The Easter holidays are upon us, and hubby has very nicely arranged to take several half days leave over them so that I can keep my training up.  The first of these was today so, even though I’ve been out for the last two days, I pretty much had to go out today too.  So, he came home, and I headed out.

Cycling time: 2:38:28
Distance: 40.732 miles
Avs: 15.4 mph
ODO: 9235.0 miles

I had planned a route, but got a bit confused around Brent Knoll way, which added a couple of unintended miles on.  My mostly flat route went Webbington – East Brent – Burnham – Highbridge – East Huntspill – Burtle – Westhay – Bleadney – Wedmore – Cheddar…and finally home.  I’d got the wind totally wrong and for the most part was just slogging into it, which wasn’t a lot of fun.

This being the third day on a trot is probably good training for the L2P.  There certainly wasn’t much in the tank – it would have been better if I’d had much to eat today, or had taken any food with me.  I made sure to get some Torq Recovery down me when I got in, but am still feeling pretty wiped out.  Imagine that being c.80 miles every day?!  All that said, the stats were ok – and on some days that would have felt like a great ride.  Today it felt like hard work, and I’m feeling it now.

What has three days in a row taught me?  Well for starters I’m going to need new gloves.  Not just because my left hand has a tendency to go numb, but because I just generally end up with sore wrists after all the impacts…gotta love our road surfaces.  I’m also fairly sure that Vaseline and Sudocrem will become good friends of mine.  And I need to make sure to eat and drink properly.  Fuel those legs.  I think I’ll stick to the gym tomorrow! *grin*