Bike - Road30:00 13.12 km (2:17 / km) +55m2:14 / km ahr:128 max:142
IW. On the road bike to allow for a longer ride home. Slow to get moving but so much smoother than the SS once up to speed.
6 PM
Bike - Road2:41:18 65.25 km (2:28 / km) +486m2:23 / km ahr:122 max:154
HFW via Newport, Crosskeys and Nelson. Following wind on the levels made it an easy start, (despite this I was still nearly 11 minutes down on the fastest Strava split for the 1km there!). Some numpty engineer had made a mess of the round-about in Newport and there was a 'no bikes' sign on it, so had to take the very inconvenient pedestrian route all the way around the outside. Then I think I fond the steepest hill in Newport!
The section up to Crosskeys really dragged and I was starting to think that I was being a bit overambitious (and getting hungry). However, once on the railway line cycle path the wind died down and I was able to trundle along. Nice to have such a long stretch without cars. Getting tired (and even more hungry) by the time I got home.