KennyS

It has been a miserable spring but I finally gave the JWCC trisuit an airing at this busy event with competitors from 7-70.
 
After a splash round the lazy river we covered four laps of an out and back 5k bike route, then a 5k warm down jog along the canal path.
 
The 90 degree corners and dead turns provided some hilarious examples of triathlete bike handling skills, maybe not so funny for folk pulling themselves out of ditches. (Actually it WAS quite funny to watch.) The strong crosswind almost gave me my own HEOTBHS while descending fast on aerobars and deep section wheels.
 
There are usually a few bike club rejects like myself at these triathloning events but this was a full-on trigeek affair and I did not see any of the usual roadie types.
 
There was a super atmosphere with lots of youth and junior racers and family racing. Big congratulations to our youth riders including Heather Fleming (skiving off exam leave) and Iona and Katrina Miller who were both second in their age groups, and Sarah Bradford who was track racing on Wed,won the Bella crit on Thursday, and won her race today :banana .
 
I got third vet but the gap between me and the real racers in their late teens and twenties is growing fast. The elastic is going to snap this year in my last season as a vet. I've spent ten years being crushed by unemployed students with unlimited training time and now I am going to get crushed by early retirees in their fifties with UTT. (Fortunately the NHS has promised to employ me until I'm 67 so I should get a few years of really focussed training in my early 70s).
 
Anyway the season has started, stay tuned for more gripping reports.
 
Alan

Chaps, who is this "Allan M" indeed!
 
Well, he's a Johnstone Wheeler, he's a guy, his names Allan & his surname begin with M........ what else more can I say. Oh, he's a mate of Iain McGinty if that helps.
 
http://www.johnstone-wheelers.co.uk/thebunch/index.php?/user/3469-allanm/
 
 
 
Mark, will be good to see you on Sunday & there's plenty of bale-out option in that route I think.
 
P.S Shouldn't the Sunday be the 7th instead of 6th as Billy posted. "Sat 5th Barmill"....... at least there's consistency!
 
Cheers

Taken a bit longer than planned, but we now have two good stopwatches for the club. I'll be trialling one at the Georgetown tomorrow night.
 
Thanks again to SportsScotland and Renfrewshire Council.
 
R

No awkward people only

Sorry George
I did not mean to say COME ON THE SAINTS
Rather COME ON YE SAINTS
 
I don't think I made any reference to football but as you mentioned the subject I will be sitting in the West stand on Sunday with a black and white scarf watching the best team in Renfrewshire
 
Ps can I have your track bike as it goes with my scarf and your not using it

Good luck guys was going to come and watch but think man flu is still with me
Hopefully by by Sunday Come on the Saints
Sorry getting excited

We are delighted to announce that, thanks to the efforts of all involved today, the Braveheart Fund and Accord Hospice will each be receiving a cheque for £412.50 from the Smith Memorial
 
Many thanks and see you next year
 
KennyS

We are delighted to announce that, thanks to the efforts of all involved today, the Braveheart Fund and Accord Hospice will each be receiving a cheque for £412.50 from the Smith Memorial
 
Many thanks and see you next year
 
KennyS

We are delighted to announce that, thanks to the efforts of all involved today, the Braveheart Fund and Accord Hospice will each be receiving a cheque for £412.50 from the Smith Memorial
 
Many thanks and see you next year
 
KennyS

We are delighted to announce that, thanks to the efforts of all involved today, the Braveheart Fund and Accord Hospice will each be receiving a cheque for £412.50 from the Smith Memorial
 
Many thanks and see you next year
 
KennyS

We are delighted to announce that, thanks to the efforts of all involved today, the Braveheart Fund and Accord Hospice will each be receiving a cheque for £412.50 from the Smith Memorial
 
Many thanks and see you next year
 
KennyS

Jersey is mine.
 
Helmet with glasses, gloves, etc will be MarkO's

Great run. Thanks to my lead-out man, Campbell. Led me out for the best part of 67 miles! Excellent idea finishing at licenced premises!

Yous are all just showing off with the good bike talk I only have one bike and my muddies won't come off til the clocks change

Just checked my wallplanner and seen it is Valentine's day.
 
So I send my love to all,
 
Ross
Xxx
 
P.s Billy the card and flowers were lovely, left the chocolates, power to weight and all that!

Congratulations to our very own Hamish MacLaren on his bronze medal at the Scottish CX Championships today.
 
Youth U12 Male - 1. Jamie Johnston 2. Keir Robb 3. Hamish MacLaren

Have withdrawn from tonight as I am utterly enigmatic.

Stephen,
 
This is a JWCC club run and is open to club members and prospective members
 
Feel free to come along and see how you get on
 
KennyS
 
PS To those others who have yet to pay their membership fees ..... I'm sure Club Secretary Jannza would love to hear from you. Fees were due at the AGM :ph34r: :ph34r:

I might struggle if PMcD is in the fast bunch so will go with the intermediates.
If rules allow it I may jump on the back of the fast bunch if and when it catches the intermediates!

Oh yea, i remember Smeg Hob, didnt he come second in last years tour of flanders?
 
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James,
 
It was an impromptu run with some of the youngsters who were supposed to be on the WoSCA session
 
Snow put paid to the run over Fenwick so we made a quick decision to head off Johnstone

Ok we are confirmed as 6 for 29th at 3pm. Look forward to seeing you then or on the road sooner.

 
Will need to send a thank you letter to Santa as he answered my wish.....
 
"Dear Santa
I have been very good this year and wondered if you could bring me a velodrome,
From Paul ( age 46 and 3/4)
 
 

Thanks for the ride guys, once again a steep learning curve! Great fun
 
Al

Hi
 
Yes this is a nuisance but I am taking Katie anyway so will also take my kit in the hope of a ride.
 
There are bound to be cancellations.
 
At least I can enjoy the atmosphere and spend 30 minutes on rollers and have a pie.
 
As Al says, assuming no rechaifage, refauchage, refucgahe, whatever, it was only ever going to be 8 laps of pain or maybe 16 if we got through a round. I think Janette has cut it to 2k.
 
Bonus Christmas Prize Question!
 
Firstly assume SC run a standard tournament knockout with no separate youths comp, refauchage thing or 3rd/4th place race.
 
If there are forty-one teams then how many heats must there be to produce a winner?
 
Answers to my premium rate phone line or post here if too lazy to phone.
 
Winner gets a new custom Pinarello with Di2 electronic shifting and Zipp Firecrest 202 wheelset personally delivered by Bradley Wiggins and his nan and then goes for a pint with Brad and Mark Cavendish.*
 
Alan
 
*Terms and conditions apply. Winner may not receive actual wheelset, or bike, or see Bradley or Mark. But his nan might come. (no, not really. Ed)

Kenny
 
Session was 10 until 12. Greg did us proud and wore the club colours. I played it safe in fear of disgracing the JWCC! :-)
 
Andy