Monday 31 October 2011
Sunday 30 October 2011
Thursday 27 October 2011
Wednesday 26 October 2011
Tuesday 25 October 2011
Geese.
Wow! work was manic today, after running around like a headless chicken on speed for 8 long hours I was surprised to find myself very highly motivated for the ride. Heading onto valley walk I instantly felt better than my Friday ride.
Fun in the dying sun and blowing (out my arse) in the wind.
Yes tonight I was a legend, hills were dispatched with ease in hard gears, descents were attacked with massive gusto and technical sections were just a pure buzz, this is why I ride! The difference between this and Friday makes me feel like some sort of riding manic depressant, but it's best not to dwell on such things. Into the final third of the ride, darkness had fallen and lights were flicked on. Crossing a field strange black blobs in the distance held their ground, getting closer and closer there was no movement, was it just mounds of dirt? it was hard to tell, in the midst of the strange shapes they suddenly exploded into life. BAM! about 40 geese just hanging out in the middle of a field! needless to say as they all took off flapping around just inches from my head and sqwarking wildly I properly shit myself.
After about 18 miles in an hour or so I rolled up at my gate on fat 26's feeling proper alive. The difference between this ride and Friday was unbelievable.Not sure if it was the headwinds or what but tonight in my mind I was a riding hero. Speed + Flow = Happy.
Monday 24 October 2011
Saturday 22 October 2011
Friday 21 October 2011
Fun in the dying sun and blowing (out my arse) in the wind.
Thursday evening saw TJ and I heading to a small jump spot for a play on a small four pack, nothing too dangerous, the jumps are about 3ft high, 5 to 6 ft gaps which are more daunting than they sound. We arrived at 5pm and started hitting the line straight away, it was a real buzz. I hadn't rode stuff like this since breaking my elbow at Sudbourne way back at the begining of spring, this was brilliant. After about 20 minutes I was pulling little tweeks and whips with a massive grin plastered firmly on my face. It was short lived as come 6pm it was getting sketchy with the lack of light penetrating the trees, so I was homeward bound.
Friday is a short day at work, the clock tick tocked by slowly but finally at 2:30pm it was ride time. After feeling proper box fresh on my Monday night ride, somewhere along the line the freshness had gone, box fresh to sweaty crotch fresh in 3 days, this 2hr 30min ride was horrendous. From the very first incline I was struggling and this was not helped by the ferocious head winds, halfway up the first long climb from the bottom of valley walk to the top of little Henny I was already looking forward to the end. It could not come round quick enough, my legs were empty, my arse was sore, my arms were aching and my lower back too. Shutting my mind off I just spun as fast as I could but the whole ride was arduous. Spirits were slightly lifted on the final leg of the ride as I hit some nice little tech sections and flew through some tight single track but ultimately I arrived home not pumped up and buzzing as normal but just a bit disappointed, like I'd lost my mojo a little. These rides happen for me every now and again but that won't stop me, if I just keep going out and getting my head down the buzz will return. Besides I'm fully committed now, I just dropped £50 on some winter gloves and waterproofs. Bring on the bad weather! but not before I get in a few more sessions of getting airborne.
Friday is a short day at work, the clock tick tocked by slowly but finally at 2:30pm it was ride time. After feeling proper box fresh on my Monday night ride, somewhere along the line the freshness had gone, box fresh to sweaty crotch fresh in 3 days, this 2hr 30min ride was horrendous. From the very first incline I was struggling and this was not helped by the ferocious head winds, halfway up the first long climb from the bottom of valley walk to the top of little Henny I was already looking forward to the end. It could not come round quick enough, my legs were empty, my arse was sore, my arms were aching and my lower back too. Shutting my mind off I just spun as fast as I could but the whole ride was arduous. Spirits were slightly lifted on the final leg of the ride as I hit some nice little tech sections and flew through some tight single track but ultimately I arrived home not pumped up and buzzing as normal but just a bit disappointed, like I'd lost my mojo a little. These rides happen for me every now and again but that won't stop me, if I just keep going out and getting my head down the buzz will return. Besides I'm fully committed now, I just dropped £50 on some winter gloves and waterproofs. Bring on the bad weather! but not before I get in a few more sessions of getting airborne.
Thursday 20 October 2011
Tuesday 18 October 2011
Tuesday 11 October 2011
Monday 10 October 2011
Head winds and stings.
As quick as a whip crack I was over the bars face down in the moist dirt with the majority of the left hand side of my body in stingers, ironically I had been thinking how nice it was to be having a nice dryish ride without getting my shins stung to buggery, and just like that I was gone. As I lay there trying to figure out what had happened the thoughts of irony kept whirling round in my mind, mocking my should know better self. Dragging myself upright and turning around the Trek was laying flipped over on completely the other side of the ditch my front wheel had slipped in to. At about an hour and fifteen minutes in I jumped back on and pedalled really really hard to take my mind off the pain and tingling which was spreading through my arm and leg, it worked till just now, as I sit hear writing this the tingling is almost unbearable. Riding up to this point had been good. Riding a hard route my legs were fresh and the cold which had knackered my lungs had all but gone, at every turn the head winds were strong no matter which way I turned, but it didn't matter, my legs were good and I was relishing the challenge. After a two week break I'm really looking forward to more regular riding.
Saturday 8 October 2011
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