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I'm currently on a health kick and that breakfast looks awesome. I had branflakes and a banana for mine
Today's Ride
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Guinessisgoodforyou
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You alright?not the happiest days of my life, to say the least.anyhow, a ride is still a ride.
moonlite
Kona Fan
Woke up with a slightly sore throat but it's a bright, dry day without too much wind so really wanted to get out there instead of sweating on the turbo trainer in the shed. Had to layer up a bit as the temp was about 5C -- remembered my other half had given me some pretty lairy shoe covers which would do the trick.
Went out on a 40k circuit which is doable in under two hours, with a nice mix of tarmac and gravel. A lot of local roads are closed with big detours as the old wooden bridges are replaced with concrete -- it's a pity from a heritage point of view, but presumably concrete is more robust so the wood has to go. One thing's for sure -- hitting one of these at speed can be scary. Hitting one of those bolts at the wrong angle could be damaging.
It wasn't a record-breaking ride but great to be out in the fresh air and spinning along quiet roads in the sunshine. And once home, the missus delivered a very welcome trio of locally baked rolls with various restorative fillings. Lovely!
Went out on a 40k circuit which is doable in under two hours, with a nice mix of tarmac and gravel. A lot of local roads are closed with big detours as the old wooden bridges are replaced with concrete -- it's a pity from a heritage point of view, but presumably concrete is more robust so the wood has to go. One thing's for sure -- hitting one of these at speed can be scary. Hitting one of those bolts at the wrong angle could be damaging.
It wasn't a record-breaking ride but great to be out in the fresh air and spinning along quiet roads in the sunshine. And once home, the missus delivered a very welcome trio of locally baked rolls with various restorative fillings. Lovely!
@Hombre no matter the weather, conditions or what's going on in life, always better out than in. Plenty of us here always open to a chat too.
Put a 70 mile route on the garmin to test out it's routing feature which was the main reason I bought it. Basically just stole someone elses route on Strava then extended it. Only ended up getting a pretty broken 5 hours or so of sleep, then a 4:30AM alarm and out the door at 5 - took so long to get into the swing of things to the point I thought my watch's HR feature was bugging out
Finally got into it, route was basically a tour of some of the ex mining villages near Durham. Should've really checked the elevation profile beforehand as I ended up being hit by multiple 10/15/20% climbs back to back which put a quick end to the 70 mile plan.
Fortunately the way I'd set the route up made it so that at 35 miles I could either push on for the 70 or return home and finish at around 42/43. Ended up diverting a bit and got it up to 51. In hindsight probably could've managed the 70 but always better to finish strong imo.
Put a 70 mile route on the garmin to test out it's routing feature which was the main reason I bought it. Basically just stole someone elses route on Strava then extended it. Only ended up getting a pretty broken 5 hours or so of sleep, then a 4:30AM alarm and out the door at 5 - took so long to get into the swing of things to the point I thought my watch's HR feature was bugging out
Finally got into it, route was basically a tour of some of the ex mining villages near Durham. Should've really checked the elevation profile beforehand as I ended up being hit by multiple 10/15/20% climbs back to back which put a quick end to the 70 mile plan.
Fortunately the way I'd set the route up made it so that at 35 miles I could either push on for the 70 or return home and finish at around 42/43. Ended up diverting a bit and got it up to 51. In hindsight probably could've managed the 70 but always better to finish strong imo.
Last Sunday's SWXC debut short-cross champs, and round 5 of the series over at Wheal Velocity. A 4-5 minute lap, over 20 minutes or so.
No offs, managed to finish the first of three races on the same lap as the winner, and pipped on the line in the second and third which was massively disappointing but not expected since I had a dropped chain after the rock garden and a delay with a slower rider.
The leaders are lightening quick so to stay on the same lap I have to have a clean race at a hefty pace (for me).
Overall place 7/10 in class which I'll take, and every event I feel that little bit stronger and more confident.
Still miles to go. Next on my development list is bike agility: manuals. I lost oodles of time not doing the double log lift (could do the first but lost all momentum for the second). So practice, practice, practice, with and without a manual machine.
Roll on round 6 in August.
No offs, managed to finish the first of three races on the same lap as the winner, and pipped on the line in the second and third which was massively disappointing but not expected since I had a dropped chain after the rock garden and a delay with a slower rider.
The leaders are lightening quick so to stay on the same lap I have to have a clean race at a hefty pace (for me).
Overall place 7/10 in class which I'll take, and every event I feel that little bit stronger and more confident.
Still miles to go. Next on my development list is bike agility: manuals. I lost oodles of time not doing the double log lift (could do the first but lost all momentum for the second). So practice, practice, practice, with and without a manual machine.
Roll on round 6 in August.
