In the evening, we went out for a nightride around the local forest. I road over to Gosforth on the road to meet up with the other lads and we headed off into the woods. It was nothing technical or long tonight but good to get out and I felt strong on the climbs, even giving them a fair bit of welly as well. I have to admit though that the planned ride back home fell by the wayside when I got talked into having a pint (or two) and an offered lift back became quite attractive, to prevent a really late night.
Today, with sore quads after three days riding, I couldn't face a hill rep session - I think it would have just been too painful, so I opted for a run out over Muncaster Fell. I was 5 minutes faster than when I last ran this route, but I'm gonna admit that last time is was very icy! This time though I had to contend with fading torch batteries from the last third of the climb onwards. I think that's the second fastest time I've managed on the climb, in just over 30 minutes from the house (must be able to get under 30 minutes, but I normally do this run with tired legs!), but I struggled a bit on the descent through the very dark (!) woods.
And its a good job we don't have any dangerous wild animals in this country as I saw two pairs of eyes staring back at me at different points tonight, which would have really freaked me if there were bears or something similar in the woods!
Yesterdays Stats:
Run: Total Mileage: 3.4, Total Ascent: negligible!
Nightride: Total Mileage: 16.16, Total Ascent: 1920'
Todays Stats:
Run: Total Mileage: 6.7, Total Ascent: 1650'
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