So, I took my first cycle in over 2 months today, and the first time I've been out into the peak district (or just below). I'm definitely not fast, my biggest proper cycle over 2 months ago was 31miles in just under 2 hours, which I did down in Rugby (Coventry) area (at uni in Derby at the moment). On that ride I included what I thought were hills, now I would call them mounds.
I went from derby city centre, through Duffield, Kirk Irkeston(?) and stopping at Carsington water before heading home on the same route. The whole route is 26 miles and did it in 2 hours 1 minute but I could not believe how little flat road there was through the trip, it was either up or down, no in between. For the people that live around here, one hill going into Kirk Irkeston was a killer, I had to stop in the middle and at the top, purely because I was crawling along in 2nd gear with the legs feeling like they're in a furnace and leaving a trail of sweat drops behind me.
This has now made me want to do be able to complete the 50 mile climb in the peak district which is famous...unsure of the name but I'd guess most of you would be able to tell me?
My legs are now feeling it, but I enjoyed it a hell of a lot as soon as I hit the countryside (hate cities) and I now think I know what a hill is.
I went from derby city centre, through Duffield, Kirk Irkeston(?) and stopping at Carsington water before heading home on the same route. The whole route is 26 miles and did it in 2 hours 1 minute but I could not believe how little flat road there was through the trip, it was either up or down, no in between. For the people that live around here, one hill going into Kirk Irkeston was a killer, I had to stop in the middle and at the top, purely because I was crawling along in 2nd gear with the legs feeling like they're in a furnace and leaving a trail of sweat drops behind me.
This has now made me want to do be able to complete the 50 mile climb in the peak district which is famous...unsure of the name but I'd guess most of you would be able to tell me?
My legs are now feeling it, but I enjoyed it a hell of a lot as soon as I hit the countryside (hate cities) and I now think I know what a hill is.