MTB, BMC For Sale & Planning

Week 3 turned out to be a busy week at work, at home, and training! The weekly puzzle to get Malin's training, my training, work, kids, and everything else squeezed in takes its toll. Especially when sleep is somewhat disturbed by a certain small human being. ;-)

Will sleep for milk....

The week started out ok after a rest day on Monday, and then some longer intervals on Tuesday. I thought I would try an old lap near to home on some gravel roads around a lake on the CX. I hadn't got all that far when I realised my plan might well fail. Halfway to the lakes I found a patch of ice, and had a lie-down. Landing on my knee on the hard ground was a little uncomfortable to say the least. But I continued anyway to the lakes, where I quickly realised that there was nowhere near enough grip to be putting any power down. So it was back home to the warmth of the basement, and an indoor session instead. I thought someone was trying to tell me something when I couldn't log into Zwift either, so had to program the Garmin in a hurry. Anyone else had some problems with the Zwift servers recently?

Wednesday was when the weekend and some hectic days caught up with me. Came home from work feeling like a zombie, and had a bit of a sore knee to boot. So I binned the planned training session, and sat on the sofa staring through the television feeling sorry for myself instead. To bed early....

Thursday was a different story, some positive temperatures over the last two days meant I could ride the winter road bike in fairly safe knowledge that I could pedal hard without losing grip. Also, the unplanned rest day, and an early night helped to give me that extra boost. That, and the added thought of losing a valuable session the day before meant I pushed on and had a good sweet-spot session. In fact, I really enjoyed it. The great feeling of pushing that little bit harder.

Friday was another rest day, then Saturday was an MTB technique session. This meant the chance to ride with mates off road again. Wii Hoo!! Myself, Tobias, Jonas, Tord and a chap called Alex that I'd not met before headed out to do some mixed, muddy technical trails. We did some of the tech sections that we usually do, plus some new ones. The jumps were really fun today, and following Tobias I cleared a few big jumps on the DH course that I wouldn't have dreamed of attempting a couple of years back. The wet and slippy nature of the trails meant that lots of cornering technique could be practiced for good measure. We had an absolute blast, with some frightening moments thrown in, right up until Tord snapped his seatpost after a dodgy landing. He pushed what was left of the post down into the frame, and then the remainder over the top, and continued with the saddle about 10cm too low! Ouch, sore knees! The seatpost was a cheap Chinese carbon affair, which he thinks was bought in about 2012. It's lasted pretty well, but remember kids, don't buy cheap copies! It hurts your bottom a lot if your seatpost breaks at the wrong time! Or bars..... Or frame!

After Saturday's ride Malin rode with some of the girls from the CC team, and then back to Sandra's for coffee and a sarnie. Lots of chat and planning for the upcoming season, I'm looking forward to working with these talented and driven individuals and seeing the results pour in!

Sunday turned out to be a long day with lots going on. Malin squeezed in her session in the afternoon, then I squeezed mine in to the evening. Some tempo work on the indoor trainer and Zwift.

Planning for Malin's training is taking shape, and I've now planned for her including our trip to Gran Canaria in February. Can't wait to go out and get some lovely sunny rides in. Just a break from the monotony of the grey Skåne winter will be nice. Will also be nice to get back out on my beautiful road bike. Can't wait!!

BMC Teammachine SLR02 - what a fantastic bike

While I'm writing, I am selling last years race bike now on Facebook and here: Happyride.se. Give me a call if you're interested. She's a beauty, will be a shame to see her go. But, the new one looks nice too. :-)

2016 BMC Fourstroke FS01 XX1 for sale. Mmmmmm, reeeeed

The new beauty, awaiting parts at Musette in Malmö