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Whilst not strictly the weekend (bank holiday Monday), I decided to see if I could follow on from my Sunday ride with another 150km + ride (my first attempt and doing long rides back to back for LEJOG base training miles).
The girlfriend suggested that we go to Great Shelford for a pub lunch and back.
Failed at getting up early as hadn't been till bed until late on the Sunday.
Finally left home at 8.30am.
Hadn't even got through the Greenwich foot tunnel before Emma unavoidably rode through some glass on the road and punctured (anyone else notice that there always seems to be tons of broken bottles and pint glasses on the road after bank holidays).
Fortunately, the ride there was uneventful as it's a route that I've done many times before.
Being the first time I'd done back to back long days in the saddle, I found it interesting how my body coped.
I had a normal breakfast but only managed to make it to one of the services in Epping before my body told me it needed more fuel. It didn't want one of those shitty High-5 energy bars I was carrying, it needed SANDWICHES.
There were no sandwiches however so I scoffed one and a half minging sausage rolls (the other half is still in the bottom of my pannier) and a snickers down. I normally drink the High-5 2:1 fructose drink but my body seemed repulsed by it and just ended up drinking water.
Good lessons learnt for LEJOG.
Had an amazing lunch at a pub called the Square and Compasses in Great Shelford before setting off home.
It's obvious that the councils are making an effort to fill in the pot holes before the TDF rolls through as they've done some great work filling them in.
Anyone up for a weekend ride soon riding stage 3 in reverse?
http://www.strava.com/activities/137859155
