Packing for Austria

So Colin and I decided to start packing the bikes this afternoon. Originally we wanted to put both bikes in the Bike Box I got from Brandon but soon realized that it won't fit. We then went down to Action Cycles to get a cardboard bike box.

Here are some pics:

My Bike (Colin's Scott) and the Box

My Bike and Colin's Cervelo and the Box
My Bike packed in the box with a SA Flag
Colin's Bike in his "Box"

Will keep everybody updated on the blog!!!!

Sunday MTB Ride

129.6kg

Check it out I broke the 130 mark!!!!

Went for another historic ride today with Bradley Jackson his dad Charlie and Jeanne Roussow. It was great we went from Brad's house to Elliott and the normal track to Brickmakers and back. It was about 20km.

Bradley struggled a bit the last few km's and I could relate to what he is going through. It wasn't that long ago that I went through the same thing.

Later

Saturday 2pm Ride

So I was looking for some mates to ride with and stumbled onto the FatTracks website (www.fattracks.co.za) they now have a 2pm ride leaving from the Elliott Centre every Saturday so I went along to see what's up.

I ended up meeting Jefferey Waters and his Sister and Jeane Roussow and some other ppl. We cycled to the dog school up and down and back through the valley up behind Pick and Pay and back home via the road. It wasn't a great ride but it was ok.

Thinking of going for a long road ride in the morning and then a MTB ride in the afternoon.

Later
me

So dissapointed!

130.4kg (got weighed yesterday and I lost 200g in 1 week)

I overslept this morning and missed the 06h15 Marine Drive cycle. I am so pissed-off with myself... but I'm thinking that maybe it was a good thing, maybe my body needs the rest.

My main concern is that I have already "spent" against this morning's ride... Last night we had some pizza and I didn't care how many slices because I knew that I was going on the morning ride... but I missed it. Now I have to make up for that sometime today. I am thinking of a nice MTB ride.

Leaving for Austria on Tuesday.

Marine Drive from Office 40km

Colin started spinning with me in the evenings and with some company it's easy to spin for 50min.

During spinning last night he suggested that we do Marine Drive in reverse from his house in the morning. This was a problem since I already committed to John that I'll do spinning classes with his in the morning. (I should have gone spinning instead) John instead decided to come and ride with us this morning.

The bunch consisted of 2 x Tri-Bikes and 2 x Racing Bikes. Me and Robbie versus Colin and John and boy did I "kak off"

Colin was setting the pace and wouldn't let anybody pass... not that anybody tried, except maybe for John who had to pass now and again because of the momentum he carried when getting out of Colin's slip stream. We ended up doing 40km in 1h20min with a average speed of 30km/h.

I managed to hang on to Colin's wheel while John and Robbie where keeping each other company up the hills.

Here are the racing stats:

HR Max 166 (94%)
HR Avg 153 (87%)
40km
Spd Avg 30km/h
Spd Max 51.4km/h

Is was hanging on by my teeth.

Looking forward to another Marine Drive on Saturday morning with the 06h15 bunch.

Here is a pic of Colin's bike I'm using: