It's the our LAST ride of the season. :( But we did have a great season and the Green Lizard is staying open late to celebrate with us. ALL RBC MEMBERS are invited to come to the Green Lizard after the ride. We plan to be there around 7 pm. Everyone else, just come when you can. Food and drinks are available for purchase.
Click HERE for Monday's route.
This is an easy route that I made up. It doesn't have a cue sheet, but we don't need it. We will be on the WOD to Ashburn Road (Carolina Bros. BBQ). We turn left on Ashburn Road, right on Hay, right on Meadow Overlook Place, right on the path to the WOD, and right on the WOD back to the Green Lizard for a total of about 15.6 miles. We won't do any drills - just a laid-back friendly ride.
Lights on required at Sunset (6:54 pm). Red rear blinky lights are encouraged before that, but most of you already use them.
In other RBC news...have you ever thought of running for a position on the RBC Board? Are you interested in quality rider representation and input? There are many upcoming vacancies. If you are curious about what a Board position entails, please talk to any current or past Board member (Lisa, Kathy, Karen, and Erin have all held Board positions in the past.) Being a Board member is a wonderful way to give back to RBC and to have a voice in how RBC is run!
Please register before the ride - it helps us with our goal to be paper-free. You can still ride with us if you don't, but do your best to remember. Members can download the routes from RidewithGPS. Download the route for your own reference and for easier following.
Current RBC members who have signed waivers are eligible to ride, as well as non-members who are riding with RBC for the first time. For first-timers (and members who haven't gotten around to it), go HERE to sign the waiver. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A CURRENT WAIVER ON FILE! Membership is $25 per year and covers everyone in your household. Join RBC or renew your RBC membership HERE.
Rotating Paceline notes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-3Gfh_Qsrc
Remember, the idea is to conserve energy and tighten gaps. No one should lead for very long, even though many of you like being in the lead and powering through. :) When you're good at this technique, you conserve a lot of energy and can ride faster. Our goal is just to understand the technique and see how paceline riding feels, so we will keep our same 15-16 mph pace unless the whole group feels like going faster.
Riders should be able to maintain the group's average pace of 15-16 mph. The fastest women ride 17-18 mph, and anyone is welcome to join them. They will have a slight head start from the Green Lizard. If anyone gets dropped from that group, just soft-pedal or pull over and wait for the rest of us. We're all riding the same route. If you want a shorter ride at a 15-16 mph pace, just turn around when the group leaves the WOD on the outbound ride. The ride leader will ask riders who have not been able to maintain the group's pace to drop from the group then because there are no shortcuts after that point and no safer drop location than the WOD. Don't feel bad if this happens to you! Nearly everyone has been dropped from some ride at some point, ride leader included. You will have a straight ride back to the Green Lizard, or can continue riding on your own, and you can join us again another time. Women who prefer a 12-14 mph pace and a shorter ride should join the women's ride from the Bike Lane in Reston.
