The Easter Holidays do nothing for a girl’s training schedule.  Even when you can find time/persuade hubby to come home early, life and the weather have a tendency to conspire against you.  As was the case yesterday when the heavy rain forecast was indeed wet, and the husband in question wasn’t home as early as he might have been either.  Just as well as it turns out all my kit was still in the washing machine *grin*.

Which brings us to today when I’d managed to find someone willing to play responsible adult and let my two hang out at her place for a couple of hours.  Luckily the weather played ball by remaining dry.  So I squeezed a couple of hours cycling in.  It’s a shame it was a squeeze, and it was a shame it was on my own, but hey, better than no ride at all right?

I was going to do the usual loop, but start with Shipham Hill.  However my legs were feeling distinctly and unusually leaden as I headed out, so I decided to skip the hill and just see how I went.  I wiggled my way around as ever, getting to Loxton the lumpy way, and coming home up Mudgeley Hill – so I didn’t avoid hills altogether.  It was a grey and uneventful ride.  One of those rides when you look down, sure you’re doing the usual 18mph or so, and realise you’re only doing 16…which I guess must be the tail end of the effects from Sunday’s event.   However I must have been fairly constant, or doing better up hills, as the stats turned out ok.

Cycling time: 2:03:55
Distance: 31.46 miles
Avs: 15.2 mph
ODO: 7867 miles

Other things you might like to know about.

• On Sunday’s ride my knee was strapped up as a precaution, and I didn’t have to take painkillers until 5 1/2 hours in – to hit the combo of knee/neck pain.  Which they duly did.  This is, believe it or not, progress.  🙂
• My bike, as suspected, needs a new bottom bracket.  We’re also going to get it new narrower handlebars, and some new wheels.  Andrew is putting together a bike for eldest – who will get my old handlebars – it’s recycling cycling *grin*.  Right about now I could use a lottery win.  Or a sponsor.  Feel free to volunteer 😉
• My next event is on Easter Monday.  Not a big gap…