Given how much riding we're doing its not surprising we were all looking for something a little different to mix up our training and Dammo bless him came rescue with a an idea for a good Wednesday ride....a team time trial!!
As soon as I read the text from Dammo I could think of only one thing.....PAIN.
We met up at our usual time of 4.45am and casually rode to the start line where upon Dammo took us on a loop of the course before we got serious.
"How many loops Dammo?" I enquired.
"Six should do it mate." he responded.
"Six!!" This is going to hurt.
We got in formation and for first four laps all was in order but come lap five I was struggling while the other three continued to ride hard.
The boys continued to power around lap six and I was left to deal with a slow flat and limped into the finish line of lap six only to find that the boys had decided to do seven!!
When they finally arrived they all looked like they had given the last lap their all with Gav and Dammo coming in together followed shortly after by Brad. Well done guys a good 25k time trial.
Later in the day Brad checked his Garmin data and advised that for most of it the average speed was 36kph which was pretty good given some nasty bends and a couple of short climbs in the middle of the course.
The ride was something different for the guys but I get the feeling that we will be revisiting the time trial in the weeks to come!!
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