suici...i meen 'power' training with george

[Stu Merckx Man]

i can see why george is killing us all on the club runs. i went on his regular power training route.

met up in selsdon then right at sainsburies to go down that hill. we were straight into it with the first climb, but i felt ok. it was fairly long and steep, but nothing compared to the pains comming my way. cant remember the name of it though.

the next hill was chalkpit hill i think, very steep and fairly long. george flexed his muscle here and easily hammered his way to the top quicker than me. it was mental torture, some bits where so steep the back wheel kept on spining out, meaning we probably climed two of the hill !

i think the next hill was ide hill. not as bad as its reputation makes it out to be. a long drag all the same, this time i managed to stick with george, though i think he was going easy.

then it was onto (i think) toys hill. george just toyed with me here. about half way up he asked if i wanted a race to the top, (i thought we already were!!), as soon as i said yes he was off !! once about 70m ahead he started zig zagging across the road with a big grin on his face...perhaps he goes there for a pleasure rides??

i think next we did a bit of titsy hill, and then onto the hill where the becs hill climb race was on. it was painfully steep, and again george thrashed me to the top. the wheel kept on spinning out again, at one point it was so steep the wheel would not grip at all and i nearly fell off!.

then on our way to the next hill there were a few accents that i usually would have called hills, but compared to the rest of the ride they are not worth mentioning !

the last hill i think was bug hill. similar to chalkpit but not quite as steep. but hurt like hell after the ride we had just done....again george beet me easily to the top.

after that hill we went to wallingham, had a nice saussage and egg role and a coffe, then off home.

thats georges usuall training ride, so now we know why he is flying!! i can see where the power bit comes into it...although i wouldn't say i was particularly powering up them george certainly was. i probably missed a couple of hills out but there were so many to remember !

the actual root we took was 41 miles with an avs of 17 mph. a nice 52 mile round trip for me, though i think ill need a good 6 months to recover from it!!

cheers
stu

[Stu Merckx Man]

sean,

im too tired to proof read it !!

cheers marco....i know who the nice admin is now....

[Stu Merckx Man]

yeh ill try and keep it up! [quote] Whatever you're writing is like you're an asset to the club

[Stu Merckx Man]

cheers marco, i nearly looked a fool there! ill edit mine

[Dr Frigo]

[Stu Merckx Man]

i give up! theres no way i can beat an ex english teacher..well done sean

[Grahame]

[quote="seanhogan(CondorMan)"]
Whatever you're writing is like, you're an asset to the club. Keep it up

[Andrew G]

Another good report Stu, sounds like a tough ride today.
17s for that route.
[quote] it was fairly long and steep, but nothing compared to the pains comming my way. cant remember the name of it though.

[Marek]

I seem to remember getting roasted once on here for correcting someones grammar etc. I think it is a line not to be crossed on a forum, and Marco is right not to allow people to take the high line and start correcting people else it does cause people to become over cautious and sensitive about posting on the site.

So I think the agreement is, English teachers get back in your box and stay there. Like the agreement I have with Max when we go out on the bike, no talking about work.

Cheers

Marek....

[Stu Merckx Man]

what sort of things would you have in mind marco?

[Stu Merckx Man]

hmmmmmm ill see what i can do...