Thought I would update this since I went and did the Tour de Norfolk.
July 16/17 - Tour de Norfolk
http://www.letourdenorfolk.com/home.php160/100/75/40 km Saturday
100/75/40 km Sunday
Rode the 160km route on Saturday and then the 100km route on Sunday. I like to call it a DIC (Double International Century) which was my first one so I can finally cross that off my list. My partner rode the 40km route which turned out to be 52km because the guy laying out the arrows on the road missed a turn. This was great for her as she wanted to ride 50kms the first day anyway. Then she did the 40km route on Sunday. She thought both courses were nice and well supported.
The event is well organized and offers a route for pretty much every cyclist. Support stations on the courses with water, powdered gatorade so you can mix it yourself, fruit, energy bars and most important that weekend, a lot of shade!
The roads were pretty much in good condition and had a low volume of cars on it. Only had one car honk at us and not sure if it was a HI or Get off the road honk type of honk. Most of the route are pretty flat but there were a few short climbs on the second half of the 160km course.
Lunch was a Subway sub, chips and more fruit. There was no supper on the Saturday but for Sunday there was a post ride pasta lunch w/salad. Both days had ice cream sandwiches available after your ride.
For both mornings they had muffins, juice and bananas available.
The weather that weekend was hot, sunny and then even hotter. First time I've actually gotten bothered by the heat while out riding and had to soak my head in cold water at one of the rest stops. Still better than riding in rain all day.
I can recommend this event to anybody looking for something to do in a place you would probably drive right past. The people are friendly, same with 99% of the other cyclist. For the money I thought it was very good value. We have added to our list for next year.
