230 miles

Well I managed to commute all week this week by bike from the new house so i've managed to clock 230 miles of cycling in 5 days! I went swimming Monday and Wednesday, and managed to run 6 miles Sunday, 5 miles Tuesday and Thursday. All in a good week, I think I will have a couple of rest days this weekend and then I plan to bike the 230 miles next week too. I won't do it every week but will try to do it often.

Henlow 10 and commuting

Well I survived the Henlow 10 yesterday, I had trouble increasing the pace as it set me off on coughing fits so had to control my heart rate and breathing. Still despite the remenance of the man flu in my system I managed to run a 58:54 to give me my slowest ever Henlow 10 but still not too shabby. Its strange really as although a fast run, being just off the top end of my pace has made a big difference in the fact that the legs were tip top this morning. So today is my first commute to and from work giving me a round trip of 46 miles to bike, it was cold this morning on the fingers and toes despite overboots and gloves, Anthea called me at 8 O'clock to check i'd got in ok and said it was -1.5 degrees at 7:20 when she got home from nights so I would guess about -2.5 at 6:00 when I set off. I think the winter cycle boots will be out next week if its that cold again. On the plus point my very nice Castelli winter jacket I bought in Belgium in July was just the job, all I had on was a base layer t-shirt and the Castelli jacket and I was toasty warm! Loving the jacket :-)

I've moved house :-)

Well it's been a long time but after 18 months my house sold and i'm now happy to say i'm in my new house. Ohh the space!!! after being stuck in the worlds smallest married quater at Scampton I've finally got some space. I'm now living in a nice 4 bed detached house in Market Rasen, the move went as well as it could do given that I got a really nice dose of "Man Flu" a couple of days before we moved. I was not well for about 10 days in total so i'm just starting to feel better now. I had my first chance to look around on Sunday afternoon at the trails in the woods. Its less than a mile to the forest and I think i'm going to like it hear :-) Off to Henlow tomorrow for the Henlow 10 but not expecting much given the illness last week. If I hadn't paid the entry up front I wouldn't  have bothered going to be honest.