Hoping to do well on my first proper ride since Christams eve
all was going to plan, and I entered the Rapha 500 Strava chalenge which started on the 24th of December..... decided to knock up a century, and done 100km ride .... half the way in heavy headwind. Was feeling a bit rough after 80km, but pushed myself and blamed it on the wind..... done OK with a good ave speed
and woke up the following day (Christmas day) with a bad cold that turned into Bronchitis 2 days later
So I've been taking things a bit easier since then and am fully recovered (I still managed to clock up 664km in January, with a total of 3318 meters of climbing, and for Feb so far, I've managed to ride 857 km with 4722 meters of climbing
prior to that, for several months in a row, I always completed the Strava distance challenge aswell as the Gran Fondo's
tomorow will be my first longish ride in a while .... I will be riding just over 100km from Great Shelford Cambridge, heading South through Thunbridge, then back through Elmdon and Duxford with just over 700 meters of climbing .... a very good route (my favourite 100km ride and designed by me using Strava heatmaps) ... on very quiet good roads:
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/17957901