Alexvs
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- Milton Keynes
I've got this week off so I decided to set myself the target of achieving at least 120 miles by the end of the week which will be the most I've achieved in any week. My normal routine is 2 days commuting 5.4 miles each way plus a morning ride on a Saturday or Sunday between 20 - 40 miles.
As I've made no plans for my mornings I thought this is the best opportunity to make the most of it. This morning I woke at 7:30 feeling good and up for a good ride. Once I'd had my breakfast, let it settle and sorted all my bits out I set off just before 9:30. After about 10ish miles I pulled over to remove my outer layer as was getting a little warm and while trying to rest my bike up a car pulled over and a kind gent winded his window down to make sure I was ok and hadn't broken down. He was a cyclist himself so said if I needed a lift back home he was willing to drive me back the 10 or so miles which I thought was really nice of him and we ended up chatting for a bit. He was 70 years old and rides with a local club on their 60 - 70 mile training rides every Saturday. Put me to shame after I said I was only hoping to get around 40 miles today. Anyway thought that was worth a mention as have never met someone so willing to help before.
Back to the ride...I managed 36.9 miles in 2:39 with a snack stop in the middle which wasn't quite up to my previous best of 40.27 miles in 2:47 (on my Giant Rapid) but I was on my new bike this time (Specialized Secteur Comp) which I've only so far managed 15 or so miles on while I've been trying to get used to the position. Anyway all in all I enjoyed the ride for both getting used to the bike and for getting out early enough to kick start my day. Hopefully if I can do the same for the rest of this week (at least 5 of 7 days) I'll be looking closer to the 180 miles which will be amazing for me. Now fingers crossed I can keep it up. I'm also planning to maintain my 3 day gym week on top of this so hopefully won't burn myself out lol. Anyway thanks for reading.
Alex
As I've made no plans for my mornings I thought this is the best opportunity to make the most of it. This morning I woke at 7:30 feeling good and up for a good ride. Once I'd had my breakfast, let it settle and sorted all my bits out I set off just before 9:30. After about 10ish miles I pulled over to remove my outer layer as was getting a little warm and while trying to rest my bike up a car pulled over and a kind gent winded his window down to make sure I was ok and hadn't broken down. He was a cyclist himself so said if I needed a lift back home he was willing to drive me back the 10 or so miles which I thought was really nice of him and we ended up chatting for a bit. He was 70 years old and rides with a local club on their 60 - 70 mile training rides every Saturday. Put me to shame after I said I was only hoping to get around 40 miles today. Anyway thought that was worth a mention as have never met someone so willing to help before.
Back to the ride...I managed 36.9 miles in 2:39 with a snack stop in the middle which wasn't quite up to my previous best of 40.27 miles in 2:47 (on my Giant Rapid) but I was on my new bike this time (Specialized Secteur Comp) which I've only so far managed 15 or so miles on while I've been trying to get used to the position. Anyway all in all I enjoyed the ride for both getting used to the bike and for getting out early enough to kick start my day. Hopefully if I can do the same for the rest of this week (at least 5 of 7 days) I'll be looking closer to the 180 miles which will be amazing for me. Now fingers crossed I can keep it up. I'm also planning to maintain my 3 day gym week on top of this so hopefully won't burn myself out lol. Anyway thanks for reading.
Alex
But my mum has asked me to go round do some painting in her house so not having a better half unfortunately doesn't help me get away from no work.
Once I got there they told me I could've just used the path alongside the A45 which would've brought me straight there 
The journey home was obviously much quicker but with a much stronger headwind progress was extremely slow.
Trying to build up the energy to just get out but think I'll just take a short ride over to see the olds today, I even feel like I'm letting myself down lol
