Sodding kids

Local kids are pissing me off again, throwing stones into our garden. :-(
Had a nice ride in though, 50 minutes to do the long way via millionaires row, not too shabby.

Had a good ride last night too, proper shonky north shore seesaw and gap jump, nailed both first go, although not without a facial expression of sheer terror..

Almost a rest..

Ok so I did a short ride both days at the weekend, but I had the whole of monday off! Predictably baked in the car and sat in traffic jams, so no regrets about being back on the bike today.. Just agonising over whether or not to buy MTB number 4.. You see I've got the singler for winter and enduros, the PA for summer all round XC, trailbashing and racing, the Scott for touring and winter commuting, so a Patriot 6.6 would be just the ticket for jumping off cliffs? It'd be a bargain price too, but still having trouble justifying it to myself.. Watch this space.

Bird of prey

Saw him again today, sat happily on top of a telegraph pole between millonaire's row and the top of coal pit lane. Quite a big fellow, maybe a kestrel..will have to do some research.

Clouding over

It's finally getting cooler here, although I still rode to work in blazing sunshine. It'd be really nice to work out a route that avoids all of the dual carriageway like the route through the park oppoiste the offic but without the offroad/dirt track bits.. Either that, or I'll have to buy a CX bike..

Duathalon day

1/2 Marathon training started this morning, so a 3.2 mile run at 6.30 round the local park, a quick breakfast of an apple and a bannana, and then the ride in to work.. Strangely although the run was hard, I found the ride into work fine afterwards..even sprinting up the hills in quite energetic style..

My running shoes rubbed my heel again though, luckily I ordered some new ones yesterday, so hopefully they'll be better..

Rhayader weekend

Just had a good weekend biking in Rhayader, so took monday off and drove in. Back on two wheels now though, with an excruciatingly hot commute today... It's meant to get hotter tomorrow too.. :-(

Sqeauk squeak

Bloody seatpost clamps, they always squeak. Nice ride in though, and the weather is gorgeous so I'm quite looking forward to a good pootle home via the video shop and possibly the chippy :-)

Pedal wound

Got me right in the back of the leg, leading to pain, a little blood, but most importantly, losing my usual racing start from the traffic lights.. Otherwise an uneventful ride in..

Logistics

Nice ride in today, just a little wet. Trying to work out if I can ride in tomorrow though, and still manage to get to the Assembly building in Cardiff bay and back..Hmm

Rode in yesterday..

...and rode in today. Nothing much to report, but feeling a bit sore of back today. I really must start doing the core excercises my physio gave me..
Got a day off the bike tomorrow for the DTI sports day, though I should be riding off road tonight if my bouncy bike is still working after being ignored since the mountain mayhem...

Buckled wheels

Well, buckled the back wheel of my new race bike already, but tweaked it straight in time for todays run in. nothing too exciting to report, just knackered after our sodding neighbours kept us up all last night breaking in to their own house.. :-(