Several of us have entered a road race run by Chelmer CC which will take place on the first Sunday in April. We don't know yet how many of us have got in (possibly none of us!), but as I'm the only who has ridden it before we've decided to combine the club run with a recce of the course. I've been having trouble with ridewithgps making bizarre detours when I plan the routes, so I've planned this on strava instead. The basic ride, which does one full circuit (14-15 miles) of the road race course, is about 58 miles long to and from Walthamstow. I will be leading a B-group to do that course, there should also be a C group doing the same route. Barnaby is leading an A-group at a high pace with the intention of doing two laps of the road race course (so the total distance will be a bit over 70 miles). The route does pass through High Beach on the way out (and, actually, on the way back) so there could be a second pick up there, but this would be earlier than the usually advertised 9:45 - get there before 9:30 and try to let us know via Facebook if you're planning to join us there. I don't think there will be a café stop this week, though people could refuel at High Beach on the return leg if they're feeling empty. I think the B group will be home around 1pm (providing nothing goes wrong). Barnaby claims the A group will be back by 12:45pm, even though they're doing a longer distance - we'll see! Route here: https://www.strava.com/routes/7882246
@JamieF
Several of us have entered a road race run by Chelmer CC which will take place on the first Sunday in April. We don't know yet how many of us have got in (possibly none of us!), but as I'm the only who has ridden it before we've decided to combine the club run with a recce of the course. I've been having trouble with ridewithgps making bizarre detours when I plan the routes, so I've planned this on strava instead. The basic ride, which does one full circuit (14-15 miles) of the road race course, is about 58 miles long to and from Walthamstow. I will be leading a B-group to do that course, there should also be a C group doing the same route. Barnaby is leading an A-group at a high pace with the intention of doing two laps of the road race course (so the total distance will be a bit over 70 miles). The route does pass through High Beach on the way out (and, actually, on the way back) so there could be a second pick up there, but this would be earlier than the usually advertised 9:45 - get there before 9:30 and try to let us know via Facebook if you're planning to join us there. I don't think there will be a café stop this week, though people could refuel at High Beach on the return leg if they're feeling empty. I think the B group will be home around 1pm (providing nothing goes wrong). Barnaby claims the A group will be back by 12:45pm, even though they're doing a longer distance - we'll see! Route here: https://www.strava.com/routes/7882246