Date
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Route
Distance,
Time, Week Total, Total
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05/03/13
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Home – Heswall – Neston
– Home 24
2hrs
50 24 138.3
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Clear blue sky, very
little wind, 10’c. Spring has sprung!
Storming start
straight up the hill to Thurstaston along the main road – wasn’t as bad as I
had anticipated. Big surprise at the gradient on Heswall bends -
you think you have climbed to the highest point when you reach Thurstaston
but you haven’t!
Interesting unadopted
road route down to Lower Heswall. Must
try it going upwards! Along to Neston
and across the Chester High Road then down onto the Wirral way all the way
back to Caldy. A final climb up the
millionaires road, Kings Drive, actually was OK! Am quite pleased I was able to get to the
top without stopping and it meant a glorious cruise back home.
So not a bad ride but
really need to start picking up the pace and upping the mileage as well as
trying to fit in longer rides on consecutive days. Not much work left to do then!!! Scary thought that the mileage grand total
as it stands is only 10% of the recommended preparation mileage of 1400
miles. Eeek!
Learnt some
interesting stuff on this ride –
·
Its
not a good idea to scream round a gravelly bend in top gear no matter how
much fun you’re having zooming along – even nobbly off road tyres don’t grip
well on loose gravel.
·
It
is possible to have sweaty cold feet! Really must try and sort that out!
·
A
thermal, a long sleeved bike top, a short sleeved bike top, a fleece and a
rain jacket is waaaaaay too many layers when the temperature is 10’c and
there is no wind!!
|
A blow by blow account of my training for the Coast to Coast bike ride I plan to undertake in August 2013. I am hoping to raise oodles of sponsorship money for Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital.
Tuesday 5 March 2013
A sweaty 200m vertical gain day!
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