VCC Update – October 9, 2020

Winter Is On Its Way … Bank Some Fitness When I coach athletes about time trialling, the primary key to nailing your best time is riding a steady pace. Don’t start too fast! You cannot go way over your threshold effort in the first third or half of the race and “bank some time.” You’ll …

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VCC Update – October 2, 2020

Canada Wins the Velocity 2020 “World Championship” Individual Time Trial Fall winds were blowing hard into the faces of everyone who raced against the clock last Saturday. Or as I call such headwinds, they were “prairie hills” that challenged the riders. In “World Championship” style, it was riders representing Canada that brought home the Gold …

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VCC Update – September 23, 2020

2020 “World Championship” Individual Time Trial You’re receiving the club update message a couple days early, to make sure everyone gets the chance to enter this year’s “World Championships” – and in this year of pandemic restrictions, no out-of-country travel is required for this championship event! The real World Championship time trials will be contested …

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VCC Update – September 18, 2020

Velocity to Host Individual Time Trial “World Championships” In conjunction with the UCI World Road Championships next week (September 24 to 27) in Imola – Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Velocity Cycling Club will be hosting an informal “World Championship” Individual Time Trial on Saturday, September 26 on TWP Road 520 in Strathcona County. The Individual Time Trial …

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VCC Update – September 11, 2020

Principale Tappa “Winners” This tappa (stage) of the Giro di YEG was won (again) by Mitchell Thomas, followed by Ken Lechelt and Keith Thomas. Their best times were all from last Saturday. Methinks they may have been helped a bit by gusty 40kph NW winds later that day. Top Velocity rider this time was Roy …

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VCC Update – September 4, 2020

Principale Tappa Extended Until Long Weekend Monday This weekend is your last chance to challenge yourself on the 5.9km Principale Tappa. It’s just a few kilometres northwest of the Ardrossan Rec Centre. I almost went out there last Sunday to try clinching a fast time with the help of the wicked northwest wind that was …

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VCC Update – August 28, 2020

Camp COVID Crusher Begins Monday If your work hours are flexible, and/or you are working from home, I hope you can join us. Weekday rides will be about 2-1/2 to 3-1/2 hours long and begin between 3:00pm and 3:30pm. Sunset is after 8pm next week, giving us plenty of time to complete each day’s ride. …

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VCC Update – August 21, 2020

Dalhousie University Looking for Remote Research Subjects The club received a call-out for research subjects from Computer Science Ph.D. candidate Juliano Franz. He wants to study the communication and behaviour dynamics among road cyclists while in a pack. Participation in the study can be in groups of three to four or individually (group participation is …

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VCC Update – August 14, 2020

Camp COVID Crusher – “Season” 2 I will be running the second edition of the week-long stay-at-home riding camp from Monday, August 31 to Sunday, September 6. You’ll have the long weekend Monday to rest up your tired legs before thinking about what fall has in store. The only things that might hold this camp …

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VCC Update – August 7, 2020

COVID Crusher Century Ride Riders stuck it out through all the heat last week, only to finish it off in STYLE! We rode 165km last Sunday through 4 counties east of Edmonton: Strathcona, Leduc, Camrose, and Beaver. By the end of the full riding week, we logged more than 600kms. None of them were super-hard, …

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VCC Update – July 31, 2020

Crushing COVID Riders have been feeling the summer time heat this week … and loving it! By the end of today, we’ll have logged about 400km. Tomorrow we’ll be on the regular Saturday club ride. Then Sunday will see us take on a Century (ok, it’s actually 103 miles/166km). Feeling like you’ve missed out? With …

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VCC Update – July 23, 2020

COVID Crusher Camp I’m thrilled to hear your interest in the COVID Crusher Camp! I’m putting together a week-long series of rides in the Edmonton area from Monday, July 27, to Sunday, August 2. Weekday rides will be about 2-1/2 to 3-1/2 hours long and begin between 3:30pm and 4:00pm. We can take advantage of …

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