After a very stormy night and morning, I finally managed to get a good ride out this afternoon. Having canvassed the usual suspects of cycling buddies, Chris and I delayed setting out by what turned out to be an all important thirty minutes, as the weather took just this short time to turn from a scene in the Perfect Storm to one of a clear sunny winter's afternoon.
Despite strong headwinds and flooded roads we remained dry and enjoyed a much needed spin after a week of partying. The Crosstrail performed well, but the 1000 miles covered since its last service are beginning to show, as the gears slipped a number of times on the steeper climbs.
Once we'd climbed out of Colyton we made good time crossing the common such that I achieved a personal best for 10 miles of 35m:44s which is a 2m:03s improvement on my previous record for the Crosstrail which I achieved back in July. It is great that I can still improvement from time to time .. I've obviously not peaked yet! Today also marked the point in which I've now burned an amazing 100,000 kCals, that's equivalent to 187 burgers!
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