12 of us on the bun run today and the weather is still holding up well, with slightly less wind than yesterday. Just the usual route today with coffee and cake at the cafe stop before the ride home. No extra mileage today and given the easier pace today it was a pleasant recovery ride for me, so 50 miles clocked up at an avg speed of 16 mph 👍
24 on the bun run this morning and weather wise it’s been a very nice week. It’s been dry, light winds with a little sunshine here and there but best of all not baltic usually around the 4-5 degrees mark. This has meant that I’ve been able to use the summer bike for all the rides this week 🤘 I went with the first group this morning of which there were about 14 of us. This did mean a faster ride but I wasn’t too bothered about that, it would keep me warm. Usual roll and orange juice at the cafe stop before heading back home over Knockhill. I was a little short on mileage so I headed up to Kingseat and around to Hill of Beath before heading back to Crossgates, thus getting my 50 mile target at an avg speed of 17 mph 🙂
Today was the clubs usual Boxing day ride, and like last years one it was around the Forth over the 2 bridges. I was quite surprised that 18 of us turned up, that’s not the norm, but given the fine weather we’ve had this week I could see why. Rather than splitting into 2 groups like we normally would, we went as one big group. The roads were very quite that early in the morning so we headed for Kincardine bridge and the Kelpies for our planned cafe stop. At the Kelpies I had coffee and cake and since we had ridden the northern side of the river first our journey back would take us through Grangemouth and Bo’ness, the south side of the river along to South Queensferry where we would cross over the Forth Road bridge and then split our separate ways to head home. Once over the bridge I headed for Dalgety bay and up and over mill farm road which would take me directly home. So 46 miles clocked up at an avg speed of 17 mph, given the short flat ride this speed was expected.
I decided to ride to Kilsyth today particularly to cycle over Tak Ma Doon road (read big hill here 😋), but in the reverse route that I would normally do which I haven’t done in quite some time. Given it’s Christmas day I knew it would be a quiet day and the weather was perfect for a longer ride, which was another reason to go to Kilsyth as I was looking to clock up a 100k today 😁 I headed back to the old stomping grounds of my former home, Falkirk, and then into Denny and along to Carron Valley where I joined the Tak Ma Doon road heading over the south side of the hill, which is a bit easier since it not as steep. This takes you down into Kilsyth were for me it was a straight shot back to Denny and Falkirk and then over Kincardine bridge and Dunfermline. I didn’t stop for obvious reasons (nothing is open 😁) and did the 70 miles in one non-stop ride. It’s mostly a flat route with the aforementioned hill in it so I did the ride fairly quickly at a time of 4 hours 15 mins, which isn’t very fast but still 16.5 mph avg and that was fine with me 😀
4 of us on the bun run this morning and weather wise it’s similar to yesterday only minus the sun, with a little bit of head wind on the ride home. Usual route to the cafe stop for coffee and cake only this time Santa was there today which made the cafe quite busy this morning, but we did get some freebies 😀 The ride back home would be into a headwind, not a strong one, but noticeable enough to feel it in my legs. We took turns at the front for most of the way until we went our separate ways. So 50 miles clocked up today at an avg speed just under 17 mph.
26 of us on the bun run today and weather wise, well it was dark to start with thus requiring lights but in the end it turned out to be a nice sunny day with little wind around 😀 I joined the second group of 6 riders for a more steady paced ride, I still had fatigue in the legs from yesterday’s threshold work so didn’t want to go too nuts today. Usual roll and orange juice at the cafe before we headed back. I took the normal route home over Knockhill with some efforts going up Knockhill to just kill my legs some more 😆 but overall I kept with the group before we all went our separate ways. So 47 miles clocked up at an avg speed of 17 mph 👍
4 of us on the bun run this morning and weather wise it’s pretty much the same as yesterday, overcast, wet roads but no rain and very little wind. We decided to make a small change to the cafe stop, still following the normal route but stopping at Mona’s cafe in Pool of Muckhart rather than Stirling Mills in Tillicoultry. Coffee and cake were still had at the stop though 😁 before we headed back home via the normal route. I tagged on a small amount towards the end of the ride by going up to Kingseat before heading back down to Crossgates via Hill of Beath. So 52 miles clocked up at an avg speed of 15 mph.
12 of us on the bun run this morning and weather wise it’s a bit wet, overcast but little to no wind and not freezing to boot 😁 We split into 2 groups and I went in the first group which was had 9 of us in it. Usual route to the cafes stop for my roll and orange juice before we head back home again. We decided to go over Knockhill and keep the route to the normal one rather than going elsewhere like Milnathort. So a quick ride today of 47 miles at an avg speed of 16 mph.
6 of us on the bun run this morning and weather wise it’s sunny, dry, little wind but bloody freezing, colder than yesterday 🥶 Nick wanted to do a different route today down to the Coffee Bothy for our cafe stop. So we skipped out Knockhill and headed down to Saline and along to Alva before heading along the hillfoots to the cafe stop. My fueling stop was scrambled eggs on toast with avocado and sun dried tomatoes, with coffee and banoffee pie to follow 🥰😋 Our route back would take us to Alloa and back along the coast via Clackmannanshire and Kincardine before heading back up to Dunfermline. I decided to do a little extra today to bump it up to the 100 Km. So I headed back up to Redcraigs and then along to Townhill, Kingseat and Hill of Beath before heading back to Crossgates. So 63 miles clocked up at an avg speed of 16 mph 😊
26 on the bun run to day and weather wise it’s a bit chilly but dry with some wind around but the direction would mean mostly crosswinds today so that was fine. I was in the first group of 10 this morning now back to full fitness 😁 It’s taken about 5-6 weeks of consistent training to get back here when usually around this time of the year I would be taking it easy leading into the holiday season, but now that I’m back I can relax a little bit before the proper training kicks off in January. Anyhow we took the usual route to the cafe stop where I had my roll and orange juice as per usual and for the return journey I followed everyone else by going over knockhill. It’s a little bit too cold to do any longer stuff today so I’m sticking to the slightly shorter route 😁 So, 47 miles clocked up at an avg speed of 17 mph and that’s fine with me 🙂
25 on the bun run today on a foggy and cold day but thankfully there was very little wind around which also meant the fog didn’t really clear up until I was nearly home. I was in the first group today with about 12 of us in the group. The roads were damp and although it did rain last night it was dry today. We had 1 puncture just shy of the cafe stop where I had to sacrifice my inner tube, it wasn’t me who punctured but I was the only one with a working inner tube 😉 This made us a bit late to the cafe stop as all the other riders caught us up and passed us on the way to the cafe. Usual fuel at the cafe stop before we headed back home again. I decided to go to Milnathort with Iain but we had to stop before we would split from the group because Rachael’s Di2 lever battery had gone flat, luckily Marki had a spare and I showed them where to swap it. It was then ontowards Milnathort for Ian and I before we split at Kelty to go our own way home, so 50 miles clocked up at an avg speed of 17 mph. I would say that my fitness was almost back now, I can hold a good pace without knackering myself and by the time I got back home I was still in one piece and feeling ok. So, over the coming weeks I should be fine in the group until my training season kicks back in Jan next year just before the race season kicks off in April again 😀
3 of us on the bun run today and weather wise, it’s sunny, bloody cold but no wind around. Mark would be leaving Steve and I when we got over Knockhill and he would head to Saline as we continued down to Powmill on our way to the cafe stop. So with just the 2 of us at the cafe it was a quick turn around for some coffee and cake before heading back home again. After yesterday’s hard ride I was glad to take it easy today and just mosey on home. So I clocked up 50 miles at an avg speed of 15 mph and got home in a good state 🙂