After a slightly earlier than normal Saturday start, we met up at 6.10am (yawn) at Sydenham station to catch the train to Cronulla. However sleepy me managed to put us on a Waterfall train and when we got to Engadine we realised our error. So the girls did an early morning warm up ride from Engadine back to Sutherland (quicker than the train) then got on the RIGHT train to Cronulla. We ended up missing the final group at the start, but thankfully due to Jess' blinding pace we caught them up at the first rest stop at Dolls Point/Brighton-Le-Sands.
The rest of the ride was really enjoyable - we rode along the Cooks River bike path, through Strathfield and onto Homebush (the finish was at Newington Armoury). The ride itself was 55kms but we added on a few extra kms with the Engadine to Sutherland warm up! Toni and I tried hard to race the Cronulla 'cops on bikes' over the finish line at Homebush, but there was a bit of a friendly scuffle at the end and they just beat us over the line. Oh well, there is always next year for a rematch! All in all, a great fun day of riding. Cheers, Suzanne
