A lot of the snow and ice is finally beginning to melt although the less well used country roads are still pretty much unrideable. I followed the route of a local sportive ride from Theale out towards Lambourn, an area known as the valley of the racehorse. In the summer you can see the racehorses training on the gallops that run parallel to the road and try and match their speed on the bike.
It's undulating countryside rather than big hills but riding in this area always seems to be a good guage of my fitness, if you're feeling good it seems you carry speed from the downs and make the ups without too much effort but when you're having a bad day the ups always seems a bit too long to make it without slowing.
Today the wind was the biggest challenge, everytime I'd turn a corner and think I'd get a bit of shelter it seemed the wind changed direction and blow head on. I think the Garmin needs a wind meter so you can see if the wind really is playing tricks on you!
Total ride time was just short of 4h 30 with 106.55km covered at an average speed of around 24 kph.
Full Garmin ride stats are here - Festive Challenge Day 5
Total ride time was just short of 4h 30 with 106.55km covered at an average speed of around 24 kph.
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