YPR #63.5 The ride that almost was
We almost got Captain Chow along. And we almost got Dr Lam to wake up at stupid o’clock. And we almost got six of us for a Friday morning ride.
But for the weather, injury and illness.
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YPR #62 Studley Park
It was a nice and warm evening with plenty of daylight left after work. Enough time to have a bash around Studley Park on the MTBs with Andrew L and HY followed by a nice meal on Victoria Street.
Note to self: keep mouth closed when there are lots of flying insects about.
YPR #61 Mordialloc
Yet another perfect morning for an early ride to Mordi. Even though I totally missed my 6am alarm, HY and I managed to be out the door from my place at 7am. Now here was a new experience for me. We decided to take Hoddle St and Punt Road all the way down to St Kilda junction since were were running a bit late to meet Keith. This wasn’t much of a problem through Abbotsford and Richmond with the bus lane, but there is a slightly hairy stretch between Victoria St and Toorak Road.
Once we met up with Keith at North Roa, the three of us rolled down to Mordi at a moderate effort in a small group. We bumped into Danny down at Tour de Cafe having a morning ride with wifey Melissa. Danny, you old charmer, you. After a quick chat, they headed off south and we headed north. Keith split for work and HY and I headed home.
YPR #60 – “The Lap”
Great to see DJ delivering on his New Year’s resolution to put more kays on the bike. HP, HY and Chi-Lye rode to DJ’s place to pick him up. From there we rolled down to Mordialloc. We had a short break to look at bling bikes and then rode back. DJ had some pretty good baseline fitness, as he wasn’t too far behind us. (Chi-Lye was much further back). We still had some time up our sleeve, so we hit the velodrome. I was getting sick of trying for top speed PBs so I invented a new event: “The Lap”. I think one lap = 360m. Aim was to achieve the fastest lap time, with a rolling start. HY took out the win with a time of 28sec flat. I got 28.34, HP 30.3? and DJ not too shabby at 35sec?
I don’t have anything like the 1in20 climb near me, so maybe this could be my new fitness yardstick?