Great but painful return to riding after 2 months off for wedding and honeymoon. 37 miles, 5550 feet, 8 hills and 2.5 hours! Legs pretty shot now so I think i'll be asleep after a couple of hours at my little brother's stag do
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Great but painful return to riding after 2 months off for wedding and honeymoon. 37 miles, 5550 feet, 8 hills and 2.5 hours! Legs pretty shot now so I think i'll be asleep after a couple of hours at my little brother's stag do
Well done Trevor, you are putting me to shame. It's about 15 or 20 years ago that I pulled a set of old TACX rollers out of a skip at work. Last December I finally got round to ordering/buying a drive belt from the LBS. Trouble is; I've heard that many horror stories that I didn't dare to give it a go, in a very cluttered garage, during the winter. I suppose I should practise out on the lawn, whilst we still have light evenings??Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
Had a quick sweat n snot 1 hour interval session on the back lanes(rough n hilly) with a 17 average on my 30 year old Olmo
Will do the same tomorrowbut for 2 hours:)
Yesterday was a bit epic... 6hrs 36 minutes, 112 miles... and no, not another, full, Fred Whitton! This time I rode around the lanes of South Wales. It included three big climbs though: Gospel Pass, Llangynidr Mountain and the Tumble... then on to Chepstow, Devauden, Monmouth and two more climbs up Rockfield and Cross Ash to Campston hill... Was getting a tad tired 6 hours in, but bodes well for Three Peaks endurance :)
Today, by means of recovery, I spent a good hour riding the crosser with Landcruiser tyres on (for 3 peaks) at the Forest of Dean trail centre, doing a blue and red route. MTB-ers were impressed and thought I was off my rocket riding the trails on the crosser LOL :) Rear wheel kept slipping down the really high, steep berms though, which is a tad disconcerting!
Just witnessed wiggins do the best ride ive seen in a long time by a british rider. Dan martin wins todays stage on the vuelta. I was jumping up and down on the sofa. Brilliant wiggins. Frome also
Well done hann. 19 mph average.Thats some going
Thanks Daz :) I was most pleased with the fact that I was able to ride steadily onto those big climbs and keep going at a decent pace till about 6 hours in, when I finally started to tire... Feeling strong! Bodes well for Three Peaks :)
Two evening meals last night, two evening meals tonight... and I am still hungry! Must be yesterdays mega ride :w00t:
First cx race for several months for me yesterday & first with my mongrel crosser. Felt happy for first 20 mins & had to slow down a lot for the technical parts after about 40mins as a contact lens blew away. Overall, it was a very, very long hour & I'm bricking it for the 3P's.
I've got the Cilcain fell race today, so should really have got on the turbo for 60mins gentle spin, followed by a cold bath, massage & early to bed wrapped in swathes of compression gear. Reality was that I got home cracked open a cider & watched La Vuelta.
Like Daz I was impressed with Wiggins & Frome, but man of the day was defo Dan Martin. Despite having the ugliest riding style I've seen the way he rode away from Roche & was then caught by Nibali & later the Wiggins group should have broken him, but his finishing sprint was awesome.
Hope to get home in time to see Wiggins boss the TT this afternoon.
I've got a hangover.
wrt Channel 4's coverage of La Vuelta, isn't Matt Rendell great? Complete statto cycling nerd, but has a great, dry sense of humour.
Shame about the Spanish TV coverage of the race. The French did such a great job of the Tour of California & Le Tour.
What was the camera work like for the Giro? I don't have Sky.