6am NRR:
There were two incidents this morning that bear noting. The first was DK rudely riding past the bunch at speed (flipping my off in the process) while I was happily playing the little ring game. The resulting extra speed as the bunch jumped for his wheel corresponded directly to a jump in my required cadence, and thus I went from happily, to thinking DK is a jerk.
The second incident relates, it started because I couldn't let DK be a jerk all by himself, no, I shall not be out jerked. So I hatched a plan to jerk the entire bunch.... a plan to chick the entire bunch. Nic Whitburn was rolling through on a rare appearance and I cajoled her into committing to the sprint. With her sitting on my wheel my next job was to convince others to pull turns in the lead out train. It amused me greatly all this scheming, and I was back to being in a glorious mood by the golden mile. Sadly it was not to be, lights at the canal completely spoilt the party. When I sat up and looked around from my sweaty perch at the front of the train, I discovered that Nic only had two gents left on her wheel. Even if she got out kicked, she would have still chicked all bar 2 blokes and I would have giggled all day thinking of the shattered egos.
Next time Gidget, next time.
Strava link.
D: 46.4km
A: 198m
Commute:
D: 15.0km
A: 117m
PMPW: 95kg
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Monday, 20 May 2013
20/05/2013
Commute:
Despite the limited kms over the weekend, my legs have felt a little tired and tender today (alliterations ftw!). I wanted to give them a spin out after work, but when I rolled out of the office around 6pm I found I'd left all 3 of spare tail lights at home. I strapped an extra white flasher on the back and took the direct, back roads, route home for some steak and salad.
D: 6.2km
A: 32m
PMPW: 95
Despite the limited kms over the weekend, my legs have felt a little tired and tender today (alliterations ftw!). I wanted to give them a spin out after work, but when I rolled out of the office around 6pm I found I'd left all 3 of spare tail lights at home. I strapped an extra white flasher on the back and took the direct, back roads, route home for some steak and salad.
D: 6.2km
A: 32m
PMPW: 95
Sunday, 19 May 2013
19/05/2013
CX Shenanigans:
The plan was to hit some trails on the skinny knobs with Skinny, De Luca, Leigh and Damo, a fair cross section of guys I'm going to be racing this season.
To me the day can be summarised in a single anecdote. I rolled rolled into Dickey's loop first, giggling as my tyres slid on the slightly greasy soil, the hooked up on the fresh berms. Not far in I paused, because though I love the trails, it was the company of the others that made the morning great.
After our bikes were well mud splattered, and our veins filled with caffeine, I rolled south with Damo and Schilling to get a couple of sneaky extras on the bitumen. It was too nice a morning not to be rolling and I didn't want Leigh getting to many more kms than me!
Strava link.
D: 71.8km
A: 654m
PMPW: 94kg
The plan was to hit some trails on the skinny knobs with Skinny, De Luca, Leigh and Damo, a fair cross section of guys I'm going to be racing this season.
To me the day can be summarised in a single anecdote. I rolled rolled into Dickey's loop first, giggling as my tyres slid on the slightly greasy soil, the hooked up on the fresh berms. Not far in I paused, because though I love the trails, it was the company of the others that made the morning great.
After our bikes were well mud splattered, and our veins filled with caffeine, I rolled south with Damo and Schilling to get a couple of sneaky extras on the bitumen. It was too nice a morning not to be rolling and I didn't want Leigh getting to many more kms than me!
Strava link.
D: 71.8km
A: 654m
PMPW: 94kg
Saturday, 18 May 2013
18/05/2013
2x Rush Preloop and Shop Ride:
4 hours of sleeping and 4 hours of pedalling. Not idea, but it's what I had to work with.
The forecast was kind of ugly, so I needed motivation to get on the bike for the first time in a few days. I put myself in the hands of DK, I didn't care where we went, I just needed to commit myself to riding with someone so I'd feel the pressure show up.
