Bike Ride

Bit of an odd day to do it but Greenie was free so we went for it! Did the Usual Ewell - Epsom Downs - Walton - Headley - Box Hill - Chipsyead - Banstead route - sort of two loop swith a straight bit joining them. It's about 33-34 miles, what with the couple of miles to meet Greenie.

All went well - Greenie was struggling with tired legs, but we mae the Box Hill climb no probs. I thought I was going to do it in record time but somehow didn't seem to beat it - 9:24. Still - all good stuff, and we tucjked into cake and coffee. Nicky (Happychap) turned up, and we had another round - must have spent nearly an hour there, which tbh is too long! I'd been fine warmth-wise, had my Aldi long sleeve top on. Wish I'd worn the gloves too, but was fine, but sitting around for ages left me shivery. I pedalled like mad to try to warm up, and it worked after about twenty minutes!

Could have gone further - was seriously tempted to do an extra six or seven miles to make up to forty. I've not ridden for two weeks and slipped behind schedule. It's okay though as that schedule was ahead of my original plans to do 60 milers by the end of the year. I felt good after the ride, so I'll do a 45 miler next week, then a 52(ish), and stabilise around there before trying some 60s towards mid-December.