Hi All,

Hope all well. First of all, congrats to all who completed the Tour of Sligo on Sunday in very testing conditions. It turned out to be a severe test and anyone that got through Sunday should be in great shape for M2M.

I'm strongly advising all M2M hopefuls to attend the SSCC Tour of Heartlands this Sunday. The longer spin is 146km which is SHORTER than day1 and day2 of M2M. Details are as follows:

The 2011 Tour of the Heartlands will take place on Sunday 15th May. This is a leisure cycle (short event) and sportif cycle (longer event after the split) consisting of two route options – 65 km and 146 km.

Both rides will start from the Athlone Institute of Technology, Dublin Road, Athlone at 9.30am. Sign-on for both events will take place from 8.30am-9am. Entry fee is €15 for riders who are members of Cycling Ireland. If you are not a member of Cycling Ireland, 1 day licences will be available for an additional €10.

As the Sligo Tour pace was a bit frantic at times, if required, I'd be happy to organise a M2M group at target speed on this tour on Sunday?? Let me know what ye think.

After Sunday, there are only 8 weekends left so I think people really should be up to this distance at controlled pace.

Won't be long now..........

Dave

Yes I think it would be a gud idea for M2M gang to do spin on Sunday.

If my calculations are correct the 146k option is also shorter than the 'handy' 3rd day of M2M!!!