Ride 18/08/2018

Went for the slightly slower group club ride this morning due to the shitty weather of high winds and rain. Thankfully the rain stopped not long after the start of the ride and we had a tail wind on the loop back.

Ride 15/08/2018

Cycled back to the flat to check for mail rather then go by car, although car would have been the better choice as it was pissing it down and windy to boot

Ride 11/08/2018

Second ride of the day but this one was to the new club house to pick up the club cycling kit, or some of it as I’ve had to order the rest of it since it wasn’t in stock. Then a leisurely ride home going via Kelty just to bump up the mileage a bit.

Ride 11/08/2018 Club fast run

This mornings club fast run and suffice to say they went mental up knockhill blowing me out but I wasn’t the last one up to the top

Ride 09/08/2018 Fast club run

So Thursday night is the fast club ride, and it is fast! any faster and I would be cycling on my own. I was just able to keep up with them but mostly from the back of the group. Given the time of the ride I doubt they will run it much longer with the nights drawing in but I’ll keep doing this one until they stop, next ride is the 08:30 Saturday fast ride, so we’ll see how I get on there

Ride 05/08/2018 Club fast run

So I went on the Sunday fast club run today and it was more to my pace. Not too fast but fast enough to give me a workout

Ride 04/08/2018

So after this mornings club ride I went home and had lunch then went back out again to get a faster run and a bit more of a work out

Ride 04/08/2018 Club run

Decided to check out the local cycling club so joined one of their morning rides I’ll do another one tomorrow but that one should be a faster longer ride than today’s.

Ride 02/08/2018

It’s a slightly overcast day with a bit of wind but its warm again so decided to go for a ride. Wasn’t looking to go hard, just to enjoy the ride, thankfully I got home in time before the heavens opened up but I did do a decent enough time and speed

Ride 01/08/2018

So today’s goal was to ride hard but to kill myself going up hill back to home. There is a small hill from Inverkeithing to Crossgates, about 3 miles long with an avg gradient of 2% so not very steep but a good place to do a small hill section and to go hard. So the idea is to ride at threshold for those 3 miles and see what I can do. Ultimately I did quite well I got a PB for the distance and I avg 287 watts, there is a small KOM on this segment on Garmin and I hold second place now so happy with that Not sure I can get first place as I would have to shave a minute off my time but I’ll keep trying

Ride 29/07/2018

So this years Evans Ride it event in Lanark was a wet windy affair, I did sign up for the long route but due to the bad weather conditions I took the medium route instead. Happy with the time and effort I did, this years ride was 20 min faster than last years lets hope one year I get decent weather and can do the long route like I did back in 2016, its a great ride but requires good weather as in bad weather it can turn into a horrendous ride. Also quite chuffed that no one over took me this year and those that did I soon passed further up the road

Ride 26/07/2018

OMG! well I got my road bike back and tonight’s exercise was to try and maintain 250 watts for the 25 mile loop. Well I came damn close but buried myself doing it! I don’t think my lungs know what hit them, I was breathing hard for the hour and 15 mins of the run with an avg heart rate of 161 bpm. All of this had the knock on effect of giving me an avg speed of 19.1 mph which is pretty fantastic for me