Training Log Archive: FE

Club Ride: Warren Rd - Radnor - Horsham (Pavilion cafe) - Slinfold - Cranleigh.
Woke at 8.40 and got to Spectrum by 9.05! We started within 30s, got caught at the lights so waited for three guys. One guy went home, leaving Dave a novice group rider and Rob Hawkins, the owner of Just Pedal that run cycle tours in the UK and Europe. Turned out to be an interesting ride. On way the out it was 2 to 4 degrees with a headwind and I was averaging a HR of only 120, having to keep the speed down for Dave to keep up, another 10 miles and I reckon hypothermia would have kicked in. The main group of 20 never turned up at the cafe (some emergency or too cold?). After swopping long sleeved for short waterproof, I was OK at 6 degrees on the way back, but we were going 10% faster.

Really need to get out on some faster long rides. Felt I could have ridden a 100 at this pace, if warmer. There's always next week, if I get there on time.

Some basic leg exercises without weights.

Used garmin, trying to get a feel for speed and gear selection. Cadence does not compensate fully when dropping down a gear (intuitively knew this already). Need to get cadence meter working and train to increase comfortable cadence range and hopefully reduce effect. Into NE wind.

Back for heating engineer and said we need a new boiler. Could buy a secondhand professional bike with the same money!

Easy running at St John's Lye. Hamstrings definitely improving, calf just OK for 3k. Trying out bike Garmin.

3 x 200m (90s rest), 5.19, 5.41, 5.30. 200m wu wd

First time I've timed the ride into the new office. A minute quicker than I'd estimated. Without the traffic it would make a reasonable sporting TT course with a hill at the end.