Hey everyone,
A lot of you have been asking about your early spring programming to ease everyone back into the swing of things. The schedule below includes rides that specifically focus around development and skills - the other usual ERTC rides will also run concurrently and any double bookings will be noted. These will run as the weather dictates. The weather policy is fairly simple - ride is off if it's raining at the start location at the start time. If it's looking on the edge a call will be made 30 minutes before the ride starts and posted on strava and slack. Again, the slack is here: https://join.slack.com/t/edmontonroada-7u36621/shared_invite/zt-r9cz31ub-0OIcKY_Ow33BJCw_yyAQCg and the strava: https://www.strava.com/clubs/ertc
April 26 - 6:15pm to 8:15pm - Introduction to ERTC and basic cycling skills in Hawrelak Park (meet in the main parking lot).
Come to this one if you haven’t ridden with ERTC before. If you have and want to brush up on skills, also come to this one. We will be splitting into groups and practising drills relevant to cycling. This will be an “evaluation” to help assist you figure out what part of the club is best for you.
May 2 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm - ERTC Intro to Track Night at the Argyll Velodrome - be comfortable clipping into your bike, and riding around others. Clipless required (bring your own pedals and the tool to install/remove them), cycling gloves, and a helmet. The velodrome will have a bike. This session will focus on getting comfortable on the track. This will conflict with WoERTC’s first ride. You can either select the WoERTC ride and attend the next ERTC track night on May 16, or vice versa.
May 3 - 6:15pm to 8:15pm - Second Road Riding Skills - Builds on First Session. Recap and More Advanced Skills
May 5 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm - Interclub Welcome Back to Racing at the Track - if you have been to the track before and want to know what racing streams you should be heading into. Note that this is a Thursday, you may attend the other welcome session on May 21 instead if you want to ride hills.
May 10 - 6:15pm to 8:15pm - Third Road Riding Skills - Practice drills, advanced skills and drills, couple of short rides around Hawrelak
May 16 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm - Second ERTC Track Night - More skills and drills, maybe some practice racing
May 17 - 6:15pm to 8:15pm - Road Riding Skills Graduation - 30-40km city loop. This ride is open to all members including those that did not take part in Road Riding Skills
May 21 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm - Interclub Welcome Back to Racing at the Track - if you have been to the track before and want to know what racing streams you should be heading into.
May 23 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm, Warm up at 6:15. Intervals start to run every other week on Tuesdays. Run by Jakob, this focuses on cornering confidence at speed and race pace intervals. These are great even if you don’t want to race.
May 31 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm - ERTC Intermediate Track Intervals / Occasional Interclub - 10 milers - run by Jakob or Amanda or Velodrome Staff - to run every other week on tuesdays.