Fully recovered from my man flu. Hmm, not sure if men are ever fully recovered, it's just one long list of moans.
Start again.
Determining that I'm now well enough to resume cycling, I've done a couple of cycles this week and found it exhilarating after a week of slumming on London Underground stuffed into spaces that I can't stand up straight in.
The roads are getting busy now that the weather's improved. If I leave after 7:30am I run into hoards of fair weather cyclists clogging up the road ways. I'm often surprised that people cycle fully kitted out with suits or dresses that are clearly meant for the office; it's quite the fashion parade out there. For me, by the time I reach my office, I need a stretch and then a shower to cool down and get myself clean so I don't offend my colleagues.
http://www.mapmyride.com is fab for keeping track of my rides. Ok, the app for the Bberry is a little flaky and keeps uploading my rides as runs (who's mad enough to run 20km to and from work each day?) and doesn't take into account waiting time when calculating average speeds. But it is cheaper than getting a fancy Garmin device with built in HRM. I'm hoping this will be my father's day present. Dreaming again!
Quickest ride to work so far is 48 minutes - and that included stopping for traffic lights. I overtook one guy on a three wheeler on 3 occasions as he kept running the lights. Average speed through London is a shade under 25 km/h as it's difficult to get a good run without being stopped by lights.
This weekend will be another run out to Amersham. I'll pop the details up along with the map so you can see how I'm doing.
Please continue to sponsor my ride.
2 comments:
Hello, purrowling in from Downunder to find out who you are!
Good luck with the cycling and thankyou for doing it for Alzheimer's - it is a growing problem here in Australia too.
Hi Cat - keen cyclist in London where, as a friend recently posted "in Australia it's wet and raining, that's called Winter. Over here, we call it Summer."
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