BST (almost)

So new resolution for summer is to post more!
There have been frighteningly few posts in the last couple of months and while this is mainly due to work being crazy it does NOT mean I haven't been training. In fact a gym has been joined! Fitness First in Teddington are now proud to call me a member and running and tri-training are to be boosted by the fact I shall now be doing some weight training a couple of times a week. The plan is not to do much cardio in the gym - that'll be left to the bikes and the runs; but a couple of hours a week with some weights should take care of the toning and also apparently makes the muscles needed for running stronger and more efficient.
So I am investigating kettle balls, power bags and suspension systems and other strange items that were not present the last time I was in a gym for any serious sessions. Actually the last gym I was in was Matt Roberts but not being able to afford a small fortune for a PT session my visit was actually limited to a PT's friends lecture on Strength and Conditioning and then I left suitably humbled by the kind of fitness environment I couldn't afford :-)
Either way I shall now be found twice a week working on the guns at Fitness First and maybe trying a class or 2; circuits and the living hell that is spinning come to mind!

fiB gets stylish

For the uninitiated fiB is my bike. Not normally given to naming inanimate objects (except a friends car which I named Gertrude!) I gave fiB her name simply because its written on her frame. It actually stands for Female Informed Boardman; Boardman being the manufacturer and Female Informed meaning a different frame geometry from the men's bikes. This does NOT mean a step through frame so we can delicately mount our bike whilst dressed in voluminous skirts but does take into account our shorter reach, narrower shoulders etc.. making sitting and riding more comfortable and effective.
So fiB is white with standard factory wheels in black. Given these wheels have done around 8oooKM at this stage Andy thought she should have some new ones and her lovely new WHITE rollers were ordered and received last week for the bargain price of £120! Yes, these really are a bargain; it is possible to spend £1000 + on a set! So she will be all white for about 10mins until the road dirt gets to her but she will look beautiful for those 10 mins :-)

Luckily the new wheels went on after I had a crash on the way to work so I didn't manage to bang them up within 2 mins of putting them on. Bike did take a little bit of a beating as did my elbow and hip but I did manage to get to work so it wasn't that bad. More shock and pride hurt than physically. Having to pick yourself and bits of your bike off the road while the drivers patiently wait is not great for the ego.

Talking of crashing and expensive wheels, we went to the Cycling Test Event a couple of Friday's ago at the Olympic Velodrome where the bikes on display probably cost more than my salary. Its a simply amazing venue; small (only 6000 people) so every seat has a great view and built with a low roof so the noise and atmosphere are amazing. The cycling was great (we won 2 golds and a bronze on Friday),  the size of the thighs were massive but the crashes were actually fortunately few!!