Thursday and Friday I was at a conference (the UK Asset Liability Managers Association at Runnymede, where the Magna Carta was signed just after lunch 1215 AD) and the food at the dinner Thursday night and the lunch on Friday were absolutely excellent. I can certainly recommend the Runnymede hotel even if it is right next to junction 13c of the M25. I think I might have put on a few pounds in those two days. The speakers and discussions were good too.
My son’s football was cancelled Saturday morning as the pitches were waterlogged. At least he was able to go to his tennis in the afternoon (after playing tennis on the Nintendo Wii he got for Christmas he has decided he wants to play tennis again so in our local park there is a group session for children on Saturday afternoons).
I didn't manage to get to cycle though as Saturday I decided I had some jobs to do in the house in Bognor so I drove down there with my tools. It was glorious down there and there were lots of people out promenading along the front. I wished that I could have forgotten the DIY and got the bike out of the garage for a quick cycle (I keep an old Bennotto in the garage down there, old but perfectly useable).
When I got up Sunday morning it was raining heavily and my lawn was a lake. It didn't look like letting up so I texted the lads and cancelled. I had also arranged to ride with Big G but I also texted him to cancel. This meant that I was delegated to take my son to Church Parade (he is a Cub Scout and they have to parade each month) so that my wife could have a leisurely morning with her mother and sister who were over visiting for the weekend from Dublin. That took up my morning and was followed by a roast lunch after which it is not possible to train on a full stomach.
Late afternoon, whilst my wife dropped her mother and sister back at Heathrow (air traffic control will not allow broomsticks to fly cross border unless originating from an approved airfield), I swapped my bike off my old turbo to the TACX iMagic I have borrowed off my brother. It was not altogether a successful exercise as the computer is telling me there appears to be a file missing that is stopping me using all the facilities. I cannot use the default video settings and have to use the real video? I will have to get my brother to look at it next time he is over my way.
What a write off the weekend was for my cycling. As a result I will have to motivate myself to get an extra session in the gym this week to make up.
Have you all got your entry in for the SWRC100 on March 8th?
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