On Sunday I managed 25 miles! Which put my total for the weekend at 48 miles!! I was so tempted to go off and ride another 2 miles so that I could say i'd done 50 but my knees were sore and to be honest so was my arse!!
There was a really horrible hill on the circuit and as you can see from the photo above I struggled on it! This was the 4th time i'd gone up it this weekend and I hated it at this point!!
While we were out on Sunday a random cyclist on a Bianchi overtook me and then Grant going down a hill, But then i picked up a bit of speed and started to catch him up again. Grant was egging me on and I think I was trying to prove something to myself, so I went all out and passed him - Yay me!! Then I realised I needed to maintain that speed otherwise I would look like a prize idiot!! So legs burning, head down I kept going and Grant and he sat behind me having a good old chat about me cycling from London to Paris! Then he came up to ride beside me - like I could chat, I was gasping for breath!! He seemed like a nice bloke though and told me just to slowly build my miles up!!
As much as I whinge while i'm out on my bike I am enjoying it. My recovery time is quite good now, so although I struggle going up the hills, I catch my breath quite quickly and manage to beat Grant on the sprint to the village side (Catch up fattie!!x)
I am going out on the MTB with mum tomorrow and maybe Thursday, then another couple of long rides planned this weekend!!
Wish me luck!!
Hollywood
1 comment:
Sound like a good adventure, good luck!
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