I changed my training plan. This is a drastic thing to do but I thought that if I could manage a 13 mile run last Sunday then I'd be able to manage one next Sunday, the date of the Robin Hood half marathon, and that would allow me a long bike ride today...so that's what I did.
Falmouth Cycles organise a group ride every Sunday (details on their Facebook page) and, after Steve and Dom sorted me out with suitable wheels, I had a quick go last Friday to make sure I still knew how to ride a bike. That done, I signed up to the ride and decided to add an extra few miles on too. Hey, what's a few miles when you've got wheels doing all the work?
Unfortunately my lack of bike experience for the year saw me dragging my new pony up the inclines of Cornwall on what was meant to be a 32 mile or so ride. I had to throw in the towel after around 25 as I could see how badly I was holding the group up and, despite excellent encouragement from Mat French, I nipped back to the shop for a bit of a rest. I still had to cycle back, a distance of 11 miles if I took the normal route or 14 if I wanted to make up the mileage to 50, and figured this would have me back in one piece.
I managed to record my awful stats, the ride home being a particularly steady affair. This isn't a great picture as it's more of an 11, 25, 14 mile ride with breaks in between but 50 miles on the same day feels like something of an accomplishment...just need to get the ol' speed up to scratch now.
