Gentlemen's Race

As rumours circulated of a Gentlemen's Race over the past few weeks the Mighty crew looked forward to team bonding in quest of free beer. We met the rest of the early risers on Sunday at Spanish Banks for instructions and the revealing of our two checkpoints. 55 riders showed up which was about 12 teams - teams were 2-5 riders. First one back with pictures of the team at both spots would be the winner.

Pre-race strategizing with an Alleycat 'champion' and our leader for the day, Berryjuice.

Checkpoint #1: Pier at the bottom of Indian River Drive

Checkpoint #2: the END of the pier at Iona Pt in Richmond.

Lats with our winnings: 6 pack of Extra Old Stock, 4 Winning Magazines, and a Beer Trophy.

The checkpoints were the public pier at the bottom of Indian River Drive and the end of the spit out at Iona. The route was all up to us. The teams started in 3 waves, 9am, 9:15 and 9:30. We were off last and like most headed to the North Shore. After climbing our way out from Deep Cove we headed crosstown and were the only team in sight heading out to Iona. We ran into our competitors out there but they ran into technical issues (flats!) and we kept pushing on. Here is Andrew's Garmin of the race.

It was a great day for team bonding and we managed to come out on top. If you get the chance, ask Meat what a Polish paceline is... if he has recovered yet that is.