Today's Bike Ride

[Hanneke]

I had my MDC go-faster cycling vest on but the only person on a bike I saw was not actually moving, looked like a bloke and was in Garway village!
Hey, it would be great to get a chain gang going. Toff and I have been contemplating the monster that is Monmouth/Golden Valley/Hay/Hay Bluff/Llanthony/Cross Ash/Monmouth. Shall we do it??

You would have spotted us... we were three girls and a bloke, going reasonably fast...

And I would have spotted the MDC top for sure, so we missed each other...

We saw lost of riders out and had the satisfaction of overtaking quite a few blokes

[Ady In Accy]

After 12 months, this afternoon I got the winter training bike back from the bike shop with some new bits on plus the new wheels I bought it a week or 2 ago. Took it up to Settle for a quick spin out this aft and all felt well. Got 44cm bars on compared to 42 on the other bike and the 44 feel more comfortable. 50 or so miles put on the clock today.

[daz h]

About 100 km with my coach and two other women, one a pro and one a girl who we may well convince to change clubs, to form a team with me... we are trying to get 3 more women to join, so I won't be racing all on my lonesome...

Good to see I was stronger than the pro, but the new girl certainly has better climbing legs than me

Was feeling a bit 'bonky' as well during the ride, as I did not have time to eat a proper meal yesterday, as I was too busy riding and collecting my two new bikes, which resulted in gaining a sponsored bike as well

One of these: http://www.qoroz.co.uk/race-won.php Dura Ace equipped...

Needless to say, I am a happy bunny

you was stronger than the pro ?
what speed was you going at Hann

[Antisocial]

Starting to slowly (very) get my cycling legs back whilst my running ones are decommisoned. Did some cyclocross riding and a very short nightime mountainbike race at night last week. Did 35 road steady on sunday, 20 last night (would have been more but puncture and lamb in middle of road caused delays). Have borrowed a turbo trainer so may do that tonight, or possibly steady run. Have found out where the local club meets for its w/e training runs, so will go and get burnt off the back on sat.

Need a reasonable road bike to train on though (my old ribble ultegra is showing its age and I have to kick the front shifter to get it to drop).

There is a series of scratch 10mile TT's starting in a week or so so will drag the old bones through the first one and see how it goes from there.

Just can't seem to shake the wine habit at the moment. Weight is going again though, 11 .3 this am

[Lola]

With work time constraints I often have to resort to a 1 hr turbo session. I use an HRM and cycle computer and iPOD and work as hard as I can BUT does anybody have the secret for keeping motivated on the da*n machines?

[emmilou]

With work time constraints I often have to resort to a 1 hr turbo session. I use an HRM and cycle computer and iPOD and work as hard as I can BUT does anybody have the secret for keeping motivated on the da*n machines?

Sadly there is no secret tends to go a bit quicker if you have a set workout to do, timed sprints etc.....daydreaming is not a good habit to adopt on the thing!

[Antisocial]

I used to quite enjoy Turbo training in my younger days. (So much I didn't put a towel down and the sweat rotted the carpet). In the winter I used to programme a CD (Ipod these days ) to correspond with a ride in my head, pedal quick on the fast songs and more steadily on others - not a huge Weller fan, but grinding the big ring on a imaginary steep hill whilst spitting out the lyrics to "Down at the tube station at midnight" was always a fave, will try that tonight methinks.

[skennaugh]

With work time constraints I often have to resort to a 1 hr turbo session. I use an HRM and cycle computer and iPOD and work as hard as I can BUT does anybody have the secret for keeping motivated on the da*n machines?

Try Chris Carmiachels DVDs. Not sure if i spelled his name right, he used to be Lances coach.

[Lola]

I don't daydream fortunately - though I did once fall off - and do use specific sessions but still find myself concentrating on just getting it over with which is a bad idea since you start to resent training.

[daz h]

I don't daydream fortunately - though I did once fall off - and do use specific sessions but still find myself concentrating on just getting it over with which is a bad idea since you start to resent training.

Lola
Simple solution
Just print off a photo of me and put it in a titanium frame then mount it on the bike
sorted