180 Mile Week

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This week I was hoping to do 240 miles by cycling 4 days in a row to work. Due to a top secret mission I have undertaken it was neccessary to drive on friday night. This meant I only managed a paultry 180 miles. Bum.

Fortunately for me, the one day that I didn’t ride Bristol was caught up in a Mega thunder storm. The rain was so heavy that traffic on the M4 slowed to 30 - 40 mph due to poor visability. Here is a video clip of the conditions taken by my passenger Miss Whip.

I am a little concerned that although my weekly mileage is not too bad it is all made up of the 30 mile each way ride to work. No longer rides. Hopefully next week there will be a chance to fit in a long ride. It would like to do a few 100 mile rides before the JOGLE just for my own peace of mind, to know that I have it in my tired old legs.

My fitness seems to be coming on just fine though. My resting pulse was 44 before my weeks rides and now is at 46 suggesting my recovery is ok. Or at least I think that is what it means. Maybe It means I wasn’t riding hard enough. If anyone out there knows about these things perhaps you could correct me. :-).

So the plan for next week is to fit in a 100miler. Anyone want to join me? Company would be good. Even if it is one of the joglers.

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