Well hello posse eccose! Folks normally call me GMac, but ‘Skyrider…’ works for me!
I was well and truly inducted to the fab posse guys on Sat just past. A big bowl of cereal, and a lie in compared to some other training days - I like these guys already :) - and I met Ironman . I’d heard a lot about him via Moonwalker already, but anyone who greets me with an offer of tea is definitely a decent kind of fellow.
Amusingly, he seemed particularly concerned about my attire; and I of his (lets just say it was a great induction to how many layers its possible to wear) but I knew I’d be just fine. Now, I’m not being sexist, but I am a woman and I do seem to have to pedal at twice the speed of any of these guys. And that generates a lot of heat.
As a token gesture, I put on my buff to show that I respected the more experienced cyclist of the two. We were still building rapport after all.
So off we went, my knowledge of roads is sketchy at best so I won’t even attempt to tell you where. Met up with four more posse peeps somwhere else (told you!), then spent the next while climbing and chatting. Great banter from these guys! (I would say it was the highlight of the day, but if a scone features anywhere then nothing else comes close…)
Before I knew it the boys were careering off down a steep hill with gravelly bits and tight bends (ok, melodramatic I know, but I’m allowed to be a girl sometimes) Quite frankly I was glad to get to the bottom. Give me a climb any day! Practice makes perfect though.
Acht, I’ll stop blethering now, as you know the rest from there on.. it went pretty much like: tea, scone, home. A grand day and looking forward to the next escapade.
Ps. I thought it would be fun to find out how many training kms I’ve done since my Etape training started in Feb. Nearly fainted when I added it up to be 930 miles / 1500km… would it be a really big cheat to add it on...?? :)
I was well and truly inducted to the fab posse guys on Sat just past. A big bowl of cereal, and a lie in compared to some other training days - I like these guys already :) - and I met Ironman . I’d heard a lot about him via Moonwalker already, but anyone who greets me with an offer of tea is definitely a decent kind of fellow.
Amusingly, he seemed particularly concerned about my attire; and I of his (lets just say it was a great induction to how many layers its possible to wear) but I knew I’d be just fine. Now, I’m not being sexist, but I am a woman and I do seem to have to pedal at twice the speed of any of these guys. And that generates a lot of heat.
As a token gesture, I put on my buff to show that I respected the more experienced cyclist of the two. We were still building rapport after all.
So off we went, my knowledge of roads is sketchy at best so I won’t even attempt to tell you where. Met up with four more posse peeps somwhere else (told you!), then spent the next while climbing and chatting. Great banter from these guys! (I would say it was the highlight of the day, but if a scone features anywhere then nothing else comes close…)
Before I knew it the boys were careering off down a steep hill with gravelly bits and tight bends (ok, melodramatic I know, but I’m allowed to be a girl sometimes) Quite frankly I was glad to get to the bottom. Give me a climb any day! Practice makes perfect though.
Acht, I’ll stop blethering now, as you know the rest from there on.. it went pretty much like: tea, scone, home. A grand day and looking forward to the next escapade.
Ps. I thought it would be fun to find out how many training kms I’ve done since my Etape training started in Feb. Nearly fainted when I added it up to be 930 miles / 1500km… would it be a really big cheat to add it on...?? :)
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