This evening I attended my first ever road bike training session on the velodrome at Herne Hill.  It is also the first time that I have been out on the improved surface, and that was put down at least five years ago.. Which just proves that I have been really useless at getting out and doing any training..

Which might explain why it was quite such hard work and why I was one of the slowest out on the track.. and there were more than 70 out, so it was very busy.. but that did make it a touch scary at times.  I locked up my rear wheel once as the group I was in slowed down suddenly..

In 2 hours at the track, (which includes safety briefings and suchlike) I was cycling for an hour and a quarter, during which time I cycled 24 miles at an average of 18.5 mph.
When I was getting down to the track regularly I was averaging just a touch better than 21 mph. (i think)  So I am a fair bit down..

It was a good session, and I have worked hard, maybe I could have pushed myself a bit more, but on finishing my legs are fizzy so I did do a solid workout. However, my shoulders are very tense, so my bike setup is wrong, so I will have to look at that.

Looking forward to next week’s session, see if that settles down a bit more so you can ride more smoothly.