The 5am meet up was a touch harsh, but the weather was pretty damn good until around 7:30 when the shop ride got down around Black Rock. What wasn't good, or possibly was good, was the pace DK set around the first of our pre-loops. I started riding with him two up, but by the time we got to the Ivanhoe boulevard I was behind him, hoping I'd hang on. The second pre-loop and the shop ride itself were at a much nicer pace. Two up, chatting and spinning the legs through, not terribly exciting stuff, but given how wet my shoes are, I'm just happy to have got a pedal in.
Strava link.
D: 109.3km
A: 803
PMPW: 94kg
4 hours of sleeping and 4 hours of pedalling. Not idea, but it's what I had to work with.
The forecast was kind of ugly, so I needed motivation to get on the bike for the first time in a few days. I put myself in the hands of DK, I didn't care where we went, I just needed to commit myself to riding with someone so I'd feel the pressure show up.
The 5am meet up was a touch harsh, but the weather was pretty damn good until around 7:30 when the shop ride got down around Black Rock. What wasn't good, or possibly was good, was the pace DK set around the first of our pre-loops. I started riding with him two up, but by the time we got to the Ivanhoe boulevard I was behind him, hoping I'd hang on. The second pre-loop and the shop ride itself were at a much nicer pace. Two up, chatting and spinning the legs through, not terribly exciting stuff, but given how wet my shoes are, I'm just happy to have got a pedal in.
Strava link.
D: 109.3km
A: 803
PMPW: 94kg
Friday, 17 May 2013
16/05/2013
Commute:
I woke up to the sound of no rain, and then did the ride killing thing... I checked the radar.
It was possible that I could have ridden without getting soaked. I'd laid out a ran shell anyway... but I still rolled over and went back to sleep.
D: 6.4km
A: 45m
PMPW: 94kg
I woke up to the sound of no rain, and then did the ride killing thing... I checked the radar.
It was possible that I could have ridden without getting soaked. I'd laid out a ran shell anyway... but I still rolled over and went back to sleep.
D: 6.4km
A: 45m
PMPW: 94kg
17/05/2013
Commute:
I worked on my cross bike before work, it needs some love post the ANZAC day stick incident, and the DDCX prologue is next week.
Anyway, while I was working out that shifting was arse because I'd forgotten to go around the little cable guide thingy on my rear mech, I had the Tour of California on in the background. It's kind of magical being about to watch international racing without losing sleep. It's also kind of magical how deep into the box Jens Voigt is still prepared to go for a solo victory. I'm not looking to tie that moment back to me, it was simply a cool moment in sport spectatorship.
D: 8.7km
A: 48m
PMPW: 92kg
I worked on my cross bike before work, it needs some love post the ANZAC day stick incident, and the DDCX prologue is next week.
Anyway, while I was working out that shifting was arse because I'd forgotten to go around the little cable guide thingy on my rear mech, I had the Tour of California on in the background. It's kind of magical being about to watch international racing without losing sleep. It's also kind of magical how deep into the box Jens Voigt is still prepared to go for a solo victory. I'm not looking to tie that moment back to me, it was simply a cool moment in sport spectatorship.
D: 8.7km
A: 48m
PMPW: 92kg
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
15/05/2013
Rollers:
I looked at the forecast last night and set my alarm for 6:45am, a veritable sleep in from the normal 5:10am wake up time for NRR. I wanted to get some time on the rollers, but was conscious of the time of day and that an early/long morning session might not be appropriate given I live with a non cyclist in an apartment block of non cyclists.
So around 7:15, after a bit of faffing around to get the rollers in front of my computer and to get the Tour of Cali on my monitor I jumped on my track bike and span through half an hour of saddle time.
D: 18.1km
Commute:
D: 4.6km
A: 27m
PMPW: 94kg
I looked at the forecast last night and set my alarm for 6:45am, a veritable sleep in from the normal 5:10am wake up time for NRR. I wanted to get some time on the rollers, but was conscious of the time of day and that an early/long morning session might not be appropriate given I live with a non cyclist in an apartment block of non cyclists.
So around 7:15, after a bit of faffing around to get the rollers in front of my computer and to get the Tour of Cali on my monitor I jumped on my track bike and span through half an hour of saddle time.
D: 18.1km
Commute:
D: 4.6km
A: 27m
PMPW: 94kg
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