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Subject: [Leica] IMG: yesterday's brevet, or 200 km on the bike
From: cartersxrd at gmail.com (RicCarter)
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 19:06:12 -0400
References: <8C86D723-ED83-45E6-8AE7-0B5E150B0E7C@frozenlight.eu>

you?re a good man, charlie brown..

your stamina is eviable

beautiful pictures

ric


> On Mar 14, 2021, at 3:50 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 
> wrote:
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> Yesterday, I participated in a 200 km brevet, organised by a local cycling 
> club. The route is here:
> https://www.openrunner.com/r/9304251?fbclid=IwAR0U5RYln7CnKY1WKGpH_f409pWAnSjILfWHOvaeLJ2mKRE8TO6caX0-48Y
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> A brevet is a type of bicycle race that is not a race. It does not matter 
> who comes first. You get a medal as long as you check in at the 
> checkpoints within the defined time windows, and you have to complete the 
> ride within the maximum time, which for a 200 km ride is 13.5 hours. There 
> are other rules; for example, you are not allowed to receive any 
> assistance along the route except from other participants (so no spouse 
> following you in a car with tools and refreshments). The rules of the 
> sport are regulated world-wide by the mother club in Paris, where this 
> flavour of cycling was defined more than 100 years ago.
> 
> Usually, a route sheet (the brevet) is handed out before the ride, and you 
> are expected to have it stamped in the villages that are defined as 
> checkpoints (usually at a gas station or convenience store). But in these 
> Covid times, we were supposed to use selfies instead, so there are a 
> couple of cheesy photos of me in the gallery. The first 100 km of the ride 
> were quite hard because the terrain was hilly?but also pretty. The second 
> 100 km were easier because it was flat.
> 
> I took a few pics along the way besides the required selfies:
> 
> https://www.greatpix.eu/Brevet-200-km-Alicante-Sur-2021/
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> 
> Alicante, Spain
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> YNWA
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