Checked the weather forecast at 3pm to make sure Wednesday was still expected to be dry, only to find that today was now expected to be dry as well – rain having been forecast for this afternoon. So I left early and decided to do a Twycross. Thought I’d do at least 25, possibly a bit longer.
A bit warm and muggy, intermittently cloudy and sunny and I took the Boardman in case of rain. But not a spot of rain descended from the skies. I did the recent version that takes in Witherley and Atterton Lane. I thought of stopping after 22 or so and returning the same way, but in the end I kept on and came the usual way home. The road north of Bosworth is quite atmospheric in the evening.
Stopped at my favourite bench at Sutton Cheney for a few minutes and did some exercises.
Also trialled a new GPS watch to replace my old Forerunner 25 which I’ve given up on now; the internal battery is just too knackered and you can’t get decent rechargeable replacements. The new one is a Forerunner 35. I really like it a lot – it’s very light and unobtrusive, could easily be worn as a regular watch, and has a delightfully clear, sharp, high contrast screen that’s easily readable even in low or very bright light. It syncs up to Garmin Connect via bluetooth to your phone, and from there to Strava, automatically. Also has a 13 hour battery life (while tracking) or more than a week if just used as a timepiece.
The only bummer is that it doesn’t show time of day alongside distance done while riding. My Soleus does that but it’s much more of a faff to get tracks off it. I’ve set it up to show speed, distance and stopwatch time but I’d rather have ‘clock’ time.
Anyway that’s another 33.24 miles in the bag; a very nice run out on a warm, light evening. 350 this month.