Your ride today.... (part 1)

[Old Plodder]

Too knackered to write a report yesterday (), so just getting to it now.
Went out at 10am to do a 45 miler, it was one of those warm/hot muggy days, went wrong a couple of times & added a few extra miles, which my poor old body wasn't happy about (). In the end I just couldn't face the last couple of miles uphill in the heat, so got my nephew to go ahead & get his car & come back to pick me up. A disappointing end to the ride for me, but better that than being ill.
47 miles ridden, 2300ft climbed.

 

[Fnaar]

Slipped out for a sneaky 20 miler before getting down to work, sprinted round, knowing it was only 20 odd miles (1,022ft climbs) and got 6 PBs on Strava segments, and a surprise top 10 place I really never expected to get into, having knocked 30 seconds off the PB I set for same seg on Saturday (climb, reduced time from 5'57 to 5'27). Not that I'm obsessed. Oh no. Not me.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Went out for a short recovery ride today, it went slightly wrong

http://app.strava.com/activities/61649746

 

[thegravestoneman]

Quite happy with new bike or my improved fitness not sure which it is? Two rides in two days at 20+ mph and had to sit behind a bloke on a time trial on yesterdays as I didn't think it was good form overtaking.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

The last few days on le jog have been wi fi chaos hence blog a bit erratic. Ridden 96 miles in rain.today from lock.ness to helmsdale. Yesterday was about 66 mile i think.and the day before from lochranza to Glencoe was 100 miles.

My bum hurts lol!

Http://lejogride.blogspot.co.uk

 

[biggs682]

on cycle path i was greeted with a 4ft flood in one of the underpasses glad i turned left about 10 ft beofre the underpass !

rang the old bill to report it and they were not bothered at all !

 

[coffeejo]

Had a pretty cool experience on Tuesday evening. One of the women who comes along to the Breeze rides run by a friend and I (well, mainly my friend) did her longest ever ride a couple of weeks ago (15 miles!) and on Tuesday we did a much shorter but hillier route. It's taken her a long time but she's now got the confidence to cruise along effortlessly on the level, but I noticed on Tuesday that as soon as she goes up a hill, it's all tense shoulders, a stranglehold on the bars and upper body tipped off balance almost ahead of the bike. I suggested she sit back, loosen her grip. drop her shoulders and elbows, and RELAX. By the end of the ride she didn't need reminding and looked a lot happier.

Reminded me of how easy it is to get locked into our mistakes and bad habits when you aren't aware of what you're doing wrong, even if you know the theory.

 

[derrick]

Got back on the road bike to night, after 6 day's touring Belgium on the MTB's, felt soooooooooooo good to be back on the road bike 21 miles of hilly terrain, Belgium is so flat it was good to get back on to the hills. really enjoyed tonight's ride nice warm evening.

 

[edwardd67]

38 miles tonight including a stop to watch The British TT in Stewarton

 

[Saluki]

Shortie tonight. I wasn't feeling the love tonight but got changed and got out on the bike anyway. I rode from home to the Norfolk & Norwich Hospital. Hubby was at dialysis tonight so I went and met him, and rode home in the car .
8.33 miles in 33 mins and a few seconds. Ave speed of 15.1mph which is pretty good for me. I was pleased anyway.

Once out on the bike, I had a blast. I have a different cassette on, a 25-11. I normally ride with a 22-11 cassette on but I am working towards the Cycletta at Bedfordshire in 10 days and don't know if Bedfordshire is hilly or not, hence changing the cassette over. I don't do hills very well and need all the help that I can get.

 

[matthat]

on cycle path i was greeted with a 4ft flood in one of the underpasses glad i turned left about 10 ft beofre the underpass !

rang the old bill to report it and they were not bothered at all !

Would probably be your local council for that one!!

 

[Louch]

Cycled 30 miles last night, then 20 tonight. Got my first kom, jumped from 6th to first.imagine it will be gone in a day, but feels good to be best of 9 lol. then got home to nearly get run down at bottom of my street by someone not looking both ways reversing our drive, then still looking back as they drive forward as I'd stopped at side of Road as seen them not looking.

 

[biggs682]

Would probably be your local council for that one!!

we thought that to so we filed an online street doctor complaint as to ring them was 16 p per minute !!

 

[PeteXXX]

Only a 13 miler into town and back today on the old single speed to buy a few bits an bobs. Warm T Shirt weather on the way there, humid & drizzle on the way back.
Last 'proper' ride until next Tuesday/Wednesday now as I'm back at work.

Still, that's about 170 miles done since last Sunday..

 

[BigonaBianchi]