Rain & punctures (by Julian)

I cannot believe it is a month on from the Winter Training Camp and it is back to snow, ice and now continuous drizzle. February was a great month - I finally triumphed in the monthly training competition by being "green" on every single discipline over the entire month.

The "reality" of being "green" on each and every week is punishing. If the week is busy with meetings, travel and dinners then it is tough to fit in 1 hour 40 minutes of running, 1 hour of swimming and 2 hours of cycling...so the weekend becomes like a training Boot Camp with 1-2 disciplines each day!

This works fine - until the house is warm and the rain is arriving in curtains of drizzle outside. But eventually you have to get on the bike and out for that 2 hour cycle ride. An hour and a half in and you begin to see the end in sight. The rain has finally lapsed and you are ready for the last big climb back to Ide Hill...

...when the bike hits one of the many, many, many potholes in the roads around us and the tyre bursts. A call to the emergency services - otherwise known as Stu Gosling - and the bike is garaged, the bedraggled rider is returned home and a "green" for cycling is missed. Ahhhhh