Didn’t blog about last weeks ride as it never really happened. I developed a cold Tuesday before last which progressed into a combination cold/cough by the Friday and had me take my second day of sick from work this year. I am guessing the 60 mile ride in the rain the weekend before (last post) contributed to this. Saturday was another day in and out of bed and I woke up Sunday feeling pretty good so Joy and I took to the bikes for a gentle 20 mile ride which turns out I was not ready for as I wheezed my way round and felt exhausted pretty much from the off.
I normally have my asthma under control through watching my diet and avoiding smoke etc but it has really flared up with this bout of man flu and I have had to use inhalers every day.
I normally have my asthma under control through watching my diet and avoiding smoke etc but it has really flared up with this bout of man flu and I have had to use inhalers every day.
I had hoped to do a 30 mile ride home on Thursday but soon had to accept that I couldn’t get enough oxygen into my blood so I stuck with it as much as I could but cut the ride short at 26 miles and got home feeling like I had done triple that.
Following on from the above I set off gently this morning with the hope of doing a 60 mile ride but knowing I may have to cut it short again. It was a glorious morning which really helps, especially when I am on my own like today. I was having difficulty breathing and spent half the time coughing for the first ten miles but I kept on plugging away at a quick quick slow slow pace as my body came and went from feeling fine to feeling like a tonne of lead. Bumped into Richard going in the other direction at Puttenham and had a nice chat with him for a couple minutes before heading in our different directions. Would like to have joined Richard but I was at the 32 mile mark and was heading home to refill my water bottle and grab some lunch. I got home having completed 37 miles at an average of 17.4mph so was pretty impressed with the progress. My planned 20 minute rest turned out to be just shy of an hour as I had to attend to an issue with a buyer for something I sold on ebay.
Following on from the above I set off gently this morning with the hope of doing a 60 mile ride but knowing I may have to cut it short again. It was a glorious morning which really helps, especially when I am on my own like today. I was having difficulty breathing and spent half the time coughing for the first ten miles but I kept on plugging away at a quick quick slow slow pace as my body came and went from feeling fine to feeling like a tonne of lead. Bumped into Richard going in the other direction at Puttenham and had a nice chat with him for a couple minutes before heading in our different directions. Would like to have joined Richard but I was at the 32 mile mark and was heading home to refill my water bottle and grab some lunch. I got home having completed 37 miles at an average of 17.4mph so was pretty impressed with the progress. My planned 20 minute rest turned out to be just shy of an hour as I had to attend to an issue with a buyer for something I sold on ebay.
Felt like I could go for more so I headed out again. Did some big climbs on the second part of the ride and I am just pleased to have made the 60.68 miles, especially returning 16.8mph average over the whole distance.
Feel absolutely exhausted now though and really hope this bug clears up soon.
Feel absolutely exhausted now though and really hope this bug clears up soon.
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