Friday, 24 February 2012

Abba shoes, no sore bottoms, real progress and yet another puncture


Despite having to put up with the presence of Abba shoes adorning Rob the Trainer (see image below), today George and Nigel made real progress. Something clicked today, at least for Nigel anyway (George has been there for some time). We did 36 miles, at a great 13.2mph average speed (too fast for the actual ride), climbed 1,500 feet and burnt 2,000 calories - Yeah! And no sore bum either (courtesy believe it or not of removing the extra padded shorts and using lightweight padded bib shorts).



Whether it was the warm weather, the presence of the super-fast Mr. Rolls, the fear of having another picture taken with those shoes or what ....today was the best ride so far. George, despite having just come back from a week of feasting in Russia, was on it from the first pedal stroke and Nigel had little choice but to keep up. What a great ride!

Of course these training rides wouldn't be complete without Nigel's one-a-ride puncture and so it happened again this time. That's three on the last two rides! However this time we saw the difference of having someone with us that really knew what they were doing in Rob who changed the whole thing in 5 minutes flat. Amazing.

All in all a great day and one we are repeating on 7th and 8th March if anyone cares to join in. More base miles in the bank..............

1 comment:

  1. You Can't fail with SMASH PT behind you .... Glad its all falling into place for you and even think of the puncture mending as all part of the essential training!
    Well done team!

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