Bus Museum Sprint takes place indoors

The warm ups took place on different apparatus, Ironman ripping up rubber of the treadmill, The Fit One immediately 'ski-ing' away on the the step machine, and The Bigman also warming up on the step machine knocking off 660 calories over the 30 minutes.

The three amigos floated past each other until a confluence back on the bikes. Three men on a virtual starting line, against a wall with only their guts, determination, and a TV screen between themselves and victory.

Showdown at the OK Corral had less of a build up. Each non-challantly check on the others settings, rpm's, and calories burnt. The Fit One kept in '1st gear' and opted for the Armstrong approach high cadence, spinning faster than a Vera Lynn 78 LP. Ironman was varying the approach depending whether his head imagined a downhill or a steep gradient. Bigman was on Day 3 of Cape Epic and the Witches Hat, so called because of the ascent profile. Up, up and some more up. He finished a final 15 minutes section on the level 16 maintaining the 65 rpm and bph count of 160. It hurt.

And in the final analysis, when the dust was wiped from the sweat ridden floor all three riders finished in a line, each with their own personal victory in the bank to be drawn out at some future stage (subject to no more credit crunch liquidity issues!)

Bigman warmed down with a burst on the treadmill, bringing the calories burnt to 1400 for the session.

It pays to build up fitness over time. A shining example in Cowdenbeath today. A lady full of enthusiasm for exercise steps on the step machine and starts to wind it up like some winter olympian cross country skier. Without a care in the world the heart rate monitor is flashing 193bph and an explosion looks likely (The standard count for maximum, before deducting your age, is 220). The red throbbing head was a sure signal she was about to blow. With expert defusion skills The Fit One counselled on an alternative approach. A close shave. The red returned to a more normal shade of pale.

But The Fit One was not done exercising, even in the Cafe Bigman, The Fit One was showing off his Press Up Capability between scone and coffee. He is a machine, even if the WII analysis holds a different opinion.

We all missed thebiking because of continuing ice however it was great to have the posse back together feeding the lines for others to finish.

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