AIS Team Member no match for Tools on Tour visitor

It is always a case of "have swimming carnival to go to, pack bike" during the summer season. This weekend is was off to the AIS Pool in Canberra for the annual Christmas Classic where Miss Brooke Willis and Miss Rachel Britten performed admirably.

For me it was an early morning ride that would  end up at the AIS Pool. Heading off bright and early just before 6am I met a lone rider on the way and took advantage of his local knowledge and his offer to join him. It turned out that this guy (Tim I think) was an AIS athlete and a member of the Commonwealth Games selection team.

We headed out towards Mt Stomlo (all I could think of was the pain of Fitzs Challenge that was stilled etched in my memory), but alas we turned off at Stomlo and headed back to the AIS via Coppins Crossing, and this is where I stake my claim to fame - yes, I beat this guy up all the climbs.

True story - must be all the Tools on Tour training we've been doing.

I was so pumped after my ride that I went back to the hotel, had breakfast and went and did another lap of the 35km circuit.

Now I know you will all find this hard to beleive but its bloody true, and if you don't beleive me all you have to do is contact Tim at the AIS.

PS . By the way you'll have to ask for Tim from the AIS Archery Team