Etape and Cyclosportif Training
Start training in December for those mountain sportives
Posted: 1 November 2007
by lcs
South East cycling coach John Leitch is holding an afternoon training session in Surrey for riders preparing
for the Etape du Tour and similar cyclosportives.
The venue is the village hall at Leigh, 3 miles south of the mid-point between Dorking
and Reigate. The session will begin at 1.30pm on December 1 with doors opening at 1pm.
Speakers include coach John Capelin, novice rider Andrew Green, who needed
a big step-up in his mileage in order
to tackle the Marmotte cyclosportif in 2007, and Leigh Smithers, who has returned
to competition and who joined the thousands who
rode last year’s Etape
Agenda
- John Capelin - the coach’s viewpoint; principles of a training
programme
- Andrew Green - the rider’s viewpoint; fitting a serious training programme
round
a full-time job
- Leigh Smithers - the rider’s viewpoint; fitting in a serious training
programme round a full-time job
Price
£11 in advance
£15 at the door
Contact - john.leitch@rbi.co.uk
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Oh well, who said plain speech was dead. hi there sorry its not really,, after having a mediocre muddle management job for 20 years, where you were afraid to say what you fort,in back of your head,,, mortgage, 2 lads at uni, expensive wife and mother in law,, merc intyardlad,,, it was keep your gob shut and take the money... whats new, well after 20 years intjoblad, monday morning plonkers meeting, all nice and cosy,, errr BRF just a minute, see you inmiofic... yes sir 3 bags full sir (wish i could call him a prat faces derriere licking whatnot ) sit down, glad you could come, you're redundant clear your desk by 10.30... full pay until end of month.. and please don't bend the merc, its for julian he's just out of uni, but what a go getter,, oh by the way.. would you be prepared to give him4 weeks intensive training in the produce..... ah after 20 years., you xzxzxzxx@@@@@*******^^^^^^$$$$$$"""""**** it feels so good. now, i says what i fink... at 63 it just does not matter.... bon courage.
Posted: 25/11/2007 13:06
hi there after 40 years of typists dictaphones er wotsthatmate. forget it. i did not have to spell,, but you understood what i sed,, i use that nice spell check above, does it work, don't know carnt spell.. but shit man,, i here that if you can get a place at a English uni, but carnt even SPEAK English never mind write, the sodding do gooders who give a you a years grace to put 2 and 2 together... dhss/single parent handouts/ loafing dodging and fiddling i hear is the most requested bsc course... now where is that dam cat, he has just peed onmihed... bon courage.
Posted: 25/11/2007 17:05
You're really fired up on the old career and education today! I have a feeling this will turn into an excellent thread...
Posted: 25/11/2007 19:25
Just dont upset him. Hate to see what he types when his really upset.
Posted: 25/11/2007 20:17
Maybe he killed Geoff Smith 1. And this is the psychotic remainder. Oh my gosh - what are we to do...........
Posted: 25/11/2007 23:05
hi there, sorry about that wot, oh forgot, mm geoff smith 1, mmmmmm now there's a tale, will have to wait its monday morning and mrs smiff insists i clean the pool, oh hell, why can't i find a lost urdikakakstan loafer looking for a job,, bet i could in kings lyn.. see ya soon.. hey geoff smith 1,, that's also me,, signed in one day, then the senile old git syndrome popped in,, unable to log in after 50 goes.. so started again...hey why not a geoff smith 3 or 4 or MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM now that would be fun,,, strange i usually go by the name of BIKERIDERFRANCE who is quite famous ,, i have postings on the ES site going back 15 years,,working class snob with 1st sat disk ontstreetlad....now was what i was doin..??????????????? BON COURAGE..will be back,,
Posted: 26/11/2007 10:34
well now, pool all clean, dam those bloody fruit trees intbakyardlad, all leafs blowing intopool, but hey wait a minute, went to a cyclo cross yesterday, just down the road,, it was a Catalonia championship event,,, had been there in the morning on my way home after 90kms..but it was the schoolboy race,, . the little blighters were bumbling on, BUT the real drama was just on top of a steep hill.. it appeared that phillippe had chopped rene at the bottom, they both had to get off and run up this mighty steep bit,, but the papa de rene had seen it, he rushed over and tried to knock off phillipe,, who to rene's papa dismay also had is papa standing there. yes you've got it.. rene and phillipe disappear in a cloud of dust, but rene's dad and phillipes dad were trading blows and rolling around on the floor.the crowd to my amusement did nowt, but cheered on each blow.. it got nasty when rene's papa, picked up a spare wheel that was lying in the grass,, he made a full blown charge in the direction of phillipes papa.. BUT he missed his footing, slipped and fell down the steep hill, only to fall onto jerome who was trying to get up this idiotic hill,, who then started crying.. unfortunately for rene's papa, jerome's papa was stood watching the developments..... they had to call the gendarme.. bon courage.
