Chaingang lite has the potential to be really good.
All we need is few more people.
Jo and Bus turned up, plus me, and a guy Marek brought with him called Gareth. We were chaningang lite. We set off round the Horne circuit which is about 3 miles, and the full fat chaingang gave us about 4 mins grace (full fat were Markek, Stu, Keith, Paul H and Dominic). Gareth, who is very new but very fit, soon got the hang of it and we went hammering round. We started to drop folk about halfway through, there were two left by the back straight, and as I dropped off the back of Bus I informed him that it wasn't thru and off if there was only one of you left.
We then spent the next lap trying to catch up with each other. Towards the end of this lap, the full fat CG came through. I managed to sprint and catch up the back of them for, oh, 2 minutes! I looked at my speedo and I had been doing about 34 kph before, now I was doing 47 and they were pulling away! So I reckon they must have been doing 30 mph! Nuts to that.
After a little breather I tried to salvage something so timed myself round the 3 miles loop. My 2nd club Redhill use this as a 9 mile TT so I know what my splits should be. Happily I was 15 seconds faster than May last year, but 20 seconds slower than August last year.
Caught up with all the rest at the Golf Club. Keith looked very ill! We started slowly home then he picked up a bit and for the last 20 mins we really pegged it!
Thanks to those who made it happen and had the idea for chaingang lite.
It was a great session, with such huge potential to be really good training. All those who chickened out this week, put it in your diary for next week, and we can really make it work. Come on give it a go, what have you got to lose? Nothing. And what have you got to gain - better fitness, better bike skills, stronger legs lungs and hearts and to top it all a nice ride amongst the bluebells!