Ride 25/05/2013 by PaulLund at Garmin Connect – Details.

Nice sunny day so I thought I would do my full 85 miles Ochils loop, haven’t done this since Oct 2012. Shattered now.

Ride 19/05/2013 by Paul Lund at Garmin Connect – Details.

Damp, misty and fogy but no rain so did a loop around the Forth via Dumfermline.

Ride 18/05/2013 by PaulLund at Garmin Connect – Details.

Cycling a leisurely pace along route 76 to Stirling this morning, until I hit Stirling and it started to monsoon on me. Decided to head home but it was raining so hard and with so much spray in my face I could hardly see where I was going Soaked to the bone by the time I got back home and that was with me in full wet gear.

Ride 04/05/2013 by PaulLund at Garmin Connect – Details.

So today’s ride was my Fintry loop, which is Falkirk to Stirling, Stirling to the Trossachs and Loch Lomond, although not actually getting to Loch Lomond. At about 4 miles from Loch Lomond I swing South towards Strathblane then East towards Kilysth and back to Falkirk. Unfortunately today there was a prevailing Easterly wind of 18 mph blowing at me for 35 miles going to Loch Lomond. I hate head winds, they sap your energy and are soul destroying and I still had to climb up the hills at Drymen, thank god once I was past the hills I had the wind behind me, but the damage had been done. My legs hurt, my neck hurts, everything hurts, am absolutely knackered. I did 69 miles but I feel like I’ve done 169 miles, I need to live in a country with less wind!

Ride 20/04/2013 Hill Climbing by PaulLund at Garmin Connect – Details.

Over 6000 feet climbed today managed to beat my personal best of 5300 feet climbed, by going up Dumyat twice, which was scary windy at the top. Some women had dragged her crying daughter up there who was scared by the wind, don’t blame the kid, I didn’t see too many people up there. Then on to Sheriffmuir and finally finishing at Wallace Monument.

Ride 13/04/2013 Falkirk to Dunning by PaulLund at Garmin Connect – Details.

60 miles and 3500 feet of cycling and a pranged neck for my efforts, still can’t put my head back without a load of pain My brain must be getting so big its stressing out my neck. I’ve ridden far further than this without neck issues, well… bar the usual nipping but that doesn’t stop me moving my neck. Roll on next Saturday…

Ride 06/05/2013 by Paul Lund at Garmin Connect – Details.

Quick ride today as I need to do some maintenance on the car.

Ride 02/04/2013 by PaulLund at Garmin Connect – Details.

Riding back home after dropping car off for service and MOT.

Ride 30/03/2013 by PaulLund at Garmin Connect – Details.

Well it started out as a nice day then when to pot weather wise, even had the cheek to snow on me, but I was up shieldhill by then. Anyway after 2 weeks or ridiculous weather managed to knock up 35 miles.

Ride 02/03/2013 Falkirk to Dumyat by PaulLund at Garmin Connect – Details.

Well is a beautiful sunny day so I thought I would trek up the Ochils hills, but I wan’t planning to go off road. But as I was cycling I saw some other cyclists going off road up a hill and I thought I haven’t been up there so I would take a look myself. I didn’t know the hill was Dumyat until I got back home and looked on the OS map I have. It’s not the highest hill in the Ochils but is quite a popular one apparently. And there are Crazy people who do a run race up this hill from Stirling Uni it take them 30 min!!!!! OMG it took me an hour to walk up it with the bike (yes I walked, it’s not the best place to ride your bike, far to rocky) and 20 min to ride down again, but the views are well worth it Dumyat Height 418m. Decided to ride on to Sheriffmuir Pub just a bit further up the road and did I not see a guy on a deck chair with nothing on but a pair of short! whilst on my way to the pub. Com’on people it may be sunny but its still only 10 degrees Celsius up here. Anyway 3500 feet climbed, 42 miles clocked up.

Ride 23/02/2013 by PaulLund at Garmin Connect – Details.

Although it started out dull and snowing this morning by about lunch time it had brightened up.

Ride 16/02/2013 by PaulLund at Garmin Connect – Details.

Bit of a dull day but not freezing. Hill at the end of the ride was bit of a killer but 50 miles clocked up.