50km or 30km Cross Country Event
Redmile, Nottinghamshire
VIKING
CHALLENGE 2007
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Movie (A dry run)
The info: RIDE THE VIKING
CHALLENGE Sunday
7th October 2007, at Redmile School, Redmile,
Leicestershire. NG13 0GL
50k or 30k off-road cycle ride around
Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire.
All welcome - young, old, families,
serious riders, and those just out for some fun
Money raised will be shared equally
between our chosen charity: Leukaemia Research (lrf.org.uk)
and
Redmile Village School
Free home-made cakes along the way!
Enter as a team or as an individual.
It’s a sponsored event, so please try and get as many sponsors as
possible - you could win a prize. Prizes are won by individuals
raising the most sponsorship money.
IT'S
SUNDAY, SO ITS ANOTHER EVENTS DAY
~ Bicyclemania Ride ~ Would you believe it,
a still and mild Octobers day. "No Mud
Bath to speak of"
Registration was very well organized and a simple
affair just sign in & say what time you are going to
start, tie on your number to the bike & at the finish
hand it into the time-keepers. The only downside this
year was we had to park & ride down to the
school in Redmile, due to the 'foot & mouth
restrictions'. Then after your ride once
you've stuffed yourself with tea and cakes, it
was a leg aching grind back up hill to the car
park.
The route this year had a different section in it, but
on the hole the same course as last year so you new
what was coming, or we though we did, the ground was
pretty firm going with just the odd slippery & muddy
bits in the off/road sections so it made for
delicate biking skills. As last year the route
took in canal tow paths, byways, woodland
tracks, short sharp up-hills, small
down-hills, edge of fields & country lanes.
And according to Bicyclemania, it looked like everyone who had a mountain bike
of some sort had turned up to do this event.
"A total of 976 rides had a bash
at the 50km route" one hell of a turn out ....again.
Everyone seemed to be in good spirits for the event
the route was well signed and marshalled too, the feed
stations were well stocked with juices, Mars bars &
bananas not like some major events Bicyclemania have competed in. A big thanks must go out to all
involved in the making this event even bigger and
better than last years.
'Are you up for it next year ........... see you
there!'.
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50k or 30k off-road cycle ride around
Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire.
Registration was very well organized and a simple
affair just sign in & say what time you are going to
start, tie on your number to the bike & at the finish
hand it into the time-keepers. The only downside this
year was we had to park & ride down to the
school in Redmile, due to the 'foot & mouth
restrictions'. Then after your ride once
you've stuffed yourself with tea and cakes, it
was a leg aching grind back up hill to the car
park.
