Rest day

Bike maintenance. This means spray with WD40 and wonder what sounds knackered wheel bearings make.

Start to finish

The day started like this and ended like the pic below.

It was a bit on the cold side first thing but me in my Mamil outfit fared better than my companion Ash who was wearing shorts and fingerless gloves. Asked how his hands were at the 5 mile mark I was reassured they were fine as they were totally numb! I must change my pedals to SPD ones that are in the cupboard and given the amount of times my chain slipped etc then some essential maintenance is needed on R200.
Numbers, 28 miles, 1.5 hours.
Give or take.
3 mile load carry 40 lbs.

Found a website detailing 3 peaks extreme, the same challenge as ours but in 48 hours?!!! No mention of how they got on.

Rest day

Really was too, weather put paid to outdoors nonsense.

Out of power

Decided that Red MTB was the bike of choice today from the stable as it undoubtedly is harder to ride than R100 or R200 and so I would get a better pre and post work workout. Not wrong there, massively slower, harder to pedal and to some extent BORING. Glad actual challenge will be on a F1 race machine. Journey in in glorious sunshine journey back in darkness and then total darkness as first front and then rear lights ran out of power. Thankfully only 200 yards from our dead end lane. And then it began to rain.
10 miles.

Epic Fail

Return trip from work on red MTB, had an insane idea to ride up the 2.5km 1 in 4 ascent to Hergest Ridge, cross it and ride down the other side to Rock HQ. Epic fail, got 1/3 the way up and rolled back down lungs blowing out of my arse. Will return when 3 stone lighter and 10x fitter. Forgot how heavy the MTB is compared to the racers. Slow ride home in rain.

Uphill battle

Long way home on R200 15 miles quick time in freezing cold, feet like blocks of ice at end. Stood in pedals on most of the uphills just for fun. No brakes on downhill sections.

Cold feet. Sore left ribs. Think arm injury of old is causing problems.

Entry for BBMC 2013 sent in.

Arduous training

Moved two bales of hay and straw from one end of the smallholding to the other. Might not sound too difficult but these are the big round bale types not the little square carry in one hand type. 1.5 hours carrying. Boring.

Child seat for MTB has arrived.