Oh baby it was cold outside.  But not freezing cold.  And the forecast was for sun and little in the way of wind.  Which sounded good.  But…well…  I thought about it.  About how I was feeling, and whether or not I wanted to be feeling that way and riding on my own.  And I thought about staying in my warm and comfortable bed.  And then I thought about yet another day going past without me riding.  And…I vacillated.  Which is, incidentally, a great word.  And then I stopped being all pretentious about my vocabulary and took to Facebook to ping Alan and see if he was riding.  Which, unsurprisingly as he always is, he was.  Voilà – a ride partner, a reason not to bail, and a reason to get out of bed.  Result.

We had a Plan A and a Plan B.  And, once we’d reached Wedmore, and it turned out I was feeling better than I thought I would, we turned not right but left, and Sweets metarmophised into Heaphy’s.  AKA Plan B.  Where I discovered the chocolate espresso, which could possibly count as an energy drink right?  Sugar, caffeine, what more do you want? 😉

Not wanting to push it, and being a little time poor, we went back pretty much the way we come, in even more pleasant sunshine.  More pleasant because it was no longer in your face and everything was all sparkly and fresh and reflective and very lovely.  The best weather there’s been around here for quite some time.  And it’s just as well we didn’t do more as although I may be getting better, the tank runs dry pretty quickly, and I was fading fast as we got back to Cheddar, partially because I was on the front and not sucking Alan’s wheel for a change.  Not that I was doing any great speed you understand, but it’s always harder out in front.  I did my best though 🙂

There were signs of improvement however.  My PMA may have stirred somewhere down in the depths.  And being out there made me smile.  OK, so my training needs the miles more than it does the smiles, but I think both are probably required 🙂

Cycling time: 1:48
Distance: 28.8 miles
Avg: 15.8 mph
ODO: 7502.1 miles