Well here I am at t in the park having 3 days off training but have been dancing and walking around a lot so my legs are still feeling well used nonetheless!
Thursday night after a team meeting in Glasgow I met up with my friend Dave the triathlete! He’d suggested I join him on one of his cycles home… to Troon!
It’s so different being out cycling with someone else… We took it in turns to go at the front (although Dave was at the front most!) and I tucked in behind to get in his slipstream. I was totally amazed at how much easier it is to cycle when you are not the one in the headwind!
So in accordance with Dave’s advice I stayed in my middle gear ring as we headed out of Glasgow through Shawlands and up hill on the Ayr road out of Newton Mearns. Doing that meant we had a steady pace and spun the legs. Before we knew it we were out on the A77 and heading up on to the windy moor on a cycle path… Quite a lot of cyclists were out and some of those guys past us doing about 20 miles an hour going uphill! Awesome! One day I’d love to be able to sustain that kind of pace! Once we were over the highest point we went into our top gear and really went for it on a bit of the road achieving my fastest ever speed on my bike 40mph!
We made our way through the country roads near Kilmaurs and down through a couple of small villages before we could finally see Arran through the hazy sunshine. It was so nice arriving in Troon 32 miles down the road – we were both pretty tired and I was rewarded with my first ever protein energy drink! Bleugh!