I have had a great weekend on the bike, lots of training miles and evidence of progress. I think those turbo training sessions are starting to pay dividends.
Saturday:
I wanted to ride on Saturday so joined the Kingston Wheelers Saturday group. We had a great ride through the Surrey Hills. The weather was fantastic a little on the cold side but once we got moving I warmed up. The scenery was spectacular with all the oranges, yellows and reds of the leaves. The downside to the leaves was that they were slippy and affected traction on the hills. Never thought I'd get wheels spin on a bike.
It was a small group, approx 16 of us so we could ride at a gentlemanly pace and have a chat. I really enjoyed the ride and meeting a few more new faces from the cycling club.
Ride time was 3:59:11 distance 62.40 m av speed 15.6mph
Sunday:
I headed out to the usual meet for the club ride and got there on time as opposed to early. As always loads of people showed up and routes went in all directions, 3 Hills, Windsor, a 75miler, up and over Box Hill and the fast training group, (we saw them come past us, averaging 18/19mph for their 40 mile route......one day I might ride with that group.
I did my usual Box Hill group and it was a great ride. My legs felt good and I was holding my own in the group comfortably. I had mental images of flying up the hills, dreams were all these were. I still went backwards on the inclines, my one sign of improvement was not resorting to the smallest chainring for Box Hill!!
Ride time - 3:07:12 distance 47.80 miles av speed 15.3mph
The bonus of the Kingston Wheeler club rides is that they start and finish at Laithwaites car park on the Portsmouth Road meaning that I can go and see Mum on the way back after the ride.
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