Good day to all the Wannabees

Good news, no more 05h30 program!

The DC has come and gone and now some Club members will also do the BURGER next week.

I am fortunate enough to see all the e-mails that Mandy’s team have generated and also those of our team. It is great to see that cycling is sometimes more than just riding a bicycle, there is also a bond that can form between riders in such team events. The final event is just the culmination of all the training, a type of cherry on top

The diversity is amazing. In our team we had it all. Old and young, male and female, multi nationalities, multi religions (plus prayers to a few gods that I have never heard of, that had to answer for not helping during the ascent of the difficult last 5 hills) and I am sure even more permutations that I have not thought of.

We had 3 formal Wannabee teams and also some riders in other teams that were sponsored by various companies.

The times ranged from 7h23 (faster team), 8h35 (social team) to 10h02 (Edunova team).

The riders all accept that the support personal are vital to a team’s success. Officially thanks to all the helpers. The fact that the support vehicles could ride with their teams had pros and cons. It was great to get regular replacement of water bottles and quick tire changes.

Sadly some support vehicles drivers lacked basic understanding of supporting a team on the road leading to some near misses.

We shall place some photos on the WEB and BLOG

Our new committee will have the first official meeting this evening.
More news about that later.

Most of the other news will be found on the BLOG and WEB

Blog address and others are as follows

http://www.wanna-b-team.blogspot.com/

Our official e-mail address is wannabteam@gmail.com

Website: http://www.wannabteam.co.za

Yours in safe cycling

Danie Morkel
0845133246
morkelwade@telkomsa.net

Good day to all the Wannabees

Arrived back yesterday ready to join the breakfast ride and thus do the only training for the week, sadly the winter weather that still prevails has won the battle.

So with the DC 6 days away, no more training will improve your ability now, thus come for the last three early morning sessions and just spin the legs and keep the blood circulating.

Our new committee will have the first official meeting on Monday after the DC. If there is something specific you want us to discuss, please drop us a line or contact one of the committee members and chat to him/her
Main news revolves around the DC

The new membership fees and early year program will be posted on the BLOG and WEBSITE

Good luck to all the people involved during the DC next Saturday. See you all for a beer(s) and pain pills at the end

Most of the other news will be found on the BLOG and WEB

Blog address and others are as follows

http://www.wanna-b-team.blogspot.com/

Our official e-mail address is wannabteam@gmail.com

Website: http://www.wannabteam.co.za

Yours in safe cycling

Danie Morkel
0845133246
morkelwade@telkomsa.net

Club Outride Postponed

Hi Members

PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO THE POTENTIAL UNPLEASANT WEATHER ON SUNDAY IT HAS BEEN DECIDED TO POSTPONE THE CLUB OUTRIDE TO ANOTHER DATE.

The new date will be advised in due course. For those who wish to ride the groups will be meeting as per normal at 06h00.

Regards

Wannabees Committee

NEW ROUTE CLUB RIDE SUNDAY 21/11

Here are the 2 NEW routes for our club ride the 21st of November.


1. 79km group (25k/h): Will leave Waterstone Village at 6h10, Lord Charles, R44 to Stellenbosch, R44 to Klapmuts, turn right to Simondium and right again towards Allee Bleue to have breakfast there. That’s about 45 km or 1h50min. After breakfast they return back via Helshoogte to Stellenbosch and the R44 to the Waterstone Village. Total distance is 79km or 3h.10min total riding time.

2. 90km group (27k/h): Will leave Waterstone Village at 6h00 SHARP, Lord Charles, R44 to Stellenbosch, R304 to Joostenberg, turn right to Klapmuts, carry on towards Paarl passing Drakenstein Lions Park until just before Paarl where they turn right to Simondium and carry on to Allee Bleue to have breakfast there. That’s about 56 km or 2h05min. After breakfast they return back via Helshoogte to Stellenbosch and the R44 to the Waterstone Village.Total distance is 90km or 3h.25min total riding time.

