Saturday, 6 July 2013

Ouch

Osteopath did me over.

No training due to crying

solo effort

1 x 5 mile bike ride

1 x slow circuit of Bonsai Mountain with apprentice smallholder

no time for more training today

moving on

2x 5 miles fast rides

1 hour on x trainer

weigh in at 16 stone 9.5 pounds. Loss of 2 stone in 7 weeks.

Thursday, 4 July 2013

Going nowhere

Wednesday

1 very boring but intense hour on the x trainer 861 cals av bpm 119 max 154

Not a Dry Run

Practice "jog" up Pen-yFan in the Brecon Beacons, typical Welsh summer weather, horizontal freezing rain, Rocky and I made good time, 4 miles 55 mins 33 seconds av speed 4.06 mph max speed 10.76 mph cals 759 ascent 1476ft descent 1476ft.

Very wet finish, sore right heel after picking up a stone in trainer and lacking sense to stop and remove it.

Tuesday, 2 July 2013

Welsh 3 Pedals to Peak 2013

150 miles
3 Mountains
2 bikes
1 Challenge
Do it in 24 hours!

8th August 2013

Monday, 1 July 2013

Getting faster

New PB 17 miles 57.03 seconds av speed 17.54 mph  max 40.81 mphascent 660 ft decent 660 ft 695 cals av hr 124 max 155 sunny dry and head wind.

Sore left knee.

Again.