The Challenge - Sub 40!

For any professional cyclist to succeed, sacrifices have to be made. The dull and arduous long hours, the intolerable pains of the interval sessions, the heart pounding tempo and the vomits of hill sprints. And to survive all this, your mind and your will are borderline idiocy. But this isn’t the end of it. It’s the consistency and the repetition of all these pains over and over that makes you different.

And each and every BO here has such a will. And we challenge and motivate each other and ourselves. Band of sisters we are.

For the Crap it’s the challenge of another “Label”.

For BOlani it’s the challenge of another “Super Bike”.

For BOic it’s the challenge of another “Choke”.

For BObbie it’s the challenge of another “Donut”.

For BOrabia it’s the challenge of another “Misconduct”.

For BOnold it’s the challenge of another “Paid Philippino”.

For BOdope it’s the challenge of another “Little blue pill”.

For BOtall it’s the challenge of another “7 on 1”.

For Katy it’s the challenge of another “Blonde moment”.

But as a team, it’s the weekly challenges that kept them going back for another unhealthy yet tasty BOlani Breakie.

And the new goal to conquer, sub 40 minutes on the Plascon Loop. So last week whilst BOic picked his nose, BOlani cramped like a shrimp, BOnold vomited ale and BOdope rolled in it, the team eventually finished the Plascon Loop in 45 minute. Far from the “Sub 40” challenge they have set for themselves. They wanted less and needed help. But with the Crap pulling a mutiny himself, BOrabia grounded, Katy stuck in night shift and BOtall still stuck, they have no choice but to turn for help from the chubby, holey, bubble boy BObbie.

Team BO: BObbie, you think it’s time for you to get back on the bike after that choke stunt you pulled at 94?

BObbie: Che?

Team BO: Look, we don’t have a choice. We obviously don’t want your fat and slow ass, but you know we have no one left on the list.

BObbie: (burped)…

Team BO: we will take that as a yes, be at the HQ at 4h45.

BObbie: (downing another donut)…

Team BO: Breakie after the ride.

BObbie: IN!!!

But Team BO had their doubts, BObbie after all, is the inventor of BO, nobody is more crafty at pulling the BO than BObbie the living legend. And last week whilst the team struggled, BObbie BO’ed like a lit up Christmas tree.

So it is to their surprise that BObbie cramped up to the HQ which set off a chain of events. BOlani constipated, BOic didn’t shave, BOnold peed on his bib, BOdope forgot his shoes and the weather turned.

Alas, having BObbie there was such an inspiration that BOdope drove home to fetch his shoes. This was an opportunity not to be missed. The team set out to reach their dream of a “Sub 40” immediately so BObbie don’t raid Ethan’s breakie.

BOlani immediately set the pace, BOic and BObbie attacked onto Ontdekkers so hard they broke the train. BOdope & BOlani flew along and BOnold & BObbie hitting the tar hard after Princess Crossing.

BOlani & BOic then turned onto the back road and kept the pace going. BOic & BObbie worked like donkeys up into Westgate Shopping Center with BOlani & BOdope finish off Ontdekkers.

And the team hit it hard on the “Break Back Mountains” back to the HQ.

41.

Disappointed, BOlani sighed, BOdope covered his face, BOnold looked empty, BOic cried and BObbie swallowed another donut.

“The dull and arduous long hours, the intolerable pains of the interval sessions, the heart pounding tempo and the vomits of hill sprints.”

Thursday again, the team will try, again. Hoping BObbie will still be there and maybe BOrabia is the final key.

“But this isn’t the end of it. It’s the consistency and the repetition of all these pains over and over that makes you different.”

Date	Result	Injury List
30/11/2011	45min	BOlani, BOic, BOnold, BOdope
7/12/2010	41min	BOlani, BOic, BOnold, BOdope, BObbie