Tag: Pain
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Horses for courses
I went for a decent ride the other day with a group of about twenty other riders, most of whom I’d never met before in my life. Things started out reasonably flat and fast. But towards the end we all knew the morning’s work would head skyward and involve some pretty serious climbing, roughly 15km…
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Zoos, hills and trestle tables
Just back from my first official Zoo 2 Zoo training ride. Essentially it was a dress rehearsal of the Day 1 course from Sydney’s Taronga Zoo to the Blue Mountains, without the last bit to Mt Victoria. Which is probably just as well based on the way I felt as I limped into Wentworth Falls…
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Riding with sharks
We all know ‘that guy’. You know, the one who normally rides Group 1 or 2 at SOP. But every now and then, just for kicks, comes down to Group 3 or even Group 4 and stirs the pot. Typically dressed in black, he rolls in under the cover of darkness, barks a lot of…
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Seduction of suffering
Another great pre-weekend read, particularly with temperatures – and suffering levels – set to soar for the first day of the Aussie summer. This article appeared a few issues back in the splendid ‘Peloton’ magazine … http://www.pelotonmagazine-digital.com/pelotonmagazine/201112/?pg=42&pm=2&u1=friend
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Travelling without moving
They told me liquid filled turbo trainers are much quieter than the magnet ones. They told me to use a weird type of blue tyre so I didn’t wreck my Conti GP 4000s. They told me to keep plenty of towels on hand because I’d sweat like an overweight swine in a North Queensland slaughterhouse.…
Carbon Addiction 