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I feel pretty inadequate posting this with all this talk of double centuries and people trekking across Denmark, but somebody has got to bring the mean average distance down.
Two rides this weekend, totalling just over 100 miles. Dulwich Paragon club run yesterday, with a bit of an extension to take in Pilgrim's Way and Brasted. I couldn't get into my 28t sprocket and my rear wheel was slipping every pedal stroke so that was a fucking nightmare but I did manage to get up despite cursing quite a lot. Bonked badly on the way home and struggled back. One banana isn't enough for 47 miles.
http://app.strava.com/activities/62042408
Over to Richmond today to do three laps full gas. Should have known better. Rammed full of fluoro nodders on hybrids riding two abreast so the whole park was slowed to their pathetic commuting speed. 1.03.31 was all I could manage. In my defence it was windy as fuck. 20.18 was the best of the three, which puts the others in perspective. Bonked again and had to stop for a Snickers on the way home. Took my bike to the excellent London Cycle Workshop in Wandsworth and they adjusted my limit screw so I now have some more gears. Didn't charge me. Good blokes in there.
http://app.strava.com/activities/62042408