This morning's 'planned' ride with Steve didn't happen so I decided to take advantage of the sun and head down to Marshside to take some wildlife photos. Of course, by the time I got there the wind had picked up, the sky had clouded over and it was freezing cold. Didn't get any usable shots although I did get to see a kestrel hunting for a while which was cool. Just as I'd decided I'd got cold enough it started to snow. Great.
Fast forward to this afternoon. Didn't really feel like riding, still cold, cloudy and windy out. Eventually decided to head out at around 3:30, just as a blizzard started. Quick loop on the Voodoo - Home > Barn > School Climb > George's Lane > ICR > Barn > Home. The school climb ripped my legs and lungs apart as usual but I made it up without stopping (unusual for me on a singlespeed, usually have at least one little rest stop). According to my GPS it took me 11 minutes to ride up there from the gate to George's Lane (1.2km, 111m vertical height gain). Seemed much longer. Decided against going up to the Pike as there were loads of people up there (nothing to do with me not wanting to do anymore climbing, honest!)
Congratulations to Cris who completed his 30/30 yesterday. Top effort!
17km|63mins|Blizzard/sun/blizzard/sun, windy, cold
Rating 6/10
2 comments:
'Eventually I decided...' You didn't need any coaxing, oh no. :~)
My word verification is 'bhfft', which is a lot like 'pfffttt'.
I was always going to ride, it was just a question of when :)
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