Hi again.
Tonight I got my cycling gear on and admired myself in the mirror . I've only got 5 more chins and six bellies to lose before I lose that vac packed bag of spuds look in my cycling clobber. Out on the road I came up behind a fellow cyclist waiting at the lights. He really looked the part and looked like he meaned business tonight with his dark sun glasses on and team kit.. Usually my triumphs of flying past other cyclists involves little old ladies on there shopping bikes or the guy coming home from work on his mountain bike with half inflated tyres and sporting a donkey jacket and steel toe capped boots.
Tonight though the competitive side got the better of me with this guy on his slammed out road bike..I wasn't going to ride on his wheel but I did want to pace him a good few metres back just to see if I could to be honest. Well my inquisitive questions where soon answered by being left for dust by this guy. When we got out on to the open country road he was like a greyhound after the rabbit. After about 3 miles he was long into the sunset leaving me making excuses ,to make me feel better about myself..In the end I just conceded he was in a different class to me..Mind you, I thoroughly enjoyed having a go at keeping up and it's only made me more determined to progress in cycling to get fitter and healthier..
On a plus side I also managed a personal best tonight of averaging 17mph over the 16 mile route I often do..
I,ll have him next time ( in my dreams lol).
On a serious note though I give people who can cycle like that great respect. The amount of training required to get to that level really must take some determination and long hours in the saddle.
Tonight I got my cycling gear on and admired myself in the mirror . I've only got 5 more chins and six bellies to lose before I lose that vac packed bag of spuds look in my cycling clobber. Out on the road I came up behind a fellow cyclist waiting at the lights. He really looked the part and looked like he meaned business tonight with his dark sun glasses on and team kit.. Usually my triumphs of flying past other cyclists involves little old ladies on there shopping bikes or the guy coming home from work on his mountain bike with half inflated tyres and sporting a donkey jacket and steel toe capped boots.
Tonight though the competitive side got the better of me with this guy on his slammed out road bike..I wasn't going to ride on his wheel but I did want to pace him a good few metres back just to see if I could to be honest. Well my inquisitive questions where soon answered by being left for dust by this guy. When we got out on to the open country road he was like a greyhound after the rabbit. After about 3 miles he was long into the sunset leaving me making excuses ,to make me feel better about myself..In the end I just conceded he was in a different class to me..Mind you, I thoroughly enjoyed having a go at keeping up and it's only made me more determined to progress in cycling to get fitter and healthier..
On a plus side I also managed a personal best tonight of averaging 17mph over the 16 mile route I often do..
I,ll have him next time ( in my dreams lol).
On a serious note though I give people who can cycle like that great respect. The amount of training required to get to that level really must take some determination and long hours in the saddle.
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. Just one technological requirement ....
