Ride Day

Something a bit new today, a double ride day. A long ride this morning, with another shorter, easier spin in the afternoon. All up it made for a day with a pretty reasonable amount of miles in it.

The ride this morning went pretty well. It was a long ride with a large number of short intervals in it. For the most part I managed to get the intervals pretty close to my target speeds. A few slipped under, but mostly they were on or above. Happy with that. Lovely conditions as well, not too much wind, nice temperature. The miles rolled past pretty easily as well. All round it was a ride I was happy with.

The ride this afternoon was a more relaxed affair. Bit of a spin. More wind about, but nothing too bad.
The other side of the day has been about maintenance. I headed down to Churchill cycles to pick up the training bike, which they have had since yesterday. I hadn't received any dire phone calls, so I was hopeful and once I got there I was pleased to find out that there hadn't been any major problems discovered. In fact some of the more disturbing noises that it used to make have apparently now been sorted. I haven't had a chance to give it a spin and find out yet, that will have to wait until next week.

I have also had a go at repairing my wetsuit. I think that has gone okay, but it is possibly a bit too early to know for sure. I will give it a proper chance to dry before giving it a stretch test. It seemed to go okay though. So, happy about that. I will be very pleased to have that little bit of damage sorted.

Looooong run tomorrow morning. That will be the last big session before the big day in two weeks time. I think it should go okay, the pace isn't that demanding, but it is a very long way to run. The plan is to get out early and get it done so I can then get on with my day.