For those who have not heard of it, coming up in May (Sunday 27th) there is a sportive called the Chiltern Hundred.
This is a 110 mile (two other distances also available 75 and 54 miles) ride around the Chilterns with some great climbs and scenery. I have reserved a team for the Nomads which guarantees us 15 places. There are no upper limits to the number of people we have in the team with further places available through general sale, subject to availability (i.e. first come first served). This is not a race and people can ride it at their own pace, with Gold, Silver and Bronze times set by the organisers for targets for the more competitive among us which means that we don't all have to ride together if people want to ride at different paces.
Details can be found on the following website:
http://www.chiltern-hundred.org.uk/
Now that you are all itching to sign up, here is what you need to do. Go to this page: http://www.chiltern-hundred.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=86&Itemid=59 which has the link to enter.
Enter the sportive as an individual but when it asks if you are part of a team enter "HITCHIN NOMADS".
The 15 team places will be held for us until the 1st April, after that any spaces not taken will go on general sale on the 2nd. This event will not clash with the interclub series or any other HNCC event (apart from the clubrun on that Sunday), so would be great to have a few riders, plus we get a free team photo.
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Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Harp Hilly 100
Last weekend was the first and toughest of this year’s Chiltern Classic Series of Reliability rides. The Harp Hilly covers 100km of scenic, challenging terrain including Bison Hill, Ivinghoe Beacon and Aston Hill. Despite the windy weather there was a large turnout of riders, with all 200 places taken by 9am – any riders turning up after this time were allowed to ride the route “unofficially”. It was impressive to see and to be part of a ‘peleton’ of around 80 riders taking over Berkhamsted High Street 10 miles into the route. The pack gradually broke up (or disappeared into the distance from my perspective!) as it made its way over to Bison Hill.
By the time we left Dunstable and turned into the wind which blew incessantly along the Chilterns the field was strung out and there was little shelter on offer, making for a tough stint. Once Aston Hill was negotiated at around the half-way mark we had the wind to help us once more and the remaining miles seemed somewhat easier under a cloudless blue sky.
There is a trophy for the club who have the most riders completing the 100km route. There were 7 Nomads on the start line and all 7 completed the route, a number that was only exceeded by Milton Keynes CC and Hemel Hempstead CC. Special mention should go to James Gomm who punctured within the first couple of kilometres and who then had to ride “solo” for the remaining 98km. The series continues for the next 5 weekends.
By the time we left Dunstable and turned into the wind which blew incessantly along the Chilterns the field was strung out and there was little shelter on offer, making for a tough stint. Once Aston Hill was negotiated at around the half-way mark we had the wind to help us once more and the remaining miles seemed somewhat easier under a cloudless blue sky.
There is a trophy for the club who have the most riders completing the 100km route. There were 7 Nomads on the start line and all 7 completed the route, a number that was only exceeded by Milton Keynes CC and Hemel Hempstead CC. Special mention should go to James Gomm who punctured within the first couple of kilometres and who then had to ride “solo” for the remaining 98km. The series continues for the next 5 weekends.
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