Both groups should arrive around 8h00 at Allee Bleue and should be back around 10h00 at the Waterstone Village.

Good day to all the Wannabees

Main news revolves around the DC

Teams are out in force with long rides on a weekly basis. Most of the teams have been finalised but we know that withdrawals are always a few days before the event. So keep yourselves fit if you are still interested and watch for news on the news forums

As mentioned last week we shall have a club ride the 20th with coffee and muffins sponsored by the club at Joostenberg farm stall.

See the photos sent in by Jack taken on the M/bike outride in Grabouw.

The morning program is drawing to a close. 2 weeks to go. Join us on the circuit and feel the difference.

Just a reminder of the new extended committee’s members.

The elected members are myself, John Arnold, Petie Viljoen, Michel de Clippel, Charles Nesbitt, Anton de Freitas and Pieter Schoeman. New members are Deon van Zijl, Ralph Rudd, Sebastian Miller, Alf Robinson, Clayton Hindle and Derek Henderson.

Most of the other news will be found on the BLOG and WEB

Blog address and others are as follows

http://www.wanna-b-team.blogspot.com/

Our official e-mail address is wannabteam@gmail.com

Website: http://www.wannabteam.co.za

Yours in safe cycling

Danie Morkel
0845133246
morkelwade@telkomsa.net

Good day to all the Wannabees

The AGM was held last night at the Masonic hall in the Strand. Thank you to the 40 plus members who attended. Report back was given of the year’s activities and the state of finances.

A new group of committee members were nominated and voted in. We will during the course of the year have a meeting to elect a chairman and will in this coming year also get new ideas from the new committee members

John Thole gave a brief summary of the EDUNOVA initiative that has up to now raised, through Mandy’s team, more than R30000.00

See on BLOG and WEB for more detail

There will be 13 committee members for the next year. Each will have a roll to fill. More later once we have had our first meeting

The re-elected members are myself, John Arnold, Petie Viljoen, Michel de Clippel, Charles Nesbitt, Anton de Freitas, Pieter Schoeman. New members are Deon van Zijl, Ralph Rudd, Sebastian Miller, Alf Robinson, Clayton Hindle and Derek Henderson.

The pre DC club ride is also in an advance stage of finalising. This will be on the Sunday preceding the DC. Coffee and scones to all the riders at Joostenberg farmstall. Remember that this is a club ride and not only for the DC team members. Please join in.

There will be no M/Bike ride this weekend as most of the comm.. members are involved with DC rides

Most of the other news will be found on the BLOG and WEB

Blog address and others are as follows

http://www.wanna-b-team.blogspot.com/

Our official e-mail address is wannabteam@gmail.com

Website: http://www.wannabteam.co.za

Yours in safe cycling

Danie Morkel
0845133246
morkelwade@telkomsa.net

Good day to all the Wannabee

The main items for the week are

1. AGM on Monday the 1st of November in the Masonic hall in the STRAND.

2. The midweek training program continues and is now in the third week of six. Please come and join in the program. The weather does not seem to play with but 2 out of 3 days we manage to get going on time and schedule

3. DC training still in full swing and with now less than a month left, time to consolidate and discuss team tactics.

The pre DC club ride is also in an advance stage of finalising. This will be on the Sunday preceding the DC. Coffee and scones to all the riders at Joostenberg farmstall. Remember that this is a club ride and not only for the DC team members. Please join in.

Saturday saw many riders at the start but after everyone moved to their respective teams it only left about ten of us riding to Rooi Els. Fortunately Danie M felt slightly fluish and Michel did not want to train harder than a pulse of 64% so we others could keep up to the end in great weather.

Yesterday 6 of us, (Ralph, Pieter, Jack, Norma, Henri and myself) or shall I say that we were 5 riders trying to keep up with Henri, did the M/Bike outride at Oakvalley. This is an awesome venue. We shall definitely have a ride there again and hope more riders will attend. Really worth while, even with my moaning in the background.

