Suffolk to Skippers Brevets: 200km, April 13th 7am; 300km, May 11th 5am
Sunday, March 31st, 2013Keith Sutton is organizing a 200km and 300km brevet in southern Virginia, near Norfolk. Pre-registration for the 200km closes at midnight, Saturday April 6th–payment must be received by then. Many of you may be riding a fleche on Saturday, so don’t forget to pre-register a couple of days earlier.
Here is Keith’s ride description for the two brevets.
The 200km is a 130 mile route with less than 1000 feet of climbing, beginning at 1238 Holland road, Suffolk, VA at the Holland Plaza Shopping Center. Coming from US 58, it will be on your left. Park near the Rite-Aid near the now closed Food Lion.
The route is an out-and-back over gently rolling farmland with false flats but no hills of significance. The turn-around at Skippers is a large truck stop with a McDonalds. Other than that, and start/finish, there is only the required stop at the control at Boykins at 41 and 91 miles. Franklin (site of a few Civil War skirmishes in its role as the main terminus of confederate supply lines) has 2 convenience stores and a Hardee’s you’ll pass at 20 and again at 110 miles for an optional stop if needed.
The 300km follows this same route but continues on with a slightly more rolling terrain to Lake Gaston. Again, the turn around is a large convenience store with a strip mall across the street with a pizza shop and Grocery store
Longer Link to Google map showing parking
(Note: Do not download “cue sheet” from RWGPS. We will be posting cue sheets and GPS files after the pre-ride.)