It has been hard work keeping up on things in the past few weeks since the last post, work has had to take a priority over writing on here, but don't worry we have been training very hard; lots of long rides in all sorts of weather from soaked to the bone to burned to a crisp, we have faced it all!
The focus has shifted a little and two weeks ago we started to training twice a week, by including a Monday evening session (which has so far concluded at the New Inn, Tickton, followed by a deserved Belgian beer :-) ) the past two times we have essentially ridden to near Hornsea and back to Beverely. It is amazing how somewhere so flat, can have so many hidden hills!
So the evening sessions have been more punchy shorter rides of around 20 to 25 miles, where the emphasis has been more about pace and cadence; keeping the legs moving and getting as many miles in as we can to a couple of hours.
Whereas the day sessions have still focussed on longer distances, more about the stamina and lots of hill climbs were included in the mix; we have been generally lucky in that we only got soaked the once. Some of our most challenging rides have hit the hills around Ripplingham and Newbald, which seem to be amongst the steepest in our immediate area (scary going down them too :) )
Anyway we are only a couple of weeks away now, gotta say we are up for it and raring to go!
View Loop to Trans Pennine Trail and Back on the 66 in a larger map
Whereas the day sessions have still focussed on longer distances, more about the stamina and lots of hill climbs were included in the mix; we have been generally lucky in that we only got soaked the once. Some of our most challenging rides have hit the hills around Ripplingham and Newbald, which seem to be amongst the steepest in our immediate area (scary going down them too :) )
Anyway we are only a couple of weeks away now, gotta say we are up for it and raring to go!
View Loop to Trans Pennine Trail and Back on the 66 in a larger map
