Morning Commute:
Total Distance: 13.37 miles
Total Time: 49m 24s
Max Speed: 29.4mph
Avg Speed: 16.2mph
Avg H/Rate: 151rpm
Cadence: 78rpm

My turbo trainer turned up yesterday, so after Lily and Louise had put up the christmas tree, I took the opportunity to set it up (very difficult I hasten to add!) and have a bash. I was knackered after yesterdays ride home, so didn’t want to overdo it, but found the whole thing rather exhilarating! The resitance (10 settings) is a fantastic thing to have, and now I want some of the Tacx DVD’s that flash up on the side when you need to change resitance, so you  can sample some of the great tours in history – I just refuse to pay £29.99 for them…. If anyone knows anywhere cheaper (start at Usenet if you must) then please let me know.

My stats for the Turbo Trainer will now be over on the right hand side underneath my normal stats. I’ve decided to keep them separate as there’s not a chance on earth I could manage 3 minute miles on my commute, so would rather keep that data pure.

Commute this morning was good. I thought I would be a little bit tired after the commute yesterday and an extra 5 miles on the Turbo – I still managed a good pace. Traffic was smooth towards the end of my journey so being able to maintain 29mph for over a mile and a half without stops always helps.

Not much to report on the incident front too, although a car was indicating so I started to move out to take the corner and then he changed his mind, which left me in front of an oncoming van. I quickly unclipped and backtracked whilst apologising to the van driver, who took it in good jest and thumbed me (oo-er).

I also seemed to piss off a commuter or two because I was able to keep up with them (on purpose, I wasn’t trying to overtake) and then cream them on the hill – neither of them liked that, prompting one to cruise through a red to get away.

I also realised (I suppose this should have been at the beginning of the post) that, on a hill start, I can beat a moped over 400ft with ease :) Hopefully I’ll be able to post some video footage on the tube of you later.

Morning Commute:
Total Distance: 9.72 miles
Total Time: 44m 25s
Max Speed: 26.90mph
Avg Speed: 13.3mph
Avg H/Rate: 155rpm
Cadence: 69rpm

I hated the journey tonight. Really hated it. For two reasons and two reasons only… One – I was cycling up Plymouth Grove minding my own business when two little shitheads thought it would be funny if one of them threw an opened (with liquid) bottle of lucozade at me… They also thought I would cycle on and ignore them… Apparently, after I’d caught up to them (only takes 10 seconds with the bike to foot ratio) they thought I was a car and thought that would be alright.

Stupid little twats.

Then, as I was coming back out of the road still full of anger, a car beeped at me for no reason.. Perhaps they thought that I was going to cycle right out in front of them? Well apparently, as I’d caught back up to them and tried to get them to stop – the mother commented to the daughter “oh, I didn’t realise it was a cycle lane”.

Fuck you.

That just drained all my energy and I couldn’t be arsed.

Then I get home to be told that some little shit at nursery has stabbed my daughter in the back with a pair of scissors. The nursery aren’t allowed to tell you who – but my daughter quite happily will. So, if the parents of George Radcliffe would like to come and apologise to my daughter on their sons behalf -that would be great – if not – shame on you, as you know he’s done it, and you won’t be able to look me in the eye next time I see you.

I’m going now, I’m pissed off.