Final standings:

YJOM
Keith – 290km
Geek – 122km
HY – 272km
HP – 95km

YJOY
Geek – 4486km
HY – 3870km
Keith – 3781km
HP – 1239km
Tuong – 157km

Updated 2/10/09

COLD AIR + YARRA BOULEVARD "HILLS" + CURRENT FITNESS = BURNING LUNGS

If you’re completely bored at work, this might entertain you for a few minutes…

Arm wamers. Check

Gloves. Check

Sunglasses. Check.

Pump. Check.

It’s been two months and one day since my last ride on 19 July so I was a bit out of practice with the pre-ride routine. The arthritis flare-up has finally settled down a bit and I felt like I was able to get on the bike this weekend. Still need the anti-inflammatory medication to keep things under control at the moment but at least the joint pain isn’t being aggravated with just a bit of exercise.

I headed out late morning for Yarra Boulevard,Richmond. There was a slight wind but otherwise weather was good. It was SUCH a relief to be able to turn the pedals over again and feel the lungs opening up. A little unfit but not as bad I thought it would be.

HYG called after just one lap and we decided to do a bit of Yarra Trail. The track was a bit muddy in some bits but it was good to be able to get back on the mountain bike. The reactions were a little slow but I haven’t lost too much in the way of “skillz”. As usual, it wouldn’t be a mountain bike ride if someone (me) didn’t have a little lie down – not once, but three times. At least they were all low-speed crashes.

All up, 15km on the road bike in the morning on the road bike then 20km on the mountain bike in the afternoon. Not much, but it’s a start.

So right after Serena Williams screams at the line judge that she would “shove this [expletive] ball down your [expletive] throat” because of a bad call, she comes up with this:

“I wanted to offer my sincere apologies to anyone that I may have offended.”

That just smacks of insincerity.

Update: Serena has “amended” her original apology. Linky