Saturday 5th Feb - Breedts neck
Departure time: Leave from Zennex Garage near intersection at the bottom of Hekpoort Hill at 6:30 am
Distance: 80km
Est. time to complete: 4 hours
Difficulty : Hard and even harder if it's hot
Description: Up then down and then up then down
What to bring: Liquid, Snack and money for a coke on the way back
Sunday 6th Feb - Northern Farm
Departure Time: Leave from Northern Farm Store at 7:00 am
Distance: 60km
Est. time to complete: 3 Hours
Difficulty: Intermediate
Description: Small hills up and down
What to bring: Liquid snack and money for an egg roll afterwards
Saturday 12th Feb - Northern Farm
Departure Time: Leaving from car park at 6:30 am
Distance: 60- 70 km off road
Est. time to complete: 4 Hours
Difficulty: Intermediate
Description: Small hills up and down
What to bring: Liquid snack and money for an egg roll and coffee afterwards
Saturday 13th Feb - Suikerbosrand
Departure Time: Leave from N3 side parking at around 6:30 am
Distance: 60km off road and about 20 km on tar road
Est. time to complete: 4.5 Hours
Difficulty: Intermediate
Description: Small hills up and down
What to bring: Not sure. Never been there
Saturday 19 Feb - The Bielie Mielie Fiets 90km (Fairbairn Capital joBerg2c day 2 route)On the 19th February the organisers of joBerg2c will help the Bielie Mielie Fees, one of the most legendary Free State festivals, host a mountain bike race. The 90km will be exactly the same as the new 2011 Fairbairn Capital joBerg2c day 2 route. It will start in Frankfort and finish in Reitz where you can party with proper lang-arm dancing and real Free State atmosphere. Proceeds will go Reitz and Frankfort Schools. Entry fee for both the 90km and the 30km includes entrance fee to the Bielie Mielie Fees worth R60.
So if you have entered one of the big stage race events – like joBerg2c, Sani2c, and easy ones like the Epic (just kidding) – then this is the perfect training ride for you and your mates. If you haven’t it will be a great ride anyway.
Reitz show grounds is the finish venue for the 90km ride.
Departure Time: 90 km Starts at Hoerskool Wilge Frankfort at 8am sharp
Distance : 90km starting in Frankfort and finishing in Reitz
Est. time to complete: 4 - 5 Hours
Online Entries: www.joberg2c.co.za/bieliemieliefiets
Online entries close at: 17:00 on 16th February 2011.
Entry Fee: for online entry R180
Difficulty: quite tough
Description: Single track sections, lots of back country farm roads and Subaru track. There is approximately 13km of district road out of 90km
What to Bring: Some money for beer afterwards
At the start of the Bielie Mielie
From left, Stephen (new Jober2c partner), Rob (old Sani2c partner) and Karen (The one who replaced me)
Saturday 27th Feb - Northern Farm
Departure Time: Leaving from car park at 7:00am
Distance: 60-off road
Est. time to complete: 3.5 Hours
Difficulty: Intermediate
Description: Small hills up and down
What to bring: Liquid snack and money for an egg roll and coffee afterwards
Route:
<a href="http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/qACLXomcIk4%22%3EEndomondo Cycling Workout</a>: "was out cycling 54.56 km in 3h:35m:17s using Endomondo."
Saturday 12th Mar - Kyalami - Braamfontein Spruit - Emmerantia and back
Departure Time: Leaving Saddlebrook at 6 AM
Distance: 75km-off road
Est. time to complete: 4 - 4.5 Hours
Difficulty: Intermediate (Quite technical in places if you are a novice)
Description: Slight climb towards Emmerentia from Kyalami and fast and furious on the way back (If you still have energy)
What to bring: Extra bottle of water, snack, machete to cut around the overgrown single track, clothes peg to block your nose when crossing some of the sewerage laden streams. Water bottle to fend off chasing dogs
Verdict: Ride becomes more enjoyable as you get nearer to Emmerentia. Single track under a bit of strain with all the cycle, foot and dog traffic.
hey dude,
ReplyDeletecool blog man.
also doing the j2c. i"ll be one of the roaming doctors this year, incase of any major falls. we will ride with a radio all the time and be airlifted to any crashes that need us. aslo will be helping out in the race village with the aches and pains, and the drugs:) all legal of course:)
training hard also, 10-14 hrs a week.
doing the bielie mielie race also, and the clarens half marathon the sunday. u should stay over in clarens and do it also! will be goood two days of riding to get the legs used to consecutive days of pain:)
name is Rick. may join u at breedts neck or somehwere else if you keep posting where ur training rides will be... if thats cool with you
cheers....
