Training Log Archive: Mowbs

Home -> HC -> Congleton -> Marton (down A34) -> back on route from other day, Lower Withington -> Over Peover -> Home

On A50 there was a cycle race, and I fed into the first few riders who had all the gear. Tri-bars, aero-helmets, shoe covers, the lot!!! Over took one... lol... tbh he was almost going backwards! Then one overtook me, and I was goin bout 33km/h then without consciously thinking, I just kept at his pace and was doing 38km/h next time I looked down :o ... needless to say this was the pinnacle moment of the entire ride, barely 3km in... Downhill from there, or rather plenty of uphill which pretty much killed me.

HC to Congleton was fast actually. Bout 31km/h average, then cos I didn't know congleton and was following signs + traffic, pace dropped, then some hills took it out of me, wind didn't help. Got onto A34 and concluded I wasn't going to complete the loop round to Knutsford cos I'd actually die!

Noticed bike wasn't quite right and I narrowed it down to the back tyre. Turns out I hadn't done the valve up properly on Wednesday... back on the move, and 500m down the road chain fell off as I was cranking up the gears for downhill... chain came off again at some point later too... just got frustrated, lost all rhythm and that's what made it feel shit. Hadn't eaten that much today tbh. Roast for dinner was just what I needed (strange how the one time we have it on saturday I actually really really need it!)

Height Readings from Garmin Forerunner... sound a bit iffy, but gonna keep recording them anyway.

C • Height 3

Finished mocks :) Had a picnic with Beth then she went to work, so I decided to capitalise on such a lovely day and go check out all the lanes I could. Went towards HC, cut through Twemlow to Swettenham. Then out to A34 at Marton and up to Siddington. I then went away from home a bit more exploring towards Macc a bit down a road I'd see a cycle race come down. It was a lovely ride. Then back usual route down Batemill Lane, through Over Peover, along A50 but went to Janice's to check what she wants doing.

Going to coat some furniture tomorrow. (That road still has a stupid amount of pot holes.) Overall quite energy sapping, but fun.

Tried this with shorts which have extra padding, but I got annoyed with them for a while, then didn't really notice them till 5-10mins from end.

Day off school, so had a nice lie in to recover from hols ;) then revised pretty much the rest of the day. Got to 5 and I'd had enough plus everyone got home = distraction :/

Went across fields to trading post and back via shakerley mere. 1/3 across fields, 2/3 on side of road. Could feel my body creaking from yesterday. Good to warm out the stiffness though.

League Cup Semi Final

Winnington Park vs Lymm

7-50.... Lost :/ Half time we were only 12-0 down, but last 10mins conceded at least 3 of the tries.

The game was really good, but we were definitely the underdogs, and this time you could tell who was the better team. They train 4 times a week. We haven't trained in about 2 months, and had no more than 10 to most training sessions anyway... You could see how much fitter they were.

Feel battered, but proud to play for wprfc badge. Last game of season. Possibly my last ever for the club.

Match Report: http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/winningtonpark/s/res...