Is it too much too ask for a dry day in May?

As we come to the end of what may be one of the wettest Springs on record I hope to get out for a ride on Saturday morning without the need for full waterproofs. Lets hope.

May just try this in my water bottle

Just found this in the fridge and its really quite good. Surely that would be OK to get me up the hills, and healthy too.

Amazing what you can find in a hedge

What a difference a few days make. On Friday it was so wet & cold but today the sun was out so went for a long ride. Was hoping to do 40 miles but it was so good I ended up doing 60 miles including some big climbs!! Well pleased.

This fine chap is at the gateway of a large house up in The Chilterns.

At last

The sun has finally decided to show up, so out we go. Hoping to get a few hours in and some big hills.

Where has the Summer got to?

Its getting beyond a joke now, here we are at the end of May and I'm having to wear all my winter kit!  As it was so windy I decided to head for them hills again. Makes for a slow average but gets the top speed up :) Managed just over 40 MPH down past Chiltern Forest Golf Course.Now sat at home with caoffee and a few flapjacks.

That was hard work, but fun.

Second race of the year and all going well. Managed to stay with the field and not get lapped.  Great way to spend a Tuesday evening and it didn't rain till we finished.

Decided to do another short ride but push it a bit harder. Only did a couple of hills and manged to get a personal best again!! Maybe my legs are finally coming good. Lets hope so as I have another race on Tuesday.

I have got a bit of a cough at the moment so went out for an easy ride.  Ended up getting a personal best on one of the climbs I do!  There must be a lesson there. Will have to see if I suffer for it tomorrow. Anyway another 26 miles in the bag. Hoping that next week I feel better and can get a longer ride in.

Got to practice hills so here goes

This actually gets to 20% after about half a mile, but that is pretty much the top. I have only riden this twice this year but this time I manged to ride it without stopping so things are looking up.

A very blustery day, so I headed for the hills

With gusts forecast of around 25 mph I decided to run for the hills. The wind doesn't make quite so much difference when you are trying to drag yourself up a hill. Well thats the theory anyway.
I did 1400 ft of climbing and manged to get a tail wind for most of the way home. So another 30 miles in the bag and a set of jelly legs for the rest of the day.
Really do wish our summer would hurry up and make an appearance.

First race of the year, average 23 MPH!!

Did my first race of the year at Milton Keynes, had a great ride, including warm up I did 29 miles.  This is the best I have ever done there so all this extra training for the London ride is really paying off. The average on my bike computer is a little lower as I need a couple of cool down laps.

Time for a massive peanut butter sandwich and cake.

Almost there

Managed 93 miles, trouble is it took me 3 days. Cracking weather today though,  great to be riding though this countryside with 20C on your back.

Its almost warm out there

Had a great ride this morning, made sure it was a hilly route so well please with 1,287 ft of climbing over a 40 mile route and still averaged 16 mph. Time now for a BBQ and a beer, or two.

Finally manged to get on on Saturday afternoon and did 26 miles. It was pretty blustery but luckily we got the route right and had a tail wind home. All being week will get out on Sunday and Monday. Aiming to get 100 miles done on this long weekend.