Pre mid October, ride to work & back was a nice round 10 miles.
Post house move, doubles the distance. Apart from getting me more fit & more fresh air, it had the opposite effect of now I drive, save for when the car was in the garage being fixed again. Using the excuse of dropping daughter off at School, rotten cycling roads, dark, weather and all else I can find not to ride.
I have been promising, that once the mornings are a bit lighter, eldest can use the bus occasionally, enabling me to get moving, assuming that its a mere couple 'o' weeks away.
That all changed yesterday, when an email from PNik arrived, reminding me of this years' plan. Now I am not going to spill the beans yet, as for various reasons, its not my shout. BUT, its made me realise, that I have not got very long to sort myself out. So, this weekend, I am reserving some time to hosing down the Killer Bee of whatever mud is still coating it & get on the thing & get some miles done. Tempting to get the slicks on for a bit & discover the local area.
Whadyathink?
J
Edit: 19 road miles round the lanes. Did me in, hopeless 1 hour 45 minutes. Hmph
GO for it, and dont worry, i'm not exactly at fighting weight yet either. You could practice on the route we did last year, 55k? you could extend it a bit and go from home.
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ReplyDeleteI did 32miles 2hr 20min, seemed OK, obviously bit quicker on the road bike, tried to avoid the hills too. I enjoyed my dinner, but not walking downstairs!
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