101 Miles

90 days until the Prudential Ride London-Surrey 100 and it's been all go on the cycling front this week!

I for one completed 101 miles in the saddle and it could have been so many more had I not been entertaining over the weekend, that said, a great time was had and one must, after all, have a bit of R&R as well. The week kicked off with a 46 mile bank holiday ride with Jason out to Watchet and back. I had to return to work on Tuesday but managed a quick pre breakfast ride on Wednesday, adding a further 6 miles to my tally.

Thursday it rained most of the day and so I decided to take the Crosstrail out on the 28 mile AVP evening ride, not wanting to spend another weekend cleaning dirt out of every nook and cranny that it had settled in, on the now unwinterised Roubaix, last week. The ride was good and fast and gave me 3 new records for the Crosstrail: 26.19 km in one hour, 10 miles in 30m:23s and 20 km in 41m:11s .. quicker than I've done on the Roubaix. I really don't understand that!

Thursday AVP Evening Ride

Friday, I was itching for another ride and so took a trip out between conference calls and skipped lunch. It was whilst out on this 6 mile circuit that I also tried adding a more height in the saddle, as I've been feeling a little close to the pedals of late and lacking power.

Being just 14 miles shy of the round 100, I took an early Saturday ride out to close out on this shortfall and before my weekend guests rose for breakfast. I don't know whether it was the additional saddle height or the need to rush back, but I made such good time that I broke my previous seafront sprint PB, something I've been attempting, without success, to do for ages. This ride put me at the top of the AVP distance table for the week, but having most of Saturday remaining, and the monthly AVP Sunday ride - which I was going to miss - I slipped to 3rd by the close of the weekend.

Although I may not have come away with the top mileage, I achieved probably my largest number of PBs for a week, one of which I'm most proud of as .. and don't tell anyone, it's put me at the top of the AVP table for this Strava Segment .. !

Cowhayne Land to Boshill Cross Strava Segment