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Pixie Climbs out of bed and onto her Bike before she has time to back out!

Well I was on me bike at 7.45AM (what!!??) and off on loop one of today's little bicycle round the countryside. After about 2m I was down to my tee as it was fairly warm despite the grey clouds and the time of day. At 8.30 the sun even popped out for a bit, well 5 mins and that was it until this afternoon!

One of the villages I went through was Shakerstone - we had been there before so it looked familar which was comforting. I also crossed the A444 which runs through my village so I felt safe.

I had to stop every now and then to read the instructions as to where I was going and it wasn't until I was a good 12-15m in that I noticed that one of the villages was call Orton on the Hill - hmm wonder why that is! The instructions mentioned a church and I looked up and yep right up there was a steeple! I decided to stop at the church to read the next set of instructions - OK I stopped as I couldn't breath as I had cycled up the hill without stopping!

Within 5 mins I turned the corner so see that if you go up a steep hill you also go down! Now I am a chicken so I used my brakes until I was about 1/2 way down and still I hit 24mph by the bottom!!

I hit the 20m mark in 1hr 45 and was feeling good! Butt was stating to feel a bit tender but nothing too bad! At 22m I had to pass back through my village within about 1/2m from my house. Why? Well I had finished route 1 and was off on another route!

Back to Shakerston without the use of instructions! Just the one stop to change my tee and down some sports drink.

At about 3 1/2 hrs I started to get tired so stopped for more sports drink and some Tesco Jelly numbers (I had already eaten my 2 bananas). This picked me up a bit but not enough to stop me getting lost!! Getting lost meant exhaustion hit so the last hour was a crawl and the butt was complaining and each incline felt like a mountain!

5 hrs 47 after I left home after 5hrs 8 mins of cycling and 53.1m later I was home! A stretch, a shower and a plate of eggs and toast later and I felt better.

Actually I felt a hell of a lot better than I expected. So much so that I also did some lawn mowing this afternoon. I am now, however, totally exhausted! So with the wine in the fridge, hubby home in 45 mins and tea to cook I will leave you!!

Oh and before anyone gets any smart ideas - I AM NOT DOING TRI!!

Comments

RobW said…
OK - You won't do Tri but then there is always a Duathlon.

{Robert leaps into his foxhole and awaits the incoming fire}
10:35 PM, March 25, 2005
Evil Pixie said…
{pixie loks down dark scary fox hole and decides it's not a place for little pixies to go}
Robert ... SLAP

not sure if what I do counts as swimming ruth!

Bum still tender today and fingers still numb :-(
8:18 AM, March 26, 2005
Dan said…
Bloody hell Kim that is a FANTASTIC workout - you will be so fit by race day you will have to hold yourself back. BTW you know that tri is much better all-round exercise than just running...!
12:59 PM, March 29, 2005
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