Posted: 26/11/2007 12:30
BLIMEY HIS BARKING MAD. M@ looks like you have competition. Geoff will soon go over 3000 if he carries on like this. Makes about as much sence as well.
Posted: 26/11/2007 15:43
hi there well shiver mi timbers, another little note from those luverly people at RCUK, they keep telling me that some nice person has replied to a little jem that i have posted on their nice little web site,, i am perplexed, why all this attention, why do people even think that ME yes ME is so important to even acknowledge that i even exist,, is this world a fish bowl with endless people emailing each other, all in a different time warp, looking for the holy grail..but keeping an eye on that f..............k......g cat sat on the mat. oh life such pleasures,,, mmmmmmmm hey just finished wrapping plastic sheet around a lemon tree,, they do not like the frost, so me and mrs smiff have just spent 3 hours making a plastic tent around the sodding thing,, hey had a good bit of luck thought, was going to buy a roll of 10 x1 plastic sheeting, but just outside the local supermarche, was a rubbish dump,, yes you've guessed it,, a great big roll of used plastic sheeting,,, we nearly fell over running to grab it before the local homeless.loafers/dodgers/dhhs single parent fiddlers, grabbed it.. in doin so, i stood an a rusty nail... shit i am now covered in foot bandages, a doctors bill for 3oo euros.. and that sodding dog his eating mihat again,, all for a 25 euro roll of plastic sheet.... bon courage.
Posted: 26/11/2007 17:32
Husband of Mrs Smiff, Click on "My Forum" and click in the circle saying "response notification" to "default to off". That will stop these blighters emailing you and cut out all the attention.
Posted: 26/11/2007 17:43
Oh, Bally. I'm enjoying reading his bit and pieces. Its just likeVictor Meldrew, but based in France.
Posted: 26/11/2007 17:46
and not quite as succinct. Has all the comedy impact though. I thought the tramontana was South America, and France has t'mistral, lad. Oooh,.. he's rubbing off.
Posted: 26/11/2007 18:20
hi there i see old tom has followed me from the brooks thread,, upset a few bods there as well, had this university guy give me a hard time,, told him to get back to his studies and then get a dam job,, why, to pay back his boozing money.. nuf said.. mmmm tramontana is the wind that blows in the Catalonia area, ie from selles le chateau in the north (France) to below Barcelona (Spain ) in the south,,, le mistral blows out of Monaco/nice, and winds its way up the Narbonne/Rhone corridor.. this is a real shitty wind, blows for ever.. never buy a house here if the wind "blows yor hed in" as the locals say.. our nice wind, blows and blows an blows, then goes away.. mmmm maybe a moral tale there. but it does keep the rain and clouds away,,, but not the cold,,, , yes, at 8 am Sunday in Nov its about 0'c here in my back yardlad. bon courage.......
Posted: 26/11/2007 19:19
a 'non person'? Have you been talking to my wife? If you must know I tried something fancy but it didn't work. I wanted to post a picture of a man in a tin foil hat.
Posted: 26/11/2007 21:05
hi there nuke,, gee thanks but there more too it,,in 1989 i bought a run down old barn with a couple of acres of land in SW france,, going down there each year was great and really i did not want to go back to work in the uk.. so i ad this plan,,, being in muddle management i devised a plan that would see me in france within 5 years,, i put in a new distributor plan to the board, it consisted of reducing sales cost by 2/3rds. but maintained sales, reduced inventory, and the ace up the bum... reduced a sales force of 12 down to 4... the board jumped at it... and i put it into operation,, but the board then said hey we have only 3 (not 4) reps and 1 sales director.. shhhhhhhhhh.. we could save even more if we got rid of silly old smiff... so they did,,, don't worry, walked away with a few bob. and then wham, france here i cumlad,,@49 years old, been here 14 years...thanks for the info.. bon courage. ps just doin what i always do.. seeing life without having to toe the line, say the correct fing, don't bend the rule's, say nowt, be nowt.. sorry not any more,, hey we have cum a long way from the "bullshit" reply...
Posted: 26/11/2007 22:14
Nice story Geoff. Wife and self are thinking of retiring to France soon. Only have 9 yrs left in the Force. Sister in Law already lives in France by Falaise. Loveley place. Great for cycling and hardley any cars or lorries to speak off at all. Lol, Cant wait.
Posted: 27/11/2007 16:54
Cant wait. hi there, mmmmmmmm great, havaluk @ www.vcvroute.netfirms.com. follow a couple of links.. if you like to ride the bike, and be able to get back to the uk, within the day,, this is the place,,, remember, its F>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>g cold in winter.. the more south you are the better.. we live 20k's from the med.. now thats what you call a living le "REVE" bon courage...
Posted: 27/11/2007 18:59
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