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Bit of a potter out on the Rocket in advance of possibly having a run round Pitmedden at the weekend, weather permitting. Plus it’s a good option for a nice gentle ride as it doesn’t encourage too much in the way of hammering. Also some half hearted manual practicing. Still rubbish.
Short sharpish ride just to kick the tyres and acclimatise to the rather autumnal weather. As ever managed to over dress.
100th ride of the year.
A gentle mid week ride to check if everything was still fine post ride to Braemar. It was.
A whole ago I decided, for no good reason, I should cycle to Braemar and back. It's quite a long way. And of course after several days of lovely weather I pick a day featuring weather which was not on which to do it. It was mostly ok but there was 20 odd minutes heading down Glen Shee where the rains was heavy enough to make seeing tricky, partly because the howling wind was blowing it mostly into my face. And good grief the climb out of Braemar is grim. Long, draggy and with the major astonishingly grippy road surface. The headwind didn't help. Still, overall it was good.
Definitely reached the time of the year where half the challenge on quite a few paths is seeing the path through the undergrowth. Not so bad on the maintained paths as someone has clearly been at them with a strimmer but still more or less impossible to come back without the odd scratch and nettle sting.
Everything is much drier than I expected though so that’s a bonus.
A nice gentle ride with yet more cleat adjusting because I can't help myself. I really should either get a bike fit or borrow a turbo and spend an evening faffing till I get it right. Also another look at the road from Kemback to Pitscottie which seems to be nearly done, and certainly more passable than it was last time I looked. Will be nice to have that back as a proper option.
Another nice gentle run out to Tentsmuir with only a hint of rain despite distinctly threatening skies.
A bank holiday Monday trip to Glentress for a spin round the red and then a combination of off piste and blue. In mostly glorious sunshine although a bit damp under tyre in places due to heavy rain the night before. New technique continues to be a work in progress although in the places I think I'm getting it right it certainly feels more controlled. Thinking harder about where to brake is the main thing I think I need to work on, mostly because I'm thinking more about my position on the bike and concentrating on one change to riding style at a time is as much as I seem to be able to manage. It was all very quiet though which was surprising.
Bit of a longer ride than intended, mostly because my ability to estimate how long rides are going to take is terrible. If it's a route I do a lot then I'm fine but for lots of the loops I do I'm often out by 20 minutes either way. Which is quite a bit when you're aiming to be out for an hour and a half. I should probably look at previous attempts on strava before making predictions but it's a bit tedious.
Tentsmuir, gently.
After a failed going out in the day plan a bit of an evening hammer to make up for it. First time in a while of putting in some serious effort. Sort of enjoyable.
A very short ride to hand over some keys, only to discover the keys weren't required. Still, a ride is a ride.
Another evening of rice cake eating. Also taking advantage of the late evenings to put in some decent length rides.
Monday, rice cakes
Having invested in a cook book for food to take on rides I thought I should try it out so yesterday evening featured making apple and cinammon rice cakes. This evening featured going for a ride and eating them. I need to see if I can work out how to wrap them a bit better, or improve my unwrapping skills but otherwise I'd say it was a pass. They're a bit bland if you have them off the bike but that's less of an issue on the bike. The main conclusion is I should make half quantities as I've got a lot of rice cakes at the moment. Does at least solve the issue of lunch for a day or two.
Sunday, not watching the TTT
Time Trials are a bit dull so rather than have an afternoon sat watching the Tour a bit of a spin on the road bike in the wind with not quite enough food. Didn't actually run out of energy but legs definitely had that "you have not eaten enough" feeling about them on the run back in to St Andrews. One advantage of the wind is there's something very tranquil about seeing fields of wheat type things moving about. Sort of like watching a calm sea rising and falling.
Saturday, Comrie Croft
A trip over to Comrie Croft to meet Ian and ride the new trails they've added. There's quite a few of them, and they're quite good fun. Some of the existing trails have been tweaked too. Although as ever their notion of what a red trail is and everyone else's is quite out of sync. Not that I mind but if you're used to the red at somewhere like Glentress then you'd get a bit of a shock. I should go more often though as it's quicker to get to than any other trail centre and it's good fun. And the crockery's posher.
