[Ride Group] Saturday Dec 18, 2010 - Friendly Freo

Ride Organiser: Terry Dowling
Organiser's mobile telephone no: 0414 730 970
Ride style: Social
Terrain: Mainly Flat
Estimated Distance: 65 km+
Start Point: Maylands station, Narrows - North Side
Start Time: 7:30 at Maylands, 8:00 at Narrows (north)

The last pre-Christmas ride for those still in town. The "Friendly Freo" ride will start from the Narrows Bridge (North Side - where the bike path goes under the freeway bridge) at 8:00 am (don't forget to let Terry know if you're joining the ride).

As most of us will be away from our regular emails over the Xmas break, please also let me know if you're interested in coming on a mountain bike ride on Sat 1 Jan or Sun 2 Jan 2011. I'm thinking of doing the Heritage Trail starting at Pechey Rd at 8am. Also thinking Sunday might be better than Saturday. Let me know your thoughts and preferences ASAP.

2010 Busselton Iron Man - Sunday December 5

We, (Andrea, my father and I) spent an enjoyable weekend in Busselton and watched the 2010 Busselton IronMan on Sunday. The weather felt like all seasons in one day ranging from mild, still and ideal to cold, rainy and windy then to hot and humid.

The ironman was brilliantly organised and was great to watch with the run course including the main street and the finishing point also on the main street. This time the Iron Man was organised by the actual IronMan organisation and this resulted in a strong American influence in the commentary as well as a web site showing results in miles and miles per hour instead of kilometres.

My son, Dave, put in a great effort doing the 3.8 km swim, 180 km ride and 42 km run in a total of 9 hours 34 minutes. It was an awesome effort and I was one very proud and emotional father seeing him cross the finishing line. Click here for Dave's times. 

Our friend, my neice's husband, Michael Rees also did very well Click here for Michael's times.

John Berkin, who joined us on Life Cycle for CanTeen this year was also a competitor. You can see John's times and search for other competitors Click here to search other results

It was absoulutely amazing to watch such a big field of competitors (over 1,300 competitors) put in such an effort.

Saturday December 11, 2010 - Pt Walter Ride

Ride Organiser: Robert Hind
Organiser's email: Robert@robert-hind.com
Organiser's mobile telephone no: 0417 934 502
Ride style: Social
Terrain: Fairly Flat
Estimated Distance: 40 kms+
Start Point: Maylands, Narrows - South Side
Start Time: Maylands 7:30, Narrows 8:00

This week's ride will be an easy Pt Walter ride with the usual starts (Maylands and Narrows South) and coffee stop on the way back in Ardross (most likely Sensations on Ardross).

Let me know if you're planning to join us. Note: Early start