Downed tools at about 4:30 and retrieved the red Boardman from the garage. Thought I’d do a Twycrosser, since I didn’t do one at the weekend. Dry enough weather. From the forecast and the Met Office rainfall radar it looked like I might pick up a brief shower. Interestingly the roof of my car was wet indicating that a shower had occurred, but it must have been brief because you couldn’t tell from looking at the roads.
It was very flippin’ blowy though, not to mention a bit cold. After the first couple of minutes I decided to keep it short, just a statutory 15 miles to get me out of rowing machine duties – but as time wore on I got used to it and decided to perservere. I did do the intended 21+ miles. Picked up a bit of rain later on but very light.
Only had a little blinky flasher front light with me and I’d intended to be back while there was enough light, but unfortunately I had to take a phone call for ten minutes a mile or two north of Twycross, which upset my timing a bit. Ended up relying on passing and oncoming cars to illuminate the road in front of me over the last mile and a half.
Because I pushed a bit harder than usual after Twycross to get home before dark, my knees feel slightly knackered now. But I hope my strategy of working them regularly will help them to recover. Eventually.
My Soleus GPS claimed 22.23 miles when I stopped recording and Strava took it at its word, but I knew that about half a mile of that was LIES due its GPS doping habit so I dutifully pressed the “recalculate” button on Strava to get a more realistic 21.80. And that’s 44 this month, not too shabby.