Mille Cymru 1000 - 23 July 2010



	Welcome Welcome to the Mille Cymru, Randonneurs Salop’s summer blockbuster for 2010. A 1000km Audax ride across the length and breadth of Wales in just 75 hours. Wild mountain roads, mighty climbs and rugged coastline await on an epic journey across an ancient land of myth and legend. The red dragon is calling and Cymru awaits... Three hundred k’s where red kites soar, from Wrekin to the Sea Four hundred k's for Hibernia's mail, overnight on Telford’s road Six hundred k’s for Offa’s men, doomed to grimp along the dyke One thousand for the audax lord, on their Brooks shod throne In the land of Cymru, where the dragons hills lie... One ride to rule them all, one ride to find them, One ride to bring them all, and in the green hills bind them In the land of Cymru, where the dragons lie... News 26th-July-10 The Mille Cymru is now over for 2010. Congratulations to all those who finished, and commisserations to those who didn't make it, for whatever reason. And of course a huge thank you to all the helpers; the event would have not have been possible without them. Looking back on the event, it's still all a bit of a blur now. An amazing event - take a look at what they've been saying on yacf. I'm sure I'll do a full write up in time but for now I'll just quote one rider who summed the whole thing up in just 4 words "Brutal. Stunning. Exhausting. Fabulous." 13th-July-10 Following the final route check and Helpers ride last weekend (see the blog and yacf for a ride report), there are a number of updates to the routesheets. These are mostly clarifications, with only a couple of errors. Updated routesheet are now available on the Downloads page, and a list of corrections posted on the blog 30th-June-10 The final routesheet is now available on the Route \| Downloads page, along with GPS files. Printed copies will be sent to postal entrants shortly. You can now follow the Mille Cymru on our blog, and on Twitter. If you're on Twitter yourself, use the tag #mc1k and we'll see your tweets on the blog. You can also tag your pictures on Flickr or Picasa in the same way. Audax meets the 21st century... 16th-June-10 Orders for event jerseys have now closed. Following my Snowdon & Coast 400 event last week, the route for the first leg of the ride has been modified to miss out Caernarfon, and instead visit Harlech and Barmouth on the way to Dolgellau. An updated route sheet is available on the Route \| Downloads page. 28th-May-10 All additional entries for this event have now sold out. ENTRY IS CLOSED. 2nd-May-10 Thanks to our new venue in Llanwrtyd Wells, a limited number of additional spaces are now available on this event. See the Enter pages for more details on how to enter. For those who have already entered; Rider Information, a Schedule Planner and Draft Route Sheets are now available on the Route \| Downloads page to enable you to plan your ride. The event jersey is also available to order here. Keep getting the training miles in. Only 12 weeks to go... 14th-April-10 Due to the demand for this event, a new venue for the overnight control in Llanwrtyd Wells has been obtained and revisions made to the route. I've been out checking the new route over Easter and the Route pages have now been updated. December-09 Congratulations to Pat Hurt, for checking out all 1000km of the route, in December! The verdict... "Be afraid". You can read his ride report here Brrrr... November-09 Demand for entries has been such that all 60 spaces available for this ride have now SOLD OUT. A number of reserve entries will be available in the New Year, watch this space for more information...	Follow the Mille Cymru on...