MIVA TO START REGULAR CLUB RUNS

Mid Island Velo Association is planning to commence regular club runs in the next few weeks. The most successful regular recreational? rides run by many clubs always use a set route with a standard time and place to meet. Riders who miss the start can therefore meet with the rest of the group somewhere on the run. The route is chosen so that extra loops can be added for the faster/ fitter, more ambitious riders and a shorter, more direct route can be used by those who need to get home quickly or who are slower/less fit. Usually, a cafe or coffee stop is included at around the halfway point as socialising is a strong component of these runs. Many of the local riders, including a number of MIVA members, have their own favourite rides of seventy to eighty kilometres that include a variety of terrain, a few climbs and some flat roads.

Please submit your own ideas for a two to three and a half hour ride either north or south of Nanaimo  and the club's board of directors will pick  and adapt some of your suggestions to develop a couple of regular routes.