Sunday 20Jan08
Rest day
Saturday 19Jan08
Up at 6.50 get bike and me ready for ride. Meet e and Simon at e's house. Great ride, at 66 miles my longest ever and I only fall over once! The only negative was our average speed was a bit lower than previous rides. Thankfully Simon is on the ball and spots my back wheel quick release is released! Avoid embarrassment of wheel coming off and continue on the ride. When I got home I was rather hungry still 6 sandwiches later I felt good enough to have a shower before cleaning the bike.
Friday 18Jan08
Rest day - go and buy new pedal and shoes with cleats. Have fun on the turbo trainer trying to clip in and out of the cleats. Saturday's ride could be interesting!
Thursday 17Jan08
Rest day - try to find out what has happened to the back pack I ordered for the rides to work. If I don't get a decent reply soon will cancel order.
Wednesday 16Jan08
Happy days my flight is early, (NB my definition of early is I get out of the plane ahead of the time on the airline schedule. If the plane lands 20minutes earlier than the scheduled time and then taxis for 30 minutes whilst it finds its gate then it is late (I understand that the airlines use a different definition!!)) I get through customs etc in good time but my transfer bus is just pulling away. Luckily the bus stops in traffic in front of me and the bus driver allows me to get on - what a very nice man - make mental note to keep using that car park. Get home, enjoy time with the kids before managing to do 85mins on the turbo trainer whilst watching West Ham lose (boo!). Still overall a very good day
Tuesday 15Jan08
Up at stupid o'clock to fly to places foreign. Managed to be organised enough to stay at a hotel with a gym so managed 80minutes on a static bike at 90cadence - felt good about this.
Monday 14Jan08
Rest day
Sunday 13Jan08
Rest day - went to see the Peter Pan Pantomime (oh no you didn't…..oh yes I did….) It was great fun, and amazing to see all the little faces staring in awe at the stage (the kids seemed to enjoy it too).
Saturday 12Jan08
First long solo ride - well e joined me for the first 7 miles! - managed to forget my phone, so I had to go back for that. Then going in a straight line through a small village hit black ice and whoops I was skidding along the road!! Luckily the van driver behind me was very alert and got round me no problem. The car coming towards me stopped to check I was alright - what a nice man ;-)
Then just as I was entering the last few miles the police closed the road and sent me on a detour up the steepest ascent I have ever complete - my thanks go to the patient drivers who followed me at 5miles an hour up the hill!
Back home and another 45 miles completed
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