I'm one of that new generation of working from home IT professionals which means that for at least the past 5 years my interaction with other germ carrying humans has been pretty much no existent. As germs do not travel over the internet I have therefore been free of any serious colds and flu bugs for most of this time. I remind myself of the Norther Exposure Bubble Man, do you remember him?
I haven't told you this before, because I'm not one to brag, but last year I was appointed Club Chairman for my Cycle Club. As with all 'great leaders' one has to have a first 100 days of planning and assessing where to take the organisation. This culminated in me pulling together the largest January AGM gathering in the club's history. The bad news was that 50 people crammed into an average sized restaurant dinning room is not going to be without it's fare share of bugs just on the look out for a susceptible host, preferably with an untested immune system. Yes, in leaving my bubble and mingling with society, I left myself open for a bug onslaught and a dose of the latest strain of man flu.
The following weekend, I managed a 40 mile Coffee Club ride but for the next two weeks, I was confined to my bubble. This morning was the first time since that I've had energy to clip in for a quick spin. All I could manage however, was just 10 miles, but it was great to be pedalling again and to feel the rush of air on my face for the first time in 2 weeks. My morning objective was to make it to Rousdon Bakery to meet up with Nick and Richard for some quality Coffee Club chat, I hope to be joining the full ride again next week.
There was no wearing of club yellow today as, coincidentally, both Nick and I had made the conscious decision to await the upcoming addition of the Coffee Club ride to the AVP calendar before sporting the club colours. One of our AGM decisions was that we would, with committee approval, add a new set of official rides to fill a gap we have in weekend riding and I have a committee meeting on Monday to formally agree the new 2017 schedule.
My roll back to Seaton was considerably quicker and had the added bonus of drafting Dawn's new ladies peloton making its way from Axminster to the Tram Station, the second pickup point. The creation of a ladies group was another output of my first 100 days, as with around 75% of members being male, this was something I felt needed addressing. Great to see so many out again today, I hope we do equally well with the Coffee Club ride once we go public.
Have a good and healthy weekend all.
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