In the short run no cycling in the rain

Wet and drizzly this morning so left the FCR1 inside as she don't like rain. Ran 3.59 miles in 35mins 31secs at a pace of 9:53/mile which wasn't bad considering haven't run for best part of a month. Thus far knee is not hurting. Which is nice.

Monday - nice weather, must be back at work

Weather nice again, oh am back at work. Was bloomin cold yesterday walking round the Belfry. That's life I suppose. Done Ten miles this morning and posted up yesterday's ride and this mornings. Gym at lunchtime all being well.


Sunday's ride - you can't tell but I was utterly lost at one point!


Monday's ride above. Switched edge off at paper shop then forgot to switch it back on again so it's missing a mile or so.

That was the weekend that wasn't

Well, wrote Saturday off from an exercise front. Was in office at 7:30 in the morning, still in office at 7:30 in the evening and didn't get back home til gone 9pm so a bit of a disaster really.

I had to cancel golf as well on a gorgeous day and let me golfing buddy John down again. Will have to pop down and apologise tomorrow night.

Even worse have had to cancel the manager's trip I was supposed to go away on next week due to a family bereavement. Gutted about that. Really looking forward to the break I was.
So on to Sunday. Did ten miles this morning on the FCR1 and then went to the Quinn Masters at the Belfry to watch the golf with my dad and my uncle Michael.

Great to see the pros, watched Paul McGinley tee off on the 16th, am not sure if he's one of the bigger hitters or average or what but he hit the ball a country mile awesome. Also watched the final grouping of Lee Westwood, Gonzales Fernandez-Castano and Michael Campbell tee off on the 208 yard par three and they just hit the ball so pure and so hard it's amazing to watch the difference between pros and club golfers is like premiership footballers and Derby County, absolutely vast.



Lee Westwood teeing off on the first.

Lee Westwood walking along with eventual winner Gonzales Fernandez-Castano

Paul McGinley looking grumpy on 16th tee.

Mama Mia - a bloomin pound on...

Didn't get back in time for group yesterday but got weighed anyway. A pound on which is what I deserve. I've not got the time to do all the exercise I want to do at the minute and am not bothered enough about what am eating. Am not going on a four day holiday with work next week now so am p**sed off about that and so it's like 'I don't care'. Stupid. What's up with me.

On positive side - did gym three out of five days last week.

Went to see Mama Mia with missus and kids last night, it's nice and all that but be warned chaps - it's a chick flick you ain't gonna like it.

Day late!

Ever so busy at the mo. Off to Sheffield in a minute.

Yesterday was out early doors (before 6am is my new early doors). After telling Dave at work that I'd never had a puncture since fitting Ultra Gator Skinz on the FCR1 I managed to get a thorn through the sidewall and ended up pushing home for a mile yesterday morning. Fixed it last night and got a few miles out to test it before turning in for bed. 12 and a bit miles this morning so sort of back on track.

Work til 6 tonight then straight to Ashbourne for Mama Mia (oh no, what have you done?). Oh and if back to work in time I should be going to group about lunchtime, expecting a small gain, not been very good this week but on saying that have done 3 gym sessions in four possible days so far which is good.

Puncture - see the thorn right at the point above the 'A' and the 'N' of GIANT. Damn those hedges.

Doggone Exercise up.

This morning was out a bit later than I hoped - need to get alarm clock sorted but still got 11 miles done on the FCR1. All good stuff. Weight is a bit of a mess but not worried. Am intending to do gym again later.

Yesterday got better and better. Did 45 mins in gym - 25 mins straight on rower then a barrage of weights. Then went out on bike for 8 and a bit miles in 38 minutes last night - was slow but that's what you get when it's dark. Bear in mind that I've no intention of ending up in a pile like I did back in January with a broken wrist, thank you very much.

Farewell Charlie boy!

The dawg goes back to his owner today so no more exercise disruption. Only exercise I've done this morning and I use the term exercise in it's loosest sense is taking the pooch a bit under two miles. Tomorrow the FCR1 will be tearing up the country lanes again thank the lord. Going to gym at lunchtime today as well.

Start of the week

Rubbish day on the exercise front - was downstairs early doors and expecting to pound a few miles on the FCR1 but it all went awry with the darned hound wanting taking out so I had to change plans and take the pooch out. Picture below give a good idea just how slow it is when you walk a dog that insists on taking a leak every ten paces. I whizzed up town and back on the FCR1 but a paltry four miles is not enough by a long chalk. Will perhaps take the hound out again tonight.

Sunday and working again!

Done a biggish ride from home to me mum and dads over in Darley Dale. Went hill climbing all over the spot as you can see from the gradient profile so not bothered about the slow average. Also went up through Stanton-in-Peak and round Pilhough and Stanton Lees. Pilhough Farm used to be run by my Grandad and uncle and I spent loads of Sundays there. My grandma, blesse her, used to make the best Yorkshire Puds. The farm's all done up now - the outhouses that I remember putting grain into look like they've been converted into accommodation, the vegetable garden where my dog, Jake, was buried has been grassed over. The field where I came off a sledge with my dad 30 odd years ago now has ponies in it! Ponies?? World keeps on changing I suppose. Still it was nice to ride round roads I used to go on week in week out and hadn't been on for years - time travel by bicycle that's what today was.

Pilhough Farm - there was a vegetable garden here when I were a lad!

View from Pilhough over Rowsley. Beautiful spot.


A pothole near Brassington that I shall be reporting tomorrow

Morning
Am working on some interface files for Sage. Got up early doors and loaded up breadmaker then took the mutt out for a couple of miles. Am going to cycle over to mum and dads later today so that should be a good twenty miles on the FCR1. Big project going live next week, can't wait.

Weekend begins ...at Work?

Eh? What am I doing in office on a Saturday morning? See, said I was busy.

Anyway have took the mutt for a walk, no cycling as wanted to get in office and be out again for golf at lunchtime.