I woke up at 5 am as planned had a shower and got dressed in the clothes that I got ready last night and then got on the bike and rode the mtb to Bitten and back on the Bath to Bristol Cycle Path.
The ride was pretty easy other than the usual aches and pains in my back and knee and a bit of cramp in my right calf just before I got home! It took 1 hour and 1 minute and I covered 11.50 miles and averaged 11.2 mph which is much slower than it would be on the road bike but that is understandable due to the size and weight of the mtb and the upright riding position too.
I may well get my road bike fixed at some point to get the time down under an hour but as long as I leave before 5:30 I can get home in time to start work at 6:30!
At lunch time I am going to oil up the chain on the mtb then pop along the 2 tunnels to Midford equestrian centre and back before giving the bike a wash as it has about 5kgs of mud from the last time I rode it in the winter!
I have to say that I really enjoy riding the bike more than walking first thing although its the first morning of doing it this morning so lets wait and see how I feel about it in 6 months time 🙂
When I get bored with the Bath to Bitten ride I have found a two tunnels loop on the sustrans website that from my house means that I will ride along the river and then go onto the canal before coming off of the canal onto a bit of road before getting on the two tunnels before the pub at Midford and coming back along the 2 tunnels to get home. Its about 12.2 miles so only slightly longer than Bath to Bitten but has more interesting things to see and a few more hills getting from the canal to the 2 tunnels which will be nice. I am trying to figure out how to get the route into my phone then I will try it at the weekend early.
It turns out I went out at the perfect time this morning as about 10 minutes after I got home it started raining so I’m super happy I got home when I did 🙂
Annoyingly the bike ride doesn’t count towards my daily steps so I currently have only 867 steps so far today 🙁