Ride 26/10/2024

40 of us on the bun run this morning and weather wise it was a nice day with some sunshine but a little of headwind going to the cafe but a good tailwind on the way home 😉 I joined the first fast group as usual, probably not the best idea, I was still tired from last nights swift session, but I hung on 😬The roads were a bit wet from last nights rain which made things a little muddy here and there, so by the time we got the cafe we were a bit messy. The usual OJ and scrambled egg roll were had before we continued homeward. The route taken this week was to head down to Dollar and along the road to Milnathort before heading South back through Kinross and Kelty to get home. A little less climbing but a little bit longer, so by the end of the ride I had clocked up 53 miles at just shy of 18 mph, which ain’t bad on tired legs 😫😩😁

Ride 19/10/2024

25 on the bun run today, and its a pleasant enough day, sunshine, little wind and not too cold. I joined the first group as per usual heading for the cafe stop, the last 4 days had taken their toll on my legs and I was still fatigued, so it was a bit of an effort to keep up with the group to the stop. Usual OJ and scrambled egg roll before we headed back. I wasn’t looking to do much extra today so we took the usual route back home over Knockhill but I joined Colin as we headed for Kelty rather than back through Dunfermline to get back home again. It doesn’t really add much distance wise, a couple of miles, but it does have a little bit more elevation in it, so overall I still did 50 miles of cycling at a tad shy of 18 mph avg speed. I’ll take that since I won’t be out tomorrow given that storm Ashley will be hitting us tomorrow, so it will be too dangerous to go out side tomorrow, so it will probably just be a little Zwift session tomorrow 😊

Ride 13/10/2024

11 of us on the bun run today and it’s a sunny day but very cold 🥶 barely got to 5 degrees by the time I got back home again so I was well wrapped up today. The usual route today, given the temps I wasn’t looking to do any extra, but given the company it was going to be a faster ride than yesterday. Coffee and cake at the cafe stop before we headed home again. With little wind and being a cold dry day I clocked up the 50 miles at an avg speed of 17 mph without too much effort, slightly less power than yesterdays ride but at a faster speed, but given the company I was riding with that was to be expected 😁

Ride 12/10/2024

Well it was a very wet, windy cold day, so it wasn’t a surprise that only 4 of us turned up for the ride. Given the weather conditions I was quite happy to keep it short and to the point and just do the normal bun run route. It was a block headwind all the way to the cafe stop with the rain smashing you in the face, so since I was leading first I was pretty soaked after only 15 miles or so and was glad to get to the cafe stop to dry off a little bit. The usual OJ and scrambled egg roll were had before we headed home again, and I was glad we had the tail wind now as I was pretty cold at this point. When your wet through you don’t really get a chance to dry off and get warm again, even when cycling hard you never really warm back up again. So I was glad to get back home after 45 miles at an avg speed of 15 mph and get a hot shower to warm me back up again.

Ride 06/10/2024 Oct Randonee

9 of us on the Randonee this morning and weather wise I was expecting it to be a wet one as forecast but actually it was dry all the way around 😮 so happy days 😀 I planned this one to be a easy ride with not much elevation in it, although it would be a 100 km ride for most and over 70 miles for me, but I was prepared. I lead a good chunk of the ride which meant I could ride at my pace and not blow me or other members of the group up, so it was mostly zone 2, over 2 hours of it 😊 It was decided we would go to the Smiddy as our cafe stop, so following the usual bun run route up to Clackmannanshire bridge and the crossing over it into Airth we headed for the Pineapple and along the flatland’s into Cowie and Bannockburn. Along to Cambusbarron and heading towards Gargunnock we headed for Blair Drummoud and our cafe stop just next to it. We were there a bit early for lunch, so I couldn’t get my usual soup so had to contend with a scrambled egg roll, a cup of coffee and coffee cake to get by with. After the cafe stop we headed back into Stirling and again along a flat course heading for our usual cafe stop (although not stopping there) and back home via Saline hill, the only hill climb in the route 😉 It was then back down to Dunfermline and home, thus clocking up 73 miles at an avg speed of 16 mph, and getting home feeling like I’m still in one piece, so all in all a good days ride 😀

Ride 05/10/2024

Another large turnout for the bun run this morning, 37 people turned up at the gates which meant we would split into 4 groups. Weather wise, it was overcast, not too windy and not cold, there would even be some sunny spells towards the end of the ride. I went with the first group as per usual heading for the cafe stop. The usual fuel was had here before the return to home. I wasn’t looking to do any extra today since I will be doing the Randonee tomorrow which will be around 70 miles of riding for me. So I followed the group up to Yetts before heading off on my own up and over Knockhill and back home again. 50 miles clocked up today at an avg speed of 17 mph which is enough for today and leaves something in the tank for tomorrow 😊