Monday, 16 May 2011

40 Percent.....and then a bit more

Time on Bike: 2 Hours 6 Minutes
Distance Travelled: 36.12 Miles
Average Speed: 17.2 mph
Weight: 14st

Totals: 49 Hours 28 Minutes, 822.24 Miles, 16.62 mph

I should have blogged 40 percent on Friday but Blogger was down so this is an amalgamation of two posts. Also on Friday I was down to 13st 10lb but now we've had a weekend and....
Wedding fever happened on Saturday with the nuptials of Julian and Lyndsay. What a great day! And I almost remember some of it!! Gin, Pimms, Beer, Wine was the main sequence of events interspersed by Ceremony, Food, Speeches and Dancing. We had a fantastic day and Sunday was spent sore headed and silent.
Thankfully I was feeling well enough on Sunday evening to go to Coggeshall to pick up the counter/bar for our WestEnders show as well as the barrows and flats. Final rehearsal tonight and then all systems go on Wednesday...

1,177.76 to go!!!!

Thursday, 12 May 2011

Final Run

Time on Bike: 1 Hour 2 Minutes
Distance Travelled: 19.93 Miles (Sort of!)
Average Speed: 19.28 mph
Weight: 13st 12lb

Totals: 47 Hours 22 Minutes, 786.12 Miles, 16.59 mph

Last night was our final full run of WestEnders before curtain up at the Quay next week. It was the last time that Alex will be with us before opening night because of his job. Izzy came along (on request) with her arm in a sling thanks to a broken collar bone but it didn't impede her performance. And it all went very well!!
Today was blustery. Head wind but thankfully on the downslopes so I was still able to maintain a good speed - hence the notch up in avearge onec again!!

1,213.88 to go!!!!

Wednesday, 11 May 2011

Cooling off

Time on Bike: 1 Hour 4 Minutes
Distance Travelled: 18.24 Miles
Average Speed: 17.1 mph
Weight: 13st 11lb

Totals: 46 Hours 20 Minutes, 766.19 Miles, 16.53 mph

Cooler weather today also means less cooling off time. I don't know what I'm going to do come summer but these last few days in the glorious sunshine have meant one very sweaty body!!

1,233.81 to go!!!

Monday, 9 May 2011

Coggeshall or bust

Time on Bike: 2 Hours 8 Minutes
Distance Travelled: 34.65 Miles
Average Speed: 16.24 mph
Weight: 13st 12lb

Totals: 45 Hours 16 Minutes, 747.95 Miles, 16.52 mph

Yesterday we were going to a production meeting for Allo Allo at Darren's in Coggeshall so I decided to bike there and Jac could bringthe car over for transporting back. I knew it was about 17 - 18 miles which is a nice hour's ride at 30 minute pace! It was warm weather but boy did it blow. Head wind all the way and a few long slow climbs but I still managed it in the hour so I was quite pleased with myself.
Friday and Saturday were our two preview shows for WestEnders and they went really well. Nobody let themselves down and things got sharp and tight. Loved it!

1,252.05 to go!!!!

Friday, 6 May 2011

HOT!

Time on Bike: 1 Hour 7 Minutes
Distance Travelled: 20.92 Miles (maybe)
Average Speed: 18.73 mph (possibly)
Weight: 13st 11lb (yikes!)

Totals: 43 Hours 8 Minutes, 713.30 Miles, 16.53 mph

Today is my eldest son's birthday so I was able to pop round on my way to work with cards from myself and my mother and father (grandma and grandad to him) tucked in my cycling jacket! We hugged, exchanged early morning pleasantries including him asking questions about me cycling to work everday which, if he'd ever listened, he already knew answers to!
Then I came to work. There was relatively no breeze today and once again I pushed hard where I should be conservative and once again I have clocked up another 0.1 average mph. The totals therefore speak the truth but the daily rates may not. With also dropping another lb (pound) in weight I am verging on needing to supplement my diet (which is slap dash at best..). We'll see...

1,286.70 to go!!!!

Thursday, 5 May 2011

Pushing Up!

Time on Bike: 1 Hour 2 Minutes
Distance Travelled: 19.29 Miles (or not!)
Average Speed: 18.66 mph (or even more not!)
Weight: 13st 12lb

Totals: 42 Hours 1 Minute, 692.38 Miles, 16.47mph

As my legs bed into the season my average speed gradually increases. Of course as regular readers will know this makes a mockery of the distance travelled and the avergae journey speed for the day that the speedometer ticks over but c'est la vie. I am considering resetting the speedo when the bike goes in for it's service at th end of the month but part of me thinks that to do that I should at least get to 1000 miles - but not only is that impossible but also a foolish target!! Of course if I reset and it still won't give me a mileage read out I'll have to consider getting a new one! Maybe I'll bite the bullet and do it this week instead...

1,307.62 to go!!!!

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Suffolk Cycle Surgery and The Royal Wedding

Time on Bike: 2 Hours 45 Minutes
Distance Travelled: 46.75 Miles
Average Speed: 17 mph
Weight: 13st 13lb

Totals: 40 Hours 59 Minutes, 673.09 Miles, 16.42 mph

Friday last was the Royal Wedding and not being overly interested I took the opportunity to go out and about for a couple of hours. Before I ventured out though I had my first experience of the Suffolk Cycle Surgery ( http://www.suffolkcyclesurgery.com/ ). My gears had been slipping ab bit since the fire dorr at work had whacked the derailleur on the way out of the office a week or so ago and on Jody's recommendation I had Matt come out to have a look! Twenty minutes later all was fixed and I was on my way! The bike is now booked in for a full service at the end of this month while I go off to New York..
The route that royal morning took me out to Lavenham, across through Brent Eleigh, Monks Eleigh, round to Boxford, back to Waldingfield, over to Acton, back up to Lavenham, down to Melford and home! I arrived just in time to catch the bride and groom heading back to Buckingham Palace....

1,326.91 to go!!!!