For those of you lucky enough or mad enough to be going to the 2009 National Masters Road Championships here is a break down of the competitors for the events and the grades. For those you who are from the flatter parts of Australia you are not going love the course for the Road Race. Come to think of it the ITT course isn’t much...
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Due to some over developed love of Excel I’ve put together some stats for the cycling component for the upcoming World Masters Games in Sydney this October. I pulled these numbers from the world masters site from a PDF as such I make no claim that these numbers are completely accurate. Firstly the big numbers. The overall number of competitors and the country they come...
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Firstly let me say a big thank you to the organisers and volunteers of the tour of Canberra, they did an excellent job and all grades were well looked after. Well from my view in D2 all I can say is I am so over the three sisters climb,3 times in 2 days is enough for me. Having to haul my 90kg body up those...
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Updated 26/6/2010, all the information in this post has been superseded and has been updated here https://www.xrar.com.au/?p=748 There is more information about the individual climbs below. Also note that the elevation charts are not completely accurate, they are a close representation of the climb in terms of elevation and distance. Climb Elevation Distance Gradient Mt Pleasant 80 m 1.66km 4.8% Coppin’s Crossing 84 m 1.5km...
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I know just about every roadie in Canberra does the Uriarra loop. In the anti clockwise direction we all go down the hill to Uriarra crossing and turn left and go back up the hill. Have you ever wondered what would happen if you went straight at the intersection? Well this is the road less travelled, Fairlight Road. After Uriarra Crossing there is a climb...
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