Saturday July 29, 2006

And back again Well The ride back yesterday took longer. 65:15. But then I rode back a very different way. One of my colleagues was riding as well so we went back via his house ~10 miles. Practicing drafting, which makes things much faster and easier. Only trouble was that he lives in Wokingham so I had to get back from there. So I started coming the direct route along Reading road, and quickly got fed up with that, so at Winersh headed in to Woodley and back through Sonning. Though this added a couple of miles it was probably nicer riding. So 19 miles in 65 minutes isn't so bad. Though I felt really tired afterwards, and hungry, and hot.... Well that makes 90 miles this week. Most I've ever managed. I'll have to see if I can do it next week Posted by cwb ( Jul 29 2006, 07:00:00 PM BST ) Permalink

Friday July 28, 2006

57:07 So cycled in today in 57:07. Must have been because I was happier in the traffic rather than riding faster. Posted by cwb ( Jul 28 2006, 11:00:00 AM BST ) Permalink

Wednesday July 26, 2006

And home again So the journey home wasn't too bad either. I measured from the cycle lockers home rather than the entrance to the campus (the speedbumps in the campus are so vicious you cannot get a decent speed up). So it was a bit further. 17.4 miles in 63:37. So averaging 16.36 mph. Could have done better really but The bit between shinfield and the M4 on the A327 was up hill and I felt my legs had no energy. (not surprising really) Posted by cwb ( Jul 26 2006, 07:00:00 PM BST ) Permalink Comments [1]

Rode in to work this morning I decided to try cycling to work. It's a 20 mile drive that takes around 45-50 minutes due to the traffic. Going by bike I avoid some of the faster rodes and take the more direct route which is almost exactly 17 miles to the entrance of the campus. So I checked mail from home and set off after that. Did the 17 miles in 59:09. Even taking a shower in to account that's not much slower than driving. Any way - I've just got to do the same on the way home now! Posted by cwb ( Jul 26 2006, 10:10:00 AM BST ) Permalink Comments [1]

Sunday November 20, 2005

Mileage this week: 20 OK So I am a couple of days late postin gthis so for the record I'm posting it back on Sunday even though today is really Tuesday Mileage this week = 20 Miles All of it off road 7 Miles with Andrea around Swinley Forest which was nice. She seems to be really getting in to the single track, 13 miles from the office on my own (apart from the army practicing blowing up bridges causing a 3 mile diversion) Wanted to get out over the weekend, but with Andrea running the Brighton 10k and being on call it just didn't happen. I can see this week being harder, though last weeks rides were cold and frosty it was sunny. Now were in damp weather and I never feel like going out in it. Ho Hum... Posted by cwb ( Nov 20 2005, 12:00:00 AM GMT ) Permalink Comments [0]

Monday November 14, 2005

Mileage this week: 0 Appaling week for cycling. Mostly because I haven't been around. I had a business trip to Prague to meet the new engineers we have and give some talks. A good week from that point of view, but as I didn't get back till very late on thursday night I didn't cycle then. And to cap it all I had my parents to stay for the weekend so cycling was off the agenda then. Oh well - must try harder Posted by cwb ( Nov 14 2005, 01:07:00 PM GMT ) Permalink Comments [0]

Sunday November 06, 2005

Mileage this week and bike theft I'm trying to get out and ride more, so I'm going to try to write up what I've ridden each week. This week was really busy at work. Working late most evenings preparing for a very large code inspection (which I'll write up once the code has gone in to OpenSolaris) But I still managed to get out on my bike three times Tuesday: 5 miles off road in Swinley Forest. Met up with my wife at lunch time and introduced her to the fantastic singletrack there (which later she realised she enjoyed more than the road riding she's been doing lately Saturday: 11 miles road round playhatch over to Sonning Common and back (40 mins ) Felt really tough Sunday: 15 miles road. Similar route to yesterday but took my neighbour out and went a little further towards Stoke Row. Today it was wet. So wet infact there was standing water on the road. Still we both enjoyed it. Total: 31 miles The only down side was my neighbours bike got stolen as he went in to tell his wife he was back. Must have been very quick. He's only had it a few weeks. Scumbags. Technorati Tags: cycling( Nov 06 2005, 07:10:00 PM GMT ) Permalink Comments [0]

Wednesday July 13, 2005

Road Riding with Tim Well today was a little foolish. I've been chatting with Chris Gerhard and Tim Uglow over the last week or so, and they finally persuaded me to go for a road ride with them. Mostly by telling me that it would be an easy 10 miles trying to keep up 20mph apart from the hills. I could probably do that, I thought. I do normally Road Ride on my own. I live 17 miles from work and the thought of riding there and back still fills me with dread (let alone riding at lunchtime as well!) I packed up my road bike and drove to work (yes I know it's the cheat's way...). Tim planned the route (14 miles). Anyway Chris was tempted to come out, but the thought of wearing me out was not quite tempting enough for him to have an extra 14 miles on his regular 40. Did I mention it's about 30 centigrade out there. So we head out and it's fun, in a I don't normally start this fast kind of way. I don't think I'm holding Tim up that much. It's good to ride with someone more used to riding in traffic. I went everywhere on my bike till I could drive, then it was mountain biking about 10 years a go that re kindleld my cycling fire. I learnt a lot watching Tim handling the cars. Where I live I normally ride out in to the Chilterns. That means Up, Up, little down, Up, UP, big down, bigger up...etc... ie. not flat. Around work it's got some flat bits before big hills. I was pleased to see I could manage a good 20+ on the flat, which the local track club have as a pre-requisite. Not that track really appeals. Up hills I need more strength and actually I just need to be fitter. There was one really fantastic hill (the down any way - no I do enjoy the ups, but it was hot today) a 1 in 8 down 38mph . Don't know what the up was. I'll plot it later on the map and work it out. It was definitely less than 38mph. In the end it was 15.6 miles but I know my computer reads long (so it's probably .5 a mile less). Just over 55 mins. All this in a lunch hour. Posted by cwb ( Jul 13 2005, 09:04:43 PM BST ) Permalink Comments [0]