For those who would like to join the Gabriola group for a Sunday ride, meeting place is the main shopping centre at 9am. They usually do 2 or three laps and then meet at Mad Ronas coffee shop for an after-the-ride chin wag.

MIVA's postal address changing tomorrow. Don't send any snail mail until new address published. Telephone and email remain the same.

This Saturday's club run goes south to Chemainus.  Meet at Java Expressions in Bowen/Northfield shopping centre at 9am. The run goes south to Chemainus. Follow Terminal Avenue to Island Highway at Chase River and then along highway towards Duke Point Turn in to  Cedar.  Through Cedar via Woobank Road, then along Cedar Road to Haslam, then along Adshead Rd., back onto Cedar, down to the Highway, then along highway to last Chemainus lights and left, down the hill to the village.  Coffee break at The Dancing Bean.

Coming back, go on Chemainus Road as good shoulder . At Ladysmith, back onto highway and then home or  turn off highway at Nanaimo River Road, right at South Wellington, then right at Morden, across highway at lights, left on Aikenhead and then down to Cedar Rd. and home. This route allows for people to modify and go on extra loops or just come back on highway.

One of the MIVA members, John Hannon, has a GPS on his bike and measured the altitude change between start and 15km turn for the Nanaimo River Road time trial course. The elevation change is 105 metres or 346.5 feet. This makes Don Gilmore's sub-20 minute record all the more remarkable!

I was up on the course this afternoon renewing the markings. It's really cold up there (4deg. C.() and very windy with rain squalls. In view of this I am cancelling tonight's race. I will go out there around 6pm to check on anyone who did not get the news off the web site or by email. Our next event is the Boxwood Criterium on Sunday which will go, rain or shine. Peter McCaffery,

President Mid Island Velo Association