Day 13 - Ice Cream Sandwich

Ice Cream Sandwich, not Android's OS but how my head felt with its ice cream headache as I descended to the sea at 18 mph against an icy blast of super chilled air! The sun was shining in a beautifully blue sky as if like summer, but there was no mistaking the thick ice covered cars and my ice cream headache, not this time the cause of frozen cream!

Following a night out with the Arsenal, my head was a bit thick this morning and I was thinking I'd give the ride a miss. I thought back to last Wednesday's game and considered why I'd not felt the same then. Realising that last Thursday morning, it was horizontal rain that kept me off the road, and with the beautiful weather cruelly taunting me this morning, I had no choice, I had to get out of my warm comforting bed and face the bike again. What better way to clear my head!

Yesterday's short circuit felt too short to repeat today, it's a circuit to do when under par or where the weather conspires against you or, at best, as a time trial. So, I widened the circuit today, climbing higher from the off, taking in the top of Marlpit lane, down to the beach and then out to the hospital on the return loop. It felt good to have sun finally on my face and I even had time for a quick stop to snap a shot of the Esplanade, my shadow being the only evidence of life out and about on that breathtakingly, 'ice cream sandwich', sunny morning.

Stats: 2.97 mi, 19m 02s, 215 kcal.