A Slam weekend!!

Down to Cardiff on Saturday to watch Wales win the Grand Slam, back in time for a fantastic cottage pie at Bistro Union, and then out on the bike on Sunday morning. Only one other Slam rider in Richmond Park (Adil from Maidenhead), so we headed out to Box Hill, and then used the Garmin to guide us back to Richmond via Epsom Downs. Very enjoyable 61 miles.

Disjointed ride, another Welsh win

A somewhat disjointed ride today. Seemingly we lost a few people in Richmond Park (exactly how, who knows), and while three of us stopped in Cobham, the others whizzed past, necessitating a chase across Surrey. Caught the group up, but it appears that group riding was not the order of the day, and I knocked it on the head just short of Ranmore Common & retraced my steps. All in all, about 57 miles, so worked out ok in the end. Home well before ko in the rugby, and yet another Welsh victory. Bring on the French!!

Fitness of a different kind...

...no cycling this weekend as it was off to Gstaad for a resurrection of the annual ski weekend after an absence of two years. Great weather, snow good if on north facing slopes, and great food/wine, though in typical Swiss fashion, not cheap. Guess I can count it as leg strengthening, even if it did little for above the waist!!

We beat the English!!

A sunny Sat. Only six people on the ride but a wholly enjoyable trundle out into the Surrey countryside, a ride up Box Hill and all in all, 58 miles. Back home in time for the Six Nations. Not the best performance from the Welsh, but who cares, we won!

Off skiing next weekend, so guess I need to spend some time on the turbo trainer in the week, but at least skiing is exercise!

Better weather & good luck Wales

The weather is a little more pleasant & I am hoping for a big day tomorrow. A morning in the saddle, followed by a dash back home for step 3 in the Grand Slam dream. Fingers crossed we put England to the sword! I have offered Lawrence £50 on the result with the loser contributing to the victor's Slam fundraising efforts, but he is yet to take me up on it. Maybe running scared!

Daffodils, turbo training and off to the velodrome

The bad weather curtailed last week's training on Sat morning & I then headed down to Wales to watch step two in the Grand Slam dream. Even Mrs Y got into the spirit of things with the latest addition to her wardrobe.

The turbo trainer is now up & running and it got its first usage last night with a 30 minute pedal.

Off to the Olympic Velodrome this evening for the track world cup. Looking forward to it.

Oh deer, a cold Sat morning

The Slam training ride was cancelled, but I decided to go anyway. Surprise, surprise, there was nobody in Richmond, but I headed off towards Surrey. Scenery in Richmond Park was stunning and the deer appeared to be enjoying the relative peace & quiet. Made it as far as Esher when the cold got the better of me & I headed off to Kingston to go to Sigma Sport to buy some handwarmers. Bizarrely they don't stock them, but a warm shop & a cup of coffee did the trick, and after two hours in the saddle & 30 miles, I was back home.

With the snowfall on Saturday night, there was no riding on Sunday, so I got to lie-in and prepare myself for the roller coaster of watching Wales play rugby. Ireland dispatched, bring on Scotland!!