Race route for masters nat road race

warrwych asks

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Is anyone out there in a.b land familair with the roads near Il Cadore
Equestrian Centre at Somersby NSW? Namely the Wisemans Ferry/Peats
Ridge Roads loops that will be the circuit for the Masters Road Race in
May?

If this is the course that ATTA do their time trials on (and the Cycling
Federation used to do their team time trials on) then I can send you a
course profile in Excel and describe it pretty well.

At touring pace its a nice ride (gentle slopes and long descents in the
drops) - used lots by the Northern Suburbs and Turramurra guys for training.

At race pace its rather different - I think anyone who has ever raced there
has a Blood Hill story.

And for "Sydney" roads they are reasonably quiet with a good shoulder.

Happy to send you maps and a profile if that would help - drop the .x1 to
email me.

best, Andrew

Andrew Price said:

warrwych asks

Quoted message said:

Is anyone out there in a.b land familair with the roads near Il Cadore
Equestrian Centre at Somersby NSW? Namely the Wisemans Ferry/Peats
Ridge Roads loops that will be the circuit for the Masters Road Race in
May?

If this is the course that ATTA do their time trials on (and the Cycling
Federation used to do their team time trials on) then I can send you a
course profile in Excel and describe it pretty well.

At touring pace its a nice ride (gentle slopes and long descents in the
drops) - used lots by the Northern Suburbs and Turramurra guys for training.

At race pace its rather different - I think anyone who has ever raced there
has a Blood Hill story.

And for "Sydney" roads they are reasonably quiet with a good shoulder.

Happy to send you maps and a profile if that would help - drop the .x1 to
email me.

best, Andrew

Thanks Andrew. I am not sure if it is the same course (it's out the back of Gsoford way???). I know the Central Coast Cycling Club is doing lots of Secret Training (TM) on it 😄

Unfortunately I am not using usenet, so no email addy is showing for you.

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Unfortunately I am not using usenet, so no email addy is showing for
you.

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(minus the .x1)

If you wanted someone to ride the course with beforehand happy to oblige (if
you promised not to rip my legs off!)

Maybe try www.cycle2max.com??

"warrwych" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Is anyone out there in a.b land familair with the roads near Il Cadore
Equestrian Centre at Somersby NSW? Namely the Wisemans Ferry/Peats
Ridge Roads loops that will be the circuit for the Masters Road Race in
May?

I have heard rumours of a climb and am interested in getting some stats
on it (ie gradient, length etc). Unfortunately I wont be able to recon
the route prior to race day 🙁

TIA 🙂

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warrwych

Andrew Price said:

"warrwych" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Unfortunately I am not using usenet, so no email addy is showing for
you.

[email hidden]

(minus the .x1)

If you wanted someone to ride the course with beforehand happy to oblige (if
you promised not to rip my legs off!)

Thanks Andrew - just sent an email through to you.

I probably won't get there til late Sat arvo/evening day before the race, so my recon, if any, will be in a car! But if I can get there earlier, I'll let you know in advance! Thanks for the offer. And.. I will be saving the leg ripping til the Sunday!! 😄

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warrwych said:

Thanks Andrew. I am not sure if it is the same course (it's out the
back of Gsoford way???). I know the Central Coast Cycling Club is doing
lots of Secret Training (TM) on it 😄

Unfortunately I am not using usenet, so no email addy is showing for
you.

Warrwych,

Masters Cycling course:
<http://www.nsw.cycling.org.au/Files/Masters/Images/venues/road_course_la
rge.gif>

Do you have access to Google Earth?
The course is at Lat 33deg 18min 55sec S and Lon 151deg 15min 54sec E
You can use the info from Andrew and trace around the course to give you
more of an idea.

regards,
Darryl

darryl said:

I
Warrwych,

Masters Cycling course:
<http://www.nsw.cycling.org.au/Files/Masters/Images/venues/road_course_la
rge.gif>

Do you have access to Google Earth?
The course is at Lat 33deg 18min 55sec S and Lon 151deg 15min 54sec E
You can use the info from Andrew and trace around the course to give you
more of an idea.

regards,
Darryl

Thanks Darryl - have the map already 🙂

Have google earth, but still grappling with how to make efficient and effective use of it, so many thanks for the coords 😄 Much appreciated! Looks like that will be my afternoon's work in the office hehe

cheers