Amy's Ride (Brisbane-Gold Coast) 9 Dec 2006

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http://www.usmevents.com.au/series/SBtoSP/home.cfm

http://www.amygillett.org.au/index.p...ide_queensland

I'm soooo excited! I'll be entering my first Charity ride in almost a month!

It's so huge, TDF's Green Jersey winner Robbie McEwan is riding in it as well!! Now that's big!!!

But better yet it's in my home city! BRIS-VEGAS!

After viewing the requirements for the 100km ride (a 25km/h average) I know I can't do it as my averages are usually aroung the high teens early twenties... BUT the 50km ride sounds more like my thing at this point, It means I can also pick BF up when he finishes the 100km ride. :P (because I'll have to drive my bike down the coast to compete)

45km should take me a little over two hours to complete. I CAN'T WAIT!!!

For those of you unfamiliar with "the Amy Gillet Foundation" It's a charity based around the memory of the up and coming Australian road cycling starlet killed when a car driven by a Probationary driver ploughed into the AIS (australian Institue of Sport) road cycling team in july 2005. It promotes safety between road riders and car drivers as well as funding the rehabilitation of the 5 other women who were injured (including the Australian Champion of the time) to get back on their bikes and hopefully compete at the international level. The girls were all regular contributers to their journal at CYCLINGNEWS.COM



The main thing I'm worried about on this ride is the heat. It tends to get well into the high thirties (C not F) with excruciating humidity by early december so it's going to be a very hot race!!