Friday, June 02, 2006

Grand Fondo Gymru

So last weekend Chrytsal Joe and myself had a go at the first Grand Fondo Gymru. http://www.i-team.co.uk/
This event is a sportiff based on the Grand Fondo's held on the continent.
I can best describe the ride as hard, the hills go up and up and up. This is surely the best way to see Snowdonia. My favorite bits were the Llanberis pass and the last drag over Moel Y Feidiog back to Bala. This is apparently the highest road in Wales at 531 meters.

We all finished the Fondo distance 112mile at just over 8 hours, outside the time for the Gold or Silver Standard. But we did mange to beat some if not all of the Addiscombe. Top marks to the BEC who went sailing past us at the Caenerfon check on their way the Super distance some 18 miles longer.

i-team are already palnning next years event, so it is surely a challange for a few more members of the KPRC. I will be back and trying to get under that 8 hours.

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