Cream crackered

5 miles "sprint" av speed 19 mph

5 miles back "sprint" av speed 17 mph

6 miles walk

Knackered

Seemed like such a good idea

Yes it seemed like such a good idea at the time, after a gentle and supereasy 5 miles in decided that I would save my lunch half hour and take it at the end of the day, cycle home the long way round, 16 miles, and do it in a record time getting home at the same time as I would if I did the 5 miles usual route. All went well until impatient driver forced me to keep closer to the edge than normal on a bad bend and BANG went the backwheel on a pothole the size of an Olympic swimming pool. Fear not, spares in saddle pouch meant back on road 10 mins later but now found I was cycling into a very strong headwind for 12 miles. Result, average speed dropped to 11mph, total energy drainer and there wasn't much on tap as I had not eaten since my porridge at 7.30 am. Finally got home 637 cals av bpm 124 max 149. Hungry.

Empty the tank

Spinning training, hill drills, intense session, really pushed it and ran out of gas on the final sprints.

50 mins 638 cals av 128bpm max 154 bpm

Sore left knee

Nothing doing

No training, no time

Ride on

Wednesday

5 miles in
5 miles back
50 mins spinning hill drills 775 cal av 124 bpm max 164 bpm

Getting carried away

1 hours weight carry, little t press ganged into helping. No data lost strap to heart monitor.

Rest day

Monday
Rest day, just stretching and light exercise.

Up a level

Saturday.
Spinning, new peak HR achieved 191 bpm

Sunday

53 miles in 3hours 28 mins 33 seconds av speed 15.16 mph, max 37.25 mph ascent 2631ft descent 2939 ft, 2151 cals av bpm 126 max bpm 154

lower back sore

Fear and loathing

Thursday rest day

Friday

15 miles 1 hour 6 minutes 16, mountain roads, av speed 13.46 mph max 33.01 ascent 1069 ft descent 741 ft 756 cals forgot heart rate data

15 miles 54.15 av speed 16.31 mph max speed 38.12 ascent 728 ft descent 1023 ft 758 cals av bpm 129 max 158 bpm

Basiclaly a there and back up a mountain with sausage and chips as an incentive. Hated much of journey there, felt slow, realised the enormity of 140 miles plus x3 days plus 3 mountains but hey if it was easy everyone would do it. Ride back was ace, loved the 5 mile stretch where I did over 24mph on the "flat" and the mad rush downhill 38mph in a 40 zone :)

Nasty squeak from crank of CB steed.

Sore left knee. Again.

A question of balance

Had to happen, first fall off new steed. Never lean to the left when your right foot is on the floor. Trying to put your left foot down while in a SPD only adds to the confusion and thankfully no humans were present to witness the messy pile on the floor of me and my bike.

5 mile recovery ride no data lovely tail wind
5 mile sprint training av 119 max 154bpm (horrible headwind)
spinning 50 mins 685 cals, av 134 max 159 bpm

Hounds for Heros are sending promotion stuff for ride in August.
Support car driver told to make sure the route is taken is right for bikes!

Back on top

Monday
Rest ride 5 miles in av 17mph avbpm 98 max 112
5 miles back sprint training av 22mph max 29mph max bpm 148

Tuesday
Rest ride in no data tail wind
80% effort ride back headwind hard work
up and down Bonsai Mountain exactly 30mins
2000mtr row 8mins 3 seconds.

Ouch

Rest day. After being done over by the osteopath yesterday I felt great. Wondered why I got up so early and went for a bike ride when I could have gone for a longer ride later. Then it hit me. Knee, back and shoulder. Ouch. So today is a rest day.

Cloudbursting

Thursday 20 mile circuit and 6 were in the heaviest coldest rain ever. Nightmare.

Friday Anticlockwise circuit and top of Bonsai Mountain.

Saturday PB 20 miles 1 hour 2 mins 56 seconds 1488 cals or 730 depending which gizmo was the most accurate. Av bpm 125 max 147.

Step it up

5 miles in on new steed, 5 miles back again. 5 more miles in 50 minutes spinning hill drills and 5 miles back. 1200 plus calories. HR shows fitness levels improving, first 5 miles 16 mins or so, av HR 95 max 121.

Onwards and upwards

There I was in our yard looking at the snowy top of the Bonsai Mountain and 35 minutes later I was there and back again via the North Face Gully. No data.

10 mile "sprint" on turbo trainer 24 mins. av bpm 145 max 157

Date set

Monday . Rest day.

Dates now been set for challenge. 8 9 10 of August. 5am start on Snowdon.

That will now give me some focus.

Or not.

Push the button!

Yesterday saw a fast ride over 20 miles in just over an hour, sunny day, great, no data as some dummy forgot to press the button to activate gizmos.

Also forgot to charge the camera so on clockwise circuit of Bonsai  Mountain could not take excellent photos of snow scapes and Berners.

Lessons learned.

Perhaps.

Tired legs

Yesterday 5 miles there 5 miles back.

Today sore achillees tendons.

Rest day!!

Reaching new heights

Good day training wise.

5 miles in.
Work.
The a 6 mile ride before spinning, up the big hill for the 1st time, av 10mph uphill and didn't need to change into the granny gears. Very happy, means I am not trapped in the valley anymore :) Reached 31mph on the flat at one stage.
Spinning. Hills drills.
5 mile ride back.
Total cals 1135

Superfast

Took new steed out for 2nd time, noticed 2 MASSIVE scratches on cross bar of frame, no idea how I did that. Gale force winds, snow. Fun. New gadget fitted, sat nav, av speed 15mph over the 5 miles, spin class and then return 5 miles. Lack of coordination meant that buttons were pressed in the wrong order so data was not collected from the ride in but spin and ride back was 1hour 26 mins 755 cals and av bpm 125 max 152.

Go with the Flow

Resisted the urge to go for round two on the Tacx Flow turbo trainer and defeat the mega workout. Sense prevailed so instead went for a jaunt around the Bonsai Mountain in the snow. Good stength workout.