legs will actually be working by then... hippy |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
"RMan"
Twenty questions about Glenvale Crescent
What's the entry fee Are there a lot of Blackburn riders there? Looking at the Carnegie Caulfield site race results there hardly seems to be any! What's this ride that happens afterwards? What's the pace like?Are ther riders who go out and then back to their cars at Glenvale Cres Cheer - |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
"RMan"
"jazmo" wrote in message
... Twenty questions about Glenvale Crescent. What's the entry fee? $10 for the race. If you don't have a license, you will need a day lic. for ~$22 on top of the $10. Are there a lot of Blackburn riders there? Looking at the Carnegie / Caulfield site race results there hardly seems to be any!! Not as many as there are CC riders. They are a bigger club I believe, so would probably have more chance of appearing in the placings. I'd like to change that :-) What's this ride that happens afterwards? What's the pace like?Are there riders who go out and then back to their cars at Glenvale Cres? The ride that happened afterwards was in impromptu ride because a couple of the lads from Croydon wanted to do some extra training. I'm sure there are other rides that some people organise on the day or maybe even regular ones? The pace was easy then hard, then easy, then hard :-) Are you asking if riders drive to the race, race and then drive home? If so, then the answer is yes. I wouldn't park on/near the circuit though, otherwise you wont be able to get out when the later grades race. hippy |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
"RMan"
Hippy wrote:
"jazmo" wrote in message news:OBS_b.1- $j - rver.com... Twenty questions about Glenvale Crescent. What's the entry fee? $10 for the race. If you don't have a license, you will need a day lic. for ~$22 on top of the $10. Are there a lot of Blackburn riders there? Looking at the Carnegie / Caulfield site race results there hardly seems to be any!! Not as many as there are CC riders. They are a bigger club I believe, so would probably have more chance of appearing in the placings. I'd like to change that :-) What's this ride that happens afterwards? What's the pace like?Are there riders who go out and then back to their cars at Glenvale Cres? The ride that happened afterwards was in impromptu ride because a couple of the lads from Croydon wanted to do some extra training. I'm sure there are other rides that some people organise on the day or maybe even regular ones? The pace was easy then hard, then easy, then hard :-) Are you asking if riders drive to the race, race and then drive home? If so, then the answer is yes. I wouldn't park on/near the circuit though, otherwise you wont be able to get out when the later grades race. hippy Thanks for the info Yeah, I'll be driving there from Lower Templestowe On the Carnegie/Caulfield website http://www.carnegiecycling.com.au/rides.html , it says that many rider ride down to Beach Rd after the race. I was just wondering if many (i any) come back to Glenvale Crescent as I don't want to ride back to m car on my own I generally like to do a 130 - 150 km ride on Saturday mornings. If thi ride after the race is a regular thing, then I can replace the Saturda morning ride with this one - |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Glenvale Crits (originally: "RMan")
"jazmo" wrote in message
... Thanks for the info. If I know it, I'll show it.. ;-) Yeah, I'll be driving there from Lower Templestowe. How far is that? We ride 20k there for a nice warmup... On the Carnegie/Caulfield website, http://www.carnegiecycling.com.au/rides.html , it says that many riders ride down to Beach Rd after the race. I was just wondering if many (if any) come back to Glenvale Crescent as I don't want to ride back to my car on my own. Ahh okay.. I didn't know about that. I never considered doing ANY riding after a race except if it gets me home! :-) Not sure if our Beach Rd. sojourn will become regular or not. Ask around and you'll possibly find people doing what you want to do. We don't head back to Glenvale, we head up Whitehorse Rd. after the city. I generally like to do a 130 - 150 km ride on Saturday mornings. If this ride after the race is a regular thing, then I can replace the Saturday morning ride with this one. That's true, unless you want an easier long ride? I was pretty sore/tired by the end of our loop. Guess it depends if you've got other things to do on Sat's and how inclined you feel towards a long ride post-race? hippy |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
"RMan"
Hippy wrote:
"jazmo" wrote in message news:OBS_b.1- $j - rver.com... Not as many as there are CC riders. They are a bigger club I believe, so would probably have more chance of appearing in the placings. I'd like to change that :-) Not to mention the fact that they shorten races when there are CCC members in a break. (ie. Last week C grade got cut down by 5 minutes and lengthen the race for "safety reasons" if there's a break with n CCCC riders in it - |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
Glenvale Crits (was: "RMan")
"Shabby" wrote in message
... Not to mention the fact that they shorten races when there are CCCC members in a break. (ie. Last week C grade got cut down by 5 minutes) and lengthen the race for "safety reasons" if there's a break with no CCCC riders in it. Were you racing then? I wondered what the hell was going on... I saw the 3 laps sign up and probably looked at my speedo and thought "that's way too early!". Just after crossing the line, I stopped my speedo and the time showed 48mins! That was 2mins less than the 50mins+3laps stated at the start and we'd DONE the 3 laps already! Gee, I wonder if I could've made up a few spots and scored a place with the extra time??? ;-) I'll be paying more attention to race times from now I think... hippy |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
"RMan"
Hippy wrote:
How far is that? We ride 20k there for a nice warmup... hippy Actually, it's about 20 odd km as well. Only thing is I don't like th idea of becoming another road statistic by riding up Springvale Rd t get there. Coming home would be even worse On Sundays, I'm normally still a bit sore from doing my 140 km od Saturday morning ride I might do a shorter ride this Saturday morning and then race on Sunda at Glenvale Might see you there - |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|