Ride is a on. Storm cells seem to have passed. If you're concerned about the weather, then please use your discretion. Roads will be wet I imagine.
Bit of a different route, heading left onto Stone Rd where we usually go straight. There is a small stretch of hardpack gravel, but it's easy to navigate.
If we get a clearing in the weather:
3:20pm Edit: Radar and forecast look clear, ride is on!
Ride cancelled. There is a high POP for the rest of the day, with thunderstorms. Looks like the clouds are appearing quickly, and it would be unwise to do a ride with the threat of lightning.
Let's call this the big epic of the summer, 130k with lots of climbing (Sydenham, Snake Rd, Rattlesnake).
Some gravel on the way out (to save kms) but otherswise smooth. Lots of water and food stops along the way.
Radar looks fine, ride is on
Simple route, 62km. May try some rotating paceline once we get to Oustic. A and B groups again.
RIDE IS CANCELLED! There may well be a ride window between now and 9:00, but things are looking pretty unsettled. I'm going to call off the official ride and leave it to everyone's best judgement as to whether you go out for a spin tonight.
Let's try north and west for a change, returning over Guelph lake. The distance shouldn't be a problem with the longer, summer evenings, but the weather's looking a little unsettled (shocking!). I'll make a call by 5:30 p.m… watch this space.
Oh, and by the way, think smooth thoughts on Wednesday. That'll be the order of the evening…smooth, consistent, predictable riding.
Map:
A great ride today: 105 km with a 33 km/h average.
But the best part was the receovery drinks served on the Borealis patio afterwards.
A 90km loop through Maryhill-Elora with the possibility of a stop for a bite in Elora and/or a beer afterwards.
Ride is a go! Looks like the rain might be coming later, so we'll do a shorter loop (note updated map).
Usual Thursday format, A and B groups, probably do the rotating paceline again for a while. Victoria back into Guelph to mix it up.
UPDATE 5:30 p.m.: The ride is a GO. Gonna be hot but nice…
UPDATE 3:15 p.m.: Dana can't make it tonight, so Drew will be leading. Because we did pretty much the same route as Dana suggested last week, I'm changing it to the map below.
I'll update at 5:30 p.m. with a weather call but it looks good.
Hey Folks,
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With hot weather and risk of thunerstorms, the nearby Guelph Lake loops will be a fitting option for this week.
Will update by 4pm if ride is cancelled outright.
Pre-4pm Update: The forcast is 60% pop with ~1mm of rain, but the radar looks completely clear until 9pm. So unless it's raining or thundering at 6:30pm, the ride is on, and we can ride as long as weather allows.
Ride is a go!
We'll try Rob's route from last week which got rained out. Hopefully it won't be again, but the forecast isn't looking great.
Expect the fast guys to be off at the Tour of Waterloo, so if you've been looking for a longer ride w/o a punishing pace, this should the one. Food/water at the St. George coffee shop (it's good).
Oh, and there's a section of gravel out there somewhere, Rule #5 applies.
As much as people love to hate Peter Sagan… this is pretty cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mgkkU-TRwvY
Same route as we were going to do last week. We're going to do a paceline as well, rotation counter-clockwise. I'll do a bit of a pre-ride talk so we're all on the same page. A and B groups again as well.
The second of our 4 event time trial series!
Time trials are a great way to test your fitness. It is a race against yourself and the clock. Riders start at 1 minute intervals and the challenge is to try to catch the rider ahead of you and not to be caught by the rider behind you! No drafting is allowed.
We use the same course for each of the 4 TT events allowing you to measure your training progression throughout the season.
The course is a 17km long out-and-back route on the rolling hills of Fourth Line East just north of County Road 51 (road to Ariss)
TIPS
REMINDER
Course Record: Ryan Roth 22:08.49 – 46.07 km/hr – July 18/12
Meeting Location: Start Line – 4th Line East, just north of County Road 51 (road to Ariss)
Meeting Time: Sign-in: 6:45pm, First rider start: 7:00pm
