Saturday 9th January - Welcome to 2016!

Our first session of 2016 kicked off with an off the bike warm up which involved some core strength exercises and running, not all the riders embraced this activity with the same level of enthusiasm ;-)  We moved onto a bike warm up of 'thread the needle', riding in a block of club run pairs, the two riders at the back have to wiggle their way between the other riders to the front.  Lots of concentration is required for this to go well.  As usual our stunning riders managed this tricky activity with a wide range of ages and abilities.

Good controlled riding from Cayden & Thomas

For the next part of the session we split into two and worked on our slow riding skills.  Our younger riders are still getting to grips with the concept of riding slowly, we threw in some human cones to ride around and take objects from which seemed very popular.  Finishing off with riding slowly with a cone on your head. Older riders were challenged a step further and had to pick up items from the ground including tiny twigs!

Ben and Luke, start their move from back to front

Perfect pace from Zara and Jacob

Smooth riding from Catriona and Alisha

Did Ben get the baton?

A pretty soggy youth ride today.

Next Week: Saturday 16th January - Go Ride at Stocks Green 9.15am, Youth Ride road bikes only 11.30am - contact me to sign on.