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Ok, so the double century is coming up. They’ve finally decided on a date, Saturday the 22nd November so lets hope the weather is nice. The start/finish venue will be at Swellendam Primary School and covers a distance of around 205km, so that’s the Argus cycle tour plus 100km or something like that…

We started training a bit earlier this year and have stuck to the program so far. So we should be well prepared on the day if we continue with our training plan.

Our training for double century 2008:
13 July – Strand – 90km
20 July – Stellenbosch – 90/100km
27 July – Melkbos – 80/90km
03 August – Gordons bay – 100km
10 August – Stellenbosch/wine route – 100km
17 August – Fisantekraal – 110km
24 August –Cape point/chappies/campsbay -120km
31 August – Stellenbosch/agterpaarl – 120km
7 September – Franschhoek – 150km
14 September – Durbanville/stellenbosch – 150km
21 September – Gordons bay/pringle bay – 130/150km
28 September – Stellenbosch/klapmuts/pniel – 140/150km
05 October – Bettys bay – 160km
12 October – Fisanterkraal/agter paarl/klapmuts – 180km
19 October- Cape point/chappies – 120km
26 October – Gordons bay – 100km
02 November – Stellenbosch – 90km
09 November – Durbanville/contermanskloof – 100km
16 November – Cape point – 80km

Then all that riding should prepare us adequately for the 205km on the 22 November.

The route:
From Swellendam we follow the R324 through Suurbraak and over Tradouw Pass towards Barrydale. A left turn onto the R62 takes us to the challenging 7km Op de Tradouw, before making our way to Montagu. We take on the the most challenging climbs, Tradouw and Op de Tradouw Pass within the first 60km of the ride. That’s gonna be fun…

The route then snakes through Cogmanskloof towards Ashton, turning left onto the R317 towards Bonnievale and back to the finish in Swellendam.

Bring it on! We’ll be ready…