{"id":1033,"date":"2009-03-29T20:38:56","date_gmt":"2009-03-29T20:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/wordpress179\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2009-03-29T20:38:56","modified_gmt":"2009-03-29T20:38:56","slug":"rollapaluza-grupetto-willesden-cc-clubrun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehippy.net\/blog\/rollapaluza-grupetto-willesden-cc-clubrun\/","title":{"rendered":"Rollapaluza (+ Grupetto + Willesden CC) Clubrun"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(c) 2009 Ved<\/p>\n
Martin, Clive, Vedran, Scarlett, Desi, Ricky, Tom and Ant (ride leader) and myself (a mix of Rollapaluza CC, Willesden CC and Grupetto riders) covered a nice 65k roll around the Kent countryside today, plus another 85k for me getting from Ealing to Smithfield Market and on to Orpington (and back).<\/p>\n
Not so nice was someone’s foolhardy decision to climb Yorks Hill, sight of the famous Catford CC hill climb<\/a>. Scarlett (a seasoned hill-climber) and myself (a seasoned lard arse) both made it to the top clean. Scarlett in something like 2:30 and me in 3:something. Luckily the rest of the ride was much more leg friendly with some pleasant climbs (“Mountains” in Kent, oh how we laughed) and fun descents. <\/p>\n Thanks to everyone for making the ride good fun and Ant for routing us (d’ya see what I did there?) \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Ant’s Route<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (c) 2009 Ved Martin, Clive, Vedran, Scarlett, Desi, Ricky, Tom and Ant (ride leader) and myself (a mix of Rollapaluza CC, Willesden CC and Grupetto riders) covered a nice 65k roll around the Kent countryside today, plus another 85k for … Continue reading