Matt and Nick Woodall are riding the "Tour de Force" in 2013 to raise funds for the William Wates Memorial Trust. They will ride the entire 3,360km route of the 100th Tour de France in 3 weeks, exactly one week ahead of the professionals. Some days will be absolutely massive, including a 150 mile jaunt ending at the summit of Mt Ventoux, or two loops of the Alpe D'Huez!
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Monday, 18 February 2013
A mysterious parcel arrived on Friday........
Things are looking really good, the training is now fully underway and is probably about as intense as it is likely to get. Matt has had 2 weeks holiday and has really been putting the turbo-trainer through its paces during the day. Nick gives it a hammering before or after work. We really should hook this thing up to the national grid. Perhaps the government should offer free turbo-generators to those with a dangerously high BMI and pay them a feed-in tariff just as they do with solar panels? Anyway about 8-10 hours of training per rider has actually happened for each of the last 2 weeks and it will be interesting to see if the training frenzy continues. Nick was up at 5:30 last Tuesday to do an hour or so of “power-building” before work. It didn’t appear to have done him much good though, he looked really knackered as wobbled up the drive on his way to work.
Anyway on Friday he looked rather sheepish when a parcel arrived and it was quickly spirited off to the garage. He later admitted it was a “bike thong” – not a term he seemed entirely happy with, and everybody was extremely relieved to hear it was for the bike – not for him! This revolutionary device will prevent sweat which cascades off him during training from corroding his precious steed. See below a picture of bike wearing its thong in a very tidy garage.
What you can't see from the photo is that the bike thong is actually made of synthetic fur which makes it look exceedingly 'kinky'! Who on earth thought that up! I must admit when Nick showed it to me I thought it was a garment for personal protection or worse! Michelle
What you can't see from the photo is that the bike thong is actually made of synthetic fur which makes it look exceedingly 'kinky'! Who on earth thought that up!
ReplyDeleteI must admit when Nick showed it to me I thought it was a garment for personal protection or worse! Michelle