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Entries Open for Norfolk Wattbike Race Series
Posted: 14th December 2009 | Active Norfolk
Entries are now open for the inaugural Norfolk Wattbike Race Series, which starts in the New Year.
Active Norfolk and City College Norwich will be running the series, each lasting six weeks, starting in January 2010. The Watt bikes will all be linked through a laptop, and a huge image showing real-time racing, projected onto a wall. The image will show the progress of riders as they race in each event.
The race series is open to anyone aged 16 and over.
Each course consists of six sessions held once a week with 5 races each session.
Races held each session:
- 5km time trial: A flat, steady course to get you legs in race mode. Race hard, but save something for the rest of the night.
- Devil Takes the Hindmost: A 2.5km race - every 500m the competitor in last place will be eliminated.
- Win and Out: The first person to reach 500m wins and stops cycling, leaving the rest of the pack to compete, 500m at a time, for 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th. You need to cross a 500m marker before the rest of the pack, for the next win and out place.
- Big Gear Challenge: 1km, fixed resistance, fastest wins.
- 750m time trial: The final race of the night is a short, sharp, sprint give it everything you've got!
Where possible, riders with similar abilities will be grouped to race each other
An athlete's best four performances will count towards the race series. At the end of the six weeks, prizes will be awarded to the leading male and female athletes. The league runs over six weeks at City College Norwich, with two sessions per evening, 6-8pm and 8-10pm.
Key Facts:
- Starts Wednesday 20th January for 6 consecutive weeks
- The course costs £45 to attend (6 sessions on consecutive Wednesdays with 5 races each session).
- For more details and to book your place visit www.activenorfolk.org
- For more information on Wattbike, go to the Wattbike website.
