Are you lost my friend?

There is a definite divergence in training methods. Nick dutifully did his first back-to-back training session of the year (as recommended by Phil Deeker the lead cyclist for the Tour de Force) and Matt went to London for the weekend to see the Lion King! Actually this takes the heat off Nick for a bit, as despite all Nick’s training, with a 30 year advantage Matt apparently breezes along without much effort. On Matt’s first run out with the Iceni cycling club last weekend Nick was amazed at how well he did over the 60 mile route, considering he had never cycled in a large group before. Anyway, yesterday Nick set off on his own, to Sheringham in the freezing cold  “to do some hills”. It was about 26 miles there, then he cycled 5 times up the same hill from Sheringham to Upper Sheringham and down again to Sheringham station. He had lunch in a café then climbed the same hill (yawn) 5 more times before coming home. On the last trip up the hill an old boy who must have seen him go past more than a few times came out and inquired "Are you lost my friend?"! 

With a hundred miles in his legs he looked shattered as he got home on Saturday night but surprisingly he still managed to crawl out of bed for the 07:30 Sunday Iceni ride to the Star-Wars (exact name uncertain) Café in Bungay. Nick was in surprisingly good shape when he got home and pointed out to anybody who would listen that his hundred average solo speed was almost the same as on the 50 mile group ride, blah, blah, blah! So he was obviously feeling quite pleased with himself (smug) and extolled the virtues of the “big beans on toast” at Star-Wars as a revolutionary new fueling method. Nick clocked up almost 150 miles this weekend but they’ll be doing a lot more than that in France over serious mountains not just bumps, no room for complacency just yet! 

Really tedious stuff for the geeks.