Well my inner bitch gave in and I commuted by bike again this morning. Why, especially after I was so adamant that I was giving up?

Well, here’s the answer. Yup, thats right. #june100! The bloody thing came at the wrong time. Damn you Phill Connell. Damn you to hell. And damn you Austin – infact no… double damn you!

Total Distance: 14.47 miles
Total Time: 49m 47s
Max Speed: 27.8mph
Avg Speed: 17.4mph
Avg H/Rate: 157bpm
Cadence: 87rpm

Its the only real time I get to put in leisure miles – I can go out at weekends, but then I can’t chill out – but I will be attempting a first today for me, to help claw back some leisure miles.

I will be cycling too and from football after work – I’ll probably be half dead when I get back, but I’ll give it a go. If it works then yippee… If it doesn’t, I’ll just jump on a bus.

Getting there should be no problem – I dunno about getting back though – might be a nice warm up.

As for the commute in, pretty incident free. As you can see from the map, I went completely out of my way to grab a few more miles – but unfortunately, only 5ish extra… Every little helps, but with some people clocking up mental miles, and Clive not adding his leisure miles from his commute, I can see me coming mid to bottom of the table if I carry on. I did use my Airzound once but the woman just stared at me blankly… Silly twat.

Don’t you worry your pretty ugly little face as you wander out into the road without looking. Don’t you worry that there is a bus roaring up behind me and a lorry heading in my direction, so the only thing I have to do is stop. Its OK… Because had you got hit by the bus or the lorry, it wouldn’t have made a difference to your face.

The most annoying thing was that she didn’t have an iPod on – so she must have heard both the lorry and the bus.

Fucking Pointless #june100 Lunch Ride
Total Distance: 7.50miles
Total Time: 34m 00s
Max Speed: 25.8mph
Avg Speed: 13.2mph
Avg H/Rate: 156bpm
Cadence: 81rpm

I officially hate you all now! I’ve had to go out for a lunchtime ride to clock some miles back in so at least my miles are respectable at the end of the month – no way on earth I can compete with the monster redbikes, but hey ho – I’ll give it a try :)

Am now even considering a 50 mile commute one day this week… I hate you all!

Commute Plus More Pointless #June100 miles!
Total Distance: 15.36 miles
Total Time: 1hr 2m 05s
Max Speed: 28.0mph
Avg Speed: 14.8mph
Avg H/Rate: 150bpm
Cadence: 84rpm

Well of course the miles aren’t pointless – but my arms are aching, my ass is wet and I’ve got to yet play football. This is going to involve me jumping on my bike – cycling the 8 miles to footy – chucking my bike into the back of my mates car, playing footy for an hour and jumping back on the bike.

Will it knacker me out? You betcha!

Is it worth it?

I bloody well hope so – if my maths is right – it should move me up into third place…

As you can see from the map – I went well out of my way to go home – I travelled down Wilmslow Road, joining the Fallowfield Loop at Sainsburys and the made my way to the exit near Lost Sheep. I then headed over to the cycle track for a bit of sneaky footage. Hopefully (my camera stopped working) you should all be able to get the idea from the video if it turns out. The point on the map where it is, is the highest point of the GPS track, near the M60.

I’ve now got to go and dig my lights out for the bike, as it may be dark on my way back!

More #june100 Leisure Miles
Total Distance: 15.00 miles
Total Time: 54m 49s
Max Speed: 37.8mph
Avg Speed: 16.4mph
Avg H/Rate: 157bpm
Cadence: 89rpm

Well there you go. At first, I was afraid, I was petrified. Kept thinking I’ll never make it through 5-a-side. But I cycled through the night, and my legs they stayed so strong, So I was wrong. And I managed to carry on….

I can’t believe I actually made it through the football match, but did, and didn’t feel it. I only started feeling the strain on the last mile on the way home – but I have had 5 different cycle trips today – something I could never think of 2 years ago!

I am wondering what my legs will be like in the morning though :)