My Week in Training – Week 32

Date	Kms	Time	Type	Avg Speed (KPH)	Links
Tue, 9th Aug 2011	84	2:48:08	Road	29.7	Strava – Garmin
Thu, 11th Aug 2011	40	1:28:33	Road	26.6	Strava – Garmin
Sat, 13th Aug 2011	84	2:46:45	Road	30.2	Strava – Garmin

207kms this week. I must admit that this week has been a bit busy, hence just 3 rides, with just 10 days left for my Big Ride.

My Week in Training – Week 29

Date	Kms	Time	Type	Avg Speed (KPH)	Links
Mon, 18th Jul 2011	40	1:32:55	Road	25.6	Strava – Garmin
Tue, 19th Jul 2011	84	2:42:46	Road	30.9	Strava – Garmin
Fri, 22nd Jul 2011	92	3:18:11	Road	27.8	Strava – Garmin
Sun, 24th Jul 2011	33	1:55:12	Road	27.6	Strava – Garmin

View from Burling Gap

The weather forecast is awful for this week. Today, the westerly winds are really strong and blustery. It also looked like rain. I decided to take the Trek out today and go around Beachy Head, taking the camera with me, as the photo opportunity would be quite good at Burling Gap and Beachy Head.

My Week in Training – Week 28

Date	Kms	Time	Type	Avg Speed (KPH)	Links
Mon, 11th Jul 2011	92	3:23:06	Road	27.1	Strava – Garmin
Wed, 13th Jul 2011	92	3:21:57	Road	27.3	Strava – Garmin
Thu, 14th Jul 2011	84	2:50:50	Road	29.5	Strava – Garmin
Fri, 15th Jul 2011	40	1:18:07	Road	30.2	Strava – Garmin

Start of another week with a ride to Bewl Water and back (to Eastbourne) under beautiful blue skies. It was a nice ride but needed a couple of gels along the way to help with energy.

My Week in Training – Week 27

Date	Kms	Time	Type	Avg Speed (KPH)	Links
Mon, 4th Jul 2011	92	3:10:24	Road	29.1	Strava – Garmin
Tue, 5th Jul 2011	39	1:27:19	Road	27.0	Strava – Garmin
Thu, 7th Jul 2011	39	1:28:46	Road	26.8	Strava – Garmin
Fri, 8th Jul 2011	39	1:17:43	Road	30.4	Strava – Garmin
Sun, 10th Jul 2011	83	2:47:09	Road	30.1	Strava – Garmin

The weather just keeps improving at the moment. Maybe, I shouldn’t talk too soon. With very slight SE winds, this morning, I decided to go out and do the Rye ride again. It was really nice to have a bike that doesn’t creak any more, after changing the pedals to an old set. Obviously, the bearing are on their way out.

My Week in Training – Week 25

Date	Miles	Time	Type	Avg Speed (MPH)	Links
Mon, 20th Jun 2011		1hr	Turbo		Garmin
Tue, 21st Jun 2011	52	2:50:16	Road	18.4	Strava – Garmin
Thu, 23rd Jun 2011	52	3:03:56	Road	17.1	Strava – Garmin
Fri, 24th Jun 2011	25	1:28:57	Road	16.6	Strava – Garmin
Sun, 26th Jun 2011	52	3:09:20	Road	16.6	Strava – Garmin

Monday started off as a bit of a miserable day and didn’t really improve at all, with rain in the afternoon. At least the wind had stopped. I just did an hour on the turbo in the garage.

My Week in Training – Week 24

Date	Miles	Time	Type	Avg Speed (MPH)	Links
Mon, 13th Jun 2011	25	1:32:54	Road	15.8	Strava – Garmin
Tue, 14th Jun 2011	57	3:21:11	Road	17.0	Strava – Garmin
Wed, 15th Jun 2011	25	1:21:35	Road	18.0	Strava – Garmin
Sun, 19th Jun 2011	25	1:22:29	Road	17.8	Strava – Garmin

Monday brought quite strong winds again, from the SW. For a change of scenery, and because of those winds, I decided to do the Beachy Head route in a clockwise direction, getting rid of the headwind early. After just a few miles, I realised that I really didn’t have that much energy. Thinking back, it’s was all down to the lack of carbs from the meals of the 2 previous days.

My Week in Training – Week 21

Date	Miles	Time	Type	Avg Speed (MPH)	Links
Tue, 24th May 2011	52	2:56:29	Road	17.8	Strava – Garmin
Wed, 25th May 2011	37	2:06:30	Road	17.8	Strava – Garmin
Fri, 27th May 2011	25	1:29:11	Road	16.5	Strava – Garmin
Sat, 28th May 2011	25	1:26:43	Road	17.0	Strava – Garmin

I presume it’s because of the increased mileage but I do feel a lot stronger on the bike. When you consider that last week, I did in excess of 250 miles, it does makes sense.