Ride 15/08/2020

On a dull wet day I decided to just stick to the club bun run, wasn’t really in the mood for anything longer and I didn’t trust the weather.

Ride 08/08/2020 St Andrews

Well it’s a nice sunny day so I decided to ride to St Andrews. 2 hours and 7 mins to ride the 40 miles to St Andrews proves I was hammering this with an avg speed of over 18 mph. Probably not a good idea but I stopped there for some lunch. Now the hard part, the route I had planned home was a far more lumpy affair to the flat down hill route to St Andrews and I was still riding hard so this hurt, the last 5 miles are up hill so I was really struggling by this point as I was almost out of energy, I could barely muster 250 watts so it was a slow affair going up hill. But by the time I got home I had still managed to maintain an avg speed of nearly 17.5 mph which I suspect is probably the fastest 75 mile ride I have on record frigging tired now though.

Ride 02/08/2020

Another warm but overcast windy day but this time it had the cheek to rain on me Decided to keep todays ride about bun run distance, I’m still a little tired from yesterdays ride. Did a ride that skipped most of the hills out so it was first along to Kelty and then down to Saline. Through Forestmill and down to Kincardine and along the cost back home. As per usual I would be fighting the headwinds on the outward leg and tailwinds on the homeward leg. I wasn’t expecting it to rain and thankfully it wasn’t hard or long as I had no wet gear what so ever on me. But because the weather was unpredictable I kept my foot down for most of the ride hence the 17 mph avg speed

Ride 01/08/2020 Perth loop

Decided to cycle to Perth, I haven’t been there in a while and it’s a good distance to do as I was looking for about 60 miles today. It’s warm but overcast, still a bit windy but since I’m doing a north south route I wasn’t going to hit the wind too much. What I would be doing is climbing a few hills today and I wanted to do all of this before lunch time. So over Knockhill first then Dunning hill and down to the valley then up over a small hill and down to Perth. I stopped for about 10 mins to grab a bite to eat and then headed on again. Down to Bridge of Earn and then up Glenfarg which would be the last major climb of the day. Along to Scotlandwell and around Loch Leven and back home via Lochgelly and Cowdenbeath, clocking up 63 miles at an avg speed of 16 mph, back home just in time for lunch

Ride 26/07/2020

So Sunday’s ride was a more brutal affair, not only did I have to contend with the wind but also the rain Today I was looking to do about 60 miles so I took a fairly flat route around to Stirling and then back home. The ride started out raining but by the time I got to Kincardine it had stopped so I thought I had got past the worst of it but I was so wrong Once past Kincardine and Airth the heavens opened up and it poured it down for the next 30 min, I didn’t stand a chance, I was soaked to the bone by the time I hit Stirling and I still had another 30 miles to ride back home Thank God it’s not cold otherwise I would be screwed, probably only around 16 degrees but warm enough for me to carry on cycling home. As per usual I had the headwind going to Stirling which didn’t help with the bloody rain but a decent tailwind home but not windy or warm enough to dry me off, I was still damp by the time I got home. So 58 miles clocked up at just over 16 mph, not too bad but would have been better without the crap weather.

Ride 25/07/2020

So with Garmin partially back up I can post my weekend rides. Saturday’s ride was a damp windy affair, with the bad weather I was keeping the ride short, 40 odd miles was enough. I was riding into a head wind as per usual until the leg home where I would have a tail wind. It did rain a little bit but not enough to bother me. Because of the bad weather I did put my foot down a bit which was why the avg speed for today was over 17 mph but I did skip out Knockhill and just go via Saline.

Ride 18/07/2020

So today I decided to ride to Stepps, just outside Glasgow, I did think about going into Glasgow but this would mean a 100 miles bike ride and I’m not ready for that just yet and it was hard enough just to do the 80 miles. I would be riding the first 40 miles against a robust headwind that is to say I hated it! It may only be around the 15-16 mph head wind but that knocks the shite out of me and I was tired by the time I got to Stepps with my legs aching something rotten. Thank God I had a tail wind going home otherwise I would have been in deep dodo. It’s not a particularly hilly ride but I still managed to clock up over 3000 feet of climbing which starts to accumulate against what energy reserves I had left. Anyway by the time I got home I was knackered but had clocked up 81 miles at an avg speed of 15 mph so I’ll live with that

Distance 46.77 mi | Time 2:36:21 | Speed 17.9 mph | Elevation 1,988 ft

Source: Ride 12/07/2020

So first ride back after 2 weeks off with the bike in for it’s service. Nice enough day so decided to do my Forth river loop primarily since I don’t remember the last time I did this, probably when I was living in Falkirk. Anyway the weather was pleasant enough, head wind to start with but not to windy and tail wind for the leg back home. Given I was off for 2 weeks I was hammering this one at nearly 18 mph in fact it only dropped to under 18 mph in the last 10 miles or so which being all up hill was the reason it dropped but I’ll live with that I did better than I was expecting

Ride 20/06/2020

It’s a nice day for a ride, I was going to do just the usual bun run ride but bumped into Ken, one of the club riders I regularly ride with at Kincardine. I decided to ride with him for the test of the ride but he was going a slightly different route to the bun run. We skipped out Knockhill and went via Cleish round to Cowdenbeath and I parted ways to head back home to Crossgates. Not a bad days ride clocked up nearly 17 mph avg speed for 50 miles

Ride 14/06/2020

Another dull wet day although not as windy as yesterday thankfully. It’s the usual Sunday bun run ride although by the time I got over Knockhill and down to Dollar the rain had stopped and was dry for the rest of the ride. It’s actually a little warmer than yesterday so I was only riding in 2 layers today I left the rain coat at home and didn’t really need it anyway, the rain was short lived. Looking to do 50 miles today so I decided to return home via Rosyth rather than Dunfermline. Still managed to keep a good avg speed today of 16 mph

Distance 44.29 mi | Time 2:40:41 | Speed 16.5 mph | Elevation 2,077 ft

Source: Garmin Connect

Well it’s a dull wet and windy day so I was back in the winter gear and mud guards back on the bike. Decided to do the normal bun run ride with a few alterations, skipping out knock hill and returning home via Kelty and Cowdenbeath. It’s not that cold so in the end I did have to take of a layer but I had 3 on to begin with Good avg speed today given the weather conditions but that will be down to cutting out some of the hills too.

Ride 07/06/2020

Another windy ride but this time I’m suitably dressed so no need to head back home today. I decided just to do the normal Sunday bun run ride and actually passed a few club members out today. Nothing special today just a casual ride around “the block”.