Polar Workshop

Polar Performance Workshop - Cape Town
Oakdale Club, Bellville, Cape Town

From the basic foundations of intensity based training, to creating various training sessions and tracking your progress. The workshop is aimed at all heart rate monitor users or potential users looking at getting a better return on their investment. All the way to planning you're training for an event, to tracking your progress and then putting it all together with your software.
The first part of the workshop will kick off with a presentation introducing the basic concepts and the calculation of target zones. We will look at typical training sessions for each target zone as well as how to check your progress.

The second part of the workshop builds on concepts previously covered. Taking your maximum available training time, the time you have left to your event as well as your heart rate target zones into account, the Training Planner will help you plan for your next event. Plan and track your training like never before. Looking at the periodisation of your training, checking that you are on track and getting the most out of your training time with your software.

Date: Wednesday, 10 November 2010
Time: 18h30 - 21h00
Venue: Oakdale Club, Bloemhof Centre, 80A Bloemhof Street, Oakdale, Bellville
(for a map to the venue please refer to: http://www.oakdaleclub.co.za/contact.php )

Please note that there is no cost involved.and places will be limited. Please reserve your place by email hzumpt@mweb.co.za  providing us with your name, age, gender, maximum heart rate (if known), resting heart rate (if known) and contact details. Places can only be confirmed once all details have been received. Please indicate in which city you will be attending, as we run workshops in most major centres.

IHF Products cc - Polar SA
P. O. Box 4021
Halfway House
1685
South Africa
Tel: +27 11 805 1028
Fax: +27 11 805 5498
E-Mail: hzumpt@mweb.co.za
Web Site: www.polar.fi/za

Club MTB Outride this Sunday !!

MTB outride from Oak Valley on 24th October starting at 07h30. The club will pay the entry fee, so please be dressed in your Club attire.

MTB Ride Saturday in Lourensford !!

Helderberg Wine Festival MTB Fun Ride
Saturday 23rd October 2010
Challenging 30km at 8h30
Meander 10km at 8h45

Entries on the day or online http://www.helderbergwinefestival.co.za/

NOTICE OF WANNABEE CYCLING CLUB

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

MONDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2010

19H00

MASONIC HALL
MASONIC STREET
STRAND

Snacks will be served and a cash bar will be available

PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ATTEND TO SUPPORT YOUR CLUB AND VOTE IN A NEW COMMITTEE

Should you have any queries call Charles on 0832919438

Please see directions below from Charles Morkel Stadium onto Broadway

Charles Morkel Hall South Africa
1. Head southwest on Mills St toward Niehaus St 91 m
2. Take the 1st left onto Niehaus St 110 m
3. Turn right at Main Rd/R44 900 m
4. Turn left at Masonic St 7 m

Google maps: Masonic St Strand, South Africa

Helderberg MTB Fun Ride

Bonnievale Fun Day

Tandem revolution

Sunday 03 October 6am.
If you own a tandem find a stoker put them on the back and join in the tandem revolution.
Regards Clayton Hindle (0827777408)

Starting times from this coming weekend will be 06h00 Waterstone Village

COMMING EVENTS

DIARISE THESE EVENTS ...


* Sun 12 Sep: Orbit Tour de Worcester (road; 102km; 73km; 11km)

* Sun 19 Sept: Karoo to Coast MTB (listed event)

* Sun 26 Sept: Bo-Piketberg MTB (59km; 37km; 9km)

* Sat 2 Oct: Lourensford MTB Classic (55km, 30km, 15km)

* Sun 3 Oct: Lion of Africa De Grendel MTB (60km, 30km, 10km)

* Sat 9 Oct: Engen Dynamic MTB Challenge (54km, 30km, 15km)

* Sun 10 Oct: Engen Dynamic Cycle Challenge (road; 99km, 46km, 30km)

* Sun 10 Oct: William Simpson Appleblossom MTB (46km, 26km, 12km)

* Sun 17 Oct: PPA One Tonner (153km)

* Sun 24 Oct: West Coast Express ( 85km, 65km, 19km)

* Sat 30 Oct: Durbanville High School Funride (94km, 49km, MTB 13km)

* Sun 7 Nov: Klein Joostenberg Funride (88km, 41km)

* Sat 13 Nov: Karoo1 MTB (30km, 15km) NEW EVENT

MTB outride Mooiberge Sunday 12-09 at 07.30

MTB outride will be from Mooi berge on Sunday 12th September at 07:30.

This is for young, middle aged, not so young, fit, getting fit, not so fit, all shapes and sizes. The route is undulating with fantastic scenery, single track, jeep track etc.

Good training for all the DC entrants and also for non-DC entrants.

Tandem outride

Do you own a tandem dust it off pump up the tires and put a stoker on the back. Be at Waterstone normal time on Sunday morning 22 August

Clayton
Regards Clayton Hindle (0827777408)

MTB TOP 30 tips

Technique: Just Ride Better!
By Doddy, Mountain Biking UK

Just Ride Better: Hardtail skills (Russell Burton)
Don't think the lack of suspension will hold you back – hardtails are where riding skills are built. Here are 30 tips that will help you build skills even faster.....

read more
http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/fitness/article/technique-just-ride-better-pt-3-27173?CPN=RSS&SOURCE=BRMTBFIT

The Conservancy Walks for Wine

The Conservancy Walks for Wine on Saturday 14 August 2010 is free!

