Every year a group of families in our circle of friends get together and book out about 10 rooms at a resort at Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast. The idea is that for 10 days well all get to hang out, surf, party into the wee hours and forget about work, bills and other day to day stresses. The kids and parents alike have a blast!
By way of background we are average folk aged between 35 & 45, (I'm 43) from a variety of employment backgrounds. More than a few of us a pretty active Motorbike Trail/Enduro Riders and we are all pretty active in trying to stay at least a little bit fit.
The December 2007 trip to Burleigh was the usual blast until one night after a few beers one of the newer members of the group asked if anyone was interested in a Mountain Bike ride to Nerang Forest. This guy (Scott) was right into it. A few of the other guys had brought bikes for themselves and their kids to ride the pathways so there were plenty of nods of agreement. I didn't have a bike so I mentioned that I could shoot back to Brissie and grab my trusty hybrid Repco. NO I was told, they're not riding bike paths... this was to be serious Mountain Bike trail riding.
Right I thought, that sounds SOOO tough. Mountain Biking... whatever, How tough could it be? I was sure it was nothing nothing compared to the fire trails we ride on the Enduro bikes down at Emu Creek during the Easter week with the boys.
Anyway the next morning they all shot through and I awoke to find that I was left alone with the wives and the kids (mmmm, mountain biking wasn't looking so bad after all). Anyway they guys arrived back later that day and I was entertained with war stories from the ride. My favorite was Waddo's stack on a his son's Kmart special.. he had bark off him everywhere! These guys had had a blast and gotten hours of exercise and none of them were that shagged or sore, (even the guy with the bad knee). I really had to investigate this further because years of Rugby and Hockey had really taken its toll on my knees and running was becoming increasingly more difficult.
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