Turbo Man's Fitness Blog: RAF Cycling and RAF Triathlon AGMs and Training Weekends

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'It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.' Theodore Roosevelt 23 April 1910

Monday 22 February 2010

RAF Cycling and RAF Triathlon AGMs and Training Weekends

It was really good to meet so many old faces last weekend; I don't think I have been called a 'turncoat' by so many people in such a short space of time before! I really enjoyed myself although it was a real shame that Sunday morning's bike ride was cancelled due to snow. It was good to meet many of the key players in RAF Cycling and I managed to add to my kit collection by picking up a rain jacket and thermodry sleeveless jacket. The roller racing was a right laugh, although my recently increased power output was clearly too much for the bike and despite having a helper I managed to get the back wheel off the rollers (or was it my unbalanced pedal stroke?).

The most important aspect, though, was my increased motivation to ride my bike. I'm really pleased with how comfortable my training bike is and the Shimano R500 wheels roll really nicely for such reasonably priced items. I have another week of work commitments that are very likely to prevent me training at lunchtimes but I hope that by next week this busy phase of work will be behind me and I can get stuck in to a proper training programme.

I'm looking forward to training smart.

3 comments:

Unknown said...: how can people call you, 'iron-turbo' a turn-coat? i am shocked and apalled....
traitor perhaps, weasel, maybe! but not turncoat.

enjoy the hard work, should be around for some weekend rides in a few weeks b4 the black rat thing!
training JFDI.; 23 February 2010 at 13:06
Mark "Frank" Whittle said...: I prefer weasel!!!!; 23 February 2010 at 15:38
Turbo Man said...: I may not be around for the Black Rat now; I have an opportunity to be in Italy that weekend ...; 24 February 2010 at 13:53