by Dara Poon
Randonneur cycling
24 routes
349:39
6,905km
55,960m
Randonneuring is long-distance road cycling as a non-competitive sport. Participants meet at events to ride designated courses of 200 km or longer, stopping at various checkpoints along the way for verification. Personal support (arranging to have a car assist you along the course) is generally not allowed. Riders who complete the course within the allotted time are all considered successful, and have their accomplishments recorded.
I rode my first "populaire" (introductory event shorter than 200 km) in 2022, completed two…
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05:21
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08:40
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650m
https://database.randonneurs.bc.ca/event/5587 The annual Remembrance Day brevet often has horrible weather. Last year, it rained so hard that nobody rode it. But today's weather was perfect: sunny, with light winds, and slightly chilly. After not having ridden my bike at pace for a month due to illness, then solo parenting duties, I was eager to go out for a nice long ride and soak up some sunshine. I rode with Craig until Tsawwassen, and with Douglas until the Boundary Bay Dyke Trail in Delta. On that fine gravel trail, though, I couldn't quite keep up with him, and watched him very gradually recede further and further over the next 10 km until I lost sight of him altogether. I then had to finish the second half of the brevet solo. Elapsed time 8h40m. The official brevet route was a few hundred meters short of 200 km, so I overshot the finish and turned around.
201km
08:02
930m
920m
https://database.randonneurs.bc.ca/event/5569 So happy to see so many first-time randonneurs today! I spent most of the day with Dave and first-timer Andrew. Andrew did admirably well — more like a seasoned pro than a newbie, with excellent pacing, navigation, and doing lots of pulling. I finished together with Andrew in 7h56m. We had a late lunch at the pub, then I waited around to greet the next two finishers: Austin and Matt. I had actually met Austin on the way there: he had also ridden out from Vancouver, and I encountered him just as he was finishing repairing his flat tire on the Port Mann Bridge. Not only did he finish the repair and arrive at the start point on time, he even gave me a pull to Fort Langley! We rode back to Vancouver together. So, congratulations to Austin for finishing his first 200 and "300".
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21:50
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08:58
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607km
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Activities
24
Distance
6,905 km
Duration
349:39 h
Elevation
55,960 m
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