Another week of no running last week - had the stitches out of my poorly foot, which improved things somewhat, but then me and Herb's rainy lumpfest last Sunday left me with soggy bits of dead skin everywhere and a still-sore toe.
So - bike it was again. This week's fun was an after-work ride with Adam, Sue and Rich - on his new Cube carbon steed. Down the old roads to Crosshills, up the Lothersdale road (where Adam tried to give us a bit of pain and failed), then down to Cononley, up over to Silsden and a climb up Holden Lane, where Sue gave us lots of pain without really trying.
Then Saturday we were off to York for Angry's 40th celebrations, so I decided to cycle. I chose quiet, but mainly flat roads, and had a lovely pootle through Ilkley, Otley, Wetherby and all sorts of little villages. 50 miles done with very little effort in well under 3 hours, so respectable pace and a good work out before drinking beer and winning (well, Karen winning) some money.
The foot does seem to be about fixed now, so i think some running will have to be done - probably a month off now, so it'll be like starting from scratch again.
Not managed to get under four mins for the Lothersdale Rd from the 30mph sign to the top :-( Nastiest hill round these parts is due south from Carleton almost to the top of Pinhaw.(Except for Priest Bank of course!)
ReplyDeleteYou have clearly never ridden up the road from Sutton over to Goose Eye, Bob - toughest climb by miles I've done anywhere near home.
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