Thanks Rick. I'll let you know where we will be riding. What sort of level are you?
ReplyDeleteBTW we are over nighting in Reitz after the Mielie Bielie. I must admit your option of staying in Clarens sounds much better
J,
ReplyDeleteLooks like a brilliant ride.
All the best for the training ahead and the ride.
Mike.
Thanks Mike and good luck with the London Marathon preparation
ReplyDeleteHi Jason,
ReplyDeleteJust finished a 2 hour ride with my 2 partners for the Joberg (we are a 3 person team,my wife,old sani partner and myself)On the East Coast it gets dark pretty early so it is already lights time for us.Will be coming up for the Bielie next week.Enjoy the training
Corrie Steenkamp
Hi Corrie
ReplyDeleteI'm interested to hear what your sleeping arrangement is going to be for the joberg2c :-)
It would be great to catch up with fellow Joberg2c ers at the Bielie Mielie. We'll be the team in the red Provantage kit which you can view under our Team - Diepsloot Devils page
Hi Jason,
ReplyDeleteWe will be allocated 2 tents next to each other,how is the training going,Saturday we have to put in a 5 hour and on Sunday a 04 hour 30 with the temprature and humidity in Durban it is going to be a hard ride.
Strongs with your training
Corrie
Training is going very well (I Think). We haven't yet put in two very long rides back to back. I hope to soon just to get the confidence levels up. We will be doing the Mielie Bielie this weekend so hope that all the training will make the 90km a little easier.
ReplyDeleteBielie Mielie: 90 km of True Free State riding
ReplyDeleteWell done to the Subaru Team for arranging this fantastic ride and of course to all the farmers and families and schools that helped at the start, end and watering points.
What can I say, It was really tough. The mud, the rolling hills, the good spirit and the grub afterwards was unrelenting. And oh what fun at the Bielie Meilie Festival in Reitz afterwards. Hardly a 1.5 hour drive out of Joburg. More like a 3.5 hour drive if leaving on Friday afternoon through peak hour traffic.
One thing I can say is that I think my Joberg2c partner has been training on the sly. He had to waight for me quite a few times. I put my poor performance down to the long drive and the beer the night before.
I did meet an interesting chap while waiting in the toilet queue. He will be doing the Joberg2c for his second time but has also completed 3 Cape Epics, 6 Sani2c's, 1 Sabie Experience and I'm sure many others we didn't get a chance to talk about. I suspect he's not married and if he is, his wife also rides and they have no children. Whoever he was, it was nice to meet someone so passionate about the sport.
Hi Jason,
ReplyDeleteHow is the training coming along,I had a look at my Garmin stats and nearly fell over.
Hi Corrie
ReplyDeleteTraining is going very well but I really need to get a few 100km plus road rides in just to get my mind right for the longer 125km days on the joberg2c. Share some of your Garmin stats with us. It's bound to get a few butterflies going for those of us tracking behind the training curve.
Chat later,
Jason
Hi Jason,
ReplyDeleteJust came back from a night ride in the cane fields good fun had a bit of rain.
Some stats.
Distance: Just over 1800km's since January
Elevation: 17142 metres of climbing
Burnt 43672 calories
Time in saddle 85 hours
Time in gym 25
Average distance per ride 42 km's
Average speed 17kmph not bad considering the amount of climbing
Average Temp: 26 degrees C
If you look at the time left with days of rest and tapering we are looking at just over 30 days of training left.
Enjoy your training
Regards
Corrie
That's incredible. The advantages of living near the coast! I think you have certainly done many more metres of climbing than us here in Gauteng. Actually it looks like you have done more of everything.
ReplyDeleteNow I'm worried!