When Hi-Viz clothing isn't beneficial...

Two rides this weekend, only short ones at 15 miles each but saw a deer and two buzzards up quite close which was nice. Probably could have got closer to all of them if I wasn't wearing Hi-Viz LOL. Topped it off with a 2km swim tonight.
Well off target this year, but am gonna try and get 3k in by the end of the month.

Another 37 miles tonight, beautiful sunset and a muntjack deer to top it. All spoiled by the silly bitch who thought there was enough room to overtake me at a bollard. Unfortunately for her I caught her up at the next junction :)

projectile...

...vomit. That's what my headache turned into last night! (".) Baked potato don't taste too good 2nd time round. O well, being sick cured the headache so I suppose that's something (",)

Tad windy...

Was a tad windy tonight. It was bad through Nuneaton but turning into Astley Lane was like hitting a brick wall ... and then I had another 17 miles in that direction :(

I now have a wind induced headache :(

Went to Newport Velodrome last night. Wasn't cycling but it's worth going just to cop a look at the British Cycling Coach. Dark hair, blue eyes. Mmmmm
Took ages to get back though, thanks to police who closed off a road and didn't bother to work out a diversion. And when we asked for directions they sent us in a loop... idiots!

New Tyre

How come a new tyre for a bike costs the same as a new tyre for a car ??? Hmmm ???

hurty knee :(

My knee has started to hurt so did half a commute today, the flat bit :)
Rode the station early and all the traffic lights were on green. Why does that never happen when you're pushing for time???

Jobsworth!

Fookin jobsworth at the train station nearly made me miss my train earlier. I was already cutting it fine (by 3 mins) and a staff member wouldn't let me on the platform and told me I couldn't get the ticket on the train, so I had to leg it over the footbridge to the other side for the ticket office, and just managed to get back, in fact the train was passing underneath the footbridge, pulling in, as I ran back over! Thankfully it was 2 minutes late else I would have definitely missed it. And then when I got on the train there was a man with a ticket machine! Fookin jobsworth!
Had quite a pleasant ride home though to make up for it, nice sunset and then the crescent moon guided me home. I was thinking as I climbed the last hill how much fitter I am from when I first started. Then again, I suppose when you do the hills over and over, you do strategically climb them as you get to know them. And I suppose the tail wind helped. LOL (",)
38 miles today.

Well, it would be rude not to...

Well, I was going to do a short commute today, train both ways so 25 miles in total, but then I discovered it was a 13mph tail wind on the way home, so thought I'd better take advantage. Well... It would be rude not to eh? So another 37 on the clock, although I'm way behind my target and won't make it now. Might set a more realistic target next year (",)

Invisible Planes

Foggy this morning. Something a bit weird about hearing a plane right above your head and not being able to see it. 37 miles today (",)

Autumn is coming

50 miles today and I'm now starting to see the beautiful sunsets coming. In fact, I left work a little late today so was pushing it down the country lanes to get to the street lights of town before it got too dark to see the road. Just after the red sun had disappeared it left streaks of bluey-grey cloud across the sky. Bit weird to think of a grey sunset and never thought I would say that grey looks amazing, but it did.

Get your own lane...

15 miles on the bike yesterday and a 2km swim today. Well, when I'd done 85 lengths for the mile I figured I'd may as well make it 100 lengths of the pool LOL (",) and at least 80 lengths were continuous but that was coz I only stopped when people got in my way... why can't people stay out of my lane? Anyone would think they paid for the privilege of using the pool as well! To be fair tho, they were quite up for swimming on the one side when I asked them, bless 'em. Obviously felt they couldn't compete with an athlete like myself LOL
Maybe I should rename my blog "get your own lane" ha ha