Nice weather

OK so not quite as bad as the picture yet! Today I managed to get 83 miles under my belt on the road. I met with the Bridlington Cycling club but they had only planned a 44 mile loop. I rode with them for 23 miles on the front of the bunch all the way out with a tail wind. The weather was very windy and the odd dusting of hail stones was falling. I wanted to do more than they had planned so at 23 miles split off in a different direction. I had to change my route as the hail/sleet got heavier and I didn't want to get stuck on the Yorkshire wolds. I did a small loop and ended up on the reverse of the outward ride. I had a strong head wind back and then when I got to Bridlington I did a 17 mile loop again with lots of showers of sleet and hail, at the end of the loop I felt OK so I did the same 17 mile again. When I got back I had clocked 83 miles. I was pleased to have got a long ride in as I originally scheduled it for Saturday but I was tired from Fridays 18.7 mile run. That was a tough run on a very hilly circuit on a windy afternoon/evening and ended up finishing in the dark. I managed to get 50 mile of running in last week which is a good total and I am pleased with the way the training is going at the moment. Looking ahead the next few days will be on the turbo trainer given the amount of snow that's forecast. Feeling more confident about South Africa as the weeks tick by. Only 9 weeks today until race day!!!