28/7 Tubby Tuesday- Record Turnout

Record 'Tubby' Turnout!

When myself and Gareth decided to start  'Tubby Tuesday Training' as a way of us losing a few pounds we had no idea it would be so popular. last night there were seven riders out including first timers ,Duncan H, Mark, Paul C and Dave .

Tubby Training Is Paying off For Gareth! 

The surface of Battery Hill continues to deteriorate but with a largish size group I felt more confident about riding in the relatively smooth centre of the road. On the way down we saw the familiar figure of Paul B cycling up. Paul had mistimed his arrival but with good descending skills, turned around and caught up with us before we reached the bottom.

With the strong tail wind behind them Duncan and Gareth got a little carried away on the Winchelsea road and some frantic shouts were needed to slow things down and get everyone back together before we met the main Rye road.

Having had a very lazy day at home I had plenty of energy for the broad Oak drag and rode near Dave for most of the way up. Steve Sherwood was having the opposite problem. After two days of working 10 hours a day lifting and breaking up paving slabs he was knackered before the drag even started and so suffered badly on the way up.

Paul Nails Stonestile!

We had a good safe descent towards Westfield before the Stonestile approach. Even on the flat Steve was now struggling  so I had to hang back for a while to make sure he went the correct way. I could see the others rapidly disappearing in the distance but having told Steve which way to go I put the hammer down and managed to catch everyone up before the climb itself.

Mark has not ridden Stonestile for some time so was having to use a 'tacking technique' to make it up there. Paul C was riding normally (first ever ride on Stonestile) but his heavy breathing revealed that he to was struggling. I still felt good and was disappointed not to get any Strava achievements.

Not surprisingly, Steve S arrived some time after the rest of us and had to admit to getting off at one point so unfortunately no Stonestile victory photo for Steve.

Steve C