So, the training program says I should do 100k easy. I did 175k not so easy 🙂

It was the second Londres-Paris training ride and was supposed to be 110k. We got lost so it ended up being 130k.

Not only this but..

hippy: “Crap, is that Group 2 leaving?!”

wayne: “Yeah, think so”

hippy: “Okay, see ya, have a good ride”

…

hippy: “Is this Group 2?”

rider: “This is Group 1”

hippy: “Ahh sh1t! Oh, oh well”

Guess who now appears to be riding Group 1? I hung on for the entire ride (wheelsucking skills coming back fast!) and even contested the sprint at the end! Fscking stoked!

Big thanks to Mark Sinclair (?Previously we have had involvement with the professional peloton but it’s key to adidas that we support cycling at the grass routes level too,? commented Mark Sinclair, Senior Sports Marketing Manager for adidas, ?I rode the event myself last year and was really impressed by its level of professionalism and the creative way it’s structured, we?re very pleased to offer our support to the London-Paris Cycle Tour?) without who’s pep talk at the start I would’ve bailed and waited for Group 2.

I’d give you a ride report (Devil’s Punch Bowl figured) but this is weeks overdue so I can’t be bothered now. Suffice to say I was well chuffed with the ride and the G1 peeps were loads friendlier than I imagined. Also, my “cheap” ?3k bike didn’t break as much as the more expensive ones 🙂

All the other guys I’m riding with stepped up a group level as well so it was a good day all ’round.