First of all I need to pay tribute to my gorgeous wife. "I suppose I'm going to be a cycling widow until May then?" "Yes you are really" I replied and so started our weekend. But despite her frustration she's been an absolute rock in looking after me, encouraging me, the home made soup etc!
OK on to the training for the weekend - and what a weekend it was.
Saturday, decided to stay close to home and was aiming for 6 laps of the route used for the Duston triathlon. This got so mind numbingly boring I could only face 4 laps but still mamaged 48 miles. Details;
48 miles, average speed 15.1 mph, total ascents 2450 feet.
Today Sunday was a bit different. I decided to attempt the Spires & Squires route, all 80 miles of it in conditions barely above freezing. At times I wondered about the wisdom of that choice; I faced frost so thick it may have been snow, sheets of ice which meant there was no chance of making up speed on the downhills, in fact I got very nervous when they appeared, temperatures close to zero if not below and driving snow at Naseby. Not ideal conditions to say the least when I could barely feel toes or fingers . But having completed the route, I realised that on the ride itself, I'll really benefit from training in condiions like this. OK, enoough of the self glorification, here are the figures;
Mileage 81 miles
Total time 6.29 (Spires & Squires route was 6.19 for those who know it)
Average moving speed 13.7 mph
Average overall speed 12.5
Moving time 5.53
Total ascents 4468 feet
Next week I may do less mileage and concentrate on hill climbing or speed work - honest Bonita!
Who is Chris Gutowski?
- Chris Gutowski
- Northampton, United Kingdom
- 50+. Very much a family man who still enjoys taking up physical challenges. "MOST PEOPLE TIPTOE THROUGH LIFE HOPING TO MAKE IT SAFELY TO DEATH"
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