Saturday 26 May 2012

Trail Cycle Leader

Ryan learning to tune his gears

The first Rock and Ride Trail Cycle Leader award was run by me on March 21st and 22nd.  Based from Meelmore Lodge we not only had some amazing views but also really handy access to the hills and some nice soft grass for practising skills on!  The course covered the whole syllabus with assistance from Rachel, Cycling Ireland's head of coach development.  Day 1 was all about the skills, maintenance and planning with day 2 focusing on fitting out bikes, risk assessments and putting it all to the test out on the trails.

Sammy and Ryan starting their leg

Everything went really well, the weather was spectacular and so was the feedback.  Looking forward to the next TCL training in July and hopefully seeing these folk back for their assessments soon.  Had to laugh at finding out that the Tollymore trainees could hear me running the skills sessions from miles away even though the wind was blowing the other way, I get vocal when I'm coaching!

8 new TCL trainees!

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