Ride 13/05/2023 100 miles

The weather was looking good today which meant I could get a good ride in today. 8 of us on the bun run this morning, although it was chilly and cloudy which I was not expecting. The weather forecast was sunshine from the get go but that wasn’t the case to begin with. Thankfully it wasn’t too windy but we did start with a headwind to the cafe stop and ultimately I would end up with a lot of headwind over the course of this ride. After the cafe stop it did start to warm up a bit and eventually the sun came out and the temps did rise to around 18 degrees Once I had finished the bun run ride I stopped at home to grab some lunch. The plan today was to do a 100 miles but I would split it over the bun run and then on my own for the next 50 miles. It was a headwind riding back home for lunch but as said before it wasn’t too strong so I could keep up a good pace. After lunch I decided I would do the 2 bridges route which is a bit flatter and would allow me to see how I was doing for the ride London which is a flat route. Again I had a tailwind on my outbound leg heading towards Falkirk, where I stopped at the Kelpies for some coffee and cake By this time it was very sunny and hot, just the way I like it although the suncream that I had packed for the ride turned out to be an empty bottle Thankfully I did put cream on my legs before the start of today’s ride but I didn’t put any cream on my arms until I rolled my sleeves on my second outing and then discovered I had no suncream. I took my chances and had my sleeves up and down over the ride just to try and protect my arms but my wrists still got a little bit burnt Anyhow I was back into the headwind for a second time on my final leg home from Kincardine Bridge to Dalgety Bay with the little last slog up to Crossgates. So 100 miles clocked up at an avg speed of 17 mph which is not too bad for the lumpy ride that I was on, I still climbed 4800 feet, but the end result was me being about 45 min over the 5 hour mark that I’m aiming for on the ride London. If I can get into a good of riders I stand a good chance of reaching my goal, assuming the weather isn’t horrendous