Saw quite a few riders out on this, as we headed back along the Bridlington - Rudston - Sledmere road, after we'd stopped at the 'posh Porta-Cabin', for a trip up the coast to Whitby, & the Goth Festival
Sunday morning wasn't the best weather for them
The riders we passed mainly seemed disciplined, & sensible, unlike some of the chimps at the Tour de Yorkshire sportive last year (when I got entangled in it, near Yeadon Airport)
The weather wasn't too bad, just a tad cold & windy. I was on the longer ride, but I wasn't feeling 100% in the morning & not riding at my usual pace. Around 40 miles in I had a bit of chest pain, or a tightening of the chest. Was ok if I kept my heart rate under 130
so wimped out of the long ride & took the 100k route at a very steady rate. Felt ok after rest, so came home had a shower & forgot about it for a while. but i'd had a few palpitations over the previous days & then Sunday evening had a few more, so got in to see my GP 1st thing Monday morning, a quick ECG & them I'm whisked off to hospital in an ambulance (wouldn't even let my wife drive me there) Spent 24 hours wired up, 2 ultra sound scans, 2 blood tests & a CT scan & i was given the all clear & sent home. The only theory they had was it may have been 'Pericarditis' as I'd had a cold lingering for 2 or 3 weeks
Felt a bit of a fraud compared to the other folk on the ward, but glad to have a clean bill of health on the old ticker. Quite sobering experience though, in the back of an ambulance with lights & siren blaring I did think 'this could be my last journey' & then watching an old lady in her final moments was not pleasant at all
Think I'm going to take it as a little warning & ease up a little, hopefully carry on with the mileage, just at a steadier pace