Yesterday I skated, this should not come as a surprise, I skate pretty much every day that I can. (Although after my two skates on the weekend, 42km and 47km respectively, I needed a day off, which was Tuesday.)
Anyway I met up with Herb Gayle who does not not have much of a presence on the web. Herb and I had a very interesting conversation whilst piddling around, one thing he said to me was he does not maintain a web presence precisely because it becomes political and distracts from skating. I happen to enjoy writing and just as I skate for love of the sport, I write for passion of words, still given the politics around having an opinion that some people vehemently oppose, makes me think that Herb's attitude has a certain appeal.
Herb and I sped up, and I managed to keep up for a whole 100m or so before a tight turn that I could not take at the same speed. Herb's a much better skater, both technically and in terms of raw strength. According to my GPS yesterday I maxed out at 36km/h. Not bad, but given the strong tail wind, I can do a lot better.
In other news, I skated to work today, the first time this season. The road was ugly, lots of gravel and there are an awful lot of really lousy drivers out there. But its nice to get into the office in under 15 minutes, door to door.
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