Paul C

Too wet this morning so will give it a miss. It is to dry up later so will venture out this afternoon.

Yes

Family commitments!!! I never put them before cycling! Sorry to hear about your bike so near to Paris Roubaix. I 'll be there on Sunday - weather looking good. Will not do the whole route. Will you be able to borrow a bike? I'll be using my summer bike. You can use my Boardman - it has 54 cm frame (and SRAM gears)

See sportive section below. ( I always forget to look down at that section!!)

Did this in 2011. Quite a nice route. Most of the money goes to charity http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/343446533 http://cairnomountchallenge.org.uk/highland-perthshire-challenge/routes/ It would be good to get a good turnout like DRumlanrig. Anyone interested?

Well done, men!

At Croftamie 5 of us headed back to the bridge. We decided to skip the cafe stop as were cold and damp. Just as well cos the weather turned nasty just as I got home about 13:20. Felt better than last week even with the substantial beer consumption of yesterday evening!

Alan - do they have 100 km Audax? Anybody else for this run or is it just me and Chung? I am not doing the full route.

A definite maybe. Sportive is 78 miles (125 KM) so a good distance for me! Do they do OAP rates?

Time constraints! - no! Just old and knackered!

Chung - nae bother - saved me having to do it and you are so eloquent! It was a very pleasant run at a steady pace! Enjoyed it (apart from the headwind back to Lochwinnoch after I split from the bunch at Howwood!)

John - if you want to reduce the miles we could meet you at junction of the Glennifer braes road and the Lugton road.You know where that is? Say 09:30?

Hi, Boyd, Why not come out with my group? You can peel off when you feel like it! It would be good to see you!

Not allowed to upload gpx file for some reason. So full route will be: Bowfield, Lugton Stewarton Kilmaurs Crosshouse Gatehead Dundonald Troon. Return via Long Drive (Irvine) A736 (briefly) Kilwinning Cycle route 7, through MOD Gateside, up the hill, down Bowfield. 65miles Club to Club.

This is not an an LBL training run!!! Usual route Stewarton, Crosshouse, blueberry cafe return via Kilwinning. 9.00 Miller st. Steady pace. Will post full route dduring the week. Abt 65 miles. RSVP

Yesterday afternoon Team McLean (Alan & Mia) coming down Bowfield hill as I was grinding my way up and later John S at the whiskey bond.

Another struggle today so the let bunch go at Stewarton. Don't know what's happened to my legs!! Feeling a bit dispirited - the years are taking their toll!! Thanks to those who hung back to tow me back.

9:30 for me

....or should I stay home and watch Andy Murray play Novak Jobbybitch in the final of the ozzy open tennis!!

9 30 bunch for me.

Ian - I didn't want to leave Chung by himself in case he hit the bollard on the A77 again!!

A struggle for me today. Not fit enough. After Chung and I split from the group at Dunlop we headed to Fenwick up the A77 where I parted company at Mearns and then had a 17 mile battle with the wind back to Lochwinnoch via LOchlibo Road Caldwell Gateside and BEith Still 53 miles on the clock and no cafe stop!!

Current forecast fro Troon. http://www.xcweather.co.uk/forecast/troon Going to be a strong headwind on the way there so need plenty of riders out!

WARNING Just back from walking the dog. There are long stretches of sheet ice on the track from Lochwinnoch towards Kilbirnie. Don't think it will be gone by tomorrow morning unless the forecast overnight rain melts it away. I assume it will be the same in the other direction towards Johnstone so I will take the main road.

Yes Andy 9:30 Miller street. It will be good to see again!!