Weight this week 103.3kg
Up 1.2kg in the week
Miles last week 102
Longest Ride 58 miles (well, 54 + 2 miles each way to get there)
The weight is going to be a problem. There's no other way to look at it, you can't cheat gravity, and the heavier you are the more it pulls you back.
This was amply demonstrated to me in Sunday's Reliability Ride from Stratford-upon-Avon. At first, I though my eyesight was going, but it was subsequently proven that the huge pack of riders was, in truth, riding away from me up hill.
The rest of the day degenerated into snatched tows from the odd person who passed, and solitary dragging efforts to keep the speed up.
That said, 3:34 for the 54 miles was not too bad, and slightly in excess of 15mph. Probably good enough for this time of year.
This week will be lighter in effort, but heavier on stretches and core muscle exercises, since I'm told that I don't do enough of either. And the weekend, weather permitting, will see Gun Hill, Cat & Fiddle and Axe Edge in a loop from near Leek.
If we're not tired enough after that, it's only 12 miles to park at the top of Mow Cop, for a ride downhill, 180 degree turn at the bottom, and ride back up the 500+ feet of climb in a mile, culminating in a 1-in-4 beast at the top. I'm not even sure I can ride DOWN that!
20 weeks to go next Sunday.......
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The physcist in me wonders how it is possible to consume enough calories to fuel you for >100 miles of cycling and still have enough left to add 1.2Kg to the on-board fuel (ie fat) store.
Does the local McDonalds/KFC have a special reserved seat with your name on it?
And to increase muscle mass by 1.2Kg in a week would require a wheelbarrow full of steroids, along with the consumption of at least 3 cows worth of protein.
The local McDonalds/KFC has not seen me in 2008, save for purchasing for the kids.
I have eaten very little cow, and the wheelbarrow of steroids is being kept in reserve for July (NOT!)
I know not what is going on (except for more pounds)
Hmmm ... 1.2Kg is around 2.5 pounds yes?
To put on 1 pound in weight it is said you need to take in 3500 more calories than you burn.
So last week you cycled 100 miles and still took in >8K calories more than you burned. You don't do that by nibbling celery all day!
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