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After inners xc and GT red yesterday, my legs were like lead last night.
So after getting up and forcing a little breakfast down me, i headed over to do GT black.
My legs were still like lead and every time the trail pitched upwards they were screaming at me to head back, a little walking got me through the worst of the climbs and a found a bit of energy to enjoy the descents, after Deliverance i took one look at redemption and my legs had a refusal, so a wee walk to the top was the way forward. Then back down, suddenly to my surprise it all became familiar and i pedalled the crap out of magic mushroom, mushroom pie and down falla brae.
A wee pitstop at the hub and a bite to eat with some riders i rode yesterday, and i felt no better at all, ****ed!
So just a lap of the blue to finish off and really wish i had the legs to enjoy the final descent in the way i'd normally have it.
108 ss kms in two days and i'm an achy mess. Jez i need to ride more.
Road ride with the rest of the uni club. Exeter to diggerhead and back, 36 miles, two hours. Cloudy but dry, very nice.
Today, nowhere because I knew it was going to rain and blow hard so I did 150km road ride yesterday and am planning 100kms for Sun, Mon and Tues. Gotta love bank holidays. 😆
Went for a quick spin round GT- never seen it so busy , there was a constant flow of bikes. Whats happening at teh start of spooky wood? And that small diversion is great fun - actual single track at GT
Just a short road ride. Going Cannock tomorrow for a pootle as my shoulder's still not right so can't go full on gnar 🙁
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no riding for me this weekend as on house husband duty building browny points for the next weekend pass 😉
No riding this weekend. Was going up cannock chase but a dodgy back has seen that idea off. Just been to a kids party at the bowling alley...oh happy days. 🙁
Not all bad as I am on the lash later. 😀
That'll sort the back out.
Quick spin around Woburn Woods
just 1 lap at cannock today but very good trail. bigger ride next weekend
Northwest Highlands in stunning weather.
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42 mile road ride around North Somerset.
river dart.
Quantocks. It's never bad.
10 times round a field 5 minutes from the man city footy ground.
riding tomorrow 8) (now that i have new gear gables inners and outers (couldnt shift into middle ring yestaday 😥
4hours flying through the air at herts shore 🙂
Nothing today. Other than a trip down to the LBS to get my shifter looked at.
Over from Bangor to Llanberis via Lake Padarn, and then up Snowdon until halfway and thought better of it. It was [u]very[/u] windy up there today (70mph?). Descent and then up through the slate mines eventually making our way down to Rhiwlas, and then back to Bangor. Aside from Snowdon conditions, it was a total summer's day.
back to the flat of warwickshire today 21 miles, one bike shop and some new knee warmers
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great days riding at Wanlockhead...
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lee quarry , windy as hell , nice evening apart from that
Maxin the rad skilz in the cleave on da D-Moor.
that looks just a little hillier than my route 😐
had to double park at the hub for a quick toilet stop, a wee spin round Inners XC, and even though there was an uplift day there, only 5 other people on the route, and then popped back to GT for a blast round the red route... sitting on the sofa enjoying some real ale, before cooking steak and tatties for dinner. Depending of the wind, a road ride tomorrow!
43 miler to see some deer rutting in Windsor Great Park 🙂
<makes deer rutting noise>
would you care to explain jedi ... in detail... (you not been on the magic mushrooms have you ? lol
short road ride section in support of and with the lads from the watch the two firefighters were from that died in Hampshire recently.
Top lads, cycling to every station in the county in 24hrs to say thankyou for charity work.
if you see them out an about give them a shout in support please.
Aston Hill.
Bit slippy but in a fun way - and good to get out on my big bike for first time in more than a month.
been riding herts shore. awesome conditions 🙂
Surrey hills with a newbie mate, he's getting better fast, no crashes today.
3 or 4hrs local XC on my own then a short ride with GFs son(8), never ventured more than a couple of miles from my front door and didn't ride the same bit twice almost totally dry too 😀
coastkid - looks way nicer this weekend (kinda glad we bailed to Drumlanrig last weekend TBH)
Kirroughtree, utterly utterly mint.
Took a guy newish to riding for a lap of Y Wal at Afan, he loved it and I knackered my BB on the first climb but still had a great time
GW im glad i made it this weekend...though it took about 5 seconds from HH on the phone last night and i was there :o..that descent off from that big golf ball thing on the hill top is ace!,
its the bit used in the film Home with Rik from Drumalrig...
does it have a name anyone? we named it no left turn...for obvious reasons!
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60mile 'up tempo' road ride with an uber-fit mate. Legs are in pieces right now.
Probably not the best prep for tomorrows cross race :0/
We were up Ben Arthur (the Cobbler). Glorious sunshine but a howling gale at the top. A stonking run back down 🙂
Peaks pootle, crashed twice, one hurt, one didn't.... knackered now
Penmachno this morning. Cannock Monkey tomorrow.
Grizedale with a comedy off.
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only did 18 miles (3000ft of climbing) and I'm now absolutely buggered
Road ride, Taunton, Porlock, Dunkery Beacon, Raleighs Cross, Taunton 46 miles, 3300 ft climbed.
Licky hills. Much fun exaggerated by new overkill bouncy toy.
Mate's work's fitness ride - Scarborough to Whitby and back up the old railway line. Just over 40 miles and more climbing than you'd expect - not much (ie nothing) technical though.
Cracking mendip ride with an old mate. Was rubbish uphill but my downhilling was as good as it has ever been with no fear or screw ups I managed several bit that troubled me previously. Then a nice lamb biriani.
For a second I thought you said a "nice lambrini". I'll go see the optician.