This is where it all started.....
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| Looking relaxed earlier on in the day |
So
there we were. 6 women in a kitchen in Conwy. On a cycling weekend away.
Drinking red wine. Drinking Rubis. Talking. Eating. Sue had introduced
the topic of the Maratone dles Dolomites event on the TeamGlow (teamglow.net) facebook page
some weeks before. She had done it before.
The seed had been sown. And now, post Halloween ride and
Rubis, the shoots were about to sprout.
Shall
we?
How
much is it?
€2
to enter.
Euros? That's cheap then...When
is it?
July.
It's months off. Loads of time to train. It's next year. It's ages off.
And
what EXACTLY is it?
Closed
road event. In Italy. 9000 riders. Something like 33,000 entries. It's unlikely
we will get in to be honest (lots of laughter)
Top
up anyone?
Yes
please. It's really good this Rubis.....
We
could enter as a team. And cycle for TeamGlow. (Suddenly we were all in this
together)
How
long is the short route?
55km.
But it will be the hardest 55km you have ever ridden.
And
the longest route?
138km.
Oh
that's ok. Kilometres right?
Yes.
But it's 4230m of climbing. It's a big deal.
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| Imagining lots of this.... |
Top
up?
Go
on then. One for the road (ha ha ha ha - lots of laughter)
We
need to open the next bottle of Rubis. Ok everyone?
(Everyone)
oh go on then, ok!!
The
following day we had all entered.
Two
weeks later we were all notified we had been accepted in the event.
We
then gulped.
OMG.
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| No time for this sort of image anymore - at all times between October and July, these saddles need to be occupied |
