Another Training Day
Our training will up its intensity after Christmas ? I thought that doing 155km to Jarrahdale and back was quite a challenge in 38 C temperature. What has gone unsaid; well there was Marco who felt hungry after we got to Rockingham one ride. On the way back he wished he hadn’t ordered a chicken and avacado foccacia with chips. Man that is one way to suffer.
On the way to the Bell Tower one morning, one of the Kingsley kids in the abscence of a responsible adult took a dive at a wet ”round a bout”. End result was a fractured Scafoid only 3 months out from the ride. Ably assisted by Nurse Gladys “Wilson” the patient ended up in plaster, only after completing the 85 km ride that day.
Responsible imbibing and the correct choice of dietary intake the night before a ride resulted in one very green looking “Sonny” alias the “Vindaloo Kid”. He was also the less fortunate rider who failed to avoid a few rocks on the road on the up and back to Two Rocks - 2 flats.
My lucky day was today, 95 km before Christmas Eve. I went for a ride with “Hollywood”, “K2″ and the other young bloke - 6′ 5″ and built like a greyhound. He kept us all honest. Luck or misfortune, I punctured just before the Roe Hwy bridge on Welshpool Road on our way to Kalamunda.
Bike fixed and tyre pumped up I removed the pump complete with the valve stopper for an immediate flat. Start again. Thats why you carry two spare tubes. The rest of the ride was uneventful really, Lewis Road and then Watsonia , Ridge Hill and a coffee at the top. Down Kalamunda Road and off home.
I’m sure there will be further posts of the intersting overtraining mistakes that people make. Yours Truly will hoping that the 3 previous days of riding and the one recovery day of imbibing at Christmas will allow him to do the Canning Dam ride on Boxing Day.
”The Big Fella” - every hill is a challenge.