On call, and still not 100% recovered from the lurgy. But I wanted to do about 45 miles. As is my usual practice, I stitched together two rides, one to the north (up to Belton), one to the south (a Twycrosser) so I could do that distance without being too far from base in case of an unwanted phone call.
Lovely day – warm, sunny and only a gentle breeze for a change. Nice run out. I’ve been slightly worried that while the right knee is improving slowly (I hope), the left one is getting a bit worse. But it was fine today over 43.85 miles.
And that takes me to 171 this month, not too bad considering I was on holiday for the first week. I may have a ten mile run out with ‘er indoors tomorrow, as well. 2801 done this year.
I took a pic near Bosworth.
https://www.strava.com/activities/2707610175
I weighed myself when I got up this morning. 69.94 kg, which is a record low this year and for a 6’1″ bloke, probably a bit on the thin side. Undoubtedly whatever virus I’m getting over at the moment has overcome the enhanced calorie intake from my week of lush living on the high seas.
I wanted to get my weight down to about 76kg when I discovered that I weighed 81.78kg in January, and I suppose I’ve gone too far, without trying very hard.
On the other hand – that body weight I was carrying in January is nearly equivalent to my present weight plus a backpack containing five two-litre bottles of water. That’s a lot of dead weight to be pushing up the hills between here and Bosworth.
I don’t want to lose any more, though. I’m starting to look like Harold Steptoe.