Posted by: Alex
Shew! What a busy weekend!
The greenie & I went for our first run together in over 6 months on Saturday morning. To be quite honest I was more than mildly surprised that I remember how to ride, the sequences of the gear changes, braking with front & rear brakes, and pulling away without stalling, you know, that kinda thing. When I was learning to ride I stalled at least once every time I tried to pull away. Most frustrating, and the more frustrated I got the more I stalled. Saturday I was fine, maybe it’s just a false sense of security, but I didn’t stall once! It was a short but great ride, great because the bike really is running better than ever, and short because I had to hurry home to go to…
The massage course I told you about. Sports massage. It was run by the lady I normally go to when I need pummeling back into shape, and it was a very informative and practical course. By the end of Sunday we had been taught how to give a full body massage in an hour. It’s actually a pretty difficult thing to fit into one hour, doesn’t leave you too much time to work on problem areas. We paired up and practiced our techniques on our partner. I can truly say that by Sunday afternoon I was all massaged out. I think students get a little over-zealous when they find a knotted muscle. After a practice leg massage, full leg massage, practice back massage, and full body massage I felt quite pummeled. It was a lot of fun though, and the time flew by so quickly.
I’ve tried a little practicing on my Hunny, he’s not an easy candidate, his muscles are quite a bit thicker than your average bloke, but he says I’m not doing too bad 
With two days of course, and an assortment of other activities it hardly felt like I’ve had a weekend at all, but that’s okay, there is always the next one. Oh no wait, that one is fully booked also. *sigh*