60 miles

Set off this morning for my 60 mile endurance ride. Our German friend Torsten was in Cambridge for the weekend so Jack picked him up at 7:15 and having adjusted Jack's road bike to fit him - and loaned him shoes, helmet, gloves and wet weather gear - we set off at 8:25.

HRM failed to transmit so this ride was done on "feel" rather than actual data - it worked well - kept in an easy breathing zone, could talk all the time. Left home and headed north into the flat Fenland country around Mildenhall, spinning along at 17 - 18 mph felt really good. Got home after 3:30 and Jack was ready with a protein smoothie for the two of us - what a star!

Weather was around 60F, cloudy with drizzle & a couple of heavy showers - lovely!

Torsten is also racing Wiesbaden 70.3 next Sunday so this was a good session for both of us. Short run off the bike completed the session.

We have both decided that as the Wiesbaden bike course is SO hilly that there is no point riding tri-bikes, we are both going to race on our road bikes, my Kestrel Evoke is significantly lighter than my Serotta CXII so that will be a definite plus.

Looking forward to a pre-race week - I like Craig's description of behaving like a "lazy slug with a salt addiction" before the race!