Ride 28/09/2024

Well it was a huge turnout for the bun run this morning, 38 people turned up which is the largest turnout I’ve ever seen in my time at DCC 👍 Weather wise it’s a little bit sunny and bright, but of course in the later part of the year that means it will be cold and cold it was, although thankfully not windy, I can do without the wind chill factor 🥶 I was in the first group which by definition these days means the FAST group, which it was. I managed to stick with the group but I was going hard to do so, and now that I’m back home I certainly feel that 😣 At the cafe stop I had the usual scrambled egg roll and orange juice before we decided which way to return home. I was looking to do 100 Km so I suggested a loop around Loch Leven which only Colin decided to agree on, so the rest of the group would follow us up to Milnathort before heading south through Kinross back to Dunfermline. Colin and I continued on around Loch Leven at a slightly slower pace, my poor legs were begging to feel the pain, I haven’t done a ride this long since I was ill about 2 months ago and the fast pace we were riding at up till Milnathort had taken its toll. I made it back to Crossgates after splitting from Colin but I was still about 5 miles short of my target, so I kept going, slowly, for another 5 miles with a quick loop around the Amazon building and back up to Crossgates, thus making up my mileage. So 64 miles clocked up (103 Km) at an avg speed of 17 mph and boy do my legs feel it now 😰 here’s hoping for some decent recover before tomorrows ride 😬