Fred and I now have VC St Raphael team kit, so the dream of racing again is slowly becoming reality! I suppose 'racing' will be a bit of a loose term on my part as I am sure everybody will be that bit fitter and stronger than me however, it sounds like being out of the back of the bunch might be a good thing if today's Team Series race in Windsor is anything to go by (there were a number of crashes by all accounts). It sounds like nothing has changed much since I was last racing! My thoughts go out to all of those women who were caught up in the carnage - I wish you all a speedy recovery...
What is becoming more and more obvious to me the more rides I do is the number of ignorant drivers out there - both today and yesterday we had people winding down their car windows to shout 'Single file, it's the law to ride in single file'. Err, since when? Get your facts right, people of Manchester! The best one was last week when we were in Cheshire and a bloke drove past us, saying 'Single file, that's the law, I should know - I'm a cyclist!' Yeah, right, in your dreams, mate! Maybe it isn't the fact that they don't know "The Highway Code" rather instead that they are so unskillful at driving that seeing a cyclist panicks them into shouting obscenities at the cyclist to cover the fact that they are such a pathetic driver. Oh, it is sooo annoying! I can see why there are so many horrific accidents, leading to so many people dying before they should - life is so precious, give cyclists space, car drivers and quit with the road rage!
And, breathe! Right, rant over for the time being! I went out both yesterday (with Fred) and today (with Fred and Yvonne) and despite what I have been told in the past, I can tell you that the wind definitely was not my friend this weekend! Today was horrible - we rode for more than an hour into a headwind, which is very tiresome indeed! The links for both rides are below:
Saturday 2 April 2011
Sunday 3 April 2011
The good news is that the time trial bike is coming together now and is nearly finished - it just needs some handlebar tape and I think it is nearly there. Of course, it will be a different matter entirely when it comes to trying to ride it, but hey, I am a firm believer in the idea that if you persevere you will succeed. I have got a skinsuit now, so I am more or less ready for my first time trial on 7 May 2011 - if I can ride the 10 miles in less than 30 minutes I will be happy, so the fingers will be crossed for that! In the meantime, we have a training ride for the Deloitte Ride Across Britain next Saturday, which should be good! Bring it on!
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