SAC Carl Pointer - Training Diary - 04 July 2012

Matt & I on Hochgern (I think, or Unterberg last year?)

On this weeks Wednesday bike ride, Kevin Kane of the GBR biathlon team joined in and showed us a different cycling route. Grant mainly felt the grunt of the session. However, most of the team have been feeling rather tired, today didn't help lol! In fact everyone was fast asleep after lunch! While I was out scouring for my watch ( as explained later :|)

The majority of the route was flattish (to the average mountain bike rider!). That was until we came to the foot of Hochgern (A mountain 1565m above sea level), its very rewarding getting to the top though! Once at the peak there was a scary downhill section where the gradient was ridiculously steep, all the loose gravel didn't help. Hopefully tomorrow will be more forgiving! :p
Although, I enjoyed the ride I sadly fell over on a slippery, wet, wooden bridge. To everyones amusement, I hit the ground with a great thud, snapping my watch strap and into the deep fast moving river it went (say goodbye to almost 400 smackeronies) Gutted! :( Oh and Mat had another puncture! maybe this time he will invest in a puncture repair kit?