Tired out

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Just watching him.

At the weekend we went over to Normandy. Nathan did the full 500km of

the

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Tour of Normandy. I'm knackered from just watching him & the other

riders!

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Cheers, helen s

Well done Nathan! You made your mum proud :-)

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Well done Nathan! You made your mum proud :-)

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Aye, that he did. The maternal bosums were in a dangerous state of heaving
;-)

Cheers, helen s

wafflycat said:

Just watching him.

At the weekend we went over to Normandy. Nathan did the full 500km of the
Tour of Normandy. I'm knackered from just watching him & the other riders!

Which event was this?
I thought the Tour of Normandy was a 6/7 day stage race, usually held in March.

Our Olympic double medalist Rob Hayles [1] won a stage last year so
Nathan was clearly amongst class riders.

[1] Rob H is opening the Winchester Bike Fair on June 11th where I'll be
taking a stand.
I'll try and get him to sit in the trice if I take it :-)

John B

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Aye, that he did. The maternal bosums were in a dangerous state of
heaving ;-)

Shurely much less dangerous with the new maternal bosums liteTM ;-)

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Shurely much less dangerous with the new maternal bosums liteTM ;-)

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Nah, being lighter they can heave at a greater rpm than previously. Now they
are supersonic ;-)

Cheers, helen s

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wafflycat said:

Aye, that he did. The maternal bosums were in a dangerous state of
heaving ;-)

Shurely much less dangerous with the new maternal bosums liteTM ;-)

Indeed. I was going to post about my seismographs not having picked it up,
but realised it could be construed as offensive.

Sounds like an excellent weekend. Did you get any nice Normandy rain? 😉

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Indeed. I was going to post about my seismographs not having picked it up,
but realised it could be construed as offensive.

Luckily I tend to have a sense of humour most/some of the time ;-)

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Sounds like an excellent weekend. Did you get any nice Normandy rain? 😉

Gallons & gallons. Day 1 (Saturday), it chucked it down the entire time. It
was torrential rain and *cold*. My hamstring flared up so I dropped out,
retiring to sag wagon. I did not want to risk said ligament going
completely. I've done that before and it took months to heal properly. So I
wimped out of riding halfway through Saturday. After that I became offical
puncture-hole-in-inner-tube-locator-and-patcher-upper in team car, as well
as first-aider, ministering to our rider who decided to closely investigate
French tarmac, and our rider who had severe achilles tendon problem and
masseuse of teenage cycling legs (it hurts *there* Mum, I need a
massage!);-) Vernon was team mechanic, changing wheels & carrying out
running repairs to the bikes to keep our riders on the road.

Day 2 was better weather, but the hills were steep, long and more winding
than Nathan had done before. he did enjoy the final run in back to Le Harve
at the end of the day, as it was along the flat of the Seine flood plain, on
virtually empty dual carriageway. The police at the side of the road, and
the crowd were cheering the riders along. At one point, I spied a certain
teenager in CSC kit at the front of the peloton for a short period. Dreams
of being in a sprint in the real TdF, I think ;-)

Day 3 was back to cold & rain. Nathan nearly cracked on the last morning, as
by now he was seriously tired but he gritted his teeth and got on with it.
I'm glad he did as if he hadn't he'd have been sorely disappointed once the
event finished.

Have to say, the French organisers and riders were *incredibly* encouraging
of Nathan, and looked after him (& Vernon & I) extremely well on route,
along with the other Brit riders. Between them, the organisers, our riders &
the French ones in the group Nathan were riding with really helped give
Nathan encouragement and care he needed to be able to complete the event &
experience something he just doesn't get the chance to over here. It was a
thoroughly excellent weekend, and once again, I fell in love with the French
& France :-)

Cheers, helen s

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