So as the title of this blog suggests, today is hump day. Yes it’s Wednesday, yes it’s middle of the week for me, but more importantly today when I went through Kendal I was officially over half way to Land’s End. Some impressive achievement for only 4 days worth of cycling! Pat on the back for moi!
As I set off this morning there was a little chill in the air, I had a cold fog coming out when I breathed. The first 34 miles were also very humpy (hence the post name), yet the humps were longer up than down, I climbed to 1412 feet as I got to the top of Shap Summit, this was a very slow pace compared most other starts to my days. The final mile of the climb was slow burner, yet when I reached the top the views were amazing, you can see the view over on my Instagram story @ijustfeltlikecycling. The next 8 miles were all free wheeling down into Kendal, so worth the pain of the climb, any cyclist would know what that feels like.
My overall cadence and average speed was lower today, I put that down to a couple of things, firstly having to navigate my way through some large cities and towns, fighting my way through the traffic lights. I thought there were a lot of lights cycling through Malaga, but today was a new record I think. The other factor may be the saddle sore that I have. It is putting me in serious pain pretty much all day. The moment I sit on the saddle it hurts. I am then having to get out the saddle every once in a while just to ease the position. The initial moment I get up it is like no pain I can describe, yet I just have to deal with it.
Garmin again highlighting that my fitness is improving, post today’s ride it suggests that I only need 24 hours recovery! At this rate ill finish day 6 in Okehampton and it’ll be telling me I can get back on the bike and crack on to Land’s End!
Here are the stats from today’s ride.
116.59 miles
7:50:19 riding time
39.8 mph top speed
14.9 mph average speed
87 rpm cadence
5669 ft of climbing
4233 calories burnt
6 litres of water
So the majority of this post has been written whilst watching the football. Think me and everyone in this hotel bar is starting to feel the nerves. It’s 64 minutes gone, and I think everyone in the nation is about to have squeaky bum time!
Is it coming home…!?
I Just Felt Like Cycling 