Riggy: for the record, I'm well and fighting fit and my winter training is in full swing. I was sorry you never made it to last nights (Dec 30th) night ride.
So to round off the season and a career-filled year I met up with Mark, Si, Gareth and John at Winterfold this morning (Dec 31). At 9am it was bloody freezing (no more than 1 degree C). John and Mark led us through the North Down's trails. With temps freezing the conditions were perfect for grip. Even riding roots was a joy. Only Gareth stacked today - fatigue and roots catching him off guard.
[John, Mark, Gareth and Simon]We rode for 3hrs with my average HR 159BPM. We covered 25km all off-road. Sweet!
Last night (Dec 30th) Patrick, Tom, Jamie, Paul and I headed off for a night ride from Finchampstead. We rode for an hour and had a blast. Patrick managed to stack half way round.
Last week I spent a lot of time on the road on my own. My base season is now in full swing (for 4 weeks) and I'm up to 12 hrs this week (8hrs, 10hrs, 10hrs, 12hrs... and upwards). At 15hrs I'll have an easy week (7hrs) afterwards. Then I'll pick it up from 12hrs again till 20.
Last Sunday I met with a couple of the boys from Norwood Paragon. We rode for 3hrs to Guildford Horsham and home. The roads were dangerously icy, but we took it easy and had a good time.
Getting ready to go training (28th December 2008) from Rob Enslin on Vimeo.
[Nigel Carpenter and Kevin Davey]
