Last week was a good week, 210 miles on the cross bike, mix of on road and off road, however the longest ride was only 65 miles, I needed a century and today was going to be that day.
Epic fail, 74 miles only, my legs were fine but my back was hurting like hell after only 35 miles, bearing in mind that it had been relatively flat, only 3 hills of any consequence, I got to the cafe, coffee and a ham sandwich, a gel and off again, the Delamere perimeter trail is always good, on a cross bike with poor brakes it was even better.
Heading back home and constantly having to stand and stretch now, decided to stop at another cafe, pot of tea and the best flapjack ever meant my legs were still strong despite the ever present headwind. I got to within 5 miles of home and was confident of the 100 ( I'd planned to head up the trans penine trail to Reddish to complete the ton) as far as my legs were concerned but my back was hurting a lot now so decided to bin it and get home and take a hot bath.
Pretty fed up really, I've done some work, well enough to get me round the K100 this year, I've taken care not to injure myself, but my body is telling me something that I don't want to hear, luckily one of the failings of my body is an ever creeping deafness so I'm not listening.
One more big ride and I'll be as ready as I ever will, K100 I'll be there :-)
Cool mileage, I only just beat you with 216 miles but I cheated by doing most of them on the road. My back is giving me a lot of pain every ride now, I just hope it stays quiet enough to let me finish K100 this time. I've stripped down carriage stuff to just the bare essentials and bolted it all to the bike, hope that helps.
ReplyDeleteIs it bad that I can pinpoint that photo exactly :)
ReplyDeleteHave fun at the K100. Be STRONG like warrior.