in case you were wondering...
May. 3rd, 2006 09:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ajvaYes, I cycled in this morning.
Set off at the ridiculously early time of a quarter to seven so I could try out my route without enormously heavy traffic. Unfortunately I was bleary-eyed enough to forget my map, though, so I was going on memory and direction. Still, I only went the wrong way twice, and quickly corrected myself each time, so I couldn't have lost more than about three or four minutes to it.
The only real problem was that I hadn't ridden this particular trusty old three-speed for some time, and the gears kept slipping in second, which was annoying, particularly at a couple of junctions where I lost valuable seconds engaging it again.
Anyhoo, I made it in forty minutes, give or take. I think on a good day, once I'm familiar with the route and the bike's working well, I should be able to manage it in a fairly leisurely thirty-five even in heavier traffic.
Had some time to kill, so enjoyed a couple of dozen leisurely lengths in the pool at my gym, had a nice shower, and am now in work extra early. I bet I'll be shattered later, mind.
Set off at the ridiculously early time of a quarter to seven so I could try out my route without enormously heavy traffic. Unfortunately I was bleary-eyed enough to forget my map, though, so I was going on memory and direction. Still, I only went the wrong way twice, and quickly corrected myself each time, so I couldn't have lost more than about three or four minutes to it.
The only real problem was that I hadn't ridden this particular trusty old three-speed for some time, and the gears kept slipping in second, which was annoying, particularly at a couple of junctions where I lost valuable seconds engaging it again.
Anyhoo, I made it in forty minutes, give or take. I think on a good day, once I'm familiar with the route and the bike's working well, I should be able to manage it in a fairly leisurely thirty-five even in heavier traffic.
Had some time to kill, so enjoyed a couple of dozen leisurely lengths in the pool at my gym, had a nice shower, and am now in work extra early. I bet I'll be shattered later, mind.
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Date: 2006-05-03 09:36 am (UTC)I was about to suggest that I might enjoy having a quick swim at my gym in the morning.
Then I remembered that I ride right past Tooting Bec Lido every morning.
And it's getting warm, and it'll surely be opening soon.
Hmm...
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Date: 2006-05-03 09:38 am (UTC)Wimps!
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Date: 2006-05-03 10:56 am (UTC)Took me an hour and a half to do 20 miles in the car this morning :0(
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Date: 2006-05-03 05:52 pm (UTC)You may want to look at the after-party post I made yesterday, as I think I found something whilst cleaning up which belongs to you!