Any ICE members out there???

This little gem appeared in my Inbox on Monday:

"TAUPO BIKE CHALLENGE 29 November 2008

"Would you be keen to be tagged with ICE at this years Taupo Bike Challenge?

"The ICE committee are out to prove that engineers can ride bikes as well as design them and are putting several teams into this years challenge. If you have been entertaining the idea but not quite cast it in stone, now is a great time. We have members wanting to do 40kms - a quarter of the race and therefore will be putting relay teams in accordingly. Tim Warren is leading the charge with relay Team#1. Of course if you want to do the whole race (160kms) solo, we would be delighted to tag you with an ICE logo."

Well... Perhaps we can challenge the NZ ICE members to match our efforts?

Training tip

I thought I would share my latest training tip with you all - riding in the hail! Yesterday, I was cycling home up the Brooklyn Hill when it started hailing - I was amazed at the extra energy I discovered to get me home faster!

Cycling Accessories, Apparel & Parts

Please place any messages here regarding buying, selling, renting or borrowing any cycling gear.

To start this off, there are magnetic wind trainers on Torpedo 7 reduced from $399.95 to $119.99. Check out http://www.torpedo7.co.nz/products/TZTRWNN11

I've just bought one and can give you some feedback once I've tried it out.

Jon

Cycle Challenge Briefing Session & Training Seminar, Tues 5 Aug

For those who were unable to make it to last night's briefing, a copy of the PowerPoint slides is located at:

file://tontay.com/corporate/auckland/management/Tonkin%20&%20Taylor%205%20August.ppt

And we have recorded a podcast of the talking, currently can be played on Windows Media Player (working on the iPod version, and putting it on a CD to go out to people), available here:

file://tontay.com/corporate/auckland/management/CycleTaupo%20podcast1.WMA

PLEASE NOTE - you can only download these files from a machine logged on to the T&T network. We will do a bit more editing on this over the next day or two...

A big thanks to R&R Sports for coming in to present to us, I have already loaded up a couple of website links that Doug Wester suggested (i.e. the Australian Institute of Sport Nutrition page, which looks really useful.)

If anyone wants some personal coaching, here are their personal details:

Private Coaching with Doug and Eric

Doug Wester
racedaycoaching@gmail.com
021 2491811

Eric Freitas
ecf76@yahoo.com.br
021 2155629

Roller Mayhem, Wednesday Nights in August

Thanks Tony Reynolds for this suggestion.
Every Wednesday in August at The WINCHESTER, 24 St. Benedicts Street from 7pmThis is an R18 event, as the Winchester is a licence venue.Entry on the night is $10 – we will race as many riders as time allows. First in first up.
More details: http://www.solocc.com/clubroom_article.cfm?cb_id=62
Who's keen?

Sample Training Programme and Previous Course Map

An example of a training programme, in the form of an Excel spreadsheet, has been put together for us and is able to be downloaded from:

file://tontay.com/corporate/auckland/management/Training%20Programmes%2027%20July%2008.xls

Peter Roan and R&R Sport have put together this calendar specifically for people in the Auckland office:

file://tontay.com/corporate/auckland/management/Auckland Office Training Calendar.xls

Also, thanks to intrepid adventurer and tandem expert Kate Williams, we have access to the 2006 course map:

file://tontay.com/corporate/auckland/management/course_map_2006.pdf

Please note: THESE DOWNLOADS WILL ONLY WORK IF YOU ARE LOGGED ONTO THE T&T NETWORK. Alternatively, contact one of the Challenge co-ordinators (listed below) and we will send them to you.