Well it’s a damp wet start this morning but thankfully the rain stopped after a while as I wasn’t packing any wet gear. It was a fast ride today but I did manage to keep up with the group but got dropped a little up knockhill but I wasn’t the last over so thats a win in my mind
After skipping yesterdays ride due to the dangerous weather today’s ride was ok with me. The route would be to Stirling and back via Saline and since the weather was fine, little winds, I was able to keep up with the group all the way round. So today I did 58 miles at an avg speed of 17.5 mph and I’m happy with that
Distance 47.58 mi | Time 2:48:18 | Speed 17.0 mph | Elevation 2,300 ft
Source: Ride 03/02/2019
So yesterday’s weather was atrocious -5 with about an inch of snow, I opted not to ride and I think it was the wise choice given that only 4 people turned up yesterday. Today was a slightly better day, zero degrees and some of the snow had been wiped away by traffic. Only 5 of us turned up today and we decided to do a loop around the forth which was fine with me as I know the route well and I know I can do it fast. So todays ride was a good ride for me, I was able to stay with the group and lead it some of the way. The only downside was the freezing rain/sleet we had to put up with from Falkirk to Linlithgow, where we stopped for a cafe break. By the time we finished out coffee the rain had stopped so it was a cold but dry ride back home
Brutal windy day today, I only managed to keep up with the group for about 40 miles before I had to drop back and take it at my own pace. Although I made it home in one piece this time, better than last week, I’m still knackerd!
Unfortunately this mornings ride got corrupted at the cafe when the garmin took a hissy fit I do however have the the second half of the ride after the cafe stop but todays ride was the usual Sat bun run ride of about 47 miles. Although this does leave me wondering what the overall stats were as I did keep up with the group today.
Source: Ride 20/01/2019
Oh boy was this a tough! ride, I didn’t know where we were going this morning and thats my own fault but had I known I wouldn’t have done this ride. It started with being a colder day than yesterday although it was still dry, again there were a lot of us about 18 today. In the end I found out that we were cycling to Doune, when we actually got to Doune for the cafe stop, my fault for being a sheep! I was tired when we got there so I knew by that point I wasn’t going to be able to stay with the group going back. True enough by the time we got to Salin I was smashed and its a long hill climb there. I let the group carry on and I stopped there, I wasn’t going to be able to go any further, I was just to exhausted so I had a bite to eat and drink at Salin and decided I would go home a different route, one less stressful. Remarkably by the time I got home I had still managed to do 74 miles at an avg speed of 17 mph which is mental for me in this time of the season, I’m usually my weakest in the winter months. So for next week I need to find out what distance we are doing so I can plan accordingly
Source: Ride 19/01/2019
Well it’s a very cold day to be cycling but surprisingly enough there were a lot of us out today about 20 of us. Due to ice on the roads we decided not to go up knockhill which was fine by me, so todays ride was a reasonable one where I was able to keep up with the group
Source: Ride 13/01/2019
Brutal ride this morning, riding in 22 mph headwinds which was greater than yesterdays winds was just a nightmare. Really struggled today to keep up even from the back of the group, so glad to get back home but I was so tried I struggled to even get up the stairs to the shower.
Distance 46.76 mi | Time 2:47:48 | Speed 16.7 mph | Elevation 2,585 ft
Source: Ride 12/01/2019
Tough ride today, wind was strong which made cycling really difficult. Thankfully I was able to keep up most of the time but it cost me! My avg power for today was 186 watts on a normal day that should be around the 160 watts mark. I certainly felt it going up knock hill so much so I got a new FTP record for today but I’ve no got sore legs which doesn’t bode well for tomorrow as it’s supposed to be windier and an longer ride
The weather report for today said sunny spells with a temp of around 8 degrees so I dressed accordingly thinking I’ll be ok temp wise. The weather report was so wrong! It was misty all the way around today’s route and bloody cold. Just as well we were going fairly fast as I was cold to most of the time with the odd occasion where I was working hard and I got some warmth. Good job I wasn’t freezing my arse off as that would have ended the ride for me. Anyway today’s ride was the permanent fixed course of about 55 miles for me through Falkland, skipping out the nasty hill just after the cafe stop 56 miles clocked up at an avg speed of 17 mph, not bad for a shity day like today.
Well first ride of the year and given the large number that turned up today looks like a few new years resolutions have kicked in Today we actually went at a reasonable pace so much so I didn’t struggle at all today and was with the group all the way round, and didn’t even get dropped going up knock hill Should be interesting to see what happens tomorrow at the club has instigated a new Sunday route which means we will no longer pick a random route on the Sunday ride, it’s a fixed route going around Loch Leven of about 50 miles.
So it’s out with the Sunday 18 mph crew today and it was a tough ride! We went over knock hill twice and up dunning hill once, only at an avg of 16 mph but that was enough to kill me. I managed to keep up with the group going up dunning hill but going over knock hill the second time I got dropped which I was expecting. The head wind didn’t help much even when I was at the back of the group, so it was a hard slog all the way around today.