Speedy result at Heffron

Nice to see Rochelle 'Speedy' Gilmore win overall at a Tuesday night free-for-all at Heffron Park in Sydney's south-eastern suburb of Maroubra. From Cyclingnews:

Results - Heffron Park Summer Series #6, Maroubra, NSW - Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Overall

1 Rochelle Gilmore (Menikini Gysco)
2 Mark Ardouin (Easts)
3 Andrew Duggan (Easts)
4 Jason Webb (Randwick Botany)
5 Gemma O'Brien (Sutherland)

Yes, it's a group handicap and one of the biggest lotteries in sport, but she still had to out-sprint everyone else in C-grade!

The Geelong Women's tour

Mt Wallace looks tough. I've raced and trained in bunches containing top-class female cyclists and it takes some doing to drop 'em. Let alone force them to walk up a hill! It looks steep, but I'd like to know how steep it is... anyway, CN reports on the stage here.

Cyclingnews.com also shares some data on 3rd placed Rochelle Gilmore's effort:

Road Stage 3
Distance: 108km
Time: 3hr 6min 10sec (unofficial time)
Average Speed: 34.7km/hr
Average HR: 162bpm
Max HR: 211bpm

I'm impressed, especially with the Max HR of 211!