What You Missed

A 60-70km training ride in preparation for the Willo & Mont.
Takes in some really sweet technical single track, double track and fire road, tied together by a few road sections.

Start at Forest Way, and enter Red Hill at the top via Brooker Avenue (Beacon Hill). This takes us in at the top, and gives a decent run down to the rim trail. Round the Rim, and back onto the main loop, where we continue round and drop down to Wakehurst Parkway at the pumping station.

Will cover about 20kms all up on mostly fire trail linked with some sections of tar.

Just a couple of laps around the local loop. Mostly fire trail connected with some short road stints. Might do some exploring as well

This social ride is an open invite so out of towners are welcome.

Ride is as discussed. Approx 15kms taking around 2hrs depending on Chat and regrouping time.

Im limiting the group size to 10 to keep regrouping at a minimal.

If we are feeling well and have time when we are next to the RAAF base. We can add an extension of riding.

Hey folks,well im back on the northern beaches for the next few months,am very keen to get plenty of riding in before i head back down to the snowies.I seem to have lost abit of nerve and much of the (minimal) skill i had previously,im chalking it up to riding with my partner and not really challenging myself in a fair while.So im hoping a few rounds of red hill with some capable and fearless riders will help shake out the cobwebs.It wont be fast,as the 80,000 beers i consumed over the hols preclude fast unless im gravity assisted!

Quick cruise around local firetrail to relieve the week's pressures. Check the track's page - it's exactly what the ride will consist of.
Am planning to stop to take track photos so I can upload them into the gallery

Quick night ride bash around knapsack

Best way to start my Sunday morning before getting into a load of schoolwork. Part of my training for a race I'm hoping to compete in for my school, though won't be pushing it too much. Just crusing and pedalling up at a brisk but not painful (for me), so experienced riders are preferable.

Check out the trail page for more info, there's not much else to say!

After a warmup ride from Terrey Hills Shops to the bottom of Duck Holes we'll be doing:
* four to five x 5 minute seated, low cadence climbing intervals back uphill along Duck Holes with 5 minutes recovery in between
* back to Perimeter and Long possibly with a few diversions to run out the time at endurance pace

This is Session 3 from Mark Fenner's Fitness: Training for Endurance Racing published in June '10's issue of AMB.

If you can't do the full ride time that's OK. The key part is the hill reps and the first hour thereafter.

See ya there

Anyone for a quick lap of the Dam for Australia Day. I'm going to get one in before the day starts. Will be a social ride at a reasonable pace - about 35 - 40 minutes ride time and stops if needed.

Meet at King St by the Lab at 7.15am for 7.30am start.

I know there is already a Knapsack ride on Sunday morning (sorry Andrea).

But Todd and I have been talking about Mt York at the same time so Ill post it up anyway. If anyone wants to join us we are meeting in the gravel carpark, GWH on the right after passing through Mt Vic where the council workers park apparently.

I can't remember what direction we're taking but Todd said an hr up uphill first so those who know the area will know what that means.

Best bet is to PM or ring Todd for directions as that's what Ill be doing.

Cheers,

Ian

Couple of points first:

a) The meeting status wouldn't let me enter exactly what I wanted, so the real meeting status is: "If it's raining hard (more than a sprinkle) and predicted to be above 30 degrees in the mountains, I won't be there."

b) The pace will be "brisk social" - This will mean a couple of stops will happen at the creeks and the helipad, though besides that I want us to be able to move along at a fairly rapid pace, so it'd be preferable to ride with people with a higher degree of fitness.