Most of the other news will be found on the BLOG and WEB

Blog address and others are as follows

http://www.wanna-b-team.blogspot.com/

Our official e-mail address is wannabteam@gmail.com

Website: http://www.wannabteam.co.za


Yours in safe cycling

Danie Morkel
0845133246
morkelwade@telkomsa.net

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

Wanna B Pickfords DC Traning Report

Hello Team


All that I can say is a very BIG well done on today's performance. Some of the riders pushed through some challenging times and you did it! Great Stuff!

Oh yes, Mr Chairman, before I forget, my team would like me to tell you what happened today and paste it all over the blog... oh well, I guess I am being a bit of a sucker for punishment. Well, to tell the truth, I rocked up without a helmet or gloves. When I discovered my mishap, I went into stress mode. Steve came around from between the cars and said, 'Mandy what is wrong?'. So I had to explain my little crises. So Steven then said, 'Well I have a spare set of gloves in the car.' I was to grateful to hear that. Then I had to make a plan really quickly. I raced off to the PPA office and told them that I had the biggest crises in the whole wide world and the lady said, 'I have a helmet'. It was like there was an angle looking after me. I was so grateful, even tough the helmet was a Pick'nPay special, it was the best thing I could have asked for. Thanks again to both parties that bailed me out. The ride was awesome.

Today ways a good test for the big day. The last two weeks has taught us how tough it can get out there. DC normally hits about 35 degrees with a bit of wind, and some BIG climbs at the end. Today taught us how important it is to stay hydrated, to keep encouraging each other and to look after each other. It was a great performance. Use the lessons learnt today and build on them. An example, today I struggled again with my juice getting hot and not tasting to good, which indicates that I need to make a plan for ice on the big day. Some of us struggled with sore feet and Steve's massage in the middle of the race made all the difference. The fine tuning now has to take place.

Oh yes, Andrew, please could you thank Mario and the Blue Guy, once again for all their help. They were great to ride with.

The next focus is building speed and leg work. The morning sessions are happening at 5:30 meeting at Water Stone on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Please could as many of you as possible attend, as it builds speed, pushes the lactic threshold level and just makes us leaner and meaner.

On Tuesday, Eben and John have arranged for a speaker about lactic threshold ect, which was sent out on previous emails. It's at 6:30 at Bull's Eye Financial Services, behind the Total at the Mall. I am sure we can all come back with some more knowledge.

Happy Training

Mandy

Good day to all the Wannabee

The main items for the week are

1. AGM on Monday the 1st of November in the Masonic hall in the STRAND. Further instructions to follow

2. The midweek training program continues and is now in the second week of six. Please come and join in the program.

3. A M/Bike outride is planned for Sunday 24th of October at 07h30. Watch for updates

4. So nice to see all the e-mails and the involvement of individual members in assisting others with training programs and general support. This includes the backup vehicle drivers, the cheer leaders, the initiatives like the talk on lactic threshold and the implications there of. Well done. This club is for you guys and not for a few committee members who have to drive everything.

Having had my doubts about the place of the DC in the year’s program, I am now more convinced than ever that there is a place for the DC. The friendships that are built and support in teams makes it all worth while

Please follow Mandy’s (forget my shoes, helmet, gloves......) weekly bragging note on the BLOG/WEB........toooooo long to put in mine

Lots of photos from this weekend’s One tonner will be sent for inclusion on the WEB and BLOG.

The pre DC club ride is also in advance stages of finalising. As usual, more info later.

Most of the other news will be found on the BLOG and WEB

Blog address and others are as follows

http://www.wanna-b-team.blogspot.com/

Our official e-mail address is wannabteam@gmail.com

Website: http://www.wannabteam.co.za

Yours in safe cycling

Danie Morkel
0845133246
morkelwade@telkomsa.net