RIDE UPDATE, THURSDAY, APRIL 5. I'VE CHECKED THE RIDE CALENDAR AND NOTICED THAT THERE ARE NO TRAINING RIDES POSTED FOR SUNDAY. AS A RESULT I THINK THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT MANY OF THE B RIDERS WILL SHOW UP FOR THIS RIDE. WE'VE BEEN AVERAGING ABOUT 25-30 RIDERS EACH WEEK SO ADDING ANOTHER 10,15, 20, ETC WOULD BE NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE. WE WILL NOT GO OUT IN GROUPS LARGER THAN 15 SO ADDITONAL RIDE LEADERS WILL BE NEEDED IF THE GROUP IS TOO LARGE.

Week 5 of Century Training rides. I've moved up the ride to Saturday to accommodate anyone with Easter plans for early Sunday afternoon. If someone would like to post the ride for Sunday you can contact me at treasurer @ sbraweb.org and I will email you a copy of the cue sheet. The route for this week will be Holtsville to Manorville with a food/rest stop around mile 26. Average pace will be somewhere between 13.1 and 14.5, slightly outside the B- range at the upper limit, cruising speed on the flats will be higher. At this point in the training cycle I would recommend that only riders who are planning to do the century in May should attempt this ride. While it is a structured ride we can't be regrouping every 2-3 miles so anyone falling way behind the pace of the group may be asked to find an alternate means back to the ride start. Cancellation for any reason will be posted on the Ride Calendar no later than 8:00AM on Saturday. Please show consideration to the group by arriving on time and being ready to roll out promptly at 9:00. We will break up into 2 groups at the start if turnout is 20+.