{"id":1430,"date":"2021-08-07T13:02:53","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T13:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1430"},"modified":"2021-08-07T13:23:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T13:23:16","slug":"track-07-aug-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/track-07-aug-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Track – 07 Aug 21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thankfully, the forecasted rain didn\u2019t arrive until two hours later than scheduled. Which resulted in today\u2019s ensemble of six pilots and eight stokers making the most of a rewarding track session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Great to be joined by new stokers Anis, Kathryn and Richard; and nice to welcome back Matthew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following an hour of general warm up and inductions it was time for Trekker\u2019s competitive spirit to emerge from a pandemic enforced period of hibernation. Following Olympic nomenclature, Gold in the slow race went to June and Joanne with a superb time of 33.11 seconds. Silver went to Sean and Anis with 32.68 seconds. Remember, the longer the time, the better the handling capability. But the truly amazing thing was the number of tandem pairs who were in the 28-33 second band. So, breaking with tradition, Bronze is duly awarded to everyone else who took part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next up, it was time for tightest turn skills to be tested. And this time, following his Silver in the slow race, Sean again excelled \u2013 more than ably assisted by Michelle \u2013 who ran off with Gold and Silver. And would have got away with a Bronze too if the track judge had allowed three attempts instead of capping the event at two turns per pair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, special thanks to Joanne who\u2019s photographic and administrative skills haven\u2019t gone unnoticed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Drew explaining to Anis how he hates having his picture taken <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Steve welcoming Richard to his first track session <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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June and Collette <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sean and Michelle about to start the tight turn event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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James piloting Matthew<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Steve and Sean powering around the track <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Post session group shot minus Drew, James and June who were ferrying bikes back up to storage <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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