Ride 20/05/2023

9 of us on the bun run this morning, it wasn’t forecast to rain so I had no rain gear with me, and we had little wind, but we did get a few spots of rain on the ride and thankfully it wasn’t much, so I didn’t suffer getting cold and wet It turned out to be a good days ride in the end, so for the beginning I stuck in the bunch, riding at tempo. After the cafe stop I decided I would do some extra with a few of the guys who were going around Loch Leven. I wasn’t feeling particularly strong today, my legs are still a little sore, I’m not really getting enough recover time giving I’m cycling 5 days a week, but I was feeling good enough to carry the other guys for the bulk of the route when we broke from the main group who headed the normal way back to Dunfermline over Knockhill. There were 4 of us doing the extra miles, heading around Loch Leven and then over some lumpy stuff through Cardenden and Auchtertool before I headed home to Crossgates. I was looking for 65 miles today so I did a little bit past Crossgates to get that, and was quite surprised by the end of the ride I was averaging over 18 mph So all in all a very good day of cycling, lets hope it will continue next week when I do the Ride London 100.