Went for a ride today, as the sun was shining, and it’s really time I got back into the swing of things.  Considering my current slightly off the rails status, and the systematic systemic abuse that has been going on, it went surprisingly well.  Unless I hit a gradient of course, which hurt on many levels, so I stuck to the Levels ;).

It was pretty, and still, and quite fast, and very good for the head, if not the complaining body.  Still, having just spent a sunny Sunday in the Wicklow Mountains, I know where I’d rather have been riding…wouldn’t you?  One day…

But it’s a start.  I’ve got a long way to go to get back on form, and being realistic that probably won’t happen any time soon but hey, priorities right?  What I do need to do is find next year’s goal, and the motivation that will go along with that.  Etape again? Cape Argus?  Cingles de Ventoux?

Cycling time: 1:41 hrs.
Distance: 29.7 miles.
Avs: 17.5 mph.
ODO: 3833.4 miles.