While my doctor has ordered me off my bike once again, this weekend I saw two events come off that took me down memory lane.
Magic Finnmarksturen in Sweden comes off every year. Mentally the hardest ride I’ve ever done. Fantastic nature. Excellent organization.
And in Belgium, Houffamarathon, where I lost my precious magnesium on one of those rocky downhills, and with rest stops 20k apart, I was not the only one to abort from severe muscle cramps. What an excruciating pain. I need that revenge! Saying that, though, many have complained that starting fees have been raised too high, and that organization is not as it was in the beginning.
An upcoming event I have been looking at for years, and which brochure I came across when participating in the Roc d’Azur last year, is the Grand Raid Godefroy. Even if I am off the bike, I might go and have a look at the exposition and the downhill competitions in particular. Maybe a photo or two …
Hoping I am fit enough to drive a car … and wishing for less rain.
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RESPECT to the RdS people! Too many organizers just seem to want to pull in as much money as possible. The organizers of Raid des Sorcières, however, now convey that the number of riders will be limited … “les inscriptions sont limitées”. Excellent! This means that the event has potential to survive many more years, and not experience a supernova effect as rumour spreads and it attracts more and more riders.
Registration can be done over the Internet only, so plan ahead. (Through that very link you also have height meter information, by the way.)
Dear RdS people … see ya there!
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My riding calendar for 2010 is forming… and it looks like I will be able to make it to the annual Raid des Sorcières! FANTASTIC! I was here the first time in 2004, and I’ve been dying to go back ever since. I’ve kept hearing nothing but good stuff about this ride.. I can’t wait to go! (www.raiddessorcieres.be)
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