{"id":2508,"date":"2019-07-07T23:30:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T13:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyclingclassics.com.au\/bowral\/2019\/07\/07\/challenge-yourself-at-the-bowral-classic\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T14:46:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T03:46:29","slug":"challenge-yourself-at-the-bowral-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyclingclassics.com.au\/bowral\/2019\/07\/07\/challenge-yourself-at-the-bowral-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenge yourself at the Bowral Classic!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bowral Classic Gran Fondo event is just over three months away. Now is the perfect time to really start your preparations for what is sure to be an enjoyable spring ride. While the Bowral Classic isn\u2019t a race and the chief aim is enjoyment we do know how many of you like pushing yourselves. So in light competitive spirit, we\u2019ve published an honour board featuring some of the best times from Classics past.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7035 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bowralclassic.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/11039-BWC-honour-board-v1-300x143.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"724\" height=\"345\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The lead categories are best overall<strong> Men\u2019s<\/strong> and <strong>Women\u2019s<\/strong> times,<strong> Sprint<\/strong>, overall <strong>Team<\/strong> as well as<strong> King <\/strong>and<strong> Queen of the Mountain<\/strong> results. There\u2019s still plenty of weekends to go so why not get out there and try to crack a few PBs? Who knows, you may even end up on our Honour Board come 20 October!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bowral Classic Gran Fondo event is just over three months away. 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