There was plenty of snow piled up on the side of some of the roads and the off-road trails looked icy but the roads were clear, even the few back roads I ventured on - I mainly stuck to quieter A roads. I got to the cafe in Edale at about 1:20pm, we were both aiming for 1pm and thinking we might be late. Turns out kate had been there nearly an hour - she was worried how late she would be so left early! After a lovely lasagne and chips I got chocolate cake, but I couldn't finish it in fact I felt bloated after it. At that point we thought we should get moving - I think we had spent well over an hour in the cafe since I arrived. The cafe was at the bottom of a nice steep climb - in an earlier life I had never got up there - today it was slow progress but I never felt like I needed to stop. At this point the constant mist (meaning I had visibility of only a few metres, fun coming down the hills) had cleared and the views were fantastic along the valley, but once I got to the top I turned into a headwind. I was lucky though as it didn't last.
Then it was home via Stockport and Manchester, I felt strong on the way back which was good. I could have obviously pushed harder in the morning but I was worried by the climbing so didn't. I even stopped at the pub in Disley and picked up the glasses I had left there on tuesday.
103.98 miles
11.8 mph (I wanted 12, but I'm happy with this as going downhill was slow in the conditions when you are a wimp like me)
2791m of ascent
you probably would have made 12mph ave. if you'd eaten your salad and finished the cake ;)
ReplyDeletelooking forward to the next adventure!
Well done Trio. Another seriously long ride with loads of hills!
ReplyDeleteDo you fancy a150 mile ride on
the 8th of March?
Well done. Sounds like a great ride. I would be happy with that in June, let alone February. You must be deliciously tired right now.
ReplyDeleteYou didn't use your cyclo-x bike did you?
ReplyDeleteCan't believe you didn't finish your cake! Good effort on the ride. Dare say I'll be doing my century on the 27th!
ReplyDeleteYou're a great cyclist Trio. I have been following your blog for a while now and throughly enjoy reading about your adventures. If you do the Trans Wales on the SS that'll really be something. I'm doing it in the summer but in reverse, with some variations, as I'm carring panniers and my knees are a good bit older than yours. Cheers.
ReplyDeleteredbike Can't do the 8th of march unfortunately.
ReplyDeleteI was on my roadie! No pics as my phone died!
DaveM Thanks I am slow but keep going!
I can't believe that your legs are fine. - Grrrr.
ReplyDeleteI could hardly walk down the stairs.
Excellent! Looks a tough ride. Just shows how much you've improved riding since our Legbreaker together. If I only I could say the same about my riding.......
ReplyDeleteWhat a lot of climbing! And I love that chart with the colors showing grade. Very cool!
ReplyDeletesarah www.mapmyride.com does that, it is not 100% accurate the longer the route the flatter the same hills become, but it was pretty. Try it out!
ReplyDeletelost sheep Yes last summer I saw the breakthroughs with my 100mile rides. That first legbreaker I had only been riding on road a while, I remember training to do the whole 42miles, it nearly killed me!
But now I need to speed up a bit!
i love whatever program you use for your efforts on the ride, the colors are fantastic.
ReplyDeleteWhat are you studying? I am about to start Chem subject this semester which will be fun, havent done Chem for a long time, have some A & P, but that will hopefully be revision.
Aim is Bach Halth Science (Dietician), but only just beginning......
mapmyride will do the colours for you as well, just plot your route in it, you can upload a gpx track straight onto it.
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