I have followed a piece of advise from Sian and joined www.fetcheveryone.com. I'm known as MorningRunner81. I don't know why I'm persisting with this online tag as I haven't run in the morning since the Wadenhoe started back in November. I'm blaming the commuting. To run as well as cycle to work would start getting silly and I'd have to run at 05:30 and be pre-prepared for the ride.
Anyway "fetch" is a kind of blogging site specifically for exercise freaks. It lets you record times and post comments about what you've done. I liked it and still have to transfer over all of my commuting times from work.
Hopefully that's all about to change as we've finally got an acceptable offer on the house and things seem to be progressing nicely. Hopefully I'll be living down in Huntingdon soon and the commute will be a lot shorter. It means less training on the bike but hopefully more time to train on other aspects not to mention more energy!
Today I had hoped to go on the Nicetri club ride in St Neots so had got up early and thought it would only take an hour and thirty to reach St Neots but the wind was appalling. I'd hazrad a guess and 15-16mile an hour wind with larger gusts straight in my direction of travel. Good training but slowed me down a hell of a lot. Missed the start time by 15 minutes and there was not a Lycra clad cycler to be seen. I decided to head out on my own and took the scenic route back via Grafham water. Wind behind me it was a lot more enjoyable and I was racing along turning my rotten average speed of 17.1mph back to a slightly more respectable 18.4mph. Doesn't sound a lot of difference but I had to ride hard to pull that back.
I was planning to go for a run too but I've sat down now and the TV is calling. Best have some lunch and see if I can find the energy to get out of the house.
