It's been a long time, and the reason isn't my uselesslessness in updating the blog, it's actually that I haven't done any meaningful exercise.
I've been cycling on my Brompton every day to work, except for the two weeks in August when I was on holiday. I did a bit of swimming in Spain, but not really an awful lot. I still haven't done any running since the painful experience in Richmond park. ( a week or so after my Ironman, I went for a run, but it was so painful I limped most of it)
So I pumped my very flat tyres, and strapped on my HR monitor, and set off today at about 11am on a nice sunny day. This was my first cycle from my new house, so I've got to think about different routes now. I wanted to turn right at the end of the road, but the traffic was terrible so I took the easier option and turned left down the hill.
This road has one of those terrible combined footpaths/cycle paths. It's the kind that has a side road every 50 meters and a steep slope in the pavement down and back up again as the path crosses the road. You practically have to stop unless you want to risk a car careering into you. These are actually much more dangerous for cyclists, and pedestrians for that matter, than just cycling down the road.
I was cycling on the road, when straight away someone in a left-hand drive car, someone with little knowledge of cycling or the rules in the highway code, pulled alongside me, leaned over, and tried to tell me through their window I should be on the cycle path.
I was only able to get out a "This is a public road and I can cycle on it if I like" before they pulled away. I think that was really rather restrained of me.
I meandered around Windsor, up to Ascot, and and back through Windsor Great Park. Not wanting to overdo it, I only stayed out for around 1hr 20mins.
It felt good, with hardly any wind and bright sunshine (was wering my newish Maui Jims).
Full stats to follow.