We would like you to experience a new walk in our repertoire. A path has been cleared on the slopes of the Hottentot Holland on Da Capo wine estate to form a section of the “about to be launched” Schapenberg Cycle route, a path which will be shared with “walks for wine”.
This path has hundreds of baby pine trees (20cm) surfacing after the rain in close proximity to the path. We invite you to join us explore this new route and help in the pulling of the baby pine. We will meet at Wedderwill winery at 09h00 proceed to the new route with stunning views over False bay and loads of emerging fynbos to admire. We plan to head down to Da Capo for a wine tasting (Idiom wines) around 12h30 and then on to Wedderwill winery for wine tasting and a picnic lunch (breads, cheese and pates) thereafter. Only costs will be for the wine tasting at R30/head/estate.

For bookings please contact D1  021 8581532, 082 4623624
email dimarais@kingsley.co.za
http://www.walksforwine.co.za/

MTB Rides 7th and 21st August

On the 7th and 21st August there will be MTB rides starting from Waterkloof Winery to explore the Schapensberg MTB Trail. The rides will start at 08:30 and should not be longer than 2.3 - 3 hours in duration. Johan Kriegler will be the host on these occasions.

MTB 15/08 ELGIN CLUB

CLUB MTB OUTRIDE ON SUNDAY 15 AUGUST 2010 TO START AT ELGIN COUNTRY CLUB

MEET AT ENTRANCE TO ELGIN COUNTRY CLUB AT 07H15 - RIDE STARTS AT 07H30

COST = R20.00 PER PERSON (NOW THE GOODS NEWS - THE CLUB WILL PAY THE ENTRY FEE)

PARK IN THE ROAD RUNNING TOWARDS THE COUNTRY CLUB, ELSE YOU MUST PAY EXTRA IF YOU PARK IN THE COUNTRY CLUB PARKING AREA

THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW WHERE THE ELGIN COUNTRY CLUB IS CAN MEET US AT WATERSTONE AT 06H45 TO TRAVEL THROUGH IN CONVOY.

WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO CATER FOR ALL RACE SNAKES, MEDIUM PACERS AND SLOW COACHES.

REGARDS
ANTON AND RALPH

RIEBEEK VALLEY MTB RACE

Date/Datum: Sat, 4 September 2010
Place/Plek: Riebeek Kasteel Church Hall / Kerksaal
Routes/Roetes: 35km & 15km
Starting times/Wegspringtye:
35 km – 08h45
15 km – 09h00
Registrations/Registrasies: from 07h30 @ Church hall
Entree Fees/Inskrywingsgeld:
35 km – R60
15 km – R30

Loooooong MTB Ride this Sunday

Hello All
Steve has invited some of his Southern Suburb friends for a ride on Sunday. Starting at 08:00 at Peregrine Farm Stall on the N2 near Grabouwand doing the loop around the Mountain.
Depending on the weather we will do :

Start peregrine
Groenlandberg, Vye boom, Botriver, Houwhoek, Peregrine or else in reverse.
or ,
Lebanon forest Station, over the saddle above the forest station, traverse the northern side going west of the mtn, up to groenlandberg mast, and down to Peregrine.

If interested , see you on Sunday 25 July at 07:50 at Peregrine Farm Stall on the N2 near Grabouw, to start riding at 08:00

Ralph H Rudd
South Africa

Leopards in the basin

Due to the current high activity of leopards in the area Nature Conservation and the City of Cape Town has erected numerous cameras along popular mtb and hiking roads in the basin. A new one has just been placed at the bottom of the Gantouw pass as jou step on to the railway line. Please urge all people to not interfere with these cameras, as it is essential that the C N knows the number of animals in the area. Also could they please contact me if they spot any leopard in the area of Sir Lowry’s Pass.

My contact detail is Paul Fourie 0828730212 or paulf@journeysend.co.za

New Offer for Wannabee members

I am back in practice again and

 I am offering a 10% discount to Wannabee members for massage on production of their membership card.

I was, among others, the team massage therapist for Acquasapone - Mario Chipalini's (world sprint champion) Italian cycling team- when they trained here for a month in preparation for the Tour D'Italia and Tour De France. I work at Somerset Sport and Rehab Centre with Biokineticians Dan Grobelaar and Elsabe Coetzee, opposite Vergelegen Mediclinic. Bookings can be made through myself on 0832271975 or penelopejaneo@gmail.com .

Kind regards
Penny Olivier
0832271975
penelopejaneo@gmail.com

MTB RIDE DATES TO DIARISE

Starting times - 07h30

18 July Outride
1 Aug Waterstone
15 Aug Outride
29 Aug Waterstone
12 Sept Outride
26 Sept Waterstone