OMG it’s Wednesday already. Where is this week going? I have
clearly been busy. Anyway, bike rides and trampolines are things I want to talk
about in this exciting instalment.
I didn’t think I would ever be talking about trampolining in this
blog, I haven’t tramped for about 20 years (I got my 3 star in jumping when I
was a kid) and I had no intention of returning to the spring loaded sport any
time soon, but last week we went to Airhop for my DW partner’s birthday. Airhop
is essentially a massive room where the floors and walls are trampolines, and
while I was clearly the oldest person there by some margin I enjoyed an hour of
unfettered leaping about, I even remembered a few of the bouncing moves from my
youth. The next couple of days though, wow, total body DOMS. Everything ached
and it made other things much more of an effort. Quite possibly the most holistic
workout. Ever!
Bikes are the other things that featured heavily since last week. The clocks went forward over Easter which means we have an extra hour of daylight in the evening. My old boss has been organising Tuesday evening rides after work ever since we were training for London to Paris a couple of years ago, last week was our first chance to get the old team back together. For the inaugural 2016 club ride the weather turned on us while we were out, and in the pouring rain while slogging up the infamous (but actually not that bad) Boxhill of 2012 Olympics fame, I got the first of two punctures. The second was a slightly more exciting blowout not long after sorting out the first.
The second Tuesday ride (yesterday) was in complete contrast, the weather was great and the chosen route was pretty flat, and fast and more importantly… No punctures. It seems I am quick on the flats, doing more than my fair share of work at the front but I am always getting dropped on the hills. I think that’s something I will focus my work on this year.
And finally, I finally took my Specialized AWOL out after it had sat unused since before Christmas. It’s an awesome bike, built for off-road adventuring. With a weekend trip to a pub twenty kilometres away, along a pretty rough and muddy bridleway I had to wonder why it had taken me so long to get out there on this machine as it handled the terrain with aplomb. I already have another, more challenging trip planned for my AWOL.
If you really care, the above events didn’t happen in that order because… well just because it was the order I wrote them down in. The real order was 2016 club ride, Jumping, AWOL ride, and finally yesterday’s ride. There were also some runs in the mix but I didn’t write about them because talking about going for a jog is a bit dull. You will know that I am having a slow news week if the weekly runs are mentioned.
Bikes are the other things that featured heavily since last week. The clocks went forward over Easter which means we have an extra hour of daylight in the evening. My old boss has been organising Tuesday evening rides after work ever since we were training for London to Paris a couple of years ago, last week was our first chance to get the old team back together. For the inaugural 2016 club ride the weather turned on us while we were out, and in the pouring rain while slogging up the infamous (but actually not that bad) Boxhill of 2012 Olympics fame, I got the first of two punctures. The second was a slightly more exciting blowout not long after sorting out the first.
The second Tuesday ride (yesterday) was in complete contrast, the weather was great and the chosen route was pretty flat, and fast and more importantly… No punctures. It seems I am quick on the flats, doing more than my fair share of work at the front but I am always getting dropped on the hills. I think that’s something I will focus my work on this year.
And finally, I finally took my Specialized AWOL out after it had sat unused since before Christmas. It’s an awesome bike, built for off-road adventuring. With a weekend trip to a pub twenty kilometres away, along a pretty rough and muddy bridleway I had to wonder why it had taken me so long to get out there on this machine as it handled the terrain with aplomb. I already have another, more challenging trip planned for my AWOL.
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| My AWOL posing in the woods |
If you really care, the above events didn’t happen in that order because… well just because it was the order I wrote them down in. The real order was 2016 club ride, Jumping, AWOL ride, and finally yesterday’s ride. There were also some runs in the mix but I didn’t write about them because talking about going for a jog is a bit dull. You will know that I am having a slow news week if the weekly runs are mentioned.
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