Yesterdays bike practise and another new member!

Yesterday, Wednesday March 31st at 6:30pm the Koalas had our bike practise. We start at the parking lot of Rim Park and then into Country Squire subdivision. We worked on high cadence spinning, single leg spinning, a few laps of tempo riding just below lactate threshold (or so we tried to anyways) and 3 hill repeats before a nice cool down spin back to the parking lot. Four members made it out and everyone thought it was a good drill practise with some challenging laps and then the hill climbing. I was very happy with how everyone responded to the practise and most of all pleased with the location. The subdivision is roughly a one kilometer loop which pretty much keeps us all together as a group. We did get spread out a little bit but nothing so bad where a rider felt like they were left behind!
I scouted out this location last fall in hopes of having the early season bike practise here for that very reason, no one likes to get left behind! As a rider it has happened to me a few times and I have left a couple riders behind, which is ok if you know that and you are good with that scenario. Many are not and within the club structure I want to avoid this if possible.
Same with the run practise on Tuesday nights. They are at Waterloo park and the road inside the park is about one kilometer as well, perfect!
This week two new members have signed up and after our bike session last night our newest member (you know who you are!) officially signed up! I am very happy to meet both of them and look forward to the training and coaching and racing with them this upcoming season.
No swim practise for me today unfortunately. I will be thinking of those members that do make it out for a swim as tomorrow is Good Friday and the pool is closed. Our Saturday swim is also not on this weekend, but, the weather is supposed to be great so LETS GO BIKING!!!