I should have been riding today but to be honest, it probably wouldn’t have been a good idea.  Thanks to an office full of people with kids and colds and their inevitable very generous sharing of germs, I appear to be coming down with a cold.  The doctor has also moved me up to the next dosage of morphine patches, the first of which I started today, and that meant life was liable to be a tad on in the interesting side.   And on top of all that, I did a proper interval session on the wattbike last night, so even without all that, I was never going to have been able to keep up.   The universe agreed, and came out in my favour to make sure I looked after myself by bringing down the rain, so my ride partner for the day, mr @velopixie, and I decided we’d both stick to our respective wattbikes and go out for lunch instead.  Which we did, to the Rainbow Café in Glastonbury, and very nice it as too.  I’ve been meaning to actually eat there rather than just have coffee on a ride for ages.  Years even.  And it was worth it.  Good (gluten free vegetarian) food, and better company.  Fantastic.  Thanks Pixie!

So, no ride to blog.  In that case you can have last week’s ride instead.  On which I proved that riding after several wattbike grinding interval sessions does not leave a great deal in your legs for when it comes to keeping up with Mim who, as we all know, can kick my ass going up hill anytime, whilst still talking away happily!  (That would be why I knew that it wouldn’t be a good idea today!).  I did however manage to convince her into doing a fairly short flat loop, with a nice coffee stop at George’s, as she was stuck at home while the plumber fixed the shower.  As rides go, it was not my finest hour.  Or hour and a half for that matter 😉 On the upside, thanks to the helpful guys at Garmin support, my Garmin is once again waterproof, as they sent me this replacement rubber flap thingy – the bit that covers the USB socket and keeps the water out.  Which is good because I definitely can’t afford to replace it! 😀

Cycling time: 1:25 hrs.
Distance: 21.5 miles.
Avs: 15.0 mph.
ODO: 16950.5 miles

The ACG are due out on Saturday, probably out to Glastonbury and back again, and I’m hoping I’ll have adjusted to the new dosage and stopped falling asleep all the time by then! :).