Weekend of Wet

The weekends riding included a tough afternoon in the heat through to dodging the rain. Friday afternoon was a casual blat out at Rouse Hill with a few new-ish guys. The temperature was easily in the mid 30's but we managed to get a couple of hours in before running out of water and calling it quits for the day. Rouse Hill's short but diverse sections of track had us all challenged in some way.
Saturday was a ride with the friendly tri-athletes, with the weather being fairly predictable, a chance of rain, they opted for a flat ride away from any major low points. There were quite a few of the group away and others tapering for this weeks Husky Tri. A small group ment lower speeds and hardly any time-trialing so I implemented a heap sprints into the almost two hour session. Some of the sprints were solo while others started with a group TT breaking into a very fast (for a MTB) sprint in top gear.
On Sunday I picked up on the Penrith bunch ride and we moseyed along at 32km/h before a puncture. From there I took a turn on the front, blowing out a good five k’s before my resistance caught up with me. From there, with me back in the bunch, we traveled through Penrith, the group splintering. A smaller group, just thee of us re-assembled for a couple of hill climbs. From there I was lead on a back route home which wasn’t overly flat. The Sunday morning ride went close to three hours and didn’t rain.