Sweeties, Pies and Ginger

I was forty minutes late for work this morning as I went too far on the bike, after starting a bit later than I thought I had. I was originally going to do the usual twenty mile circuit as my thighs are still sore from the two runs on Saturday. Once out on the bike however, I ended up starting the twenty five mile circuit and then just carrying on to Chatteris rather than turning off at Witcham Toll for Haddenham.

It felt pretty good for the majority of the ride, but as you can see from my heart rate, there was a general dip in the middle of the ride which is interesting. The sudden drop near one hour thirty five minutes is me stopping for a quick piss stop. Other than that it's pretty constant, which on the whole looks good, but I know the different levels of effort I had to put in on each leg, so heart rate alone doesn't tell the story.

It looks like I'll have to get some sort of power measurement hub or cranks or something and marry that with the heart rate data to really find out where I can improve. One thing that does seem to have improved me is using High5 Energy Source eXtreme, but by Jove you've got to use it sparingly...

I think I had a bit too much this morning as I was still buzzing this afternoon at work; it's really strong stuff. I think I'll have to train with it a few time to find out how much I can take with out it making me feel shit; caffeine hangovers aren't very nice.

Since Karen, Finlay and I are off to Scotland on Thursday I've got one more big bike on Wednesday and then it's off the bike for a week. When we get back I'll need to take it easy as the Bedford Classic will only be six days away. I'm quite looking forward to it, but also quite nervous about it at the same time.

34.23 Miles