Saturday looked bright but it was chilly AGAIN, a few bare knees found that out quite quickly. Thirteen riders signed on and we welcomed some new riders; William, Rosemary and Charlotte. Our first skills challenge was to collect a marker cone on your helmet and ride in a straight line to a helper who either retrieved it. A good exercise for encouraging a lovely still upper body while riding. This proved very popular with the riders so definitely something we'll do again.
We moved onto a game of whistle stop, with Ellen and Andrew keeping a close eye on riders losing lives by putting a foot down, Hope was the last rider standing, which just goes to show the more you practise the better you get.
We continued the slow riding theme with a few tips on riding slowly and some slow race heats before moving onto our endurance block. We encouraged riders to find a pace where they were out of breath but not absolutely maxed out and to sprint out of the saddle once every lap. By the end of fifteeen minutes everyone looked suitably pleased to stop for a drink and a biscuit.
After the break we moved onto playing Sardines in small groups before finishing with Marymoor Crawl racing. Great riding from all the children as usual, look forward to seeing you all next week.Youth Ride
I sometimes forget that our riders actually WANT to ride their bikes as much as possible, so on the odd occassion I give them an opportunity to skip a ride they always turn me down! With the KVG sportive planned for Sunday I thought they might want a day off but not so. We opted for an old fave, our Penshurst loop with a few miles added on to take us up to 20. We made it back in time to see Claire struggling to get the automatic gates to open, after lots of helpful suggestions and different approaches the gates opened and they were free to go! Smooth, confident riding from Toni, Luke, Polly, Ellen & Hope
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| The gates finally opened! |
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| Toni, Luke, Hope, Ellen & Polly |
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