Cycling mail 8 Year 5 2 February 2018 W.S.W.V. HELLINGPROOF Batavierenrace If you take a look at the hellingproof strava page, you can see a lot of people who switchted their bike to their running shoes. This is ofcourse in preperation for the Batavierenrace on the 21st of April where hellingprofs can run for the Hellingproof & SKITS team. There are still some places left in our team, So don't wait any longer sign up for this amazing event by sending us a mail! Cobbles cycling Do you want to learn more about cycling? Then you should check out Cobbles. Cobbles cycling(http://cobblescycling.com) is a weblog about maintenance of your bike, beautiful cycling routes, tips and funny articles. For sure, it is a site to keep an eye on. And they are looking for a new editor to write one weblog per week, the job takes only about 2 hours a week. Maybe you will gain the writing skills necessary to be the next writer of the legendary cycling mail. For the details you can take a look at this site: https://cobblescycling.com/vacatures. Activities Club Monday training 18:00 at the Bongerd. 2 Wednesday Spinning training 17:15 at the Bongerd. 2 Training at Sports Centre the Bongerd Mountain biking: Thursday 14:00-16:00. 1 Other Activities 3-10 February: Training camp Spain Saturday 17 February: Domrenner training Wednesday 21 February: Drink in Loburg 1 For this activity you have to sign up via the SITE/App of Sports Centre the Bongerd 2 Signing up is not necessary Interview with... Name: Paula Harkes Age: 29, (but you are as old as you feel - B. Overdevest 2017) Where do you originate from? I was born in Hengelo (o) but when I was 6 we moved to Deventer where I grew up until I moved to Wageningen for my studies. What is your current study and/or work? I am doing a PhD at the Nematology Department which is in Radix. I am researching the interactions below ground between various organisms, hoping
to find a way to improve below ground nutrient cycling and increase above ground yield, feed the world in 2050 and safe the planet. At this moment I am rapidly approaching my last year so pressure is on. Luckily cycling is a nice stress outlet. What kind of bicycles do you use? I have two city bikes that both are falling apart of misery. Then I still have my first racing bike the Klaucke which I found second hand in Zwolle. I really like this one because it is really unique (no one knows the brand but apparently it is a house brand of a shop in Drenthe) and in my favourite colour blue. Lastly you will always have this special nostalgic bond with your first bike off course. More recent I bought a MTB (thank you Thijs for the effort you put in the bike) but I must say that mountain biking is not my specialty. In descents I don t dare to blink my eyes so I am always crying my eyes out, which looks a little ridiculous. Then my latest asset is a Trek Emonda Sl5 (A big thanks to Bas for helping me picking out the bike) which I like to call the black panther. Yeah... I am that person that gives names to various items. Paula in action during the Jan Janssen classic When did you start cycling? April 2017. Fun fact: The first time I ever on a racing bike I borrowed one from a friend. Full of energy and enthusiasm we went to the Postbank. When I finished climbing the Emma pyramid I was so eager on gaining speed again, that I did not notice my pedal was on the inside of the hairpin turn. This resulted in a very inmate encounter with the asphalt and a lot of pain. (In ten years of gymnastics I never felt so destroyed as in 1 day on a racing bike). After that I decided to buy my own bike because most of the trauma was in damaging someone else s bike. One month later I was able to step on my own bike! What are your hobbies besides cycling? I don t know if it counts as an official hobby but I really like to have a fancy dinner and (some) drinks with friends. Furthermore playing guitar/piano, reading, other sports (gymnastics, swimming, and running), travelling and my three cats. What is your greatest cycling experience? So far it is cycling El Teide in Tenerife. I was there in July and I read about it on the internet. I had never done a real climb before so it seemed like a perfect challenge. However the first attempt failed dramatically. I started too fast, did not bring any sunscreen, and after two hours I ran out of water (it was 32 degrees). When I wanted to buy water in a local shop I realized I also had not enough money and after 25 km off hell I had to go back. I still remember the old man (kinda like Gandalf) coming out of the shop and saying today my friend, is a bad day for cycling. He was right... However three days later I did another attempt and this time I was fully prepared. From the base at sea level to the top is was 2250 meters and when I arrived I was painfully exhausted but so
happy and proud that I made it. And I had to think of Jens Voigt: Beyond pain there is a whole new universe of more pain On the way back I met a former coke addict that told his life story in the 1 hour descent and how cycling helped him in fighting his addiction. Which made the ride even more special for me. Datedinner On 23 January 12 hellingprofs went to H41 for a blind date with the IJzersterkers. The female hellingprofs were pleasantly suprised by the amount of males Ijzersterk had to offer, but this meant that their were only a few female IJzersterkers to choose from. The competition among the male hellingprofs was high, so they pulled all their tricks out of their sleeves to win the ladies hearts. It didn't work out as planned, but at least the food was good... Paula on top of El Teide What are your ambitions within cycling? To cycle more than last year and have a lot of fun and new experiences. I will climb the Marmotte this year with some friends and hope to reach the top with the front group. Furthermore I decided to participate in ¼ triathlon so I am training for that as well in order to finish within 2 and a half hours. Loburg drink In the first week of period 4, on the 21th of February(Wednesday) there will be a drink. This drink is together with IJzersterk in Loburg, starting at 21:00. This is the opportunity to see your crush again after the date dinner. And try to impress him or her again (maybe it will work this time). We hope to see you there! With this kind of food, the ladie had know eye for the men. Activity commision Have you always been fascinated by our amazing acitivities and do you want to help organizing coming activities, or do you think that you have better ideas than the current activity commision? Than we have some good news for you. The ''Axi'' needs new members, so if you're interested make sure you contact us by sending an e-mail to wielrenners.wageningen@gmail.com.
New spinning bikes As announced before, there are new spinning bikes at the Bongerd. And special for Hellingproof, they are Hellingproof green. It is also possible to see your heart rate and power. If you want to measure your power, download the Body bike indoor app. The first lucky people already tried them! So hope to see you at a spinning lesson to give them a try. all the board members. But this doesn't mean you can't go by yourself! Track Cycling Need another way to boost your fitnes for the racing season or want to try something new? Then join us during our track cycling clinic on the 11th of March at the velodrome in Amsterdam. This is your chance to find out if you have any hidden talents, maybe 200m sprint suits you more than an hour long race. If you're interested send a mail to wielrenners.wageningen@gmail.com. Even Niels would want to ride inside because of thes bikes. Their are no particular bikehandeling skills requierd for this event. Midden Nederland Competitie Do you want to make sure you are in the best shape for the first studentcups? Then the midden Nederland Competitie is what you need. This is a series of training races held every sunday from February 4th to 25th March. There is a B category starting at 10:00 and an A category starting at 12:00. The race is not always on the same location so click here to see where the race will be held and by which club the race is organized. Due to the exam resits and the trainingcamp in Spain, The first two rounds of the series will be skipped by the
Studentcup Calendar The calendar of the studentcup 2018 has recently been revealed. You can see all the dates in the picture below. Make sure you don't have anything planned for these days, because we want to see a lot of Hellingproof green on the start line in all categories. After last year's second place in the team classification and first places for Bart and Susan(Men without race license and women respectively) in the individual classification, we want to be on the highest step of the team classification podium.