MIVA committee members have put together a great schedule for the 2012 season. There is the regular time trial series on Nanaimo River Road plus a couple of weekend 15km events on the Duke Point Highway (hopefully, the ferry terminal repairs will take until April). Last year's criterium series has been modified to bi-weekly crits.  alternating with road races on a challenging 5.5km circuit near Extension.

Last year's BCMCA stage race is being replaced by a downtown Nanaimo Fathers' Day open criterium which will be on the Cycling BC schedule. In addition, MIVA will be hosting two of the Island Cup series events.

Another exciting activity is the start of the club's Youth Development programme where road safety and introduction to racing workshops will be run in local schools. The club is seeking a Community Gaming Grant to aid in delivery of these sessions.

In the Fall, the club will run a series of mid week cyclo-cross events and clinics at Diver Lake and will also organise one of the Cross on The Rock races at Beban Park in November. This may be the Island Championship.

MIVA trainer session is on tonight at Pleasant Valley Elementary School. Come and grind to the Sufferfest Revolver session.  

The plan was to join with OBB group but they have not yet started their Saturday runs. So, back to Java Expressions at 9.30am. BTW the coffee shop is open then so it's a good plan to arrive early and warm up with a cup of dark roast and one of their sinfully scrumptious cinnamon buns.

There were a number of favourable comments about the New Year's Day time trial on Duke Point Highway so the club is going to run at least two more over 15km instead of 16km. This time the plan is to have an uphill start, lol. Watch this site for details.

The MIVA club ride for this Saturday is being combined with the OBB group ride, starting from Oak Bay Bikes just north of Nissan at 9.30am. Hopefully there will be a critical mass there so the rides will grow. Destination is not yet known but it is rumoured that the group will stop at a cyclist-friendly cafe!