Good weekends riding
So this last weekend was a good weekends riding, although it was quite tough. Haven’t done the Pecanwood ride in ages so we decided that we would do that on Saturday. It was just Doug and I this weekend. After about 20km’s or so I realized that I had a flatish front tire, which I quickly sorted out. Not sure how long I had been riding with it like that since I didn’t check my pressures before the ride. The terrain wasn’t as wet/muddy as we were expecting due to the HUGE storm the night before, so we were pleasantly surprised. That said the weather didn’t know what it wanted to do. At times the sun would start shining, and then it would go away and look like it was going to ride. After our usual (onthe Pecanwood ride) stop at the garage for a bite to eat, we headed off to tackle Breedts. While doing this we discussed which way we were going to go back to Pecanwood since Doug had mentioned going back a different way. Going up Breedts there was lots and lots of fog and once you hit the top you couldn’t see what was 15m’s away from you. We decided not to go down the other side, but to go back and go back to Pecanwood the different way.
The different way was to go over Hekpoort hill and then takethe buffelspoort road. This is essentially the last part of the Telkom Classic ride, and was not what I was expecting. It has lots of rolling hills and the road seems to go on forever. Not exactly exciting riding, but it is good extra climbing and distance in the legs.
Unfortunately I don’t have all the stats for the ride as my polar battery is toast, and I need to take it in to get replaced. 
Sunday we decided to do the Fast One MTB race. It was a mix of road and offroad, with very few technical sections. I didn’t eat dinner the night before and a little after the 1st lap of 2 (30km each) I started feeling a little weak. Stopped and had a bite to eat and soon started feeling better and pushed onto the end. I believe we got a top 50 finish.
I must say that the route was marked excellently, and the marshals were placed in the right places, and were always friendly. BIG UPS to the organizers.
My legs were quite tired after pushing hard this weekend, but felt much better after 2 action cricket games on Monday night. Won 1, and just lost the 2nd one.
Looking forward to punishing the legs a bit more this weekend. 