At 3/14/2021 12:50 PM, Nathan wrote:
>Yesterday, I participated in a 200 km brevet, organised by a local cycling
>club. The route is here:
>https://www.openrunner.com/r/9304251?fbclid=IwAR0U5RYln7CnKY1WKGpH_f409pWAnSjILfWHOvaeLJ2mKRE8TO6caX0-48Y
>
>A brevet is a type of bicycle race that is not a race. It does not matter who
>comes first. You get a medal as long as you check in at the checkpoints within
>the defined time windows, and you have to complete the ride within the maximum
>time, which for a 200 km ride is 13.5 hours. There are other rules; for
>example, you are not allowed to receive any assistance along the route except
>from other participants (so no spouse following you in a car with tools and
>refreshments). The rules of the sport are regulated world-wide by the mother
>club in Paris, where this flavour of cycling was defined more than 100 years
>ago.
>
>Usually, a route sheet (the brevet) is handed out before the ride, and you are
>expected to have it stamped in the villages that are defined as checkpoints
>(usually at a gas station or convenience store). But in these Covid times, we
>were supposed to use selfies instead, so there are a couple of cheesy photos
>of me in the gallery. The first 100 km of the ride were quite hard because the
>terrain was hilly?but also pretty.. The second 100 km were easier because it
>was flat.
>
>I took a few pics along the way besides the required selfies:
>
>https://www.greatpix.eu/Brevet-200-km-Alicante-Sur-2021/
>
>Cheers,
>Nathan
Nice sequence.
All you need are some cool cycling glasses. I have been looking for some
prescription based ones myself.
201km/11 hours is a good average pace for that distance.
WayneS
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