Tell us about your weekend ride

I headed home this weekend to get some miles in. Last weekend there was a sportive in Leicestershire which I missed, so I decided to adopt the route as my own.

Rolled the first 20-ish miles with my dad, which lowered the pace a bit but really put a smile on my face. He rides 3-4 times a week, but usually only about 10 or maybe 15 miles. It was awesome to tempt him out for a longer ride.

The rest was fairly easy going, but psychologically difficult. I started the ride at the 42mile point on the attached map, because that's where I live, so heading out for the loop around markfield was tough - knowing that I was within 3 miles of home, but had many hills and miles left.

Finished in 4 hours 45 mins which I was pleased with, given the slow start and then stopping to read my map at almost every junction. I had a pint of my homebrewed beer as a treat when I finished. It was flippin' delicious.

:-)

Cupcakes, I'm looking forward to meeting you in a week to sort out those levers and now just found out you're from pretty much where I'm from! I come from South Leicester and like to have the occasional ride around Loughborough area.
I joined my dad in a 'churches ride' last year, which I'll be hoping to do again this sept, in which you cycle to as many churches as you can within one day to raise money for your church. We did around 60 miles going from Ashby-de-la-Zouch across to Loughborough and back round again. I think we visited 45 churches in that time and had tea and cake at most of them!
I shall be trying to get my dad out for a ride this week when I'm back in Leicester as it is very enjoyable as a father/son sport.