Cycle - 4 hours - 01/02/2010
Five of us met at the cafe ahead of this morning’s ride despite the frosty weather. It was my first club ride in at least a month so was a little apprehensive when hearing how icy the roads had been recently.
Ken and Adam broke off at the top of Layhams Lane while Tim, James and I continued on to Woldingham and then along the ridge to Tatsfield and Knockholt. James called it a day there and headed back. Tim and I went down Star Hill and up Toys. At the top of Toys I turned back. My legs couldn’t come close to matching Tim on the hills so I’d been holding him up far too much for such a cold day.
Other than getting my first long ride of the year ticked off, there were two other positives to come out of today’s ride. Firstly, I finally finished the stash of random bars and gels I’d accumulated from various rides and promotions. Unfortunately the last gel was a Zipvit Natural Orange Flavour. Without doubt the worst tasting gel I’ve ever had. A bit like soil and dried orange peel ground down and mixed with set honey. Thanks for the sample Zipvit but I’ll stick to PowerBar’s gels for now.
The second positive was a good test of my hydration backpack. I knew today’s weather would cause bottles to freeze so I filled the bladder with the equivalent of two big bottles of energy drink and didn’t have a problem all morning. Drinking from near freezing bottles on a cold day will instantly lower your body temperature and it then takes extra energy to warm up again. Energy that could be better spent getting up hills!
Workout:
- Type: Cycle
- Date: 01/02/2010
- Time: 08:30:00
- Total Time: 4:00:00.00
- Calories: 3155
- Distance: 95 km
- Average Speed: 23.75 kmph
- Ascent: 1,200 m
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