The days are getting longer and its almost time to ditch the leg warmers for good. It's time to start thinking about adding miles and building speed. It's also time to start thinking about riding in a group. The Crits and time trials will be underway before you know it. Not to mention all the great racing happening in Victoria and on the mainland. To help get ready for it and offer a little extra incentive to get out and hit the roads we're trying something a little bit different.
For the month of March, we will have an open challenge on this segment https://www.strava.com/segments/11430823?filter=overall Up for grabs are three $50 gift cards.
The idea behind this challenge is to get you out on your bikes pushing each other, working together and getting better. It’s easy to get stuck in a rut over the winter. Logging hundreds of hours on the trainer or riding alone in the dark. So hit up our Facebook group here https://www.facebook.com/groups/midislandveloassociation/ and find a couple other suckers friends to hit the road with.
The rules
1. Mixed teams of 3 riders (1male/2female or 2male/1female)
2. All three riders must be paid club members – Join here https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=55941&owner=0
3. All three riders must ride the segment together (Johnny can't ride it on his way to work with Susie and sally riding it in the evening the next day)
4. Rides must be uploaded onto strava and public so I can check and compile the times.
5. Must email me palleus@hotmail.com with the names of the three riders and date/time of your attempt and if possible a link to all three rides on strava to save me hunting them down
6. Team time will be based on the time of the slowest rider. (It won't help if you drop your two friends and sprint away for the KOM leaving them to struggle in the wind)
7. Challenge will run for the month of March and riders can attempt it as many times as they like with as many other riders as they like.
Some things to think about with this challenge are: Pacing, it’s a little over ten kilometers. If you go out too hard, you’ll be dying at the end of it. Keep a steady pace and finish strong. Watch the gap between riders, the closer you are to the wheel in front of you the less energy you’re going to use to maintain the pace. How long is each rider going to pull? Taking a longer turn at the front will give the other riders more time to recover, but if you pull too long and too hard, you might not be able to hang on and get dropped off the back.
Good luck and ride safe.
