Sunday, January 4, 2009

Boxing Day it was out for a 2hr ride out the back of Eltham. This is the decent at Kangaroo Ground.



Riley playing with Emma & Kate.
Christmas is over & managed to get some riding done Start on Boxing Day with just over 2hrs. It was amazing as I almost say as many bikes on the road as cars.
28/12 went out for 90min on the mountain bike out to Westifolds at 6am, felt great today.
Did weights in the P.M. & went hard with the jump squats 43kg 2 x 200 1 x 300
29/12 drove to Bright for a few days of playing with the Claxtons.
30/12 On the Mtb's at 6am & out into the rain for a ride up Mt Hotham off road or that was what the aim was. John's plan didn't pan out as the fog rolled in & with visibility reduced to 50m & lots of steep lose climbs (which more & more became unrideable) & descents then we pop out onto the rode with 10km still to go to get to the top of Hotham we decided to call it a day being wet & cold 3hrs 1800m climbing.
31/12 The way to start New Years Eve is with a nice pleasant 6am MTB ride in the hills around Harrietville. We started with a 3omin climb up to the ridge line (this took us 3min to come down on the way back), which was very undulating with gradients reaching over 33% in places. My Granny rings have never been used so much in one ride ever. In our 3:35hrs riding time we covered 51.2km & climbed 2100m. We both managed to flat on the same decent which I suppose is better than getting flats at different times. John's wouldn't have happened if he had some sealent left in his tyres, it was just a small hole, while mine was a slash due to hitting a rock at about 65kph & having the tyre cut by the rim, the tubeless pinch flat.
1/1 Well we were up early again to welcome in the new year with a quick road ride up MT Hotham. Now on the third day of climbing just couldn't get the heart rate up, so just rolled the climb up in 1:45min & way mighty glade I wore long finger gloves for the decent. So about 2:3ohr ride with 1600m climbing.
4/1 Went out for an easy ride, was meant to be 3hrs, but my gut have been a bit upset for the last couple of days so cut the ride short 1:20hrs, Did an easy weight session in the evening with 16kg
2 x 20 Deck Squats
1A swings 3 x 20es
1ALCCJ 3 x 20es

5/1 Back to work so easy 70min commute
2 x KB classes went easy with 16kg



Flynn & Mitch playing on their walk bikes
John & Myself both fixing rear wheel flats at the same time


65kph & rocks = 6 dents in rim when you flat





Some of the pinches were over 30%






Looking From Mt Hotham to Mt Buffalo

John at Mt hotham














Riley doesn't like to watch

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