Winter Bike

So Yesterday was the first outing on my new bike i got for the winter training period. It's a Boardman Team Carbon with SRAM Rival. I thought id get SRAM on my winter bike seeing as i will be using it on my race bike for next season. It took me about half an hour to get into the swing of it but i'm fine with it now. The bike doesn't seem too bad. The frames are made by giant its actually pretty stiff which is good! I haven't been able to kit it out with my computer yet so i'm not sure how many miles i did but i was riding from about 10 until half 2 which left me legs feeling pretty bad so my computer says it was enough!

Marching Through the Fog

So todays ride was pretty quick with an 18MPH average which i am pretty pleased with considering the conditions. i couldn't see my hand in front of my face which was pretty bad. good job i found my lights and threw them on otherwise i probably would have been ran over. i still find it bizarre that even though visibility is no more that 30FT motorists still don't put their lights on... whats up with that? Happy to be orange with just over 30 more miles in the legs

Weekend Of Riding

So this weekend has been a pretty savage weekend of training as far as i'm concerned. Friday i had a 3 hour gym/swimming session. Saturday i did 72 miles with a variety of people but mainly with Lawrence Carpenter (Rapha Condor Sharp) which i met along the way. we managed to get over to my old club at Hillingdon to help out with the young riders that are there and caught up with some good friends who i haven't seen for a while due to their cross commitments. luckily there was a camera on hand so i have put the picture of us in this post... i look properly cheeky i must say. Sunday showed us a different approach in the weather with torrential rain. so i returned to the turbo for an hour and a half session... that was nasty to my legs. Today im relived that my coach Dan has given me a roller session so now my legs are feeling nice and airy before a nice 35 mile or so ride tomorrow.

6th &7th November

This was the first real weekend back training after having the off season and the time off. On the Saturday me and Drew drove down from my house to his where i would be spending the night. Within an hour we was riding with his Dad Trevor and his Uncle Paul along with some other lads from the Crawley Tri Club. It was about a 2 and a half hour ride with a cafe stop which was much needed for. I'm not gonna lie i found it pretty hard and so did my legs. We then got home and went off to the cinema where we watched Jackass 3D, this is no blog on film reviews but i must say it was a hilarious film so go see it! Sunday, lovely the fool left the windows open and we were both snuggled up in the same bed not wanting to get out because it was freezing! We then managed to get out and get ourselves ready. George Pearl one of the new riders was also staying there too. We arrived at the leisure center we we planned to meet at about 9:15am. We introduced ourselves as we hadn't met some of the new members yet. The ride was 3 hours long and relatively hilly as far as i'm concerned so that wasn't too helpful and my legs were screaming. After the ride we all got showered up and changed and head to the room for our first meeting of the year which was surprisingly enjoyable. So my first weekend back and I've done about 5 and a half hours on the bike... that will do nicely!

Making The Most Out Of The Good(ish) Weather

So today was such a good day in terms of riding i managed to get out for an hour and a half. I wore my usual winter kit with a jersey then a jacket. Even then i was hot and surprisingly enough I didn't have to wear gloves which is nice. If the Winter is like this that would be nice although,.... not going to happen realistically is it :(

Gyming It To Bits

First things first, i'm pretty sure that gyming it isn't a word but its one i just made so anyone who writes dictionaries add it in please. I've been in the gym for about 2-3 weeks now and I have been hitting it pretty hard to be fair. Doing mainly core work and upper body weights. I have also been on the rowing machines which is pretty intense and is a proper burn up. Lets hope i can build up the power and then once January comes I can use it properly on the bike.

Winter Training 2010/2011

Its been a good few weeks off the bike now. I did my first ride back yesterday which came to a total of around 48 Miles. The ride itself was torrential rain and to any normal person a hellish experience. but me not being overly normal in this regard I found it some what enjoyable. However after two of us puncturing including myself was a bit of a bummer. It's the first of the Squad Training Sessions next Sunday so I am looking forward to that and getting to ride with the new team riders. Lets hope it stays dry. You can see me making a makeshift bike stand in the pouring rain with Lawrence's bike.